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Examining our obligation

SLE officials downplay SUES effect

Chappell Lougee emphasizes SLEs distinct nature, value
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Debbie Hall MBA 81 (left) moderated a discussion between entrepreuneur Nathan George (right) and economic critic Nishan de Mel on the obligation society bears toward the poor, and how it should affect the daily decisions that we make.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

ASSU debates Judicial Affairs changes

By JULIA ENTHOVEN
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

At Wednesdays Graduate Student Council (GSC) meeting, council members and Undergraduate Senators debated with representatives from the Board of Judicial Affairs over a bill to approve the Alternate Review Process (ARP), currently in its pilot stage. The ARP reviews cases involving sexual as-

sault, sexual violence, relationship violence and stalking in which a Stanford student is the alleged offender. The shift to the ARP must be approved by a two-thirds majority of both the GSC and the ASSU Undergraduate Senate because it represents a change to the Judicial Affairs charter. From1996 to 2009, there were 104 reports of sexual assault, yet only 16 cases of sexual assault were reported to the

Stanford Judicial Process and only three went to hearing, according to Judicial Affairs Office statistics. After the establishment of the ARP in April 2010, however, there have been 21 cases reported, 13 transferred to ARP and 12 tried. Of the 12 hearings in the past two years, 10 offenders were found responsible, and only one verdict was re-

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RESEARCH

Researchers receive grant for stem cell cardio trials

By JUDITH PELPOLA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Researchers at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) have received a National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute grant of over $5 million, to be dispersed over seven years, to conduct clinical trials for stem cell therapy in cardiovascular diseases. The trials will be the first to involve putting embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells into human hearts. I think this is really an important step in forming a properly designed clinical trial to really find out the effect of stem cell therapy for patients with heart disease, said Phillip Yang 84, professor of cardiovascular medicine and co-principal investigator for the

grant. Previous studies have shown that bone marrow stem cells may improve heart function by helping repair damage caused by various diseases. While heart cells are incapable of independent regeneration, stem cells can function as cardiac cells and thus help treat damaged heart tissue. The trials will build on earlier studies by using pluripotent stem cells, such as embryonic stem cells, which can replicate virtually any kind of cell in the body. One of the primary goals of the studies is to understand stem cells more fully and why they may be therapeutic, according to John Cooke, professor of cardiovascular medicine and the grants principal investigator. We want to go beyond looking at

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yes or no, they are therapeutic to what is the mechanism by which they are therapeutic, Cooke said. Researchers will be using imaging technology such as MRIs to track the stem cells after injection and see if they differentiate into cardiac cells and integrate into the heart. Were asking a specific question:

Despite concerns about impact from the Faculty Senates recent decision to substantially reduce freshman requirements, officials expect little immediate change in Structured Liberal Education (SLE) programming. Very little will change in the content of the program, emphasized Professor Carolyn Chappell Lougee, director of SLE. Starting next year, the program unit count will be reduced from nine units in the fall and winter quarters and ten units in the spring quarter to eight units each quarter. Otherwise, despite faculty concerns that reduced requirements for non-SLE students would diminish the appeal of SLE, the programs current model will be continued. We asked ourselves whether we should change anything in the content of the year, and we just think that its running so beautifully, Chappell Lougee said. We dont want to change anything preemptively. We really do have a lot of confidence that this is going to continue to be attractive to incoming students. Well see if our confidence is borne out. In Faculty Senate discussion and in speaking with The Daily, Chappell Lougee expressed adamant opposition to the decision to remove a freshman seminar requirement, arguing that the further-diminished requirements would constitute an inadequate introduction to university-level education. One of the things that the yearlong freshman humanities requirement has done for more than 30 years . . . is focus on skills development for the freshmen and prepare them to go on to more advanced work, Chappell Lougee said. That simply cant be done at the same level in one course. I think were going to see our students have a more difficult time coming up to university level. However, Chappell Lougee argued that the diminished requirements will ultimately increase the importance of SLE within the Universitys pedagogical structures. SLE is now the structured option in the freshman year, Chappell Lougee said. Stanford as an institution is strengthened by offering both kinds of entry structured and unstructured. I think it would be a real problem for Stanford if we didnt have a SLE . . . if it were just all come and jump in with both feet and find your own way, see if you can swim. Lanier Anderson, chair of the Study on Undergraduate Education at Stanford (SUES) sub-committee on the Freshman Year, called SLE a more intense way of fulfilling freshman requirements, but expressed concern about the future of SLE with the reduced requirements. SLE is currently equivalent in units to all three quarters of the Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM) program, both quarters of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) and a humanities distribution requirement. That will no longer be true under the new Senate

