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Today Tomorrow

FEATURES/3 SPORTS/6
LONG DISTANCE WILD WIN
Stanford students discuss life Stanford baseball survives six Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny
away from their partners errors to down St. Mary’s 16-14 76 53 77 61

The Stanford Daily


CARDINAL TODAY

An Independent Publication
WEDNESDAY www.stanforddaily.com Volume 239
March 30, 2011 Issue 30

Trust needed online


NEWS BRIEFS

Stanford accepts
2,427 high school
applicants NYU professor explores Internet privacy challenges
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
By PATRICIA HO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Stanford offered admission to
2,427 students via electronic notifi-
cation letters today, several days ear- Helen Nissenbaum, professor of media, cul-
lier than the scheduled notification ture and communication at New York Univer-
date of Apr. 1. In sum, 34,348 high sity, discussed online privacy and its challenges
school students applied to become in her talk, “Why privacy online is different,
part of the Class of 2015. and why it isn’t,” on Tuesday at the Law School.
This brings Stanford’s current admit Hosted by the Stanford Center for Internet
rate to nearly 7.1 percent, compared and Society, Nissenbaum’s presentation fo-
to 7.2 percent last year. cused on the notion of a transparent privacy
“Stanford has been exceedingly policy in which users can choose to give per-
fortunate to attract a simply amazing mission to providing information online,
group of applicants from all over the called “notice and consent.”
world,” Dean of Admission Richard Nissenbaum described the growing online
Shaw told to The Stanford Report. environment as a competitive marketplace for
“In our review, we were humbled by information, in which people are able to en-
the exceptional accomplishments of gage freely with limited interference by third
those candidates who have been ad- parties such as government regulators. This
mitted, as well as the competitive environment requires flexibility and innova-
strength of all of the applicants.” tion to maintain its growth and can be puzzling
Among the admitted students, to comprehend.
754 had applied through the early ac- “The online environment provides new
tion program and received an offer types of information that we haven’t been
of admission in December. Admit- used to engaging with,” Nissenbaum said.
ted students have until May 1 to ac- “Sometimes we just aren’t sure of how to work
cept the University’s offer. with this kind of information.”
According to the Office of Under- Other factors that underlie privacy prob-
graduate Admission, an additional lems and accompany the growth of online
1,078 applicants have been placed on communication include new types of actors —
the waitlist and will hear from Stan- the subjects and recipients of information.
ford, pending matriculation results. There are also different modes of capture and
distribution of information. Unlike spoken
— An Le Nguyen
communication, there is no longer a “clear re-
ciprocal flow of information” between speak-
ers, Nissenbaum said.
NYT subscription A primary limitation of notice and consent,
Nissenbaum argued, is the existence of a trans- IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily
parency paradox. Given that privacy policies Helen Nissenbaum, professor of media, culture and communication at New York University,
change won’t impact are generally extremely abstruse and contain discussed Internet privacy policy at Tuesday’s talk, hosted by the Center for Internet and Society.
several loopholes, they are not an effective
Stanford reference for the average user to determine “What I think is missing from transparency cy and his familiarity with her work. Antonial-
exactly how their information will be main- and consent is . . . unless we can build this li appreciated Nissenbaum’s unique perspec-
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF tained and kept private. sense of trust and great understanding of this tive on the issue and her treatment of its many
Nissenbaum cited a personal anecdote of relationship, we can’t rest everything on this challenges.
Stanford readers will not be af- her own experiences in healthcare as an exam- concept of transparency and consent,” Nis- “It’s always useful to be confronted with
fected by the latest New York Times ple. When she was asked to sign off on a med- senbaum said. new ideas for a better framework,” Antonialli
(NYT) digital subscription plan, ac- ical consent form regarding insurance for a Second year law student Dennys Antonial- said.“[Her talk] identified a real, serious prob-
cording to library communications surgery, she did not read the entirety of the li, who attended the talk, said he found Nis- lem and it certainly has the potential for at
medical consent form and instead relied on senbaum’s ideas particularly engaging be-
Please see BRIEFS, page 2 her trust in her caretaker. cause of his long-term interest in online priva- Please see WEB, page 2

Art House STUDENT GOV’T

Senate passes
two bills and
discusses
ROTC vote
Motion to suspend rule of
order for ROTC fails
By IVY NGUYEN
DESK EDITOR
JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily
A piece by Stella Zhang hangs on exhibit. The display is part of an exhibition titled '3 Artists,' which features works by Zhang, Rajiv Khilnani and Yvonne The ASSU 12th Undergraduate Sen-
Porcella in the Paul G. Allen building, Jordan Hall and the Packard building. An artists’ reception is scheduled for the evening of April 15. ate passed two bills Tuesday evening,
confirming Zachary Warma ‘11 as direc-
tor of the ASSU Publications Board and
UNIVERSITY passing an amendment to the non-dis-
crimination statement of the ASSU

Stanford prepared for potential big earthquake Joint bylaws. Senators Carolyn Sim-
mons ‘13 and Ben Jenson ‘12 attended
the meeting via conference call.
The bill, authored by ASSU Publica-
By JENNY THAI ed over the years, earthquakes are quake occurrence by studying precise, need to be taken with a tions Board Assistant Director Alice
SENIOR STAFF WRITER capricious events. crustal deformation and fault me- grain of salt. Segall cautioned Nam and sponsored by Senator Made-
“Earthquakes don’t happen on chanics by using precise GPS against viewing the average cycle line Hawes’13, nominated Warma, a for-
The Tohoku earthquake, which a schedule,” said geophysics pro- measurements to measure distor- calculations as rigid, accurate pre- mer Daily staff member, to replace for-
struck the northeast coast of Hon- fessor Greg Beroza. “They’re not tions created by the accumulated dictions of seismic activity. mer director Alex Katz ‘12, who re-
shu, Japan on March 11 and trig- only unpredictable, the onset is stress of faults locking together “Just because the average is signed on March 18.As the new director,
gered a 23-foot tsunami, is not extremely rapid.” due to friction. Earthquakes occur 140 years doesn’t mean it’s going Warma will oversee funding for student
only a tragedy in and of itself, but Stanford is not invulnerable to when the stress of the faults over- to happen exactly at that average publications on campus.
a grim reminder for seismologists these quakes. The two nearest comes the friction of the locked time,” Segall said. “There is a Following his unanimous confirma-
and scientists that earthquakes faults that pose the greatest threat plates. range of variability, which makes tion, Warma’s first course of action was
are one of the most dangerous to Stanford are the San Andreas “Take the Hayward fault, the prediction rather difficult. How- proposing, with Nam, a high tech center
natural disasters out there, ac- and Hayward faults. Although the fault that runs directly under ever, what geological studies can in Old Union where student publica-
cording to Stanford researchers. San Andreas Fault is closer to Berkeley,” Segall said. “The aver- give us is information that lets us tions would have access to publication
Based on geological records Stanford, Stanford seismologists age distance the fault should move know that there is a higher possi- software such as InDesign that is not
and written historical accounts, are more concerned about the is about one centimeter per year. bility of an earthquake happen- available in computer clusters on cam-
Japanese seismologists anticipat- Hayward fault, which, according The Hayward fault hasn’t slipped ing.” pus.
ed earthquake magnitudes from to geophysics professor Paul since 1868, so about 140 years. If According to Segall, an earth- “The goal is not to have it be for pub-
7.0 to 8.0 from the Japan Trench. Segall,is reaching the end of its av- you multiply 140 years times one quake of a magnitude comparable lications specifically,” Warma said. “It’s
The resulting 9.0 earthquake re- erage fault slip cycle of 140 years. centimeter, you need over a to that of Japan’s is highly unlike- to create a high tech center where publi-
veals that despite the wealth of Segall is currently tackling the meter’s worth of slip.”
seismic data that has been collect- difficulty of measuring earth- These measurements, however Please see QUAKE, page 2 Please see SENATE, page 2

