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WEDNESDAY February 8, 2012

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Volume 241 Issue 6

Results of five-year fundraising initiative released

By BRENDAN OBYRNE
DEPUTY EDITOR

Stanford Challenge raises $6.2 billion

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Egyptian revolutionary Wael Ghonim spoke Tuesday evening one year after his release from a 12-day detention by Egyptian state security. He was joined by professor Joel Beinin and Dr. Ossama Hassanein.

Stanford University announced the conclusion of The Stanford Challenge (TCS), its five-year fundraising initiative, Wednesday. The project, a comprehensive fundraising push that raised $6.2 billion in pledges to the University, aimed to broadly improve the Stanford educational experience and better prepare future leaders. TCS provided funding for 130 new faculty positions, 360 graduate fellowships, $1.5 billion worth of facility construction and improvement and over $250 million in need-based financial aid for undergraduates, according to a press release. In addition, over 38 buildings were added or im-

proved on Stanford campuses as part of the initiative including the Huang Engineering Center, Arrillaga Dining Commons, Knight Management Center and the Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing. The response from the extended Stanford family was tremendous, University President John Hennessy said in a press release. This was a community joining together for something they believe in. Martin Shell, vice president of the Office of Development at Stanford, said the idea for TCS came together not long after Hennessy and Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D. 82 took office. Combining efforts with faculty members, adminis-

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SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Ghonim analyzes uprisings in Egypt

By MARWA FARAG
MANAGING EDITOR

UNIVERSITY

Chappell Lougee receives record apps

By MARY ANN TOMAN-MILLER
DESK EDITOR

Scholarship grants sophomores up to $6,000 for summer research projects

Egyptian revolutionary Wael Ghonim spoke Tuesday on the situation in Egypt one year after the uprisings that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. Ghonim was joined on the speaker panel by history professor Joel Beinin and Dr. Ossama Hassanein, chair of the board at TechWadi, a Silicon Valley-based nonprofit that promotes entrepreneurship in the Middle East. All three expressed optimism about developments in Egypt. Moderator Omar Shakir 07 J.D. 13 highlighted the timeliness of the event in his introduction. The talk marked exactly one year

since Ghonims release from a 12day detention by Egyptian state security during the early 2011 uprisings, and a little more than one year since the beginning of protests on Jan. 25. Its a time to reflect back on the accomplishments of the Egyptian people, reflect on where we are today and how we can look forward, Shakir said. Beinin spoke first, highlighting two main changes Egypt has experienced over the past year. The most important thing . . . which cannot be reversed is that the Egyptian people recovered [their] voice and . . . dignity, he said.

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The Chappell Lougee Scholarship for summer research projects received a record number of applications by the Feb. 1 deadline, according to Christina Mesa, an Undergraduate Advising and Research (UAR) academic director and the scholarships new coordinator. Winners can receive grants up to $6,000. More than 60 students discussed applications one-on-one with her, and nearly 40 applied this year, according to Mesa. Last year, 26 Chappell Lougee Scholarships were awarded to 15 women and 11 men. The scholarship, open solely to sophomores, was designed to give students in the humanities, creative arts and qualitative sciences an opportunity to spend the full summer between their sophomore and junior years pursuing independent research topics of their choosing. The topics need not be related to students majors.

Students working in the humanities and social sciences ought to have the same opportunity as scientists to remain on campus or go somewhere to do research projects in a natural lab setting, Mesa said. Mesa added that students proposed a wide range of interesting topics, from social media to the Olympics to the history of railroads. A Facebook page for 2011 Chappell Lougee Scholars offers a space for the researchers who call themselves chaps to chronicle their experiences. The Chappell Lougee Scholarships were established in 1987 to honor history professor Carolyn Chappell Lougees work as dean of undergraduate studies from 1982 to 1987. The original funding came from Stanfords Centennial Campaign fundraising and the Chappell Lougee family. It was our hope that engaging undergraduates in research with faculty members would offer students the advantages of being at a research university, Lougee said in an email to The Daily. The Chappell Lougee scholarships targeted sophomores as a way of involving students early on in their undergraduate years. Winning a Chappell Lougee scholarship does not affect a students other financial aid. Although facul-

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UNIVERSITY

Tuition rises for 2012-13 academic year

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF The Board of Trustees approved a 3 percent tuition increase for the 2012-13 academic year, the University announced Monday. This bump will affect students at all schools in the University with the exception of those at the Stanford School of Medicine, who will experience a 3.5 percent uptick in tuition. In a University press release, Board Chairwoman Leslie Hume said the tuition increase will offset the rising costs of salaries and health care. She added that the Universitys need-based financial aid program will help to ensure that students are able to continue to study at Stanford. Undergraduate and general graduate tuition will both climb from $40,500 to $41,250 next year. Graduate engineering tuition will rise from $42,660 to 43,950, and law school tuition from $47,460 to $48,870. Current business school students will not experience a change, but those entering the business school this fall will pay 3 percent more at $56,850. Room and board for undergraduates will increase by 3.5 percent to $12,721, making the grand total cost of a Stanford undergraduate education $54,506, from $52,341. The Board of Trustees has approved similar tuition increases in the past. Undergraduate tuition has risen by 3.5 percent each year for the past four consecutive years. Before that, the board increased tuition by 5.17 percent for the 2007-08 academic year and by 5.4 percent for the 2006-07 academic year. Half of the Universitys general funds come from tuition, according to the press

SFUSD, School of Ed. partner

By MARY ANN TOMAN-MILLER
DESK EDITOR

STUDENT GOVT

Bill urges change in dept. policy

By JULIA ENTHOVEN
STAFF WRITER

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In education, it is the worst of times and the best of times, said Claude Steele, dean of the Stanford School of Education, at a lunchtime presentation Tuesday that discussed a partnership between Stanford and the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). Steele opened the event by stating that this partnership is a model for how schools of education can relate to real school districts. The panelists said that though school districts are facing budget cuts, changes in technology and educational research can make it possible to get rid of old deadwood methodologies that no longer work. Finland, with the most equitable education system, improved their schools using American research, Steele said. He noted the importance of coordination and the need to grapple with practical problems. Steele emphasized the need for a broader recognition of the importance of education to quality of life and the economy. He said he would like to see a proper distribution of good education into all communities the entire population. SFUSD Superintendent Carlos Garcia took time to thank Stanford for the partnership and referenced the often political nature of debate about education. After 37 years in the business, I learned that we all make a lot of assumptions, many of them wrong . . . and the world changes, Garcia said. He also noted that he believes facts should be regarded as the most important indicator in debate, saying, the data does not take political sides. Garcia added that because of the economic crisis, it is important that school systems do not spend resources on places that dont get us results. Nancy Waymack, SFUSDs executive director of policy and operations, agreed, saying, If