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NEWS BRIEFS

UNIVERSITY

Community Partnership Awards recognize community, student groups

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF Stanfords 2012 Community Partnership Awards recognized three community groups and a Stanford student group this week for their initiative, leadership and involvement in projects benefiting local communities. Through one of the award-winning organizations, DreamCatchers, students and recent graduates provide after-school programming to local youths. The program, founded by Stanford students, aims to improve academic performance and encourage healthier lifestyles while cultivating more intangible life skills, such as work ethic and self-confidence. Canopy aims to protect and expand the urban forest in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and other neighboring communities, and has consistently engaged with locals and with members of the Stanford community toward conservation efforts. Innvision, the leading provider of shelter and services for local homeless, has partnered with Stanford students engaged in public service, including most recently the Stanford Project on Hunger

Science pre-orientation to prepare frosh

By MARSHALL WATKINS
DESK EDITOR

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Building on the successes of other summer bridge programs, such as the Stanford Summer Engineering Academy and Stanford Pre-Orientation Trips, starting in fall 2012 Stanfords Leland Scholars Program (LSP) will offer a three-week, residential program for incoming science-oriented freshmen from under-resourced backgrounds. Through the initiative, created by the Office of the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education (VPUE) as a threeyear pilot program, 35 students along with seven residential staff will spend three weeks on-campus in August while enrolled in a two-credit science course. LSP students will also have access to additional advising and exclusive seminars throughout the academic year. Warren Chiang, director of the Leland Scholars Program, said that the programs focus on science-oriented students reflects the demanding nature and pace of first-year coursework, which can make the transition to universitylevel thinking in those subjects more demanding and decrease retention rates

among freshmen. We hope that by giving students a taste of the academic year experience, they will be able to take advantage of some aspect of the program that is most useful for them, Chiang wrote in an email to The Daily. Chiang added that in addition to academic coursework and advising, the LSP offers assistance for incoming students through fostering community among the Scholars, familiarizing students with pertinent campus resources and helping students feel prepared and excited for their freshman year. The program, which was developed in partnership with the Universitys chemistry department, will employ Jennifer Schwartz, a chemistry professor, as the faculty instructor and curriculum designer. Peer institutions such as Princeton University and the University of California at Berkeley have been offering similar programs to incoming students for a number of years. Chiang said extensive collaboration and discussion with those schools shaped LSPs agenda. The critical components of these programs are similar residential ex-

periences, rigorous academic work and building a community of scholars, Chiang wrote. These are all aspects that have been shown to produce positive results for students. The program was first proposed in 2008, but the initiative was delayed until this upcoming academic year due to unfavorable economic conditions and resulting budget cuts. LSPs introduction coincides with concerns expressed by faculty over the recent reduction in freshman year academic requirements, decreased from three quarters to one. Some faculty have argued that reducing first-year requirements will rob students of an adequate introduction to university-level education. Martha Cyert, senior associate vice provost of undergraduate education, dismissed the timing as purely coincidental, attributing the programs creation instead to the Universitys improved fiscal situation. She added, however, that the VPUE plans to increase outreach efforts to freshmen in response to the reduction in requirements. The increased choice for students in

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and impact on local transportation posed by the development, after 10 weeks of negotiations both sides expressed satisfaction with the final agreement. The agreement will include graduated payments over the next 10 years of $8.5 million to Menlo Park, with a further $5 million due during the subsequent four years if Facebook continues to exceed the previous employee cap of 3,600. Facebook will also fund local bicycle and pedestrian improvements, in addition to economically incentivizing employees to shop locally and providing local internship and job training programs. Vehicle traffic in and out of the campus will also be restricted by an overall cap of 15,000 vehicles per day, with further limitations on rush-hour traffic. Exceeding the cap would incur daily penalties ranging from $500 to $100,000, depending on the number of violations. East Palo Alto, which would also be affected by the increase in traffic prompted by the Facebook development, will benefit from fines incurred by exceeding the trip cap, at a percentage yet to be determined.
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decision about the requirements, Anderson said. It wouldnt have been true even under what we proposed with SUES. A lot of the curricular economic effects of the new system will depend on what breadth requirements pass the Senate and how those interact with SLE. I think it will inevitably be true [that] in the new environment, SLE will be more of an extra investment, Anderson added. It was our bet on the committee that this wouldnt really damage SLE as a program because we thought that the population going into SLE was looking to make an extra investment, and wouldnt be dissuaded by the fact that it was a little more extra. Anderson noted that the further reduced requirements would mean an even wider gap in the investment required by SLE students, something he called an unfortunate side effect. Overall, however, both Anderson and Chappell Lougee expressed optimism about SLEs future, with Anderson noting that SLE functioned effectively in the past even in the absence of any freshman requirement at all. The SUES process revealed there are a lot of faculty members who are committed to the idea of dedicated freshman education, and I think that those faculty members will be encouraged to keep contributing to programs like SLE by the fact that the Senate approved a less robust general requirement than SUES originally proposed, Anderson said. Anderson added that the institutional support for the SLE program continues to be strong. We were excited about SLE as a model, Anderson said. Some members of the committee were cautious about whether we could preserve whats great about SLE while scaling it up to the entire freshman class, although there was temptation to replace freshman learning with something like SLE. Because these people were cautious, the recommendation was that Stanford could, and we should, expand the residential part of the SLE model in a little bit of a piece-meal way. The SUES committee . . . suggested the creation

