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MONDAY October 17, 2011

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Volume 240 Issue 17

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Farmer delivers keynote address to FACE AIDS

Stanford-founded group organizes national conference over weekend
By MARY HARRISON Paul Farmer delivered the keynote address for the national FACE AIDS conference Saturday evening in Memorial Auditorium. In his speech, Farmer addressed how youth can effect positive changes to combat the AIDS epidemic. Farmer is a professor at Harvard Medical School and a founder of Partners in Health (PIH), a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing quality health care to villagers suffering in remote areas of Haiti, Rwanda, Peru and about 10 other countries. Stanford students founded FACE AIDS, a youth movement to fight HIV and AIDS, in 2005. They have since expanded to include over 210 chapters at colleges and high schools across the country. FACE AIDS also partners with students in Rwanda who work to address community-based health issues. Farmer said he has reverence for the things that can happen at age 22 or 23, because he began his work in the Haitian village of Cange at that age. It was this work that led him to found PIH. It is important to have imagination to see that things that can be different, and I think generally youth have that kind of imagination, he said. Farmer also stated that the current establishment is often closed-minded toward new ideas and possibilities concerning AIDS prevention and treatment. Too often, they see it as an either-or situation, he said. We can either do prevention or provide care. PIH, he stated, strives to provide both prevention and treatment to patients suffering from AIDS. It is not rocket science to build and rebuild hospitals, he said. However, he said PIH has discovered that there is a definite link between curing the sick and developing infrastructure and the training of hospital employees. Throughout his speech, Farmer praised the work of student groups like FACE AIDS. Not only do they raise valuable funds for AIDS research and patient care FACE AIDS has raised a total of $2.3 million so far but they raise awareness for the disease and its effects, he said. Oct. 13 to Oct. 16 marked FACE AIDS national conference. Students from around the country came to Stanfords campus for ideas on how to improve their chapters effects in their community. Farmer had many positive things to say about the state of the AIDS epidemic worldwide. The cost of one year of treatment used to be about $10,000; today, it is available for between $60 and $80. Additionally, both mother-tochild transmissions and new infection rates are falling across Africa. Rwanda especially has made what Farmer calls astounding achievements in addressing AIDS treatment. The proportion of AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased from virtually nothing to one of the highest levels in Africa. To FACE AIDS leaders, this news was very exciting. I came out of the conference energized and excited to

E2.0 parts ways with ASSU

Former co-chairs apologize for email
By KURT CHIRBAS
DESK EDITOR

Jobs honored at MemChu service

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF Top Silicon Valley leaders and other friends of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs gathered in Memorial Church Sunday evening to honor the local tech giant.Jobs died on Oct.5 at the age of 56 after a years-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Ninety minutes before the 6:30 p.m.service,black-clad Secret Service Guards cleared out the Main Quad, walled off the rear entrance of the church and guarded the Cantor Arts Center, which hosted a post-service reception and din-

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TOP: Mourners and security guards mingle in a sea of black in front of Memorial Church before Steve Jobs memorial service at 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening. BOTTOM: Google CEO Larry Page and his wife Lucinda Lucy Southworth arrive on campus to attend the memorial service, attended by many national figures.

ASSU Co-Chairs of Entrepreneurship Dan Thompson 13 and Jon Manzi 13 announced their resignation last Friday in a letter sent out to student email lists. In the letter, Thompson and Manzi stated that E2.0 a branch of the ASSU formed this year that advocates on behalf of student entrepreneurs on campus would be separated from the rest of the student government. E2.0 will now function as an independent student group and raise all funds from outside sources,Thompson said. The announcement came as part of a letter in which E2.0 responded to criticisms regarding a mass email the organization sent out to the student body Thursday morning,which referenced Oprah Winfrey as a sexual-assault survivor and an entrepreneur. According to Thompson, the intention of the initial email was to show that entrepreneurship was not just for the white, wealthy computer scientists of the world one of the criticisms he said E2.0 had been receiving but rather a force for social change. He said that Winfreys story was particularly empowering to him because he was a victim of violence as a result of his sexual orientation. Viviana Arcia 13, president of the Womens Coalition, said in an email to The Daily that the letter made it seem as if all survivors of sexual violence and abuse can and should move beyond the assault and should do so in an entrepreneurial, self-reliant manner. She said that this ignores the fact that many survivors of sexual violence cannot cope with the trauma without help from external sources like counselors, family, friends and advocates. In their letter of resignation, Thompson and Manzi stated that they deeply regret that this email may have hurt and offended numerous survivors and other concerned stu-

Please see JOBS, page 2

Please see E2.0, page 2

NEWS BRIEF

Arrillaga late night to be open seven days

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF In response to student complaints, Stanford Residential & Dining Enter-

Please see FARMER, page 2

prises (R&DE) announced in a post on its Facebook page Friday afternoon that its new late-night dining option,The Dish at Arrillaga which opened last night at the Arrillaga Family Dining Commons will serve seven days a week as part of a pilot program. We have a mantra of Students First in R&DE,and this is why we move quick-

ly to address student concerns, the post stated. The Dish was originally scheduled to be open Sunday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m.The pilot program extends service to Friday and Saturday nights. The post cited reviews from the ASSU

Please see DINING, page 5

STUDENT LIFE

Transports on parwith 2010-11

University continues campaign against high-risk drinking
By KRISTIAN DAVIS BAILEY
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Tenor Time

This years number of alcohol-related transports, thirteen as of Friday, Oct. 14, is on par so far with the number that occurred last year, according to Ralph Castro, director of the new Office of Alcohol Policy and Education (OAPE). This year, all of the cases were caused by excess consumption of hard alcohol and resulted in emergency room entrance at the Stanford Hospital & Clinics. This years cases help demonstrate the increasing prevalence of pre-gamingwith hard alcohol,or consuming hard alcohol before going out to parties, Castro said. The most recent transport incidents occurred during Full Moon on the Quad (FMOTQ), Castro said, adding five cases to the years total count. During the 2010-11 academic year, 16 transports occurred by the end of the third week; last year, FMOTQ took place
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Please see TRANSPORTS, page 5

Tenor Brian Thorsett performs Sunday afternoon at the A. Jess Shenson recital series in Campbell Hall. The performance, sponsored by the Department of Music, featured works by Britten, Haydn, Turina and Vaugh Williams.