Index Features/3 • Opinions/4 • Sports/6 • Classifieds/7 Recycle Me


2 ! Wednesday, March 30, 2011 The Stanford Daily
UNIVERSITY

Haas receives 150 fellowship apps BRIEFS


The GUP stipulates that the Uni-
versity must build or improve a
number of trails in exchange for per-
Continued from front page mission to expand the campus. To
meet this requirement, Stanford
Interest in public interest Fellows admitted to the program lowship program among students. seeks to improve the so-called “C1”
participate in one of 11 fellowships: The fact that the philanthropy director Andrew Herkovic. trails along Alpine Road, which run
law up as philanthropic African Service, Community Arts, fellowship is different from the typ- For full-text access of the paper’s through Portola Valley and unincor-
Education and Youth Develop- ical service fellowship could be one
fellowships see decline ment, Haas Summer, Haas Summer reason why fewer students apply to
content, users can search for the title
“New York Times on the Web” in
porated San Mateo County, as well
as the Arastradero Road or “S1”
By IVY NGUYEN Round II, Philanthropy, Public In- that particular program, Scheenstra SearchWorks, the library search en- trail, which runs through Los Altos
DESK EDITOR terest Law, Stanford Pride, Spiritu- said. gine. Archived articles from 1851 to Hills.
ality, Service, Social Change, Don- “It’s not really on people’s radar 2007 can be accessed via ProQuest The University has sent letters
The Haas Center for Public Ser- ald A. Strauss and Urban Summer. and they maybe aren’t considering Historical Newspapers, while stories offering up to $8.4 million to San
vice received approximately 150 ap- Though most fellowships in- the possibility of philanthropy,” she from 1985 to the present can be ac- Mateo County and $2.8 million to
plicants for its 60 fellowships for volve students working in non-prof- added. cessed from NewsBank Access the town of Portola Valley to fix the
summer 2011, according to Fellow- it organizations, the philanthropy Hawthorne, on the other hand, World News. Print editions of the Alpine Road trail in addition to the
ships Program Director Jeff fellowship places students on the thinks that the low interest in the Times are also available in several Los Altos Hills offer. Both the C1
Hawthorne.This year saw a spike in funding side of service, said Sarah philanthropy program is due to the dining halls across campus, courtesy and S1 trails cross Stanford proper-
applicants to the public interest law Scheenstra ‘11, student ambassador fact that the current student mar- of the ASSU. ty at several points.
fellowship, but the philanthropy fel- for undergraduate fellowships. keting team does not have a student NYT announced March 17 a de- Of the three offers, the one to
lowship continued to receive a low “Philanthropy is grant-making, who had participated in that pro- cision to limit digital access to their Los Altos Hills has created the most
number of applicants. so rather than being at a non-profit gram. The Haas Center will contin- content to a maximum of 20 articles controversy among residents, who
The Haas Center Undergradu- where you’re depending on funding ue to search for a student to repre- per calendar month for non-sub- fear that improving the trail would
ate Fellowship Program offers fi- from other places, often when sent that fellowship and promote scribers. The new policy will affect bring more traffic to the area and
nancial support to students who you’re working in philanthropy the other fellowships for the coming “its website and applications for lead to an increase in accidents.
wish to work on domestic or inter- you’re working with other organi- year. smartphones and tablets,” the press University representatives were
national public service projects.The zations to fund their projects,” “We’ll continue to use the chan- release said. also present at the March 17 city
program offers fellows a $4,000 Scheenstra said. “It’s kind of a flip- nels that we have because they’re Visitors to the site who wish to council meeting, where they said
base stipend to fund their program, side to the equation.” the most effective avenues for read more articles after exceeding they would return with more de-
with additional support correspon- Scheenstra participated in the reaching where we think there’s an their limit will be asked to become signs for a proposed retaining wall
ding to students’ financial need. African Service fellowship the sum- intersection with some of the digital subscribers. Readers who in response to some residents’ criti-
Though the total amount of funding mer after her sophomore year, coursework that they’re doing,” subscribe to home delivery or the cisms.
for this year’s fellows has not been working for the Daily Monitor in Hawthorne said. International Herald Tribune will Town officials intend to discuss
calculated yet, Hawthorne said the Uganda. Following her fellowship, not be affected by the new plan. the project with neighborhood
center averages $500,000 each year Scheenstra continued to work with Contact Ivy Nguyen at iknguyen@ groups in the coming weeks and
in grants. the Haas Center to market the fel- stanford.edu. — Ivy Nguyen months.
“We want to meet the concerns
of the neighbors, and many of their
Los Altos Hills concerns are very legitimate,” said

North Korea
Los Alto Hills Mayor Ginger Sum-
delays Stanford trail mit in a March 18 interview with the
San Jose Mercury News. “They
decision brought some things to our atten-
tion that we had noticed, but hadn’t
really addressed, so we will be ad-
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF dressing those.”
The city council is expected to re-
The Los Altos Hills City Council visit the topic in a few months, after
has decided to delay the approval of the town does “more homework,”
a trail project funded by Stanford Summit said.
University, following objections “We are working closely with
from the surrounding community. Stanford, and Stanford now has
The University offered Los Altos shown up at two public hearings,”
Hills $1.05 million worth of trail im- Summit said. “So they understand
provements in an effort to satisfy an the voice of the residents, which I
agreement with the Santa Clara think they never really understood
County Board of Supervisors con- before.”
cerning its General Use Permit
(GUP). — Ivy Nguyen and Tyler Brown

QUAKE “[We need] to


Continued from front page

ly for the San Andreas Fault.