Senate criticizes Language Centers attendance standards

The ASSU Undergraduate Senate unanimously passed the Calling for Action to Restore Decency and Equality in Nonaccessible Language Courses (CARDINAL) Act Tuesday. The bill urges the Language Center to take immediate action in revising its attendance policy, which deducts two percentage points from a students final grade for every absence, regardless of the justification for missing class. The CARDINAL Act, co-sponsored by Michael Cruz 12, ASSU executive president, and the Senates Academic Affairs Committee, was authored by Elections Commissioner Adam Adler 12 and six senators. The bills central premise is that the current attendance policy violates the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Stanfords Nondiscrimination Policy by not accommodat[ing] students who miss classes as a result of a disability or medical condition. Senator Ian Chan 14, who co-authored the bill and presented it at Tuesdays meeting, stressed that automatic grade deductions discriminate against certain groups of students. In their discussion of the bill both this week and last, the senators also noted what they termed the policys inconsistent implementation across departments. Senate Dan DeLong 14 emphasized

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Stanford School of Education Dean Claude Steele welcomed San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Carlos Garcia Tuesday afternoon, embracing partnership.
youre sitting on a dead horse, get off. Waymack referenced the idea that if an old curriculum isnt working, it should be replaced, not constantly retooled. The goals for this event were twofold: first, we wanted to bring a larger awareness to the Stanford community about the Stanford/SFUSD partnership, wrote Laura Wentworth, director of the Stanford/SFUSD partnership, in an email to The Daily. Second, we also wanted to share an exemplar of a successful partnership to inspire others on campus and beyond who are attempting similar types of partnerships where research, practice and policy meet. Wentworth added that this partnership was formalized during the 2009-10 academic school year to pursue the potential of making the Stanford projects in SFUSD more strategic and aligned with the district goals. Wentworth presented a detailed slide listing the 28 current joint projects between Stanford and SFUSD. She broke them into three categories: access and equity, achievement and accountability.

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trators identified a variety of important needs and potential new initiatives, refined them into a set of overarching principles and began to determine what it would take to fund them, Shell said.While at first these served as wish lists, funding soon came pouring in. The original goal of raising $4.3 billion was easily met by the University, much of it through large donations from alumni. Most of the money came from donations totaling over $1 million donations typically earmarked for specific projects. Historically, you dont see multi-million dollar, unrestricted gifts, Shell said. Thats pretty uncommon. While $1.5 billion was donated for facility improvement, one sixth of that amount $253.7 million was donated to supplement need-based financial aid. The TCS press release stated that before 2006, 40 percent of Stanford students were on financial aid from the University, while now 80 percent receive aid from Stanford and other sources.

However, Rebecca Vogel, assistant vice president for the Office of Development, noted that these statistics are comparing apples and oranges. Only 49 percent of students currently receive need-based financial aid from Stanford, a figure 9 percent higher than before TCS. Funding from TCS created many of the institutes on campus, such as the Woods Institute for the Environment, the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency and the Tomkat Center for Sustainable Energy. The institutes are part of the Universitys recent push for interdisciplinary research. The arts also received a boost from TCS, with significant gifts and funding going toward the creation of an arts district on campus near the Cantor Arts Center. The Bing Concert Hall, Anderson Collection at Stanford University and the McMurtry Building will be located on the northeast side of the Oval. The McMurtry Building will accommodate the art and art history departments at Stanford when it opens in 2015. Although the Bing Concert Hall has also not yet been completed, it is scheduled to open for public performances at the start of 2013. Contact Brendan OByrne at bob yrne@stanford.edu. ridiculous, said Senator Alon Elhanan 14. Although he said he believes that the Language Center has not [been] too cooperative in its meetings with the senators, Delong reminded the senators that the policys intention is good. They want to encourage students to show up to class, he said. To learn a language, you have to be in an immersion course. Earlier in the meeting, the Senate also debated a bill granting an exemption to the Stanford Daily to bank with an institution other than Stanford Student Enterprises (SSE). The Daily has historically banked independently of SSE on a University waiver, without receiving a distinct waiver from the ASSU legislative bodies. This year, Adler found a previously overlooked section of the ASSU constitution requiring action from the ASSU legislative bodies in deciding how to grant an ASSU banking waiver to student groups, suggesting that student groups must receive both an ASSU and University waiver. Senate Chair Rafael Vazquez 12 and Appropriations Chair Brianna Pang 13 authored the bill to grant an exemption to The Daily.

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ty mentors are required, academic advisors are familiar with this program and serve to guide students toward appropriate faculty to help develop research projects. Mesa noted that the grant is appropriate for students who can proceed with a high degree of independence and autonomy. Good research is responsive and allows itself to be shaped by resources at hand, so curious, open-minded, teachable students who are willing to be wrong and do leg work are the most effective in this type of endeavor, Mesa said. Research can be conducted in the United States or abroad and

the scholarship is open to international students. Megan Winkelman 13 spent her summer at Oxford writing a short novella about women and mental illness. Working on my Chappell Lougee project was the best summer of my life it was rigorous and eye-opening, Winkelman said. I got the space to . . . experiment with history and literature and settle into a place that fit me the best, a narrative-based health story telling the feelings of women. Mesa nurtured me and suggested I look at this my freshman year. Brittany Rymer 13 researched urban farming in the Bay Area, exploring the motivations behind the new concept of urban farmers during the past five to 10 years. Rymer noted that her project evolved significantly from her initial proposal.

The ability to change the focus of your proposal is one of the best things about the Chappell Lougee, Rymer said. Its nice to have the freedom to be able to change and shift focus. As sophomores, were new to research and its hard to design a proposal, so the flexibility is great. Rymer said she hopes to expand her research into an honors thesis. Mesa said she has witnessed Chappell Lougee scholars bloom into Fulbright scholars. People dont always start off amazing; they start off curious, Mesa said. Many students come into my office in Lagunita Court to just have a conversation, with no idea of what they want to do. Contact Mary Ann Toman-Miller at tomanmil@stanford.edu.