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hear that what we do has had a marked effect, said conference attendee and University of Texas senior Kundan Verma. Verma said that Farmer also in-

spired him to lobby his members of Congress on both sides of the aisle. This isnt a political issue; this is a global issue, he said. Stanford students had similar positive reactions. Stephanie Navarro 15 said that she loved Farmers speaking style and that she didnt expect him to be so funny. It also inspired her to look into joining FACE AIDS or another AIDS awareness group on campus. Student groups like FACE AIDS are particularly inspiring, Farmer said. You dont share the

Youre not going to die of cholera, but you still help...

PAUL FARMER, PIH founder
risks, youre not going to die of cholera, but you still help . . . the jump from empathy and sympathy to solidarity is most moving when you have nothing in common. Contact Mary Harrison at maryhari@stanford.edu. Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Vice President Al Gore and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. Gore is a board member at Apple and Jobs was a significant donor to Emanuels campaign. Secret Service officials confirmed that Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, California Governor Jerry Brown and California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom also attended. Google CEO Larry Page and his wife Lucinda Lucy Southworth were also in attendance, as were media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Intuit Chairman Bill Campbell, actor Tim Allen and Adobe co-founders Chuck Geschke and John Warnock.
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Paul Farmer spoke Saturday at the FACE AIDS national conference.

JOBS

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ner. Palm Drive was closed to unauthorized traffic, and a fleet of shuttle buses, dark stretch SUVs and golf carts transported mourners to the center of campus. Candles lined sidewalks across the Oval leading to Cantor. Steve Jobs is one of my heroes, said Dr.David Agus,one of Jobs oncologists.Ive been friends with him for several years and to be here is almost surreal, but its exciting that we get to hear more stories and talk about Steve in a collective group. The memorial also drew national figures from the political arena, including Secretary of State Hilary

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dents. Thompson said he and Manzi individually responded to all of the negative feedback that they received and communicated with the leaders of womens organizations on campus. He said E2.0 plans on forming a board of students that would be responsible for reaching out to different communities on campus, so they could learn more about their individual stories and determine how entrepreneurship could best benefit those groups moving forward. ASSU Vice President Stewart Macgregor-Dennis 13 said that the ASSU also apologizes for the letter E2.0 sent out on Thursday and is in the process of reaching out to the communities and individuals who have been affected. Thompson said that E2.0 had planned on separating from the ASSU before this incident. [The email incident] didnt affect the decision,Thompson said.It affected the timing. According to Thompson, the ASSU and E2.0 had been considering the best way to separate from each other since the beginning of the school year in response to opinions pieces criticizing the ASSU for becoming too tech-oriented and entrepreneurial, which were published in campus publications such as The Unofficial Stanford Blog and The Daily Thompson said, however, that they were nervous that an announcement of separation could create volatile press for the ASSU and E2.0. We really wanted to frame [the decision to separate E2.0 from the ASSU] correctly, Thompson said. So we needed to respond to this email, and we thought . . . we just needed to do both at once or else we are going to have two really dramatic emails in a row. Thompson said that the mission of E2.0 was to advocate on behalf of student entrepreneurs on campus a goal that didnt mesh well with that of the ASSU, which is aimed at serving all students.He said the decision for E2.0 and the ASSU to part ways was mutual. It seemed logical to separate the two to allow E2.0 to fully embrace entrepreneurship and the ASSU to take a full-balance approach, Macgregor-Dennis said. The ASSU Executive hired Thompson and Manzi at the end of last spring quarter to be Co-Chairs of Entrepreneurship. Together with Macgregor-Dennis, they decided to form E2.0 within the framework of the ASSU. According to MagregorDennis, the goal of E2.0 was to create a body that would realize the entrepreneurship part of the platform that we [ASSU President Michael

Cruz 12 and Macgregor-Dennis] ran on. Macgregor-Dennis said, however, that the presence of E2.0 within the ASSU made it look as if the ASSU had a disproportionate focus on entrepreneurship instead of on the entire student body. He added that those involved with E2.0, including himself, tended to be loud about their initiatives, using social media to talk about their projects in ways that other parts of the ASSU did not,which resulted in more press attention. I have particular passions in entrepreneurship and technology and social entrepreneurship, but I think the feedback has pushed me rightly so to take a more balanced approach, Macgregor-Dennis said. What Im hoping moving forward is that this will be a win-win for the ASSU and E2.0, and I can still have some my entrepreneurship passions within the ASSU, but some more of them can be realized outside of it. It remains undecided in what capacity, if any, Macgregor-Dennis will continue to participate in E2.0.Macgregor-Dennis said the ASSU Exec has also not determined yet whether they will replace the Chairs of Entrepreneurship or leave the positions vacant. E2.0 will continue moving forward with its initiatives independently, according to Thompson. He said the organizations main projects include creating an entrepreneurship-themed dorm on campus, developing an entrepreneurship-mentorship program and interfacing with the Graduate School of Business to establish a forum where business students could provide feedback on undergraduate enterprises. Thompson said they have already started discussions with University officials including President John Hennessey and Dean of Residential Education Deborah Golder about creating the entrepreneurship dorm, which is currently E2.0s main objective. I honestly believe everything that were doing will be for the best for Stanford, but I really appreciated the feedback and didnt take it personally, Thompson said. A lot of people felt this was not the role of the ASSU, especially given the scope of our initiatives.We were really taking up a lot of press, so I understood where people were coming from. Macgregor-Dennis said he also believes E2.0 will go on to create positive change for entrepreneurs on campus even though the organization will now act separately from the ASSU. He said that E2.0 has served as a learning experience for the ASSU Exec. I think we [the Exec] learned that we need to make a conscious, deliberate effort to serve all students at all times, Macgregor-Dennis said. Contact Kurt Chirbas at kchirbas@ stanford.edu.