“Even the San Andreas cannot
be self-suffi-
produce a 9.0 earthquake, but a 7.0
to 8.0 at most,” Segall said.“But the
Cascadia subduction zone —
which extends from Canada to
cient in the
northern California — can poten-
tially reach a magnitude of nine.”
This news bodes well for Stan-
ford, which, over the years, has un-
aftermath of an
dergone a rigorous seismic retro-
fitting for vulnerable buildings. All
new buildings, including the Knight
earthquake.”
Management Center, have been
carefully constructed to withstand — LAWRENCE GIBBS, EHS
earthquakes.
“The Knight building uses a associate vice provost
buckling restrain brace, a new type
of system developed 10 to 15 years search equipment has been pro-
ago,”said Greg Deierlein,a civil and posed.
environmental engineering profes- “People’s perceptions of earth-
sor. “The brace structure helps the quakes are often of buildings falling
building during compression to re- or collapsing completely,” said
sist buckling. The new Bio-E build- Mary-Lou Zoback, vice president
ing will also have this brace.” of Earthquake Risk Applications at
The department of Environ- Risk Management Solutions, a
mental Health & Safety (EHS) local risk assessment consulting
works with Stanford’s seismologists group.
to develop measures to ensure cam- “However, most of the damage
pus safety. that people don’t generally think
“What Stanford has done over about is the shaking and disruption
many years is to really try to com- of the building’s contents,” she
bine preparedness with what we added. “Lab materials and equip-
know about the possibility of seis- ment can be damaged, data can be
mic activity in the area and attempt lost.”
to mitigate as many risks as possi- While the proactive measures
ble,” wrote Lawrence Gibbs, EHS implemented can sufficiently help
associate vice provost, in an email Stanford withstand up to a 7.5
IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily to The Daily. quake from the San Andreas Fault,
John Everard, former British Ambassador to North Korea, Belarus and Uruguay, spoke about life in North “These include seismic retro- earthquake researchers and staff
Korea and the sharp end to diplomacy with the regime. Everard is a Freeman Spogli Institute fellow. fitting of many of our buildings, emphasize the importance of main-
adding emergency generators to taining vigilance in building inspec-
many buildings to ensure power tions and earthquake safety educa-
availability [and] ensuring emer- tion.

SENATE
that Vision Earth and FutureFest issue was first put to vote and would gency food and water supplies are “Stanford’s preparedness is
could become Stanford traditions. have voted differently with the in- available,” he said. based on the probability that an
After disbursing money to the jun- formation she has now. The initial Other measures that the depart- earthquake would impact the
ior and sophomore classes, the fund bill, proposed by ASSU President ment has taken include the installa- whole region,” Gibbs said. “Stan-
Continued from front page tion of fire sprinkler systems in all ford needs to be able to be self suf-
had $2,500 remaining to subsidize Angelina Cardona ‘11, was passed
the cost of inviting the musician. unanimously last month. undergraduate housing residences ficient in the immediate aftermath
cation needs are met — a layout The senators agreed to conduct an “I was under the impression that and most laboratories, automatic of an earthquake. Therefore, our
room with a lot of software that a email vote after they have more there had been a lot of discussion seismic gas shutoffs and emergency programs are focused on attempt-
lot of these publications don’t time to consider the topic. with the transgender community warning and communication sys- ing to ensure all individuals under-
have.” Macgregor-Denis then shared and with the LGBT community, tems. It also ensured that data back- stand how to prepare and react in
If approved, the room would with the Senate an iPhone version that there was an agreement and up systems are available to protect event of an earthquake.”
likely be located in Nitery 209, of the ASSU website and solicited that this would be beneficial to it,” critical information. More recently,
where the Senate meets each Tues- feedback on the app. she said. “But this was clearly not a program to provide for non-struc- Contact Jenny Thai at jthai1@stan-
day.Warma and Nam will meet with Kannappan and Senator Robin the case.” tural restraints on high value re- ford.edu.
Nanci Howe, director of Student Perani ‘13 then motioned to move Senator Daniel Khalessi ‘12
Activities and Leadership, in the the meeting start time to 7:30 p.m. echoed Perani’s sentiments.
near future to discuss more details Both have classes end after the cur- “I don’t even remember voting

WEB
of this plan. rent 7 p.m. start time. They request- for this bill,” Khalessi said. “It was with social life, it is necessary to
Financial manager Raj Bhan- ed this change so that they could at- two minutes. We steamrolled conduct a comparative evalua-
dari, CEO of Stanford Student En- tend more than half of each of the through it with a meeting we had tion to determine how these chal-
terprises, reported that the Green four remaining meetings in order to with the GSC, we didn’t really dis- Continued from front page lenges affect core values of free-
Alliance for Innovative Action retain their position. The Senate cuss it.” dom and autonomy, Nissenbaum
(GAIA) is requesting $2,000 to unanimously voted to move the Despite over an hour of debate, said.
reach the $14,000 needed to invite meeting to 7:30 p.m. the motion to suspend the rules of least making a more informed de- “We should write out substan-
musician K’naan to speak at Vision Perani initiated a lengthy discus- order failed to garner the 10 votes cision about online privacy.” tive rules of expectation that gov-
Earth and FutureFest. Bhandari sion when she moved for a suspen- necessary to reach the two-thirds Concluding her talk, Nis- ern the flow of information in
clarified that while K’naan would sion of the rules of order so the Sen- majority required to pass the mo- senbaum recommended alterna- those cases,” Nissenbaum said.
be answering questions and not ate could reconsider the ROTC ad- tion. The advisory question will re- tives on how society can handle “We have a lot of knowledge
performing. visory question that will appear on main on the ballot; voting begins on the challenges of online privacy. about social life and we can bring
Senator Stewart Macgregor- the general elections ballot next Apr. 8th. Ultimately, there is still a role for it to our benefit,” she added.
Denis ‘13 suggested the possibility week. informed consent. But given that
of using money from the ASSU tra- Perani argued that she did not Contact Ivy Nguyen at iknguyen@ the online world is highly hetero- Contact Patricia Ho at pho14@stan-
ditions fund if the Senate deemed have enough information when the stanford.edu. geneous and thickly integrated ford.edu.
The Stanford Daily Wednesday, March 30, 2011 ! 3

FEATURES
LONG
DISTANCE
FORMULA
By MOLLY VORWERCK you know you’re missing some-
thing, and then when you are home