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The second change, he said, was the repudiation of the idea that Egypt and the Arab world face a democracy deficit. Senators expressed their concern that public financial reports and refund requests for students may be less accessible if The Daily continues to bank externally to SSE. Daily Editor in Chief Margaret Rawson 12 responded by noting that copies of The Dailys audit are available upon request, as legally required of the non-profit institution, and The Daily complies with all transparency requirements of the special fees process. Rawson cited The Dailys status as the largest independent campus publication as a key factor making external banking crucial to maintain the integrity of the paper, which frequently reports on the ASSU and, subsequently, SSE. Long-term practice has been that the only banking that was done was the fee itself, Nanci Howe, director of Student Activities and Leadership (SAL), said. [The Daily is] audited; the ASSU gets a copy of that audit . . . That seemed to work. The bill was on previous notice Tuesday and will face a vote next week. Contact Julia Enthoven at jjejje @stanford.edu.

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that, because of confusion over what constitutes an excused absence, instructors apply the policy inconsistently. Not all of the instructors feel comfortable enforcing this policy, DeLong said. These [rules] are coming down from the powers that be. And if they dont enforce this policy, which this quarter and last quarter theyve . . . been forced to enforce, then they are insubordinate, and insubordination is grounds for termination. By not excusing absences due to extracurricular events, court dates, illness or any foreseen or unforeseen event, the stringency of the policy also forces students to drop classes, the bills supporters said. The bill also argued that the Language Center policy pressures students to attend class when doing so may jeopardize their health and wellness, and that of their peers. Ive had to skip class because Ive been sick and have been penalized, which I personally think is

Beinin named four forces on the ground that he believes will determine the outcome in Egypt: the Facebook youth, liberals, the oppositional middle class intelligentsia and the workers, whom he believes are an overlooked force in the balance of power. Behind these four forces stands the U.S. government, Beinin added. I am very much a believer in the notion that we have had a revolutionary upsurge in Egypt; we havent yet had a revolution, Beinin said. In the next few months . . . keep your seatbelts strapped its going to be a very rough and, I think, exhilarating ride. Ghonim stressed the importance of optimism when looking at the situation in Egypt, despite recent events such as the Feb. 1 Port Said football riots, which left 74 dead. I see [that] despite all the challenges . . . we have to look at whats happening from a positive side, Ghonim said. We have achieved a lot. Ghonim also addressed the domination of Islamist parties in parliamentary elections, emphasizing that he had full respect for the results of the democratic elections. I personally [took] to the street not to replace a dictator with another one, he said. I believe Egyptians have been denied the right to choose whoever governs them. Egypt is going to have a bright future if we all unite, forget our differences and have the

Tahrir Square spirit that we are all one, he added. Hassanein delivered a personal, patriotic narrative of Egyptian history. He credited Ghonim with uniting the youth and creating a revolution that gave the power back to the people. We have toppled the regime; now we need to clean up the mess, he said. Hassanein closed on a message as optimistic as that of Beinin and Ghonim: What does not kill us makes us stronger . . . Egypt will rise. Audience members posed questions on the transition period, the role of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), education and social media. The discussion signaled discomfort with the dominant role of the SCAF in Egypt today, and the need to end the era of military rule that Egypt has been under for decades, wrote Lina Khatib, program manager for the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, in an email to The Daily. However, what was missing from the debate was the method and mechanism through which Egypts youth aim to achieve this. Ghonim hinted that the activists and the people are learning democracy through trial and error . . . but there remains an additional need for strategic political planning that is currently lacking, she added. Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag@ stanford.edu.

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hereby undertake not to remove from the Library, or to mark, deface or injure in any way, any volume, document or other object belonging to it or in its custody; nor to bring into the Library or kindle therein any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library. This is the oath that all new readers must formally read aloud and sign before being permitted access to the Bodleian Library, the main library of Oxford University. Established in 1602, the Bodleian, which is housed in several buildings scattered all across campus, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe and a fundamental part of my studies at Oxford. I spend most of my time in the Radcliffe Camera, a classy old circular library that houses books mainly in English literature, history and theology. Like most of the buildings here, the buildings gorgeous Palladian architectural design emanates an ancient and scholarly aura of European sophistication. Even after four weeks, Im still learning my way around Radcliffe Camera. Three or four days of the week I trek over to the Radcliffe Camera to read and take notes. After the security guard at the front desk gives my library card a quick check, I descend the spiraling staircase and pass through the doors. My eyes feast upon the books, nestled in bookshelves so high that readers can only reach the top shelves by climbing ladders provided by the library. I take in the sweet smell of old books before scurrying down to the tables, crossing my fingers for an available seat. Book learning is vital to the typical undergraduate teaching model of the tutorial, so its not surprising to see the library reach its maximum reader occupancy. If you dont arrive early enough on some afternoons, its impossible to find a place to sit. The impressive collection of books here at Radcliffe Camera is only an infinitesimal fraction of the total books the Bodleian Library holds. The Bodleian receives a free copy of every book and periodical published in the United Kingdom, amounting to over 100,000 new books a year. Most of these books are stored in large underground tunnels. Miles and miles of shelved books are tucked away from the light of day, only accessible by a file request. Even storage of books on the open shelves maximizes every possible bit of space. In addition to the ten-foot-high bookshelves, stairs connect the Radcliffe to the Gladstone Link, Oxfords version of Green Librarys south stacks only better lit and less creepy. To access a shelf, you merely turn the wheel of the shelf you want to access. I always doublecheck to make sure no ones in the aisle before I start cranking on the wheel. Only at Oxford is the greatest hazard two rolling bookshelves!
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The Radcliffe Camera building, part of the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, contains books on English literature, history and theology.

Confronting face blindness

By LESLIE NGUYEN-OKWU
DESK EDITOR

uring a polite conversation in Stern dining hall, Sceth Ramlagan 13 casually asked for his neighbors name. To his mild surprise, he had already asked him before nine different times. While some people struggle to remember names, Ramlagan can hardly recognize faces. Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Ramlagan suffers from prosopagnosia, a disorder more commonly known as face blindness. The disorder is an impairment of the ability to identify and remember faces. According to a German study from the American Journal of Medical Genetics in 2006, it is estimated that one in 50 people suffer from at least a mild form of prosopagnosia. Additionally, Ramlagan has been diagnosed with autism. The combination of autism and prosopagnosia has created a unique set of circumstances for him to cope with throughout his life, forcing him to teach himself the basic social cues most people take for granted. Ramlagan said he learned how to socialize using books, including Dale Carnegies How to Win Friends and Influence People. Many people dont necessarily detect that I have my high-functioning autism just off the bat, but I do get remarks that I am very strange, Ramlagan said. The sense of being an outsider has not deterred him from interacting with others. He hugs dormmates and friends when they approach him and occasionally signs his emails with Huggles, Scethy Poo. While part of his gregariousness may be due to the fact that he does not notice social boundaries, Ramlagan often purposefully supersedes these boundaries as an intentional act of friendship.