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Prereqs manage increasing numbers

By CAROLINE CHEN
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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number of first-year or introductory-level classes, including Math 51, Chem 31A, Econ 1A and CS 106A, with 600 students enrolled this quarter, have seen increased enrollment over the past few years, while various departments have employed a variety of tactics to keep students engaged. Math 51 is one of the most commonly taken introductory courses, with 300 students enrolled this fall. Besides being a prerequisite for many classes, mathematics professor Rafe Mazzeo believes that the class is popular because it is crafted specifically for students who have completed the AP test in calculus. Unlike [students at] a lot of other colleges, people at Stanford come in with AP credit in calculus, Mazzeo said. However, few people have taken linear algebra. So its a class that puts everyone on the same playing field and evens out the disparities. However, instead of teaching one big lecture, the department decided to split Math 51 into seven different lectures taught by four professors. Each professor has two teaching assistants assigned to teach sections. We decided to keep lectures to 50 students and sections to 25, Mazzeo said. Students have responded really well, and speaking as a teacher, its more fun and more engaging to teach a class of that size. Mazzeo and his colleagues also meet regularly to make sure that they are on the same page in terms of teaching pace and homework. We coordinate because students shop around at the start of the year,he said.We try to have things as uniform as possible so students can switch [between lecture classes] if they need to. Kenji Kozai, a Math 51 TA and fourth-year graduate student in mathematics, believes that having multiple sections with different TAs is better for the students. Different students learn better from different teaching styles, he said.Having a variety of TAs to choose from makes it more likely they can find something suitable to their own learning style. In the Chemistry Department, enrollment in the introductory-level Chem 31A has also increased over the years, rising sharply from 192 students in 2004 to 462 this year. The class is split into two groups: morning and afternoon lectures. Besides lectures, we have weekly lab and discussion sections with small groups of students, outreach sections twice a week, nearly daily office hours by instructors or teaching assistants and an online question-and-answer system,said chemistry professor Hongjie Dai. Students are taught in these different settings to make sure that they grasp the important chemistry concepts and have mechanisms in place to give students personal attention and help when needed. While Math 51 and Chem 31A have chosen to subdivide the class into lecture sections, other introductory courses have chosen to teach all students together.Some of these classes, like Econ 1A and CS 106A, are popular in part because of their lecturers both economics professor John Taylor Ph.D. 73 (Econ 1A) and computer science professor Mehran Sahami 92 M.S. 93 Ph.D. 99 (CS 106A) have achieved celebrity status on campus. Both Taylor and Sahami aim to keep class entertaining so that they can engage with all the students. In the lecture, we encourage questions and comments from students, now providing microphones so everyone can participate, Taylor said. To liven things up, we do various other things. I invite my family to join me on the stage to illustrate economic concepts and use YouTube videos to give examples of current events. Sahami is known for pelting his class with candy in return for questions and for using a light saber as a pointer. He draws on anecdotes and funny analogies most recently, an extended analogy involving the Mona Lisa and a chainsaw to demonstrate concepts in programming. Students seem satisfied with the various accommodations the departments have chosen to take. I think Stanford does a pretty good job with large classes, said Kuno Choi 14, who is taking Math 51 and Econ 1A.The lecture-section-homework triangle covers the material well enough. Ultimately, the success of these large-sized introductory classes is not so much in what tactic the professors choose to employ so much as their commitment to meeting their students needs. Mazzeo summed up these professors attitudes toward finding the best way to teach. You have to be continually vigilant, he said. Contact Caroline Chen at cchen501@stanford. edu.

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NARRATIVE

A freshmans first Full Moon

By ETHAN KESSINGER

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ally gear: encouraged. Pre-gaming: necessary. Underwear: optional. No, this is not an erotic rave but instead an annual campus tradition. Full Moon on the Quad (FMOTQ) began as a quaint tradition in the early 1900s when senior boys would present freshman girls with a flower before giving them a kiss on the cheek as a chivalrous way to welcome them to the Farm. Over the years, FMOTQ has evolved, but still helps welcome freshmen to the community. FMOTQ took place last Thursday and officially began with a concert at Old Union featuring DJ A-Trak. Even with the musics draw, it appeared to me that the event was Contact Ethan Kessinger at ekessinger@stanford.edu. mostly attended by freshmen and a clan of naked upperclassmen that Im sure was not there to watch the band. Entering the Quad was more like going to the airport than to a make-out fest; barricades corralled us to ID checkpoints, and there was security everywhere. Nobody wanted to have random Palo Alto residents joining in, so these extra precautions were met without protest. On one side of the Quad, Memorial Church was fully ass me up. ont p lit, and on the other, a giant screen count.D ed down to midnight when the kissing ng a would begin. Tables covered in m condoms, mouthwash and signs da s. I am smart, hot an e about the importance of conhy, y sent lined the entrance to the W event. Many of the attendees were sporting FMOTQ brotanks featuring a bingo board displaying the names of different cohorts within the student body one might kiss, for instance, a freshman, the Tree or a Dollie. Others made their own bingo boards to wear around their necks. The crowd began filing in soon after 11:00 p.m., but the scene was pretty subdued until the Band rolled in around 11:30 p.m.. They kept the crowd dancing and sweating until 11:55 p.m., when students were treated to a movie reel of famous kisses. A couple of students glanced up for pointers, but everyone else just waited for the countdown to conclude. At the stroke of midnight, people sprung together. Kissing commenced between seniors and freshmen, sophomores and juniors, boyfriends and girlfriends, best friends, boys and girls, boys and boys, band geeks and cheerleaders. It seemed very awkward at first, and there were big groups of students afraid to leave their friends, but after the first few minutes, it was clear that there was nothing to lose. Eye contact was enough in most situations, but people still made valiant efforts to use their best pick-up lines. For reasons still unclear to me, a significant number of people did not want to make out with hoards of drunken

strangers. However, the observers gave foolproof rejections perfect for any time you dont want to pucker up. After a while, vodka-flavored saliva loses its appeal, so most people headed toward the exit by the 12:45 a.m. conclusion. The next morning, the talk around the breakfast table revolved around everyones magic numbers. The general consensus was that three kisses was respectable, five to nine was impressive and double-digits were just gross. There were a lot of awkward hellos in the dining hall and a lot more faces around campus that seemed vaguely familiar. Otherwise, it was just another beautiful day at Stanford.