I
t’s a common sight to see [together], you feel rushed because
Stanford couples holding you feel like you have to make up
hands in the quad or cuddling for the time you missed,” he said.“It
up next to each other while puts a lot of pressure on the time
sharing a hot chocolate at the when you’re together.”
CoHo. But what about those stu- Their short break showed him
dents whose sweethearts are more what life would be like if they
than a five or 10-minute bike ride weren’t together, which he admits
away? would be significantly less stressful,
According to The Center for the but not as worthwhile as being in a
Study of Long Distance Relation- relationship with Katrina. During
ships, there are an estimated 4 to 4.5 their break, Casals found himself
million college couples in the Unit- more engaged with friends that he
ed States that are involved in a long might have otherwise lost touch
distance relationship. Long distance with after freshman year, and he
relationships suggest a mixed bag of went out more on weekends.
emotional experiences — weeks, “[Being in a long distance rela-
perhaps months, of being apart, tionship] definitely makes me less
finding gushy love letters sent via social because I have to devote a
snail mail in your mailbox and of portion of time to my relationship,”
course, the eventual, ultimately he said. “So I’m definitely with-
gratifying reunions. But that’s not drawn, but I don’t see that as a bad
all there is to it. thing. If I had a girlfriend on cam-
Ginny Scholtes ‘13 and her pus, I would be even more with-
boyfriend, Murphy, have been to- drawn.”
gether for two years and seven Marcia Levitan ‘13, whose
months.They met while both attend- boyfriend is studying abroad this
ing Laguna Hills High School in La- quarter in Florence, Italy, maintains
guna Hills, Calif. when they were that her preconceived expectations
members of the swim and water polo of being in a long distance relation-
teams. For Scholtes, the idea of ship differ from her actual, tempo-
breaking up with her long-time rary experience.
boyfriend never crossed her mind. “You have to be really patient,”
“We just couldn’t break up,” she she said.“We Skype a lot, way more
recalled with a smile. than I thought we would, and that’s
Despite her faith in their rela- the only thing that has really kept
tionship, Scholtes said that the our relationship going.”
stress of being in a long distance re- Robert Levenson, a professor of
lationship did affect her life as a psychology and researcher at the
Stanford student. University of California, Berkeley,
“It’s very hard to deal with trying said that in general,the biggest chal-
to balance two different lives, be- lenge for couples in long distance According to Annie Osborn ‘14,
cause in a way you can’t be fully in relationships is dealing with the whose roommate is in a long dis-
either one,” she said. “No matter lack of day-to-day contact, even tance relationship, these relation-
where you are, you’re missing a part with the abundance of forms of ships seems like an added anxiety in
of yourself all the time.”
In order to keep up the spark in
electronic communication modern
technology provides.
“Relationships sort of digest the
“No matter where you are, a college student’s already demand-
ing life.
“In general, my friends in long
their relationship, Scholtes fre-
quently Skyped and exchanged let- events of every day together,” he distance relationships seem slightly
ters with her boyfriend.
However, the relationship put a
strain on her social life at Stanford.
said. “Couples tend to get together
at some point during the day and
get caught up, and they live through
you’re missing a part of more stressed than my friends in
non-long distance relationships,”
she said. “I think that with a long
“I like going out and I love danc- the changes of life together. In long distance relationship there are in-
ing, but for the first two quarters of
my freshman year, I wouldn’t go
out,” she said. “Before spring quar-
distance relationships, it’s really dif-
ficult to do that.”
In addition to the inherent lack
yourself all the time. herent questions of trust and intent,
and I think that any ties that you
have with somebody back home re-
ter [in which I rushed and joined a of communication that comes with quires an extra amount of energy
the distance, Levenson cited the and effort to maintain.”
sorority],I probably went out a total
of three times. I just couldn’t deal threat of falling prey to other suit- — GINNY SCHOLTES ‘13 But for Casals, the extra energy
with seeing other couples every- ors as an additional stress on these required in maintaining his rela-
where or watching my girlfriends relationships. tionship is a small price to pay.
dance with other guys.” “Obviously, when couples are “It’s worth it when you know
Now that Murphy is attending apart, there are all sorts of tempta- rather than extraordinary unrealis- fits to maintaining a long distance that you’re coming home to some-
The Culinary Institute of America tions,” he said. “I think fidelity, tic ones. If you set the bar too high, relationship. body,” he said. “It’s like a breath of
in Napa, Calif., only a two hour monogamy and whatnot are really you’re going to be constantly disap- “The reunions, looking forward fresh air.”
drive away from Palo Alto, the cou- challenging because you get lonely pointed.” to seeing each other, are the poten-
ple gets to see each other nearly and you’re in these environments However, Levenson believes tial glue of keeping this type of rela- Contact Molly Vorwerck at mvorwer-
every weekend. with all sorts of other options, par- that there are some eventual bene- tionship together,” he said. ck@stanford.edu
Some couples don’t have that ticularly young people in the social
luxury.What about those those peo- environment of the university.”
ple whose relationships span across Because stress, insecurities and
the country, perhaps even thou- temptations abound in the college
sands of miles? setting, long distance couples, natu-
Randy Casals ‘13 has been with rally, have a higher risk of relation-
his girlfriend, Katrina, a freshman at ship failure than the average cou-
Drexel University, since his junior ple.
year of high school. After taking a “Relationships always fail over
break last quarter, Casals and Katri- the failure to resolve conflict, and
na got back together, con- anything that makes conflict reso-
scious of the expecta- lution more difficult, like lack
tions and restrictions of proximity, is going to make
of a long distance re- it more likely to fail over the
lationship. inevitable kinds of conflicts
“It’s really hard to that arise,” he said. “I think
have as much fun the key to making a long dis-
when you’re at tance relationship work is
school because setting realistic expectations

JAMES BUI/
The Stanford Daily
4 ! Wednesday, March 30, 2011 The Stanford Daily

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sentatives. It is not they who are
personally deciding to charge you a
baggage fee or arbitrarily not per- the airport,nor
mitting you to carry on that fifth of
vodka. Also, they did not cause you
to arrive late to the airport, nor
should they care for
should they care for your irrespon-
sibility. So, even if you’re frustrated
about something at the beginning of
your irresponsibility
your travel journey, don’t take it out
on them.
In terms of baggage, it’s courte- mation, including upgrade and
ous to the passengers waiting in line standby information, is present on
behind you if you make sure your overhead screens. The agent will
baggage is not overweight prior to call your name if they need to talk
arriving at the airport. If you do to you. If you’re one of those “I’ll
have a lot of baggage however, just flirt my way into first class”
please just (wo)man up and pay the types, think again, unless you know
baggage fee — they are just going how to flirt with a computer.All up-
to make you check that huge roller- grades are handled electronically,
board at the gate anyway. weighing in elite status, fare paid,
While you brave your way seniority, etc., so unless you’re gen-
through security, prepare in ad- uinely flirting with a cute agent,
vance by putting valuables or metal don’t bother.
objects inside your carry-ons. Wear When about to board, don’t be
slip on shoes for ease of security one of those people who blocks the
screening. Don’t push yourself for- line before their boarding zone has
ward, but move as quickly and effi- been called. It’s usually pretty easy
ciently as possible, just as you would to predict the order of boarding —
appreciate others to do in front of and by predictable I mean it’s al-
you. ways the same. During pre-boarding
When you get to the gate area, elderly passengers needing assis-
it’s rude to talk loudly on your tance and families with children
phone. If you must have a conversa- under the age of five are permitted
tion, take it somewhere where there to board.Then comes first class.You
aren’t other people around — who should know if you’re in first class,
may be trying to read or finish up a but if you’re unsure and your ticket
bit of work before the flight begins. doesn’t say something like “First
One of my biggest pet peeves is Class” or “Business Elite” then
when people bring stinky food on you’re not allowed to board yet.
the airplane. I don’t care what it is Then come elite members, followed
— when confined inside a metal by — and this is the kicker — zones
tube with re-circulating air, just in ascending numerical order. So, if
about any kind of food has a smell. I you have a big number four on your
either dislike it and feel nauseated boarding pass, don’t line up when
or like it and want some. So leave they call zone one for boarding.
your eating to the food courts on There actually is a method behind
the ground. Lastly, be sure you use
the restroom before you get on the
the madness, and contrary to what
some may think, if you have a seat
I H AVE T WO H EADS