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(SPOON), which was also honored by the Community Partnership Awards. Through the collaboration, SPOON volunteers collect excess food from campus to be served to those in need.
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Menlo Park City Council approves Facebook development

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF The Menlo Park City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night in favor of finalizing a deal allowing Facebook to exceed an employee cap at its new headquarters in the city. The complex may eventually employ as many as 6,600 people. Despite initial concerns about the environmental consequences

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of additional integrated learning environments (ILEs) for freshmen on different themes, wrote Sharon Palmer 90, associate vice provost for undergraduate education, in an email to The Daily. These would not be a universal structure for all freshmen, but rather additional options for entering students. Like SLE, such programs would likely fulfill multiple general education requirements. Chappell Lougee noted that before the SUES report was released, two new programs were already being crafted for introduction in fall 2013. One of them will be the World on Art, which is an arts-rich program, located in the dorm. The other is going to be Cultures of Knowledge, so its going to be a kind of history of science, a crossover between humanities and sciences, Chappell Lougee said. Both of those are going to be very exciting. Contact Taylor Grossman at taylormg@stanford.edu.

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do they survive? Yang said. If proven effective, such stem cell therapy could potentially help patients currently awaiting a heart transplant. Theres a big supply and demand problem in terms of the number of organs available to treat patients with heart transplants, said Robert Robbins, director of the CVI and co-principal investigator. Robbins added that drug complications and organ rejection pose other potential problems with the heart transplant method. The CVI is one of seven cardiovascular centers around the nation collectively identified as the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network granted over $60 million by the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) to perform the clinical

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versed in appeal. We take that as a sign that people see ARP as a review process to make themselves feel more safe on campus, said Jamie Pontius-Hogan, a student affairs officer in the Judicial Affairs Office. Most of the proposed changes to the process were made in 2011 to align University policy with suggestions made in a Dear Colleague Letter from the Department of Educations Office of Civil Rights. Failure to change University policy on the subject would risk a breach of Stanfords Title IX obligations and thus a loss of federal funding. Those changes, which no one at the meeting disputed, include a lowered burden of proof from beyond a reasonable doubt to preponderance of evidence and allow an appeal from both the impacted party and the responding party to any verdict. The Board of Judicial Affairs additionally proposed a reduction in the size of the reviewing panels from six to four sitting members on the judicial panel. [We chose four] out of concern for the comfort of both parties, and extreme concern for

[their] privacy and confidentiality, Pontius-Hogan explained in reviewing the ARP process. Also, most people on the Board felt strongly that it should be studentcentered and having four we were able to have three students and one faculty or staff member, which felt like a good balance. The more controversial change proposed by the Board of Judicial Affairs and affirmed by the Office of the President was the shift from requiring a unanimous ruling for a conviction to only requiring a majority. Most cases since 2010 have been unanimous, according to the Board. Student representatives in favor of the change argued Wednesday that in bringing a case to a hearing, an affected student must convince several campus officials of the validity of their complaint, potentially including residential staff, professors, public health staff and investigators. The dissenting vote of a single member, they argued, should not nullify a process that is often long and traumatizing for the victim. What were talking about is where to put the burden of appeal . . . [since] most students found responsible will appeal, said Michele Landis Dauber, professor of law. Dauber noted that several students approached her, feeling intimidated by the pre-ARP Judicial Affairs process and worried about

case outcome. Those advocating the retention of unanimous voting to obtain a guilty verdict argued that such a requirement should be preserved to protect the rights of the accused, especially considering the already lowered standard of proof. Id like to ask you to think for a moment about what this process would be like from the responding students perspective, said graduate student Allison Rhines 10. Think back to the last intimate act [you] were involved in and then think of trying to convince two people that [you] acted in a way that was respectful to the other persons consent in that act . . . two people who werent there. And can you imagine having to do that on a burden of being suspended from Stanford? Although the meeting was officially a Graduate Student Council event, council members voted to give all present students a voice in the speaking order. Most of the current and several newly-elected undergraduate senators attended the meeting. The Undergraduate Senate will likely put the subject on previous notice next Tuesday before voting on the charter the subsequent week. The GSC will vote on the charter on a similar time frame. Contact Julia Enthoven at jjejje

trials. The other six centers are located at the University of Florida, the University of Louisville, Indiana University, the University of Miami, the Minneapolis Heart Institute and the Texas Heart Institute. While similar multi-center studies have been conducted in Europe, this particular clinical trial will be the first of its kind in the United States and is the first such trial to be funded by the NHLBI. Many of the stem cell studies that have been done to date have not been well controlled; theyve been exploratory, Cooke said. He estimated that adult stem cell therapy will be available to cardiovascular patients within the next five years. While $3.8 million of the grant has already been issued to Stanford, the remaining funds an estimated $1.5 million will be distributed when needed to cover patient and laboratory costs. Contact Judith Pelpola at jspelpola@stanford.edu.