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less-welcoming entrances to Stanford all the more conspicuous. The intersection of El Camino Real and Galvez Street/Embarcadero Road is one of the most heavily trafficked intersections near campus for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists alike. In its current state, cyclists must choose between sharing narrow traffic lanes with vehicles that rarely adhere to the 25 mph posted speed limit and illegally riding through narrow crosswalks that are inadequate for pedestrians besides. Proposals to redesign the intersection have been floated in Palo Alto, but have so far been neglected in favor of other projects. Considering the large number of students and employees who use the intersection and the amenity value of a more visually appealing approach to the University, Stanford could offer Palo Alto a financial incentive to take action on the intersection. One could go on to list many more areas in need of improvement, and indeed, such issues are usually well known to local transportation departments. Nevertheless, improvements to local intersections have come quite slowly. The conditions of local travel improved dramatically in the first half-century of Stanfords existence, seeing Palm Drive transformed from a muddy dirt path to a famous landmark. By comparison,the last several decades have seen only marginal improvements.Its time to realize that part of what makes Stanford such a vibrant community is the ease and pleasure with which it can be traversed. The exceptions, where they exist, need not be grudgingly tolerated and should be dealt with sooner rather than later.

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veryone who lives or works at the Stanford campus, be they freshmen, professors, grounds workers or President Hennessy himself,depends both directly and indirectly on the local street network to carry out their business and enjoy recreational activities. The many malls and arcades that make Stanfords main campus so postcard-worthy and accessible generally fulfill the demands of the community quite well.Unfortunately,poorly designed intersections on the outskirts of campus contribute to students isolation from surrounding cities and also endanger those who travel to and from campus each day. Palo Alto, taking advantage of outside funding from numerous sources,recently completed renovation of one such intersection between Stanford Avenue and El Camino Real and in doing so has provided a model for future improvements elsewhere. The new intersection adds numerous pedestrian amenities designed to narrow the crossing, such as bulb-outs on the corners and a wider median. Colored crosswalks help to increase the visibility and presence of crossings, improving pedestrian safety. New trees, benches and other landscape enhancements aim to provide outdoor gathering places to complement the natural hub generated by a nearby Starbucks. Lines of sight have also been widened to make turns safer for everyone.The city realized the goal of transforming a relatively ugly intersection into one that is not only safer but also feels more inviting. The improvements to the Stanford Avenue and El Camino Real intersection make several of the

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need to be capitalized?) The List is something my fellow 15er Kale and I worked on this summer in between taking four-hour naps and eating Cocoa Puffs on my couch. Basically, it encompasses everything we hope this year will be about. Silliness. Forming new relationships. Adventure. Learning things both inside and outside of the classroom. Whichever one of our friends can check the most items off the List by June gets a prize and bragging rights for pretty much the rest of eternity. Now, without further ado, I present the List: Bianca and Kales List for Freshman Year Success 1. Kiss the Tree 2. Get an A+ 3. Eat at every dining hall on campus 4. Attend at least one game for every varsity sport 5. Attend every home football game (and one away game) 6. Fountain hop in every fountain 7. Make friends with a professor 8. Learn the name of every person in your dorm 9. Do spring break BIG 10. Climb to the top of Hoover Tower 11. Take part in an experiment/ study 12. Pledge a sorority

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ou know that video every student watches in eighthgrade health class? The one with the scary old lady who smokes through a hole in her throat? I currently sound just like her. And its all because Full Moon got the best of me. I went to the Quad with one mission: kiss the Tree. And, like, a lot of guys. I had to. According to a straw poll conducted by my friend Jeremy, Twain had voted me most likely to kiss the most people. (And isnt that a lovely accomplishment to list on a resume?) Once the challenge was issued, I knew I had to win.The Stanford student inside of me hates losing more than anything, and plus, a couple people in my hallway had money riding on the bet. I couldnt let them lose, now could I? Kissing the Tree was important to me for a different reason. Unlike a lot of people, I dont believe its good luck because a) there is no such thing as good luck or bad luck, only people with good attitudes and people with bad attitudes, and b) Im pretty sure even if luck were real, kissing someone who had previously kissed several hundred other people would not be lucky it would be a way to contract mono and quite possibly oral herpes. No, I wanted to kiss the Tree because it was on the List. What is this List, you might ask? (And more importantly, why does it

Bianca Chavez
13. Host a ProFro and convince her to choose Stanford 14. Pull an all-nighter (studying) 15. Pull an all-nighter (partying) 16. Make dinner for a boy 17. Dance on the mantle at Sigma Chi 18. Go to Exotic Erotic and dance with a (nearly) naked person 19. Dance all 24 hours at Dance Marathon 20. Actually ski during the Tahoe Trip 21. Take a road trip with friends 22. Attend a poetry reading at a coffee shop. (Thats what college students do, right?) 23. Crawl through the steam tunnels 24. Volunteer, not because it looks good on your resume, but because it feels good 25. Hike the Dish at sunrise with someone who really matters Oh and by the way, I totally failed both of my Full-Moon missions. I only kissed one guy, and it wasnt on the Quad or even under the full moon. I guess theres always next year, right? Know an easy way to get into the steam tunnels? Tell Bianca at blchavez@stanford.edu, so she can be one step closer to finishing the List.