The Devil in the Details


plane. “Lavs” are only for peeing in assignment, it will still be there re-
my opinion, and should be avoided gardless of when you board the
at all costs if possible. plane. If you’re worried about over-
A note on interactions with gate head bin space, your carry-on is

O
agents: they’re busy, so unless you probably too big. Gate checking it n my desk, beside stacks of energy into paying attention to
have to check-in for a connecting to your final destination is not the books and pencils, sits a minutiae is what Henry James
flight or some other actual service, small piece of paper with a meant. For one thing, none of us
don’t bother them.Almost all infor- Please see BARTZ, page 5 quote written on it. It says: “Try to would be able to sustain such a
be one of the people on whom noth- Rachel mindset for very long. Our lives
ing is lost.” It’s from Henry James, Kolb would become choked up by clut-
and I first stumbled across it in a ter, and how many of those details
L ETTERS TO THE E DITOR creative writing class a few quarters
ago. I took it as good advice then,
would end up being important any-
way? Being a truly perceptive per-
but occasionally while working I’ll son seems to require a sort of dou-
Op-Ed Response: where people look the same” by
sweepingly accusing members of
glance up and see it and a heart-
thudding question will flash across
my mind: as I progress through life,
We want ble vision, a mindset flexible
enough to grasp particulars and si-
multaneously see how they fit into
being ignorant. If he had looked
Dear Editor,
As an Asian American alum,
former co-chair of the Asian Amer-
more closely, he would have seen
that the Asian Greeks are among
the most active in leading other cul-
how many details are being lost on
me?
Trying to be one of the people on
nothing to be the larger picture.
How to become this sort of per-
ceptive, dual-minded person is
ican Students’ Association whom nothing (or at least, very lit- something that I often ponder. For
(AASA), staff member of the
Asian American Community Cen-
ter (A3C), Ethnic Theme Associate
tural organizations, but this is be-
side the point.
Being a part of the Asian Amer-
tle) is lost, I think, is part of what
many of us seek from our educa-
tion. Yes, when considering Henry
lost on us,yet reasons other than the campus bub-
ble, it is something that can be diffi-
cult to achieve at Stanford, or any
for Okada and member of Lambda ican interest fraternity, I witnessed James’s literary prowess, his words place where we must live life at an
Phi Epsilon, I am disappointed in
the ignorance and oversimplifica-
our brothers’ struggle together to
figure out what our identity means
for ourselves. I learned much more
seem directed toward writers —
and, yes, when I think of them I im-
details can act accelerated pace. What larger-
world reflection do we have time
tion displayed by Mr. Matsuura in mediately visualize a serious-faced for? We bustle through our activi-
about the Korean and Vietnamese
his op-ed.
I agree that the Asian American
community should “be a resource
cultures through social interaction
than I ever did at any conference.
author jotting down notes in his
journal, trying to verbally describe
as many miniscule life details as
as their own set ties and our coursework, however
irrelevant these spheres of our lives
seem to each other. We drift in and
for us to explore our Asian Ameri- These interactions helped me possible. But these words can also out of disconnected groups of
can identity.” However, I strongly
disagree with his contention that
this exploration should be confined
shape what aspects of my own eth-
nic culture I have chosen to em-
brace and integrate with parts of
apply to a medical practitioner try-
ing to decipher a complex set of
symptoms to make a diagnosis, or a
of blinders friends. We apply for various pro-
grams, grants, honors, trying to con-
nect the dots and make them relate
to “education and justice.” The idea my American culture, and there- lawyer or policymaker reading to each other.We take advantage of
of how Asian Americans are devel- fore what I believe it means to be through the specifics of a case file or our youthful ability to be sponta-
more you discover, the less you feel
oping an identity is enormously Asian American. document. In all of these fields, and neous. And then we step back from
like you know, and the harder it is to
complex — there is an entire devel- Each Asian American affiliated indeed in the entire realm of acade- all of these details, the details that
conceptualize what the big picture
oping field of study devoted to this: group — from AASA to Sanskriti, mia, attentiveness to detail be- compose the daily rhythm of our
looks like.
Asian American Studies. to the Greeks, to Team HBV, to the comes an essential skill.And, in that lives, and try to figure out how it all
We want nothing to be lost on us,
Although cultural groups play numerous others — has a distinc- light, becoming “one of the people fits. From my standpoint, I don’t
yet details can act as their own set of
an essential role in education, it is tive role in contributing to our com- on whom nothing is lost” can sound often know.
blinders. “Failing to see the forest
foolish to completely disregard the munity. We hold protests to end in- like a very attractive life goal. The crux, I believe, of attaining
for the trees” would be an appropri-
contributions of social groups.“Cul- justices to Stanford workers, host Indeed, the farther along we the broader perceptiveness that
ate phrase to describe the stereo-
tural” groups are able to host non- conferences to help immigrant high progress in our educations, the Henry James speaks of, the percep-
type of academics that I have en-
cultural events and “social” organi- school students attend college and more detail-oriented our school- tiveness that is at the heart of a well-
countered outside of Stanford, a
zations are able to host non-social hold informal discussions explain- work can require us to become. To utilized education, is to retain our
stereotype that describes individu-
events. AASA hosts an annual con- ing different customs and what they cite another writing-related exam- sense of curiosity and open-mind-
als stuck in trivialities that do not
cert and the Lambdas hold typing mean. As groups explore the ideas ple, remember those general five- edness about all people and all sub-
matter to anyone besides the fanat-
drives to increase the number of un- of race and ethnicity with different, paragraph essays that were empha- jects. Of course, committing our-
ics already immersed in that field.
derrepresented minorities in the yet valid approaches, they do not sized in middle and high school cur- selves to grasping everything in the
The oft-maligned “Stanford bub-
national bone marrow registry. and certainly should not conform ricula? That simple, straightforward world is an unattainable goal, but it
ble,” perhaps, is an extension (or
Both of these events draw the com- to any one person’s definition of structure served us well enough in is an energizing one nevertheless.
maybe only a relative?) of this aca-
munity together, but take radically identity. those days, but now it does not lend That is, as long as we don’t misun-
demic stereotype. Described in
different methodologies. No single It is important for the Asian itself well to the more complex ar- derstand and let the details sneak
these terms, the bubble mindset is
group can completely address an American and greater Stanford guments that we develop in our up on us. Not all of them, though.
simply this: we commit ourselves to
issue as multifaceted as the Asian community to realize that the most later years of education, in which Just the unimportant ones.
missing out on none of the details of
American identity. basic purpose of any group is for its paragraphs, sentences, and even campus life, all while the broader
I found it particularly disap- members to grow. I implore every- words start functioning at the level Was anything in this column lost on
world zooms by.
pointing that Matsuura stereo- body to reconsider ways to improve of nuance. Formal learning, in many you? Talk with Rachel about the
Losing ourselves in the details of
typed the Asian Greeks as mem- ways, is like wading deeper into a a particular lifestyle can be reassur- small details or the bigger picture at
bers of a “glorified social club Please see LETTERS, page 5 mire: to alter a common adage, the ing, but I doubt that simply pouring rkolb@stanford.edu.
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LETTERS
bert days), and wonder if it isn’t time
to revisit the “Thunderchicken” de-
bacle.Years ago,when it was deemed
Continued from page 4 politically incorrect to be “Indians,”
the Stanford student body,in its mar-
velously irreverent manner (not un-
our communities on the Farm like Aussies, I might note), voted to
rather than laying the blame onto become the “Thunderchickens.” So
one another. Stanford! For some idiotic reason,
the administration nixed the notion
ANDREW “PIP” PIPATHSOUK,‘10
and you became a color. Ugh. How
bland and uninspiring. Rise up Stan-
Go Thunderchickens! ford students and alums and reclaim
your proper destiny . . . as THUN-
Dear Editor, DERCHICKENS!
I am a long-time fan of Stanford
sports (almost from the Frankie Al- RICHARD HINKLE