I smile a lot and Im nice, Ramlagan said. Im not defensive. I ask people about themselves. I try to paint things in terms of other peoples interests as opposed to my own. I use inclusive language like we. It may be important to recognize that, for me, there is no difference between genuinely wanting to do these things and just performing them. I am as sincere as I act. Although he can recognize the shape of a face and other objects, Ramlagan cannot recognize a faces distinct features. To compensate, he instead memorizes others visual cues, such as mannerisms, voice and even style of dress. One of the things that having prosopagnosia . . . develops is a sense of knowing how other people act physically, Ramlagan said. I can tell when someones style of dress has changed, and if I recognize you by your style of dress and not your face, which is often easier to learn, then I may simply not recognize you when you change what youre wearing. Ramlagan credits his social and communication skills to his upbringing. As a child, Ramlagan learned from his mother, who painstakingly taught him the fundamentals of social interaction. When I was small, my mom beat the practice of looking people in the eye into me, Ramlagan said. Eye gaze is not necessarily something that comes naturally to an autistic person. It was a habit that was enforced with corporal punishment. So I do look people in the eye out of very entrenched habit. In some ways, Ramlagan is grateful for his family and community back home. However, the environment he grew up in was not conducive to his academic interests in mathematics. In addition to his autism and face blindness, Ramlagan had to overcome the hardships associated with being a low-income student. My academic drive is hardly motivated or a consequence of the people I grew up around or the family I was in,

Ramlagan said. It would have been probably discouraged given my upbringing and socioeconomic class. I grew up in a particularly anti-intellectual milieu in a small village, he added. I liked books much more than I liked people. I only decided to start talking to people when I was 15. Ramlagans passion for math came out of his love for learning and reading books, something he continues to do at Stanford. He hopes to finish his major in mathematics and possibly minor in music. Ramlagan cited a quote by mathematician Dean Schlicter as a description of his love for math: Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics. That is what fuels my attraction to mathematics, Ramlagan said. I spent most of my time on [math] for a lot of years, and Im just doing it to enjoy myself. Math is one of those few things you can do with just paper and pen, or often just nothing at all. Though face blindness and autism play formative roles in his life, these conditions do not define Ramlagan. In fact, he explained, he wouldnt have it any other way. I wouldnt say Im just an autistic person, Ramlagan said. But in the metrics that I have come to value, I would say my life would be worse [without it]. Im glad to have it. Ive never felt a need to be like other people. Over time, Ramlagan has come to appreciate his autism and face blindness as learning experiences. He uses his struggles to inform his empathy toward others, especially those with socially debilitating disorders. It may have played a critical role in making me what I am, but I do not romanticize it, Ramlagan said. I dont idolize it. I dont think of it as something to which I should be faithful. Contact Leslie Nguyen-Okwu at leslie. nguyen-okwu@stanford.edu.

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Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek and Matt Olson 14 at the quarterfinals of the Jeopardy! College Championship.

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att Olson 14, a Daily copy editor, progressed to the semifinals of the Jeopardy! College Championship after winning his quarterfinal game, which aired Feb. 6. The symbolic systems major competed in the televised round against Monica Thieu from the University of North Texas and Zach McDonnell from the College of William and Mary. The prize for the final round of the college championship is $100,000. The Stanford Daily (TSD): How did you get to be a Jeopardy! contestant? Matt Olson (MO): I took an online test in the spring of last year that was 50 questions [long]. People who do well on that [test] get a call, so Jeopardy! called in October for me to go to L.A. The other contestants and I took a test with another 50 questions and then played a mock game, just to make sure we could talk on TV. TSD: Why did you want to be a contestant? MO: Well, Ive always been a fan of Jeopardy!. I started watching when I was six or seven, and Ken Jennings [74-time Jeopardy! winner] was my hero. I tried out for it in high school, but this was the first time I got called. TSD: How did you prepare for the competition? MO: I didnt really do anything special. Because there are so many categories, you have to acquire the knowledge throughout your life. I did memorize world capitals, though. TSD: Did you get to talk to Alex Trebek? What was he like? MO: Contestants actually arent allowed to talk to him outside of the awkward interview segment and postgame talk, but we did learn that he drives a white pickup truck. Also, when the crew counts down right before the game begins, he makes weird facial movements and woop noises to warm up. TSD: Did you have a strategy for this round? MO: I . . . had planned a few things, but once you get up there you forget that! I wanted to bet a lot of money on the Daily Doubles, to build up a lead. I wanted more than double my opponents scores going into Final Jeopardy! because no one knows whats going to happen then. TSD: Did you get to talk to the other competitors? MO: Yeah, they were cool. On the day of taping we got to know each other a bit when we were all hanging out, getting make-up put on and signing contracts in the green room. Beforehand, we do a rehearsal game, and after the tournament we had a little party. TSD: What was your favorite category? MO: I liked the math one, and the womens sports. Not so much the dog one.

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n November of last year, the New York Times published an article attempting to answer the question of why science majors change their minds. The author cited the results of a UCLA-led study that found that across the nation, freshmen originally intending to major in engineering or follow the pre-med route switch to non-STEM majors at alarmingly high rates. Almost invariably, Stanford students know at least a few peers who changed their minds about being a chemist or engineer after taking inorganic chemistry, linear algebra or some other difficult introductory class. Indeed, the author of the Times piece concludes that attrition rates in engineering and sciences are higher than those in other disciplines, because STEM classes are so darn hard. While true to an extent, we do not think this accurately portrays the whole picture. Take the introductory sequence in computer science at Stanford, for instance (CS 106A and B/X). According to CourseRank, the average grade and hours of work per week in these classes are comparable to introductory classes in other STEM fields. If, as the Times article suggests, high attrition rates are due to the rigor of such classes, we would expect Stanford freshmen intending to major in computer science to change their minds as often as their peers in other STEM fields. But the opposite seems to be the case; from many accounts, the introductory CS sequence actually attracts students to the major who, prior to Stanford, had scarcely entertained the thought of being a programmer. Is computer science simply a more interesting subject than, say, mechanical engineering? Perhaps. But this Board believes that variations in attrition rates among similarly rigorous STEM disciplines are more a result of differences in the presentation of course content and its application in homework. In a landmark piece on engineering education, chemical engineering professor and STEM-education expert Richard Felder argues that induction also called inquiry or discovery learning - is the most effective method of teaching applied science to undergraduates. An example of inductive learning, defined broadly, is the trial and error in designing a computer program to complete a certain task; over time, the student learns which approaches work and utilizes these effective practices