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eunion Homecoming, in all its cardinal-and-white glory, arrives on the Farm next weekend. But in the annual mishmash of good food, old friends and red Lamborghinis that signals the return of thousands of Stanford alumni to the one place they all have in common, I see a disturbing question: what will you remember when you come back? Stanford students are superb consequentialists that is, we tend to measure the goodness of actions by their eventual results. Bentham and Mill would be proud. We excel at making rational calculations of expected returns to labor and investment, which is probably why so many of us will take the exhortation to occupy Wall Street quite literally after graduation. So before making any decision, we ask one very simple question: what will I get out of it? Should I join Club X or Society Y? Well, it depends on which one will look better on my resume, itself a means to getting me into law school, itself a means to a stable, well-paying job and the approbation of society. Should I take class A or class B? Depends on which one will likely get me a better grade. Should I go to office hours today? Depends will the TA give me the answers on the problem set? Should I go to the football game? Probably not the momentary happiness Id gain would probably be outweighed by the returns of studying for those four hours. Should I watch that movie with my friends? I guess not I could be writing that paper instead. Should I ask out that girl down the hall? Well, lets think: how much time and energy will a relationship cost? Sometimes, the more altruistic among us fall into the same trap, deluding ourselves into believing that if our actions are intended to benefit others rather than ourselves,we cannot possibly be doing anything wrong. Why should I work at the Haas Center? Well, itll probably land me a great job at a humanrights agency down the road, and then I can do what I really want and help people who need me. Why should I study my brains out, skip two nights of sleep a week and go through the nine circles of organic chem? Well, Ill eventually get into med school, and then I can go help cure preventable disease in sub-Saharan Africa. But what inevitably gets lost in this generally admirable decisionmaking heuristic is the sheer joy of doing something for no reason at all. Kant tells us that rational agents should be treated as ends in themselves, never as means.The problem with Stanford students line of thinking is that we tend to reduce everything to means to a larger end, and in doing so, we suck the joy out of the means. Things (and people) generally cease to have intrinsic value when they are subsumed into part of a strategy.Think about it: we all know people who always have the endgame in mind, and we tend not to like them very much. Weve all met, for instance, the guy who looks right through you during a conversation. Hes not really thinking about you or the conversation: hes thinking about your networking value or the letter of recommendation you might be able to write for him later. Weve all met the girl who flakes out on dinner because an unexpected thisor-that came up; she calculated which would benefit her more, and the this-or-that beat out her friends. The end-game, kept always in view, is the bane of the here and now. Philosopher Bernard Williams once famously observed that the committed utilitarian tends to have one thought too many. I agree.We think too much and act spontaneously too little, and in doing so we lose our essential freedom. We become slaves to the dictates of a hoped-for future. So what will you remember when you come back for your 25th class reunion? Will you drive up in a Ferrari looking for your friends only to realize that you never really made any because you were too busy dreaming about the Ferrari? Will you remember your Stanford experience as one

The committed utilitarian tends to haveone thought too many. I agree.

blurry, four-year-long means to the life you now have? Or will you remember things that had value in and of themselves: the movie you saw because it looked good, the discussions you had just because you could or the class you took because it looked fascinating? (And hey, youve only got four years.) Will you remember that night you played tag in the Green Library stacks, the evening you blew off a paper and went to the haunted house instead and the time you went steam-tunneling and narrowly escaped the Stanford police in a highoctane bicycle chase? Its up to you. Think about it or, even better, dont. Miles is already missing his four years, even though theyre not quite over yet. Console him at milesu1@stanford.edu.

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during week six. The number of transports is on par with where weve been over the last three years, Castro said. The number of alcohol-related transports has been climbing up over the past three years. Transports Rising Alcohol transports declined from 119 cases in 2004-05 to 37 cases during the 2007-08 school year, Castro said. The numbers have risen since then,with 52 transports in 2008-09,61 between 2009 and 2010 and 64 transports last year. Castro mentioned almost fiveyears worth of data showing the increase of hard liquor in the form of shots by Stanford students. One hundred percent of students that have gone to the ER have misused or abused hard liquor, Castro said. About 85 percent of students who have gone to the ER have engaged in pre-gaming behaviors before they go out, and with hard liquor. Students who pre-game with hard liquor place themselves at much greater risk of alcohol poisoning and ER transport than students who do not, Castro said. Thats what were focusing on when we talk about high-risk drinking, Castro said. Were trying to develop a culture that deemphasizes hard-liquor consumption among students that gets them to understand the risks associated with it. The freshman class tends to represent a large proportion of the alcohol transports,but not the majority when compared to the rest of the undergraduate and graduate communities, Castro said. The junior class is least represented. Of the 13 transports this year, eight were male and five were female. All were undergraduates five each in the classes of 2014 and 2015, one junior and two seniors. Citations at Stanford The number of alcohol transports is independent of the number of alcohol citations which the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SDPS) grants, according to Castro. Last year, we had some of the lowest liquor-law citations on campus yet one of the highest transport numbers that weve had over the past five years, Castro said. From Sept. 20 to Oct. 12 of this year, the SDPS issued two Minor in Possession of Alcohol (MIP) citations, four Drunk in Public (DIP) citations and one Driving Under the Influence (DUI) ticket, according to SDPS Public Information Officer Bill Larson. Larson also said that SDPS issued 15 DIPs, 20 MIPs and two DUIs during the 2010-11 academic year to graduate and undergraduate students. We partner with the police and see them as an integral part of what we do, Castro said. Being cited by the police for an MIP or DIP is part of the educational milieu students learn a lot when they have to go to court.

Nationwide Trends Castro said other universities are also witnessing trends in excess consumption of hard liquor. Though citations at Stanford were low last year, alcohol citations and transports have been increasing across colleges nationwide. A Yale Daily News report found that alcohol-related incidents increased by 27 percent at Yale University between 2008 and 2009, and Yale officials suggested a five-year escalating trend in alcohol abuse. Alcohol violations increased 13 percent at the University of California, Los Angeles last year, according to the Daily Bruin, UCLAs student newspaper, and rose from 29 cases to 137 to 238 at the University of Southern California (USC) between 2008 and 2010, according to the Daily Trojan, USCs student paper. Harvard, which saw a similar decrease in transports from 2005-2008, has experienced an increase in transports over the last three years,according to The Crimson. UC-Berkeley reported twice as many transports during the first few weeks of the semester this year as compared to last year, according to a Daily Californian article. New Stanford Initiatives Back on the Farm, Castro said that the OAPE is working to offer alcohol-free alternatives to target pregaming behavior. Students might feel more inclined to go to social events that deemphasize alcohol beforehand, Castro said. Cardinal Nights is one such alternative that OAPE sponsors, Castro wrote in a separate email to The Daily. Cardinal Nights is the new initiative to provide more alcohol-free options for socializing on weekends, wrote Angelina Cardona 11 in an email to The Daily. Cardona, who served as ASSU president during the 2010-11 school year, is now an assistant director and community engagement coordinator for OAPE. Over 250 and 100 students respectively attended TGIF and Bingo Night Cardinal Nights first two events according to Cardona. For the remaining weekends of October, Cardinal Nights will sponsor six alcohol-free social events, as well as one on Halloween. Events include a partnership with FLiCKS, a comedy show next Saturday, a semiformal homecoming party the following weekend and a StanfordUSC game-viewing party the weekend after that, Cardona said. Cardinal Nights also offers grants to dormitories, students groups and individuals to fund their own alcoholfree events, Cardona added. Our goal is to provide a more vibrant social scene on campus that gives students options for how they spend their weekend nights, Cardona said. OAPE is also working with residential staff to discourage students from high-risk drinking. Were working with staff to ask students really pointed questions about what their plans are for the night so that they can start to intervene early and prevent problems before they begin, Castro said. Contact Kristian Davis Bailey at kbailey@stanford.edu.