BARTZ
led during flight for your safety and
the safety of others — if the plane
loses altitude quickly you don’t
Continued from page 4 want to break your neck on the ceil-
ing. Flying should be relaxing, so
keep your conversations quiet and
end of the world. forget about that loud obnoxious
On the plane, flash a smile, say a laugh (culpable).
quick hello to the crew and take And lastly, don’t ever push on
your seat.Turn off electronics in ad- the seatback in front of you — it’s
vance, pay attention to crew mem- just really annoying. Happy flying!
ber instructions and overall just
keep quiet. It’s courteous to have Do you have any really annoying
your seat upright during beverage stories about passengers on a plane?
and meal service, and don’t hog the Email Johnny Bartz at jbartz@stan-
armrests. Keep your seatbelt buck- ford.edu.

intermission
FRIDAY
6 ! Wednesday, March 30, 2011 The Stanford Daily

SPORTS
AN UGLY WIN Kabir
Sawhney
Follow the Money

Go coach
By JACK DUANE

Stanford baseball survived


two furious St. Mary’s rallies in

the men,
the 7th and 9th innings last night
to pull out a 16-14 victory in the
last game of its pre-season.
On a chilly night, the No. 11
Cardinal scored early and often,
but struggled to keep the Gaels
(9-12) off the bases. Stanford
racked up 19 hits and commit-
Geno!
B
ted 6 errors in a wacky game at
Sunken Diamond. y now, most followers of
women’s college basket-
BASEBALL
ball are familiar with
SAINT MARY’S 14 Geno Auriemma’s out-
STANFORD 16 burst criticizing the fans
of his UConn team for not showing
3/29, Sunken Diamond up in bigger numbers to the team’s
Senior pitcher Danny games in the first two rounds of the
Sandbrink gave Stanford (11-6) NCAA Tournament, held at the
three shutout innings in his first school’s Storrs, Conn. campus.
start of the season and left the Auriemma took issue with the
game with a 5-0 lead. fact that less than 6,000 fans showed
The Cardinal was paced by up to watch the Huskies mercilessly
freshman second baseman pummel their first two opponents,
Lonni Kauppila’s four hits and saying that they were “spoiled” and
the defense of sophomore third that they just assumed that the team
baseman Stephen Piscotty. would be going to the Final Four.
Piscotty ended the Gaels Here’s a newsflash for you,Geno:
threat in the 6th inning with an it’s not a terribly unreasonable as-
impressive charging put-out to sumption that UConn, winners of
first on a slow rolling bunt and the last two NCAA titles and 112 of
again in the 7th inning with a its last 113 games, will breeze
diving, unassisted put-out at through the first two rounds of the
third base. tournament. UConn is just that
The Gaels didn’t hit the ball good, and Auriemma deserves plen-
hard all night, but after Sand- ty of credit for making that the case.
brink’s departure, they seemed However, this column isn’t a dia-
to find every gap. tribe about the abject lack of parity
Junior pitcher A.J. Talt per- in the women’s game, with a handful
formed well in relief for three of elite programs (led by UConn,
innings, but got himself into Stanford and Tennessee) lording it
trouble in the 7th. Stanford’s over the rest. Rather, I think it’s high
disaster inning began when Talt time that Geno Auriemma took his
hit Markus Melgosa and Cole talents to the men’s game.
Norton with pitches. The dam- For starters, let’s be realistic: the
IAN GARCIA/DOTY/The Stanford Daily age was compounded when women’s game will not approach the
Freshman second baseman Lonnie Kauppila, above, had four hits, three runs scored and two RBI in Stanford’s wild Donald Collins reached on a same level of fan passion and inter-
16-14 win over St. Mary’s Tuesday. Kauppila help the Cardinal thwart two furious Gael comeback attempts.
Please see BASEBALL, page 7 Please see SAWHNEY, page 7

LACROSSE SPORTS BRIEFS

Women best Brown in Senior Jeanette Pohlen leads trio of


Cardinal All-Americans

midweek matchup The Associated Press named


Stanford senior guard Jeanette
Pohlen a first-team All-American
By REBECCA HANLEY WOMEN’S LACROSSE yesterday. Junior forward Nnemka-
di Ogwumike was placed on the
BROWN 8 second-team and senior forward
Stanford women’s lacrosse over-
came some occasional missteps in STANFORD 12 Kayla Pedersen was named to the
its offensive execution yesterday af- 3/29, Cagan Stadium honorable mention squad.
ternoon, hanging on for a 12-8 win In her second season playing the
in its midweek game against Brown Early on in the game, both point guard position after coming
at Cagan Stadium. Senior Sarah teams traded goals back-and-forth. to Stanford as a shooting guard,
Flynn led Stanford (9-1, 1-0 MPSF) Cardinal seniors Karen Nesbitt, Pohlen led the Cardinal to a 29-2
with four goals and senior Annie Leslie Foard and Lauren Schmidt regular season record. In this
Read had six saves in the Cardinal put Card on the board, but Brown breakout season, Pohlen averaged
net. fired right back to tie it up at 3-3 14.6 points and 4.8 assists and was
Although the No. 9 Cardinal with 17:50 left in the first half. named Pac-10 Player of the Year.
seemed to struggle on offense at With 13:51 left to play before She also recently set Stanford’s sin-
times, its defense held Brown (5-3, halftime, senior Sarah Flynn started gle-season record for most three-
1-1 Ivy League) to single digits on a 4-0 scoring streak for Stanford. pointers (she currently has 93).
the scoreboard and led the team to
victory. Please see LACROSSE, page 8 Please see BRIEFS, page 7