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their freshman year puts more responsibility on all students to make decisions about their education in the first year, Cyert wrote in an email to The Daily. Thus, for all students we plan increasing advising resources to help guide them. The LSP will undergo a comprehensive review at the end of the three-year pilot stage in order

to assess the programs effectiveness and impact on students. Chiang expressed optimism that a favorable review of the program could potentially open the door for similar initiatives across other academic disciplines. It would be wonderful to have such a program available to all students, Chiang wrote. After achieving a proven model of success, VPUE will revisit the potential to broaden the academic scope of the program. Contact Marshall Watkins at mtwatkins@stanford.edu.

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Ripples to Waves Program on Social Entrepreneurship brings change-makers from around the world to Stanford campus
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By ADRIENNEVON SCHULTHESS
awadi Nyongo from Kenya, Taida Horozovic from BosniaHerzegovina, Ramzi Jaber from Palestine and Steve Williams 92 from San Francisco may hail from different corners of the globe, but this spring they are coming together as part of the first group of Stanford Entrepreneurs in Residence at Stanford (SEERS). The entrepreneurs in residence are a part of the inaugural Ripples to Waves Program on Social Entrepreneurship , sponsored and initiated by the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). SEERS Executive Director Kavita Ramdas got the idea to develop a program that bridged the gap between academia and social change activism during her sabbatical year as a CDDRL and Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society visiting scholar, eventually founding the Ripples to Waves Program on Social Entrepreneurship. An early iteration of the program at the Global Fund for

Women, where Ramdas previously served as CEO, proved difficult to implement. Our assessment of the two year effort was that it would be better suited to an academic institution where visiting practitioners would have the time and space to reflect and step back from their daily responsibilities but also share their wisdom with others, Ramdas wrote in an email to The Daily. The programs later iteration at Stanford aims to bring social entrepreneurs to campus each quarter to attend classes, give talks and meet with students and professors. Through these efforts, the program hopes to create a dialogue to further the SEERS understanding of how to help their causes and spark a spirit of giving back at Stanford. Two of the entrepreneurs in residence, Williams and Horozovic, reflected on how they left their organizations and decided to move to Stanford to gain new insights in their fields. Williams co-founded People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER), which works in San Francisco on grassroots issues pertaining to low-income and/or

minority groups. I left [POWER] in January because it felt like there were changes happening in my work with the economic and ecological crisis that are shifting the challenges that we all face and creating new opportunity, Williams said. Meanwhile, Horozovic left the organization she co-founded, the CURE Foundation, which tackles gender-based violence through educational and media tools as well as global campaigns. I was recuperating and resting and recharging my batteries because you dont realize it when youre there but it can be very difficult to live in a country where for years your daily newspaper covers how a new mass grave was found and dug out and another process of identification of 100 bodies, Horozovic said. Once I got here I realized that and I could gain a different perspective on other things I would like to be doing. For both Williams and Horozovic, the program is an outlet to learn from innovative ideas on creating change. It is an exciting opportunity for me to reflect on the work I have done, to connect with the communi-

ty here and to learn about organizations in the area that are doing specifically funding for women, Horozovic said. Williams reflected on how he feels coming back to campus has fit into his life. It is an interesting prospect to come back to campus now 20 years since I graduated, he said. The time I spent at Stanford was really pivotal in the way I approach the work now, so in some ways I have come full circle. In fact, it was at Stanford that Williams found his interest in grassroots organizing. When I came to Stanford I thought I was going to go to law school,Williams said.Then after a summer program in Philadelphia which was trying to teach grassroots organizing skills . . . thats when I knew what I wanted to do so I spent the last year on campus writing a thesis and trying to figure out how be a organizer. Williams said he distinctly remembers that the social entrepreneurship scene has changed drastically on campus. According to him, during his time as a student, organizers and leaders in the field would stay for only one night or

give only one talk. My hope . . . is that we will find ways for the university to be infused with the energy of on-the-ground social change leaders as we begin from a place that acknowledges their considerable knowledge and understanding of how social change actually happens, Ramdas said. According to Williams, this new program is different because it affords students the opportunity to have a sustained dialogue with social entrepreneurs. Furthermore, students can become involved through a class called Challenging the Status Quo: Social Entrepreneurs Advancing Democracy, Development and Justice. The class will engage the four entrepreneurs in residence and is led by Ramdas and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, CDDRL deputy director and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI). The students in the class have been asking some very sharp questions that are pushing all the fellows to think about the work they have done and hope to be doing in the future, Williams said. Contact Adrienne von Schulthess at avon11@stanford.edu.