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and Stanford Dining Ambassadors, including former head dining ambassador and current ASSU Senator

Brianna Pang 13, in influencing the decision. R&DE stated an intention to monitor its three on-campus late night dining options The Dish, The Axe & Palm and Latenight at Lakeside to understand how the overall late night service is working.
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SPORTS
WAZZU IS NO MATCH
CARD RALLIES FROM POOR FIRST HALF
By JACK BLANCHAT
DESK EDITOR

There are a lot of trite sayings associated with the game of football. Keep your feet moving. Stay low. Football is a game of inches. But for the Stanford football team, only one saying can describe its 44-14 win over Washington State on Saturday: its not how you start, its how you finish.

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Running back Tyler Gaffney (above) was part of an explosive Cardinal offense on Saturday. Washington State battled to a 10-7 deficit at halftime before Andrew Luck threw for four touchdowns to lead the team to a 44-14 victory, the teams 14th straight.

The No. 7 Cardinal (6-0, 4-0 Pac-12) only managed 10 points against the Cougars (3-3, 1-2) in the first half on Saturday, the worst scoring output in a single half from the Stanford offense all season. But quarterback Andrew Luck and the offense finally found a groove after halftime, piling on 310 yards of total offense and 34 points to keep the Cardinals 14-game win streak alive and well. Stanfords early offensive troubles started right away with a 2-yard loss on the Cardinals first play of the day. Then, Luck wound up and fired deep down the field and into the hands of defender Damante Horton, just the third interception of the season for Luck and the first that did not come as a result of a tipped pass. It was my fault for not putting the ball where it was supposed to be, Luck told reporters after the game. The Cardinal spent the rest of the half avoiding deep shots and focusing on short pass patterns,

but Luck and his receiving corps couldnt find much breathing room against a stubborn Cougar defense that only allowed 165 total yards in the first half. But in a display that showed the impressive balance of the Cardinal, the Stanford defense stepped up in a big way to help out the offense, sacking Cougar quarterback Jeff Tuel three times in the first half and six times throughout the course of the game. After a first-quarter field goal made the score 3-0 in Stanfords favor, the defense responded again, forcing a second-quarter fumble that senior safety Michael Thomas took all the way down to the Washington State 20-yard line after dashing 33 yards with the football. With the short field, Stanford jammed the football all the way down to the one-yard line before senior running back Jeremy Stewart smacked his way into the end zone on fourth-and-goal to make the score 10-0 and keep Stanford a perfect nine-for-nine on fourth-down conversions this season. After the Cardinal defense forced another Wazzu punt on the ensuing series, junior running back Stepfan Taylor fumbled the ball for the first time all season and for the first time since his fumble against USC last year that led to Lucks nowfamous hit on USC cornerback Shareece Wright. The fumble marked the first time all season that Stanford has turned the ball over more than once in a game, and the Cougars pounced on the rare opportunity by driving 40 yards for a score to

make the score 10-7 at halftime. But despite the sour first half, Luck and the Cardinal stormed out of the locker room after the break looking more like the team that captured last years Orange Bowl, particularly by focusing the offense on tight ends Coby Fleener, Levine Toilolo and Zach Ertz. On the Cardinals first drive of the second half, Luck found Fleener with back-to-back passes for 71 yards then flipped another pass to Toilolo in the end zone to make it 17-7. After a trio of punts, Luck once again found Toilolo for a touchdown, this time on a beautiful leaping catch from the 6foot-8 junior, who spun around and dove 5 full yards into the end zone with a defender hanging from his back to extend the lead to 24-7. Taylor redeemed his earlier mistake by taking a Luck shovel pass in from 8 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and Fleener found the end zone for the sixth time this season later in the quarter to make the score 38-7 and put the Cougars comeback hopes to bed. But the scoring wasnt over just yet after the Cougars scored a late touchdown to make the score 38-14, freshman Ty Montgomery took the kickoff at the 4-yard line, spun off a tackler and zipped the final 75 yards all the way to the end zone, putting a final exclamation point on the 30-point win with Stanfords first kick return for a touchdown of the season. Luck finished the day with a

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CARD COMES UP BIG

By MICHAEL SCHWARTZ A straight-set Cardinal victory over the No. 2 Washington Huskies in a clash of volleyball titans Saturday night at Maples Pavilion sent shockwaves through the Pac-12 and the entire country, but no one learned more than No. 7 Stanford coach John Dunning and his players.

WOMENS VOLLEYBALL WASHINGTON 0 STANFORD 3 10/15, Maples Pavilion

The message we send is really to ourselves: we have a good team this year. The possibilities are limitless, Dunning said. Stanford (14-3, 8-3 Pac-12) took a four-game winning streak into the weekend matches against Washington and Washington State and did not disappoint. The Cardinal dismantled the Washington State Cougars (11-8, 3-6) on Friday night thanks to a quick start that saw it take the first set 25-13 in dominating fashion. The Card went on to win the second set 25-21 and the third 25-6 for a straight-set victory. Leading the charge once again was sophomore outside hitter Rachel Williams, who torched the Cougars offensively with a matchhigh 13 kills. Freshman Lydia Bai pitched in with 12 kills, as the pair smothered the Cougar defense all night long. Stanford was able to

hold outside hitter Megan Ganzer in check, limiting her to 10 kills for the match. Much of the credit goes to middle blocker Carly Wopat,who led the way at the heart of Stanfords defense with three blocks. But the true test came on Saturday night when the Washington Huskies (15-3, 7-3) rolled into town. Coming off of a loss to California, the Huskies were hungry for a win to keep them above Stanford in the Pac-12 standings. However, in front of over 4,000 screaming fans, the Cardinal could not be stopped. Stanford started off strong, taking a 22-14 lead in the first set. But four straight errors by Bai,Williams and Wopat allowed the Huskies to climb back, forcing the Card to take a timeout. Regaining its composure, Stanford closed out the set for a 2519 victory. Wopat got things going for Stanford in the second set, opening with three straight kills. The sophomore came up big when she was needed most, recording 10 kills and three blocks on a match-high .500 hit percentage. Just when the Huskies began to make a run, junior setter Karissa Cook shifted the momentum back Stanfords way with a phenomenal behind-the-back kill followed by an ace. Cook played extremely well, recording 30 assists and 13 digs to lead all players in both categories. Then it was time for the Rachel Williams show, as she stifled the