when confronted with similar problems in the future. According to Felder, this type of learning leads to increased academic achievement and enhanced abstract reasoning skills; longer retention of information; and improved ability to apply principles (among other benefits). According to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, incorporating inductive learning into its freshman year curriculum has served to hook its students into STEM majors. We would hope, then, that inductive learning is fundamental to Stanfords science and engineering curriculums. On the contrary, it seems that Stanford is more aligned with what Felder labels the traditional college teaching method [of] deduction, starting with fundamentals and proceeding to applications. Although it is beyond the scope of this editorial to study the content of every STEM class at Stanford, the standard problem set model is certainly deductive; theory presented in lecture must be applied to solve homework problems that generally have only one correct solution. The inductive element is often lacking. Certainly, there are classes at Stanford that incorporate an inductive approach to learning. Introductory design and computer science classes, for instance, assign tangible problems where the desired result can be reached in various ways. It should come as no surprise that these classes tend to be significantly more popular than their purely deductive counterparts. Although focusing on technical fundamentals is crucial to many STEM classes, there are various ways in which some aspect of inductive learning can be introduced. This fusion, however, demands that professors adopt less straightforward methods of presenting the material and, when formulating homework, assign more than just conventional textbook problems. It is certainly no easy task for professors, especially those with limited formal training in education. Accordingly, this Board recommends that STEM departments work with professors to incorporate more inductive elements in their coursework. It is imperative, especially in disciplines that attempt to either explain the world or design solutions to improve it, that classes at Stanford and across the nation engage students in truly understanding what lies at the heart of these disciplines.

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BURSTING THE BUBBLE

The teenager who changed hockey

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his week marks two years since the tragic car-accident death of Brendan Burke, son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke and a student video assistant for the Miami University (Ohio) hockey team. Brendan also happened to be gay. It wasnt an easy environment for him. Canada is a country where hockey is the national religion, the Toronto Maple Leafs its holiest shrine. Team general managers, especially those running the center of the hockey world, are celebrities. And the Canadian hockey world spins a certain way. Grit. Testosterone. Pugilism. The country is indelibly infused with hockey culture, a quite unexplainable mix of honor, toughness and manhood. Brian Burke, himself not a finessed goal scorer, was a career minor leaguer who kept himself relevant through toughness. When he built teams as a general manager, he described them as truculent. You knew when a Brian Burke team was on the ice: youd feel the pain. The homophobic atmosphere in many locker rooms is common knowledge. There is no room for a gay man there certainly not in hockey, where machismo courses through the identity of the sport, and certainly not for the son of the ultimate hockey alpha-male. Yet when Brendan Burke very publicly came out at age 19 in an ESPN article, he was roundly, if hesitantly, embraced. His hardnosed father Brian, arguably the toughest and most influential man in hockey, stood at his side the whole way. It was uncomfortable at times. The two received mixed reactions when they did a joint interview between periods of a nationally televised hockey game. Some TV commentators were visibly disquieted discussing it. Even James Duthie,

an award-winning anchor on Canadian national sports network TSN, fumbled the word gay, which got stuck in his throat like it does every time one tries to come out of the closet. But the issue remains. Gay men play professional sports. Gay men are in the NHL. And yet the most prominent openly gay figure in hockey is the son of a general manager. No active professional athlete from the four major American leagues has come out of the closet. And professional sports can hardly be considered a bastion of acceptance for gays and lesbians. LeBron James has gone on the record saying that if youre gay and not admitting that you are, then you are not trustworthy. Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell was suspended for slurs and lewd gestures at fans. Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 last spring for dropping a homophobic f-bomb on camera. But what would or wouldnt have happened if the TNT cameras didnt happen to be pointing at Kobe? Arent these remarks tossed around all the time? They certainly havent been scarce in the high school locker rooms Ive been in. Surprisingly, it is the NHL, the most homogeneous sports league in America, a community steeped in inflexible and time-honored traditions, which is leading the charge against homophobia in sports. New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has partnered with the Human Rights Campaign to publicly advocate for same-sex marriage. The gruff, hard-nosed Brian Burke marched in two gay pride parades. And former Blackhawks defenseman Brent Sopel spent his one day with the Stanley Cup, viewed in Canada with a reverence befitting the Holy Grail, not in his hometown, but at the Chicago Gay Pride Parade. As the hockey world turns, so

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too does the country that lives for it. Canadas most revered sports figures, from Burke to outspoken (and famously conservative) commentator Don Cherry, have, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, denounced homophobia in sports. In a country where gay marriage is politically uncontroversial, the last hurdle for acceptance remains in sports, which, in the Canadian psyche, is very little more than ice hockey. And as hockey players began to realize they must change from their self-admitted homophobic culture, so has the country that looks up to their hockey stars like they do the real ones. To think it all began with one brave story from a 19-year-old video assistant. Sports isnt all homophobic . . . there are plenty of people in sports who accept people for who they are, Brendan said, urging young gay athletes to keep hold of their dreams. Wise words from an inspirational young man who was taken from us too soon. Any other inspirational stories that deserve to be told? Email Edward at edngai@stanford.edu.

Correction
In Stanford apps outpace Ivy rivals (Feb. 6), The Daily incorrectly reported that Yale Universityreceived fewer applications for the class of 2016 than it did for the class of 2015. In fact, Yale received 5.8 percent more applications this year.

RAVALATIONS

Sorry, I cant get your kid into Stanford!