John Elway

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John Elway, at a press conference in San Jose on April 26, 1983, responded to a question about his decision to turn down the Baltimore Colts, saying he was closer to baseball than football. Elway was ultimately traded to the Denver Broncos, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January 2004.

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ith Andrew Luck 12 as the projected No. 1 pick in the 2012 NFL draft, The Stanford Daily took a look back at the last time a Stanford player was in a similar position legendary quarterback John Elway 83 in the 1983 NFL draft. One thing is for sure . . . Elway will be a millionaire soon. Be it baseball or football, the 22year-old economics major will probably sign the largest professional contact ever offered to a rookie athlete, reported The Daily on April 25, 1983. Elway was to be Stanfords first No. 1 draft pick since 1972, when the New England Patriots selected Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett. In 1983, Elway, a two-sport star at Stanford, had hinted that he preferred to play football over baseball, but would think twice if offered a position on the Baltimore Colts or another East Coast NFL team. Elway was drafted by the Colts and was, predictably, unhappy about the arrangement, The

Daily reported on April 27, 1983. Mr. Kush, I dont want to be a jerk or anything, but weve told you for three months that I dont want to play for Baltimore, Elway informed Colts head coach Frank Kush in a phone call. And I know for a fact that you were offered three ones and a quarterback and you turned it down. And right now youve got nothing. Elway threatened to switch sports entirely and join a professional baseball team instead. His rumored choice was the New York Yankees. Although in baseball he had an impressive .318 batting average in 42 games, his football record was far more spectacular. He set 17 Pac-10 Conference records and passed for a career total of 9,349 yards and 77 touchdowns. On May 3, 1983, The Daily reported that Elway would be playing football with the Denver Broncos instead, after the Colts finally relented and traded him. John Elway ended his Cold War with the Baltimore Colts last night, read the article. But he broke off his yearlong romance with the New York Yankees.
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have been thinking of writing about the Stanford Bookstore for a while. Intellectually, it is a fascinating place. Its three sprawling floors display an enormous amount of merchandise, from clothing to lip balm to computers. They must be selling quite a lot to pay the expenses of maintaining their inventory and their space. The comfy chairs and the mezzanine-level caf suggest that the bookstore is not just a store but also a place to be. But as media consumption becomes increasingly electronic, what will the bookstore do to flourish? Now to the story that inspired this column. I went to the bookstore last week to return a book for a biology class. I hadnt dropped the class, and I hadnt found a cheaper copy of the book online. I had simply made a mistake and bought a recommended book, thinking that it was required. While I admire those who diligently study the recommended texts, I decided that I was unlikely to do so in this case. I also wanted to save 30 bucks. The employee at the customer service desk would not take the return because I had not dropped the class. At the beginning of each quarter, there is a certain period of time when books may be returned for any reason, and after that students must present proof that they have dropped the relevant class. I missed this deadline by two days. In a way, this policy is very understandable. I assume it exists because the textbook division of the bookstore could not be financially solvent if no one bought books there. If they allowed returns too late into the quarter, they would risk getting too many returns from people who use bookstore books for the first couple weeks before receiving cheaper copies from online. Not only would the bookstore be losing the money from the initial sales, it would essentially be lending out its books for free. Anecdotally, it

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seems like a lot of people are succeeding at doing this even with the current return policy. Luckily, the book I wanted to return was for a large lecture class with unlimited enrollment. So I told the bookstore representative that if I wanted to, I could easily drop the class, return the book and then re-enroll right afterward. How about we skip this game, I suggested, and you just let me return the book? My request was denied. I dont hold anything against the employee because he made it clear that the decision to go against company policy was not his to make. I walked outside, took out my laptop and dropped the class. I got back in line and showed the Axess schedule on my screen to the same person. Before he even finished processing the refund, I had already added the class back to my schedule. Since there was a clear route to getting my money back, the bookstores failure to cooperate with me was not a big deal. Im not angry at the bookstore; I dont feel that I deserve any sort of apology, and I will probably continue to buy books there in the future. All the same, this episode wasted everyones time and certainly did nothing to improve my relationship with the bookstore. I understand the need to protect existing revenue streams until new ones are found, but whatever the bookstores path into the future, unnecessarily inconveniencing customers is not the way to be successful in the long term. Questions, comments, suggestions, anonymous tip-offs? Contact Jeff at jeff2013@stanford.edu.