Washington defense with back-toback kills. Williams put on an exhibition on the attack for the fans, leading all players with 15 kills. We wanted to keep the momentum going [and] put pressure on them, she said. They did just that, winning the second set 25-16, giving Stanford a commanding two-set lead heading into the locker room. However, the Huskies were not going to lie down and hand Stanford the game. They came out for the third set with a fire that had been missing earlier in the match. Washington battled back from an early deficit to tie the set at 22. The Cardinal continued to fight,taking a 24-23 lead and then ending the match in dramatic fashion with an ace from Wopat. It wasnt pretty in the third set, but we just fought, Dunning said. Saturday nights win against Washington highlights the best stretch of the season thus far for the Cardinal, during which it has won six straight. With the win, Stanford managed to leapfrog Washington in the Pac-12 standings, moving up to fourth place with plenty of games remaining. The Cardinal will look to continue climbing on the road as it travels to Arizona next weekend to take on Arizona and Arizona State. Contact Michael Schwartz at mikes23@stanford.edu.

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Sophomore middle blocker Carly Wopat (No. 2) hits over the net for the Cardinal. Joining Wopat are sophomore outside hitter Rachel Williams (No. 6) and junior setter Karissa Cook (No. 15). No. 7 Stanford beat No. 2 Washington in a straight-set victory Saturday night in front of over 4,000 fans at the Maples Pavilion.

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With the victory, the 2010-11 Cardinal set the school record for the longest winning streak at 14. Stanford has now beaten its last nine opponents by more than 25 points and held its last 12 opponents to less than 20 points. And on a day that started with an interception and ended with a kickoff return, it wasnt how the Cardinal started, it was how it finished. Stanford will get a chance to see if it can start a little faster this Saturday back on the Farm against the No. 22 Washington Huskies. Contact Jack Blanchat at blanchat@ stanford.edu.

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23-for-36 passing game, throwing for 336 yards with four touchdowns and an interception. It was the sixth time in his college career that he has thrown four touchdowns in a game. Fleener notched the highest single-game receiving total for a Cardinal player this season with 128 yards and a touchdown, and Taylor added 100 yards on the ground in addition to his touchdown catch.

WOMENS SOCCER

Devils downed, Card still top of Pac-12

By JOSEPH BEYDA
DESK EDITOR

Continuing its dominance with another strong road performance, the No. 1 Stanford womens soccer team moved one step closer to a Pac-12 title this weekend, beating Arizona State 3-1 on Friday and extending its conference win streak to 26 games.

WOMENS SOCCER STANFORD 3 ARIZONA STATE 1 10/15, Tempe, Ariz.

The road trip, however brief, was encouraging for a Cardinal team (14-0-1, 6-0 Pac-12) that could have had a letdown after a 4-1 win over perennial contender UCLA last Sunday. Instead, Stanfords top contributors did their jobs against the struggling Sun Devils (6-8, 2-4 Pac-

12), with the seniors combining for 10 of the squads 15 shots and the Cardinals top-four scorers posting one point each. Stanford now only needs to go 31-1 down the stretch to clinch a share of the Pac-12 title. With five games remaining in conference play, the Cardinals remaining opponents have, on average, won just a third of their Pac-12 matches this season. Those teams will have to deal with the increasingly impressive scoring duo of seniors Teresa Noyola and Lindsay Taylor, who have found the net a combined 16 times this season and connected against Arizona State for the second time in as many games. Each forcing tough saves early on for junior Sun Devil goalkeeper Alyssa Gilmore, the pair opened the scoring in the 25th minute when a Noyola free kick resulted in a header goal by Taylor.

The tally gave Noyola her 34th career assist and put her within seven helpers of Christen Presss school record, set a year ago. Nine minutes after Taylors opening goal, freshman forward Chioma Ubogagu got hold of a deflected clearing attempt and made the score 2-0 with a quick left-footer. In the second half, the task fell to junior forward Marjani HingGlover, making her first start of the season and the fifth of her career just a few miles from her hometown, Scottsdale, Ariz. A cross from sophomore forward Natalie Griffen in the 78th minute set up a onetimer by Hing-Glover, who found the far post for her fifth goal of the year. With the game getting out of reach, head coach Paul Ratcliffe