THREE MORE W’S FOR POLO


By KEVIN ZHANG WOMEN’S WATER POLO tallying eight saves. Sophomore
DAILY SPORTS INTERN
UC DAVIS 6 Kate Baldoni had two saves as well.
Stanford has now defeated Ari-
The top-ranked Stanford STANFORD 12 zona State twice this season, once at
women’s water polo team contin- 3/27, Avery Aquatic Center home and once on the road, averag-
ued its undefeated season with vic- ing 12 goals a contest.
tories against No. 8 Arizona State, Sophomore two-meter Annika After beating the Sun Devils, the
No. 4 UCLA and No. 15 UC-Davis Dries single-handedly outscored Cardinal returned to the Farm for
in recent weeks. the opponent, registering five goals. its home opener in Mountain Pacif-
After a week off for finals, the Juniors, driver Alyssa Lo and two- ic Sports Federation play against
team faced Arizona State on March meter Melissa Seidemann, also tal- No. 4 UCLA.The Bruins, winners of
19 in Tempe,Ariz.Showing little rust, lied multiple goals with three and five of the last six NCAA champi-
Stanford (18-0, 3-0) surged to a 5-0 two respectively. onships, held the Card to a season-
first period lead. Another 5-0 run in While dominating on the offen- low five goals. That total was
the third period helped the Cardinal sive end, senior goalkeeper Amber enough, however, as the Cardinal
defeat the Sun Devils, 14-3. Oland held things down in the cage, prevailed, 5-2.
Dries continued her excellent of-
fensive contributions with a pair of
goals, while junior two-meter de-
fender Monica Coughlan tallied her
third goal of the season in the first
period to give Stanford the early ad-
vantage.Although Stanford had the
early lead, excellent goalie play
from UCLA kept the game close.
Freshman Sami Hall had seven
stops and junior Caitlin Dement
had four saves.
Stanford also had strong goal-
tending as Oland tallied five saves
for the Cardinal, holding the Bruins
to only two goals, both coming from
senior defender Megan Burmeister,
an alumnus of the nearby Menlo
School.
Defeating UCLA improved
IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily Stanford’s conference record to 3-0.
Alexis Lee, above, and the Stanford women’s water polo team are off to a It was the first time Stanford scored
less than nine goals all season.
remarkable start this season. The Cardinal squad is 18-0 after three more
wins over Spring Break. Stanford’s next match is a challenge: a visit to USC. Please see WPOLO, page 7
The Stanford Daily Wednesday, March 30, 2011 ! 7

CLASSIFIEDS SAWHNEY
who will do anything to get attention, pears to think that what he’s facing is
and when he doesn’t get the same too much, saying (sarcastically) that
recognition and appreciation as he should let fans “guest coach” a
Continued from page 6 men’s basketball programs, he goes quarter at a time.
and cries to the media about it. Just think about it: if he’s this en-
So the obvious solution is then to tertaining and sardonic when he’s
est as the men’s game any time soon, follow the TV cameras and head to outrageously successful, what is it
especially when March Madness the men’s game.Though I can’t think going to look like when he’s in the
rolls around.I’m not trying to be sex- of an example of a women’s coach middle of a four-game losing streak?
ist or claiming that men’s basketball making the jump to the men’s game, When his team gets bounced from
G E T NOTICED is somehow intrinsically better than I don’t see any reason why it should- the tournament in the Sweet 16?
women’s basketball. For whatever n’t be possible; after all, it’s the same When he takes to the podium to an-
BY THOUSANDS. reason, fans (and the networks and sport. Given his astounding success nounce that Fictional U. has accept-
TV dollars that follow them) would at UConn, some coach-needy men’s ed a bid to the NIT?
much sooner tune in to a men’s team out there would certainly hire Of course, there’s always the pos-
(650) 721-5803 game than a women’s game, and I’d him (Tennessee would have been an sibility that Auriemma achieves the
bet my last dollar that, if the UConn ideal landing place). Auriemma’s same heights in the men’s game as
www.stanforddaily. men ever hosted an NCAA Tourna- team would get all the media atten- he has in his tenure on the women’s
com/classifieds ment game as a top seed, that the
arena in Storrs would be standing
tion that he so clearly craves, and he
would never again have reason to
sideline in Storrs. If that happens, I
will immensely regret the day I
room only. complain that winning didn’t bring wrote this column,as I watch the col-
Because of this disparity,Auriem- the fans out in droves. lective sports media slide inexorably
ma should either quit whining or go I have to admit that a selfish part into the orbit of his gigantic ego.
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SEEKING Wooden’s UCLA teams.Geno is like criticize a guy who’s lost one game mind him of his true (Cardinal) col-
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Email gerhardtjulie@hotmail.com to register for a free class today! the final out of the inning and the ST. MARY’S 14 STANFORD 16
Cardinal found itself locked in a 03/29/11
ST. MARY’S STANFORD
tight 10-9 ballgame. ab r h rbi ab r h rbi

Continued from page 6 Kaupilla avenged his misplay Collins, D. cf 5 1 1 0 Stewart, J. cf 5 4 3 4

BRIEFS
O’Brien, S. ph 1 1 1 0 Clowe, B. dh 5 3 2 2
Four this weekend against Texas in the top of the inning with an Fazio, J, lf 2 0 0 0 Diekroeger, K. ss 5 2 2 1
Boas, R. ph/ss 3 1 0 1 Piscotty, S. 3b 4 1 3 3
A&M. RBI single in the bottom of the Kalfus, B. rf 3 1 1 0 Ragira, B. 1b 5 1 1 1
— Daniel Bohm bunt. seventh. Heinzer ph/c 3
Wisdom, P 3b 5
2
2
1
4
2
2
Wilson, A. rf
Guymon, B. lf
6
4
0
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Continued from page 6 Stanford head coach Mark “Baseball is a game of luck,” Channing, T. 1b 1 0 0 0 Kauppila, L. 2b 6 3 4 2

Three men’s basketball players Marquess, who was resting his Kaupilla said. “Luck was in my
Ditmer ph/1b 4
Barraclough dh 0
1
0
2
0
1
0
Jones, Z. c 4 1 2 1

named to Pac-10 All-Academic front-line pitchers for the upcom- favor today. It was nice to give the Hayes ph/dh 6
Murphy, C. 2b 4
0
1
0
1
1
3
It was the second consecutive ing series with Washington State, team a little bit of a breather in
team
David, T. ph 2 0 0 0

season that Nnemkadi Oguwmike brought in junior pitcher Elliot that situation.”
DeMello, T. c 2
Melgosa ph/rf 2
0
2
0
2
0
1
was named a second-team All- Byers with a 9-2 lead and the bases The six-run rally was punctuat- Gastelum ss 1 0 1 0