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The recent ASSU elections were marred by disrespectful and hurtful debate and discussion. Many students have expressed concerns about the distribution of unsolicited bulk emails, text messages and campus blogs and we are reviewing all complaints. The elections are an opportunity to engage students in dialogue about student governance and to give voice to their views. It

is also an opportunity for vigorous debate. The language that we use in person, in writing and on-line is a reflection of what we think and who we are. In all our communications, it is our individual and collective responsibility to embrace and practice civility. I ask that as a community, we affirm the values of care, mutual respect and concern for others. Sincerely,
GREG BOARDMAN Vice Provost for Student Affairs

INCOLN, NE. At 11:30 p.m., after 13 hours of math ecology talks, I was dead to the world. Almost. I just couldnt figure out why someone had suddenly parked all the citys fire engines outside our hotel, or why their sirens sounded so odd. Despite my best attempts to burrow under the blankets and away from the sound, my brain was slowly returning to life. Isnt this tornado country? I wondered groggily. The answer and an adrenaline-fueled acceleration of thought processes came when a hotel staffer pounded on the door, shouted Tornado coming get to the basement! and disappeared into the stampede of hotel guests heading for the stairwell. I shook my roommate awake, grabbed a sweater and notes on my latest mathematical model, forgot my eyeglasses and my shoes and pounded down the stairs. As my fellow conference-goers and I crowded into the nicely finished hotel basement with the rest of the hotels guests, we exchanged looks of nervous excitement. Most of us had never experienced a tornado warning before: What a great story wed have to tell when we returned home from Nebraska! Fortunately for us, it would remain a great story. No tornadoes touched down in Lincoln that night, though other cities in the plains were not so lucky. We wont be able to tally this twister seasons damages until summers end, but with Aprils typical spike in thunderstorms and tornadoes, speculation is rampant. And, as an increasingly public debate on the significance and even existence of climate change rages on, some of the discourse is getting a little volatile. Especially when, earlier this month, a CNN meteorologist

called a Texas twister evidence of climate change. Her connection was tenuous, but not unfounded: As increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels trap more of the suns heat, we expect the associated climatic shifts to produce more extreme weather. Late last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report specifically addressing the link between climate change and extreme weather. The Panels scientists carefully summarized the predicted changes to historic weather patterns, and, perhaps more importantly, included the relative certainty of their predictions. For example, the worlds best climate scientists concur that, on average, hot days will get hotter, heat waves will intensify and hurricanes will get more frequent. But unfortunately for the CNN meteorologist, because the finescale, long-term data and models needed to predict local weather arent available, the scientists cant say anything yet about tornadoes. Why, though, is there so much uncertainty around how climate change will alter our daily lives? Part of the reason stems from the difference between climate and weather: The former is a broad pattern, described by long-term averages (e.g., seasonal temperature) and seasonal summations (e.g., annual rainfall). Weather, by contrast, is a transient phenomenon: a two-day cold snap, or a splash-anddash shower. Weather, the daily product of climate, is inherently more variable than its statistically packaged, long-lived parent. Just as its much easier for you to predict the average number of runs per Giants game than it is to nail the score on every game of the season, its easier for scientists to pre-

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dict global or regional climate trends (averaged across both time and space) than it is for them to tell you which weekend to pick for your next barbeque. Take, for example, the measly success rate of your local weatherman (though I think ours predict rain just to spice things up a bit). If thats the best that regional experts and day-of radar can do, no wonder our global climate models can only give us the big picture. Of course, its weather and, in particular, extreme weather that makes the biggest impression. Its the tornado that rousts you from bed; the windstorm that delays your flight; the drought that tightens your water belt. Wed love to be able to predict these extremes, to have plenty of advanced warning for evacuation in advance of a major hurricane and to know which crops to plant given the summers coming rain pattern. Thats why the prediction we can make that weather will become more variable, making these extremes more extreme is so very troubling. In addition to loss of life and property damage produced by intensified storm systems, well also have to face growing insecurity in our food supply, as wet places become waterlogged and dry places grow parched. However, the more extreme weather events we have, the more opportunities Ill get to see my fields leaders lounging about in their pajamas. Note to self: Remember eyeglasses next time. Huff, puff and blow your thoughts down to Holly at hollyvm@stanford.edu.

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SPORTS
When should top coaches hang it up?