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about them in the first half. Luck only threw to the tight ends a few times in the first 30 minutes, as the trio combined for just two catches (both by Zach Ertz), 12 yards and no touchdowns. But after the break, Luck went back to his bread and butter. His first three passes of the second half were a 9-yard completion to Coby Fleener, a 62-yard completion to Fleener and a 10-yard touchdown to Levine Toilolo. Another touchdown throw to Toilolo and a fourth-quarter score for Fleener gave Stanfords tight ends three touchdowns to bring their season tally to 12. In all, nine of Lucks 13 second-half completions went to tight ends,and the trio combined for 216 yards,more than the entire Washington State team. 10: Wide receiver Griff Whalen primarily a third-down outlet in the past was targeted on 10 of Lucks 36 passes. Whalen broke out with a career-high 92 yards last week against Colorado, and he set another career high with seven catches against Washington State. Whalen has shown the ability to go downfield and make moves in space, as he has assumed the No. 1 receiver role after a couple of inconsistent showings from, and injuries to,senior Chris Owusu. 188, 7: The Cougars entered the game ranked 13th in the country in both yards and points.Stanfords firststring defense held Wazzu to just 188 total yards and seven points before the Cougars late touchdown drive in garbage time. Thats over 300 yards and 30 points below Washington States season average, showing that the Stanford defense didnt rack up such great stats simply by playing bad teams. Oh yeah, and the six sacks certainly didnt hurt. 96: Whats better than a 38-14 win on the road? How about a 44-14 win on the road? On the final play of the game, true freshman Ty Montgomery spun through a hole and took a kickoff return 96 yards for a touchdown.It was the first big sign of explosiveness from the Stanford return game,and that single return bumped the Cardinal from 85th to ninth in the country in kickoff returns. Even more important to stat nerds weekend to face new Pac-12 additions Utah and Colorado at Cagan Stadium. The Utes, who face the Cardinal on Friday at 7 p.m., are currently tied for third place in the conference, while the Buffaloes may still be hoping to notch their first-ever Pac-12 win in the Sunday matinee. Contact Joseph Beyda at jbeyda@ stanford.edu. like me is that it kept a stunning streak alive. Stanford came into the game with eight consecutive wins by at least 25 points,dating back to last year.That streak is the longest in conference history,going all the way back to the Pacific Coast Conference almost 100 years ago.The streak looked to be over when Cougar backup quarterback Marshall Lobbestael ran for a touchdown to cut the lead to 24 with just 13 seconds left. But Montgomery had other ideas,and just like that,the streak is up to nine.Of course, the most important streak is even longer . . . 14: Its been over a year since Stanford lost a football game, and the 14game streak is a new school record. Next up to challenge the streak is Washington, a team that lost 41-0 at home the last time it squared off with the Cardinal. 8: In the first BCS standings of the season, Stanford came in at No. 8. Among undefeated teams, only Kansas State and Houston were ranked lower. The Cardinal is fifth in the Harris Poll,seventh in the coaches poll and eighth in the computers but could get a boost if it beats the Huskies, who snuck into the BCS standings at No.25. Jacob is busy worshipping his Andrew Luck shrine and sticking pins in his LaMichael James voodoo doll.Try to get through to him at jwjaffe@stanford.edu and on Twitter @Jacob_Jaffe.

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Stat on the Back

Win in Wazzu a tale oftwo halves

n this weeks edition of Stat on the Back, Ill take a look at Stanfords 44-14 win over Washington State.

Number of the game: 2 What it means: There are two halves in a football game,and Stanford only looked like itself for one of them. Why it matters: The Cardinal has been a second-half team all season. Stanford has been good in the first half, but after halftime, the Cardinal takes things to another level. In six games, Stanford has outscored its opponents 30-0, 27-7, 21-0, 28-12, 21-0 and 34-7 after the break.Thats 161-26 in total. And thats absurd. Stanfords second-half points alone would rank the team 72nd in the country in scoring, ahead of four Pac-12 teams. Meanwhile, the defense has given up just four scores in the second half all season, and only one of these was against the first-string defense. In general, the Cardinal has looked virtually unstoppable in second halves all season. No game was a better example of the proverbial tale of two halvesthan Saturdays matchup with Washington State. Stanford came out flat with an Andrew Luck interception on the second play of the game, and things did not get a whole lot better as the half wore on.The defense responded well, setting the offense up for an easy touchdown to go up by 10,but another

turnover was too much for the defense to handle, and the Cougars got on the board to cut the lead to just three before halftime. While a 10-7 score at the break might not seem like the end of the world (it wasnt, as it turned out), the bigger issue was the look of the team. Stanford looked like it was uncomfortable and frustrated,and the homecoming crowd at Martin Stadium felt like it was spurring its Cougars on to a big upset.This was the worst half Stanford has played this year, and possibly the worst first half in the past two years. But,again,there are two halves in a football game. After the break, Stanford went right back to being its dominant self, looking every bit like a national-title contender in all three phases of the game. Other notable numbers: 10-for-16, 89, 0, 1: Lucks first-half stat line says it all in terms of Stanfords performance:10-for-16 passing for just 89 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. His first pass was severely underthrown, leading to his third interception of the season and the first that did not come on a tipped ball. Although he completed 10 of his remaining 15 passes, he still appeared out of sync throughout the half, and his low yardage total speaks to his struggles. However,after the break . . . 13-for-20, 247, 4, 0: Now theres the Luck weve come to know and worship. Completing 65 percent of his passes isnt necessarily indicative of a great half (hes completed over 73 percent for the season), but 247 yards and four touchdowns speak for themselves.Luck looked like the best player in the country, throwing darts all over the field. Why was he so successful? Well, he remembered who his best weapons are . . . 11,216,3:Stanford has great players at every position, and the running backs and receivers have performed admirably. But the Cardinals biggest advantage over every team on its schedule and probably over almost any NFL team is its trio of unguardable tight ends.You may have heard of them. However, you didnt hear much only had to make one save on the night Ratcliffe turned to redshirt sophomore goalie Aly Gleason for her sixth appearance of the season. Gleason was unable to stop an 88th-minute penalty kick, the Sun Devils only goal, by redshirt sophomore Nicki Stone. The penalty came off a hand-ball call in the box just after an Arizona State corner kick. Stanford returns home next

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Stanford alumni star on Day One of Pan American Games
A pair of Stanford swimmers made a big splash at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico Julia Smit 10 won gold in the 400meter individual medley and Elaine Breeden 10 won a bronze medal in the 100-meter butterfly on the first official day of competition Saturday. Additionally, the U.S. womens volleyball team rolled to a straightset victory in the opening match of group play against Puerto Rico with key contributions from recent Cardinal graduates Cynthia Barboza 09, Alix Klineman 11 and Cassidy Lichtman 11. Barboza, a three-time AVCA First Team All-American on the Farm, had nine kills and three blocks in the win. Lichtman, herself a two-time First Team All-American, chipped in with five kills and a service ace as the Americans rolled in the first of three pool-play matches. But it was Smit who seized the spotlight with her performance in the pool to win her first gold medal at a major international competition. The 26-time All-American, who won three of her six NCAA titles in the 400 IM, outpaced teammate Allysa Vavra down the stretch. Breeden came up a little bit short in her bid to join Smit atop the podium but settled for bronze in a tight race with Brazils Daynara De Paula. Both Breeden and Smit will have more chances to add to their haul , as the Pan Am Games continue through Oct. 30.All in all, 26 current, former or incoming Stanford athletes are participating in 13 different sports at the Games.
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substituted liberally throughout: a total of 21 Cardinal players saw action, with none of them playing fewer than 10 minutes. Resting sophomore starting goalkeeper Emily Oliver who

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