Ravali Reddy
The moment I started going to Stanford though, all this changed. Suddenly, people at parties would approach my parents, slowly broach the topic of Stanford in order to confirm that I do indeed go there and then shift over to me while shouting, You must meet my son/daughter/offspring/pet! Theyre applying to Stanford! Before I know it, I find myself standing face to face with a clearly embarrassed high schooler, with his or her overeager parent hovering. Awkward introductions ensue and then, the questions start. They usually start off simple enough, questions about what Im majoring in and how I like the campus, but its obvious that this isnt what they really care about. The real Q&A begins when the parents start to ask about my high school career what extracurriculars I participated in, whether or not I took four consecutive years of a language and what I got on my SAT, you know, just out of curiosity. The adults take notes and nudge their kids, and they tend to end the conversation by asking for my email. Normally, the conversations are harmless enough. They give me a reason to blab on until the party winds down and I can go home to watch the episode where Dwights stapler winds up in Jello. Theres always one question I dread though, and thats the moment when the parent jokingly looks at me and goes, So, whats your secret? How does one get into Stanford? See, heres the problem: its clearly not in jest; this parent wants an answer, and theyre usually not pleased when I tell them I dont have one. I have yet to figure out what to say to someone who wants to know the secret to getting in. Ever since I got my acceptance, everyone around me seems to think I have all the answers. Ive been asked to review applications, read personal statements and give advice to kids I barely know. People seem to think Im hiding something from them when I tell them Im not qualified to review their kids materials. Im not quite sure how to make it clear that there is no surefire recipe for getting into Stanford. Coming here has only proven that to me. I am vastly different from my friends here. We have different interests, come from different backgrounds and are pursuing different career paths, but at the end of the day, we all go to Stanford. Instead of boring my new audience with my thoughts though, Ive settled for a much easier answer. I respond to the question with a smile and the most clichd line in the book: Just be yourself. Im still not sure why I got in, but I know that Im happier at Stanford than I would be anywhere else. Tell Ravali your favorite Office prank at ravreddy@stanford.edu.

live for winter break, that refreshing breath of cold air at the end of fall quarter. Its so much better than Thanksgiving break because the guilt of knowing that there is work to be done doesnt exist. Its long enough for me to remember why I missed my family, but not quite long enough for me to remember why I was looking forward to college. Winter break and I have our own personal love affair every year. However, despite my desire to sleep all day and re-watch The Office, my parents always feel the need to take me out in public when Im home. Birthday parties, office parties, Christmas parties if it takes place during the three weeks that I happen to be present, my mother insists that I attend. So I plaster on my biggest smile, put on my nicest sweater and head out with the family. Ive been attending these gatherings since I was a kid, and they usually consist of the same routine: various adults Ive known since birth walk over, hug me while exclaiming how much taller I have gotten (which is fooling no one Ive grown half an inch in the last four years) and then quickly lapse into talking to my parents about work or what happened on the last episode of Ram Milaayi Jodi (quite possibly the worst, and most addicting, Indian soap opera in the world).

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DIEKROEGER DUO
By JOSEPH BEYDA
DESK EDITOR

Searching for Stanfords next superstar

Brothers look for breakout 2012

Stanford has benefited from its fair share of sisterly love recently, with the Ogwumikes dominating the hardwood, the up-

heres little doubt in my mind that Tiger Woods has never shown up for a tournament thinking he was not the favorite. Sure, he has had all sorts of setbacks ranging from the mundane various swing changes to the crazy winning a U.S. Open on a stress fracture to the insane allegedly cheating on his now-ex-wife with upwards of 10 mistresses. Through it all, however, Tiger remains Tiger. This week, he is just down the coast in Pebble Beach opening his 2012 PGA Tour campaign at the AT&T Pro-Am. Its the first time hes played at Pebble since the U.S. Open in 2010, and he hasnt won on tour since 2009. But man, does he look happy. And thats good for the game of golf. Although Woods was recently revealed to be one of Americas most disliked athletes coming in just behind Michael Vick, with 60 percent of those polled disapproving of both high-profile sports figures there is simply something

and-coming Payne sisters emerging on the soccer pitch and the pitcher-catcher combination of the Cardinals two Gerhart triplets ready to kick off another softball season. But with baseball season just over a week away, its a pair of brothers that could help take the No. 2 Stanford baseball team to its next national title. The Diekroeger brothers

junior shortstop Kenny and sophomore infielder Danny are both hoping to rebound from somewhat underwhelming 2011 seasons. Kenny Diekroeger saw his batting average fall 60 points after a first-team All-Pac-10 performance in 2010 that also earned him Freshman All-America honors. Danny Diekroeger, on the other hand, playing sparingly behind other members of

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Brothers Kenny (above) and Danny Diekroeger both hope to rebound from forgettable 2011 seasons and possibly be a big part of the Cardinals run to its first College World Series since the 2008 season.

the Cardinals top-ranked freshman class and appeared in only 19 games. With a top-10 group of recruits coming in for the third straight year, Danny Diekroeger has kept his nose to the grindstone over the offseason. You cant worry about it because theres nothing you can do other than work hard, he said. Positions might open up, and you just can never predict stuff like that. Its awesome to have so much experience on the team, but that also makes it harder to crack the lineup, I guess. But it doesnt change my approach. His development included a summer stint with Morehead City of the Coastal Plain League, where he made 39 starts and was fourth on the Marlins in batting average. Kenny Diekroeger, meanwhile, has also been getting used to his increasing role as a leader on the team after the graduation of catcher Zach Jones especially as the only starting upperclassman position player from the squad a year ago. Our class has really been able to help the freshmen and sophomores get acclimated to Pac-12 baseball, Kenny Diekroeger said. Its also been great just setting a tone and an attitude for the team, just building that chemistry. Youre not going to see that in the stats or anything

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SPORTS BRIEFS
Football assistant Anderson named nations top recruiter
Less than a week after welcoming the best recruiting class in team history, the Stanford football program was honored for its efforts, as assistant coach Lance Anderson was named the National Recruiter of the Year by Scout/FOXSportsNext. Anderson, who coaches outside linebackers, took on the role of recruiting coordinator after that position was vacated by Brian Polian in January. Despite Polians departure for Texas A&M, Stanford had anything but a drop-off, in large part thanks to Anderson. Head coach David Shaw emphasized that Polians departure would not derail the teams recruiting efforts, telling ESPN.com, Losing Brian does hurt because he was a good recruiter, but he wasnt recruiting everybody . . . Lance has the best relationship with our admissions people as far as making sure these kids are taking the classes and finishing strong and re-taking tests, etc. Since coming to Stanford from the Jim Harbaugh-coached University of San Diego in 2007, Anderson has been the teams liaison to the admissions office and has held various recruiting positions in addition to his work on the defensive side of the ball. Andersons work helped the Cardinal bring in the nations sixth-best recruiting class according to Scout.com, including five-star linemen Andrus Peat, Joshua Garnett and Kyle Murphy, five-star defensive lineman Aziz Shittu and several four-star recruits, including running back Barry J. Sanders and linebacker Noor Davis. Stanford was able to draw several high-profile recruits away from rivals like Cal and USC, helping the Cardinal notch the best class in the Pac-12.
Jacob Jaffe