Thursday, April 19, 2012 N 5

Jack Blanchat

SIMPLE SWEEP
By DASH DAVIDSON
STAFF WRITER

hen I saw that the 59-year-old Pat Summitt, the legendary coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, had officially retired yesterday after 38 years of leading the Vols, I initially was sad that such a legend was having to leave the game so early. But then I did a double take, did some mental math and was blown away: Summitt had been the head coach at Tennessee since she was 22 years old. She was, quite literally, leaving the only job she had ever known. Consider this: Im a senior in college and will turn 23 years old in June. I cant even begin to fathom doing something for the next 38 years of my life. Shoot, I cant even fathom being 38 years old. But Summitts all-too-early retirement made me wonder: how do coaching legends know when its time to walk away? How does someone who is so borderline-manically obsessed with a game for so long decide that its time to fade into the shadows? With Summitt, the choice to retire wasnt really hers to make. Her battle with early-onset Alzheimers meant that she was only going to be able to stay on the sideline for so long. But even before Summitt made her diagnosis public, you could tell the end of her career was coming sooner rather than later at least, to me it seemed that way. Ill never forget watching her storm up and down the sideline during the 2010 TennesseeStanford basketball game in Knoxville. She was icy, intelligent and fearsome in a way that was palpable every time she walked past my seat. But you could also see the bags under her eyes and the hints of weariness when she yelled at all-too-terrified college kids over on the Volunteers bench. My dad, who was at the game with me, said she was like a lion in winter (the winter of her career, that is). I saw and understood what he meant. But for other coaching legends, the choice is theirs. And its hard to walk away at the right time. Some people walk away on top, like John Wooden, Summitts rival for the title of Greatest College Basketball Coach of All Time. Wooden hung up his whistle in 1975, after his UCLA Bruins won the NCAA title for the 10th time in 12 years. Others leave in disgrace, like Joe Paterno, whose Penn State program is now sadly synonymous with deceit (and far worse things). And some coaches just never leave, even when their effectiveness has clearly waned, like basket-

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Freshman Robert Stineman (above) paired up with junior Matt Kandath for doubles as Stanford switched up its lineup. The change was successful, as the Cardinal had no trouble against Pacific, winning 7-0.

It was a stress-free and pleasant final home match for the No. 12 Stanford mens tennis team on Wednesday afternoon under a brilliantly blue Palo Alto sky. The Cardinal took out some of its built-up frustration following last weekends brutal pair of losses against UCLA and USC by thoroughly dominating unranked Pacific 7-0. Stanford did not lose a set the entire match and outscored the opposing team 96 games to 30. It was really nice to come out here and have a focused match where everybody did what they needed to do, said junior Matt Kandath. Thats something weve been lacking in our recent tough matches so it was good to play a team where everybody feels good and we can get a solid win. The tone was set during the three doubles matches where, perhaps to liven up his squad, head coach John Whitlinger slightly shuffled his lineup. Instead of the usual pairings of seniors Ryan Thacher and Bradley Klahn at the No. 1 spot, juniors Kandath and Denis Lin at the No. 2 and freshmen John Morrissey and Robert Stineman at the No. 3 position, Whitlinger had Thacher and Lin play No. 1, Klahn and Morrissey No. 2 and Kandath and Stineman No. 3. All three new pairings played well and each had easy wins, securing the first point for the Cardinal. In singles play, Stanford hasnt looked better all season, a promising sign with the playoffs looming on the horizon. Lin led the way with Stanfords second point, double-bageling his opponent (6-0, 60) out of, for him, the uncharted No. 6 position for most of the season Lin has played No. 3 or No. 4 singles. Next were easy wins by Klahn and Kandath 6-2, 6-1

and 6-0, 6-2, respectively followed by Morrisseys team-leading 16th dual-match win out of the No. 4 position. Sophomore Daniel Ho, playing No. 5, battled his opponent to a 6-2, 6-4 victory before Thacher ended the match by closing out his foe 6-4, 6-3, giving Stanford the shutout. When asked about the reshuffled lineup, Kandath said: Were pretty used to all the lineup shifting this season what with all the injuries weve had. Its really nice that we have the depth where people can fill in, play where they need to play and come out and still win. Team-wide depth is an advantage that Whitlinger will likely look to exploit when the hectic collegiate tennis playoffs kick off next week. Before the playoffs begin, however, Stanford has one more regular season match, fittingly against rival Cal. The Cardinal has beaten the Golden Bears the last four times they have played, a streak the team will certainly be looking to build on this Friday in Berkeley. We like where were at right now, Kandath said. The L.A. matches were real tough last weekend; they beat us up pretty good. We felt that and since then weve made some changes, we had a long team meeting and figured out what we need to do. Were going to keep the same energy from today against Cal and then take that with us down to Ojai for the Pac-12 tournament and try to finally knock off those L.A. schools. This might have been the final home match of the season for the Cardinal, but the excitement is just building as the postseason is right around the corner. Stanford and Cal will square off Friday at 3 p.m. in Berkeley. Contact Dash Davidson at dashd@ stanford.edu.