American. The Cypress, Texas na- Three Stanford junior forwards loaded for only his second appear- ed by a two-run homer off the bat
Norton ph/lf 1 2 0 0

tive averaged 17 points and 7.6 re- were named to the Pac-10 All-Aca- ance of the season. of senior DH Ben Clowe.
Totals 45 14 14 11 44 16 19 15

bounds a game this year. She was demic team. Jack Trotter was Byers appeared to be up for the With the game seemingly secure ST. MARY’S
R H E
000 200 705 14 14 2

also named to the All-Pac-10 named to the first team, Josh task when he struck out pinch hit- going into the ninth inning, the
Stanford 320 221 60X 16 19 6
E—Murphy (5); Gastelum (3); Diekroeger 4(6); Piscotty (7);
team. Owens to the second team and An- ter Richard Boas, but after that the Cardinal defense stumbled, com- Guymon (1). LOB—St. Mary’s 11; Stanford 14. 2B—Wisdom (6);

Pedersen, Stanford’s jack-of- drew Zimmermann to the honor- runs began to pour in. The Gaels mitting four errors and allowing
Stewart 2(7); Piscotty (5); Kauppila 2(4); Jones (4). HR—Clowe (2).
HBP—Fazio; Melgosa; Norton; Diekroeger; Piscotty; Ragira SH—

all-trades, averaged 12.8 points and able mention squad. ended up scoring seven runs in the the Gaels to put up five runs.
Gastelum (6); Jones (2). SB—Wisdom (3); Melgosa (4).

7.9 rebounds this year. Her per- Trotter is an economics major inning on four hits. Marquess brought in experienced
Pitchers
ST. MARY’S
IP H R ER BB SO

formances on both ends of the with a 3.35 GPA. Owens is also an The inning was prolonged by a junior Scott Snodgress to close it Mills, J. L (0-3) 1.0 3 3 2 0 0

floor earned her a second consecu- economics major with a 3.04 GPA. misjudged bloop single which out. Snodgress struck out Tim
Keane, P.
Jahnke, K.
2.2
1.1
6
3
4
2
3
2
0
2
3
1

tive berth on the honorable men- Joining Trotter on the first team barely sailed into right center field David to secure his second save of
Griset, B.
Ek, D.
1.0
1.0
2
5
1
6
1
6
1
2
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tion All-American team. is Oregon State sophomore Angus over Kauppila’s outstretched arms the season and end a game that the Nease, B. 0.2 1 0 0 0 1

Joining Pohlen on the first team Brandt, Arizona State sophomore and an error by the shortstop Cardinal was lucky to win and will
Stanford
Sandbrink W (1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 0 3

are Connecticut senior Maya Trent Lockett, Washington State Diekroeger. be happy to put in the past.
Talt, A.
Byers, E.
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Moore, Baylor sophomore Brit- junior Abe Lodwick and Oregon “I took a false step,” Kauppila The Cardinal begins its Pac-10 Bloom, S. 1.2 4 5 1 1 1

tney Griner, Ohio State senior Jan- State freshman Rhys Murphy. said of the ball that got over his slate this Friday against Washing-
Snodgress S (2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
WP— Keane (1); Jahnke (3); Sandbrink (3). Pitches/strikes: Mills

tel Lavender and Texas A&M sen- Stanford’s three players on the head. “It got caught in the wind ton State in Pullman, Wash. 25/17; Keane 56/36; Jahnke 37/21; Griset 21/15; Ek 36/24; Nease

ior Danielle Adams. All-Academic teams were more and barely got past me.”
18/9; Sandbrink 42/26; Talt 55/35; Byers 31/16; Bloom 39/27;
Snodgress 15/12. Talt faced three batter in the 7th.

Stanford’s season isn’t done yet. than any other Pac-10 school. Sophomore pitcher Sahil Contact Jack Duane at jduane@stan- HP: Mark Beller 1B: Sid Aguilar 3B:John Kinard
T—3:46. A—1,282
The Cardinal plays in the Final —Daniel Bohm Bloom came into the game to get ford.edu. — Compiled by Daniel Bohm

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goals. Baldoni and Oland notched
seven and six saves respectively.
With another three strong out-
Continued from page 6 ings, the Cardinal kept its 18-game
winning streak alive. However, ar-
guably one of its hardest tests of
Just 18 hours later, the Card the season will be this upcoming
played another match against a weekend as the team heads to
non-conference opponent, No. 15 USC.
UC-Davis. Despite the quick turn- The squad will face reigning na-
around, the team still got off to a tional champion No. 3 USC for the
quick start, taking a 5-1 first period third time this season on Saturday.
advantage. Stanford took a 9-2 ad- Stanford is scheduled to face No. 13
vantage into halftime and finished UC-Irvine on Sunday.
with a 12-6 victory.
The Aggies had no answer for Contact Kevin Zhang at kevinz
Dries and Lo, who each tallied four hangle@gmail.com

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Complete the grid


so each row,
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3-by-3 box
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contains every
digit, 1 to 9.
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LACROSSE
Fortino, who scored her fourth and
fifth goals of the season. Jackie Can-
dalaria, a sophomore, came off the
Continued from page 6 bench and put the ball in the back of
the net off a pass from Flynn.
Stanford outshot the Bears, 32-
Flynn scored three of her four goals 18, although the final score was
in a nine-minute period and Foard only 12-8. Cardinal’s solid defense
added the fourth to give Stanford a helped get the win, along with dom-
7-3 lead.With just 14 seconds left in inance in draw control and posses-
the half, Brown closed in on Card, sion.After a season-record 27 draw
scoring off a free position shot and controls, senior midfielder Leslie
ending the half at 7-4. Foard now leads her team.
Freshman attacker Rachel Ozer The Cardinal will be back at
started off the half with an unassist- Cagan Stadium this Friday to
ed goal at 24:50. Stanford’s staunch match up against MPSF rival Cal at
defense tried to control the Brown 7 p.m. The Bears are 2-0 in the con-
attack, but by the 13:05 mark ference, and a win against them
Brown had closed the gap to 9-7. could help Stanford take control in
The Cardinal didn’t let Brown the MPSF.
hang around for long, scoring three
consecutive goals on the Bears. Two Contact Rebecca Hanley at rhanley1
of the goals came from junior Maria @stanford.edu.

IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily


Senior Sarah Flynn, above, led the Stanford offensive attack on Tuesday, net-
ting four goals in the Cardinal’s 12-6 victory over Brown. With the win the
Cardinal improved to an impressive 9-1 on the season.

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