LACROSSE

Kicking off spring against nations best

SARAH MAISEL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After an impressive 16-3 regular season last spring, the Stanford womens lacrosse team looks to build off its recent success to further establish the Cardinal as a national force in 2012. The Card finished the 2011 season undefeated at home and in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), capturing its seventh straight conference championship. It went on to earn its second consecutive berth to the NCAA Tournament before a loss in the first round to Florida. This year, expectations remain high for the No. 6 Cardinal, despite the graduation of the 2011 teams four leading scorers: firstteam All-American Leslie Foard, thirdteam All-American Lauren Schmidt, AllMPSF Sarah Flynn and All-MPSF Karen Nesbitt. With many key starters returning, the holes in the roster should not devastate the team, and head coach Amy Bokker noted that new leaders have already stepped up to the plate. Im really excited about our team and the commitment level they put into preseason, she said. Weve had good leadership

throughout the whole preseason from our seniors Catherine Swanson, Maria Fortino and Emilie and Anna Boeri. Catherine Swanson, who earned AllMPSF honors last season, is joined by returning starters sophomore Nina Swanson and junior Liz Adam in the backfield. Sophomores Anna Kim and Rachel Ozer both started as freshmen and will provide the team with valuable offensive experience. Kim, the reigning MPSF Newcomer of the Year, should help offset the inexperience of the Cardinals midfield. Youll see a lot of new midfielders in the mix, [but] whats nice about our team is that we run midfield lines, Bokker said. These players still have experience because they ran on lines with those players that graduated. Another relatively new face is sophomore Lyndsey Muoz, the Cardinals new starting goalkeeper. Muoz replaces Annie Read, who graduated after starting in goal the past three years. Muoz did receive some playing time last season and she, along with Swanson and Adam, should give the team a great defensive advantage. I think youre going to see a lot of excitement coming from the goal cage.

[Muoz] is a dynamic, athletic player, Bokker said. She actually made an appearance in our MPSF championship game last year and ultimately was named MVP, so she does have some experience under her belt. Shes really confident she has a ton of respect from her teammates because of her commitment to lacrosse and our program, so were really excited to see the year that she has. The Cardinal will have to prove itself early and often, as it faces several elite nonconference opponents, including five top-20 teams in its first five games. The tough schedule opens at home Friday against last years NCAA champion, No. 1 Northwestern. After Northwestern, the Cardinal will face No. 18 Ohio State, No. 20 Notre Dame, No. 9 James Madison and No. 19 Vanderbilt. Every one of the games against the top opponents will take place at Stanford in Cagan Stadium, except for Notre Dame, and the home field advantage could be a difference-maker in close games. The Cardinal will then make its way east to face No. 16 Albany and Harvard, two other teams consistently ranked in the top 20.

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ROCKING THE RAINBOW WARRIORS

By JACK BLANCHAT
MANAGING EDITOR

Spring Game returns to San Franciscos Kezar Stadium

For the third year in a row, the Stanford football team will take its annual Cardinal and White Spring Game on the road to the city by the bay. On Saturday, April 14, the Cardinal will wrap up its spring practice schedule with a contest at San Franciscos historic Kezar Stadium. Last season, the Andrew Luck-led Cardinal squad blew out the White team 42-3 in front of over 6,000 fans, but this years contest should be compelling for entirely different reasons like finding out which quarterback is most likely to replace Luck as the starter. The competition for Lucks spot, as well as 10 other starting spots on both sides of the ball, will conclude at Kezar after the Cardinals spring practices. Stanford will split its workouts into two sessions, with the first seven workouts beginning February 27 and ending March 10. The Cardinal will resume workouts after finals and spring break on April 2 and wrap up the spring on April 14 in San Francisco.
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After a long weekend that saw the Stanford mens tennis team drop a pair of matches, the Cardinal proved it was not suffering from a hangover on Tuesday, dusting off Hawaii by a score of 6-1. Needing a big win after falling to USC and UCLA on Friday and Saturday, the No. 9 Cardinal (5-2) started off the day the right way by blowing through the Rainbow Warriors in doubles. Behind an 8-5 win from the duo of freshman John Morrissey and senior Ryan Thacher, coupled with a pair of 8-4 wins from juniors Matt Kandath and Denis Lin and sophomore Jamin Ball and freshman Robert Stineman, the Cardinal swept its way to an early 1-0 lead. The Cardinal didnt encounter much trouble after that either, even with ace player Thacher sitting out the singles matches. Stanfords tennis quality was highlighted by especially strong performances from Morrissey and Stineman in singles. Stineman was the first off the courts with a dominant 6-1, 6-0 win over Carter Lam, with Morrissey following shortly after by cruising to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Nils Schuhmann. Ball, playing at the No. 5 spot, wrapped up the Cardinal win as early as possible when he blew past Jared Spiker, 6-2, 6-0. Lin, who was the only Cardi-

nal player not to end up in the win column, was the next to finish, and then Kandath, who toughed out a 7-5, 6-4 win over Dmytro Kovalyov, the Rainbow Warriors No. 1 player. Junior Walker Keher rounded out the day for the Cardinal with a third-set tiebreak win over Danilo Casanova. Stanford now has two days to rest up for another big contest, as it welcomes No. 52 BYU to

the Farm on Friday for its only match of the weekend. The Cougars (3-4) are coming off consecutive blowout victories against Idaho State and Montana State, but only after they lost their last four matches. So far, the Cougars have fallen to every ranked opponent they have played this season, including No. 9 UCLA, No. 36 Vanderbilt and No. 52 Cal Poly. After the Cougars come to

town this weekend, the Cardinal has only one more home match before it heads to Charlottesville, Va., for the National Team Indoor Championships the next Friday. The Cardinal and the Cougars will face off Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Taube Family Tennis Center. Contact Jack Blanchat at blanchat@stanford.edu.

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The doubles duo of senior Ryan Thacher (above left) and freshman John Morrissey (above right) handed Hawaii an 8-5 loss on Tuesday afternoon as Stanford cruised to a 6-1 team victory.