MENS GOLF

Rodgers win leads Card in Santa Cruz

By AUSTIN BLOCK
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In its strongest showing in months, the Stanford mens golf team finished second to No. 1 Texas at the Western Intercollegiate, held at the famous Pasatiempo course in Santa Cruz. Freshman Patrick Rodgers, the nations third-ranked college golfer, won the individual tournament by two strokes, shooting 4-under-par through three rounds to claim his second victory of the 2011-2012 season. We were really happy with the result, said head coach Conrad Ray. Obviously we go to all these events trying to win, so second is second, but I think that theres a lot to be proud of and I think that the guys were happy with the effort they put in . . . We really gave Texas a run for their money at the end, it was down to just a couple of shots with a few holes to play. Junior Andrew Yun finished three strokes behind Rodgers to take fourth and sophomore Cameron Wilson tied for seventh at 1-over-par. Heading into the final round, Texas led the Cardinal by eight shots. Buoyed by Rodgers third-round 68 and Yuns 69, the Cardinal cut into the Longhorns lead but was unable to fully close the gap, finishing four strokes back. Texas is such a good team. Theyre the No. 1 team for a reason, Yun said. They won seven times this year, and it is disappointing that we didnt finish first, but we have so many positive things to take out of this . . . it just gives us confidence knowing that on any given day, we can beat anybody . . . were not that far off from being the No. 1 team in the country. I think weve been playing well all spring, but it just kind of came together and our preparation started to pay off, said senior team captain Wilson Bowen. It was a really demanding golf course, and I think we play well on harder, championship courses just because the best teams tend to shine in those situations. The Cardinal, currently ranked No. 6 in the nation, beat out four highly ranked Pac-12 rivals at Pasatiempo: No. 3 UCLA, No. 5 USC, No. 7 Cal and No. 10 Oregon. Stanford will soon take on these same teams and the rest of its highly competitive conference at the

Pac-12 Championships, which start next Friday at Oregon States home course in Corvallis, Ore. The Cardinal has not won the conference championship since 1994. No members of the team have played the Corvallis course, but players will benefit from the knowledge and experience of assistant coach Philip Rowe, who finished second in the Pac-10 Championships at the course as a Stanford senior in 2002. Rowe also won the U.S. Intercollegiate at Stanford that year. On April 11, three days before the start of the tournament, freshman Rodgers was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Ben Hogan award, given each year to the nations best college golfer. Rodgers has finished in the top 10 in seven of nine tournaments this year. On Saturday, he opened with a 67 and then shot 71 to drop into second place before his Sunday round of 68 won him the tournament. Rodgers outplayed both of the nations top two golfers: No. 1 Jordan Spieth and No. 2 Dylan Fritelli, both from Texas. Its one of the strongest fields, Bowen said. He beat [UCLA golfer] Patrick Cantlay down the stretch, and Dylan Fritelli, and a bunch of other players who are up for the player of the year nomination, Bowen said. He made a bunch of great putts down the stretch and managed to pull it out, which was good to see. Yun said he and Rodgers, who played together all three rounds, fed off each others successes and supported each other through tough periods. We were giving each other a lot of positive vibes, encouraging each other throughout the whole tournament, and I think that helped both of us play really well, he said. Following Pac-12s, Stanford will host the NCAA Regional at the Stanford Golf Course starting May 17. A strong finish there would send the Cardinal to nationals, held at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. Stanford last won the NCAA Championships in 2007 and finished one stroke behind champion UCLA in 2008. Last year, however, the Cardinal missed out on nationals entirely after a

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Before, I think they would just write us off as a very good school with good players [that] all couldnt play well at the same time, he said. At this time of year were having three, four, maybe even five guys playing well, which is going to be crucial I think theyre definitely taking notice, and I dont think were flying under the radar anymore. ContactAustin Block at aeblock@stanford.edu.

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ball coach Larry Brown, who is currently in talks to become the head coach at SMU, one of the most woefully bad college basketball programs in the country. But back to my original question: How do any of these people even begin to decide when its time to leave? Do they do something they never would have done in years past? Do they have a single moment of perfect clarity where they realize they cant do what they used to do? Does the ghost of Babe Ruth come out of their closet and tell them that Heroes get remembered, but legends never die, convincing them that their legacy is safe and they can retire once and for all? To me, it appears that there are only two things (other than unforeseen circumstances, like in Summitts case) that should make coaching legends step down. First, they come to grips with a day when they feel like theres no challenge left to take on like theres no point in chasing the things that you used to desire so much and they step aside for good. If that day never comes, then the people that the coach trusts, the people who know him or her better than anyone else, must say its time to hang it up, instead of an athletic director having to push a coach off the stage in an ugly manner. Of course, its probably not that simple for these coaching legends. After all, when do you think Tara VanDerveer will stop feeling a thrill every time she walks onto the floor at the Final Four? My guess is probably never. Do you think Mark Marquess doesnt like filling out his lineup card every day? I doubt it. But both of those coaches have slowed considerably in the last few years, and eventually there will come a day when they have to hang it up for good. One can only hope that, unlike Summitt, they get to do it on their own terms its only fitting that they get to choose when to call the final timeout. After all, its all theyve ever known. Jack Blanchat is on his way to a 38year stint as managing editor of sports at The Daily. Explain to him what the next 13,750 days will be like for him at blanchat@stanford.edu or follow him on Twitter @jmblanchat.

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