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along on the West Coast, and we want to make sure not only that Stanford is on the map, but that it stays on the map. We look at each year itself and see how we can build on our tradition of success from last year, she added. Were going to play probably a little bit of a different style because of what we lost to graduation, but Im looking forward to our team getting better in each and every game. The Cardinal kicks off its 2012 season this Friday against No. 1 Northwestern at 7 p.m. at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium. Contact Sarah Maisel at sgmaisel @stanford.edu.

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I think itll be a good measure of where we are right away, Bokker said. We have a great tradition in the MPSF of being successful, and I expect this team to uphold that same standard, but were aiming to be able to compete against the top five in the country every day when we go out on the field, so thats where we want to be. The tough competition will no doubt help the Cardinal in its campaign for an eighth straight confer-

ence title. After going undefeated in the MPSF last season and regularly beating opponents by at least five goals, this years Cardinal squad has already been predicted to win the conference once again. Stanford will have a new opponent in San Diego State, which just started their program, and as the popularity of the sport travels west, Stanford will most likely face more regional programs. Colorado announced last week that theyre adding [a program], which is very exciting for our conference, she said. Obviously we have San Diego State, who is new this year, and then USC will be competing with us next year. So were moving right

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about the man that makes people tune in to see him play. In an individual sport that has plenty of stars you might not recognize if they were taking your order at The Axe and Palm Kyle Stanley, Spencer Levin, every other golfer not named Phil Tiger is the rock that anchors the tour and allows the other players to reap the benefits when millions tune in. After watching Tigers press conference yesterday when he finally seemed to be emerging from his shell and showing off the same smile that captivated audiences while he fist-pumped his way to victory after victory earlier in his career I got to thinking: when will Stanford turn out the next superstar? Will it be football player Andrew Luck? How about baseball stars Mark Appel and Stephen Piscotty? Might freshman swimming sensation David Nolan have what it takes to captivate audiences in an Olympic sport? Its hard to say, particularly because Tiger and John Elway and stars like them often follow very different paths to success. Woods has yet to graduate from Stanford but has maintained that he will eventually earn his degree to fulfill a promise he made to his mother when he left the Farm after two years in 1996. Elway stayed all four years and then took another four before finally taking the Broncos to a Super Bowl. With the 24-hour ESPN news and engineering major just like his brother he later made the switch to computer science and became the teams CS tutor. Kenny enjoys playing old Nintendo 64 games and lives in a dorm; Danny likes to recreate tunes he hears on the piano and lives in a fraternity. But make no mistake: on the playing field the Diekroegers goal remains the same, and their brotherly connection doesnt end at the dugout steps. We know what its like to play with each other, but at the same time . . . we get along really well, Kenny Diekroeger said. Us interacting with each other, that rubs off on other guys too, just the energy that can spark between us.

cycle, Twitter and the constant access to athletes even at the collegiate level, I think it could be a little while longer before we see the next star emerge from the Farm. Increasingly, the players who make an instant impact in the headlines and in the rarified air of stardom are players who are less mature and rawer than the caliber of student-athlete I think this school produces. We dont have one-and-done players on our basketball teams (at least not since the Lopez twins), and the baseball players looking to make it to the Show have all been here for at least three years. The football guys heading to the NFL are almost all seniors set to walk across the stage at Radio City Hall, but also to shake President Hennessys hand at Commencement. The players like Tiger are the anomaly, which is why I think me and other people flock to them just like people went to watch Justin Bieber when he was a young unknown flipping his hair and belting out pop songs. And even with all that, maybe Stanfords next superstar could come from outside of the sports world. Its probably more likely that another Stanford grad will end up as President before another grad wins the Masters. And with all the impressive people on this campus, the next Stanford superstar could even be you. As Justin Bieber would say, Never say never. Only Miles Bennett-Smith would think a two-time Heisman runnerup and future number one draft pick doesnt count as superstar status. Tell him why youll be the biggest thing since Kanye at milesbs@stanford.edu, and check him out on Twitter @smilesbsmith.

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The Stanford womens lacrosse team looks to establish itself among the nations elite this spring, as it takes on one of the toughest schedules in the country and pursues its eighth consecutive conference championship.

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like that, but showing up to the field every day is a lot of fun for us. Kenny Diekroeger has more than enough experience in setting an example on the baseball diamond, having played alongside his younger brother since T-ball. When he graduated from Menlo School in nearby Woodside, Calif., to come to the Farm, Danny picked up the slack at shortstop, hitting .462 and being named league MVP, like his brother be-

fore him. It might not have measured up to his older brothers state MVP honor as a senior, but after playing beside him for so long, Danny Diekroeger doesnt feel like he has to match Kenny stride for stride. Its definitely cool to have someone to look up to like that, to see what you can accomplish and try to be like him, but I dont feel pressured at all, he said. Its more that Im just trying to do my best, and hes just doing his best, and were happy for each other. So when Danny Diekroeger chose to come to Stanford two years ago, he didnt do so just to follow in his older brothers footsteps.

[Kenny being here] was definitely something I thought about, but it wasnt the biggest part of my decision, Danny Diekroeger said. I think ultimately the reason we ended up at the same place was because we had a similar attraction to Stanford, in the combination of athletics and academics. Danny Diekroeger understood that combination well from the start, according to Kenny, who said he was most useful in giving his younger brother insight into the day-to-day life of Cardinal baseball players. And Danny hasnt struggled to carve out his own identity at Stanford, either; after arriving on the Farm as a management science

Its nothing new to us, Danny Diekroeger explained, But I know other guys on the team think its funny that were not afraid to argue with each other about stupid little things the way brothers do. We can be arguing one second and the next minute well be laughing about something else. With any luck they will be doing a lot of laughing in the coming weeks, as the Cardinal takes on a series of top-tier foes to start the season. Opening night is next Friday, with Stanford hosting No. 10 Vanderbilt. Contact Joseph Beyda at jbeyda @stanford.edu.

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Orla OKeeffe, SFUSDs special assistant to the superintendent, discussed the importance of equitable access, transparency and the reversal of racial isolation.

Roughly 100 education professionals and graduate students attended the panel. Other speakers included Pam Grossman and Susanna Loeb, both professors in education at Stanford.The next meeting for the partnership will take place at Stanford on March 2. Contact Mary Ann Toman-Miller at tomanmil@stanford.edu.

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release. Money from the general fund supports financial aid for undergraduates, the salaries of faculty and staff members and the purchase of library books. Investment income and indirect cost recovery from sponsored research activity make up the rest of the general fund. According to the press release, while investment income is expected to rise by a small amount, the University anticipates a decline in cost recovery from research activity.
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