By THE DAILY ASSU ELECTIONS TEAM

Saturday afternoon, after chantsof “Oh-twelve,” “Oh-leven” and“Oh-ten” filled a packed CoHo, theASSU Elections Commissionannounced the newly-elected classpresident winners. For sophomoreclass president, the “So-phly” slateclaimed victory, while “TheEvolution” and “We’re on a Boat”won for junior class president andsenior class president, respectively.

“So-phly” won with 673 votesover its next closest competitor,

“Hardcore as a Sophomore,” whichtook 393 votes after the secondround of voting. The new sopho-more class president slate consistsof Marie Caligiuri, Adrian Castillo,Taylor Goodspeed and IsabelleWijangco.

Caligiuri was surprised over thevote count, but attributed the winto the slate’s endorsements andcampaign strategy.

“I think one of the things that setus apart was that we were the onlyslate that was endorsed by theStudents for a Sustainable Stanford,”she said.“We tried not to spam people

— we introduced ourselves to peopleand kept the emails to a minimum.”

Running uncontested, “TheEvolution” was elected with 752votes. The new junior class presi-dents include Mona El-Haidi,Dante DiCicco, Pamon Forouharand Pilar Wong.

“We’re on a Boat,” consistingof Walter Foxworth, AnsafKareem, Dan Ha and ClaireRoscow, claimed the senior classpresident position with 487 votes.The next closest competitor,“Stuntin’ is our Habit,” took 291votes after two rounds of voting.

ASSU ELECTIONS

Class presidents elected for ’09-’10

By ZOE RICHARDSSTAFF WRITER

Despite the economic reces-sion, which may have cast doubtsregarding student support for spe-cial fees, all special fees fundingrequests on this year’s ballotpassed. The success of all 44organizations is unprecedented —in the past 10 elections, nine ofwhich report special fees results,at least one group failed to garner

a large enough constituency topass.

Special fees are an imperativesource of funding for many regis-tered student groups to collectfunding that cannot be coveredthrough the general fees budget.In order to receive special fees,each group needs over 50 percentof “yes” votes on its ballot, indi-cating the voter’s support of fund-ing for the individual group.

Even KZSU, the Stanford stu-dent radio station, which wasdropped from special fees lastyear, received 63.53 percent sup-port from undergraduate voters,securing funding for the upcomingacademic year.

According to KZSU ChiefSports Engineer Kevin Danna ‘09,the radio station changed its strat-egy by running for undergraduatespecial fees as opposed to request-ing fees from both the undergrad-uate and graduate communities.The joint ballot is generally con-sidered harder to pass.

Among the top five most sup-ported organizations, each receiv-ing over 80 percent of the “yes”vote from students, were theSexual Health Peer ResourceCenter (SHPRC), StudentInitiated Courses (SIC), StanfordClub Sports, The Stanford Daily

Senateseats splitamongcoalitions

GOBAUD, DE LATORRE ARE EXECSCANDIDATES CLAIM VICTORY IN LANDSLIDE

By THE DAILY ASSU ELECTIONS TEAM

David Gobaud ‘08 M.S. ‘10 had morethan his 25th birthday to celebrateSaturday. Gobaud and running mate Jayde la Torre ‘10 picked up almost twice asmany votes as runners-up Bennett Hauser‘10 and Matt Sprague ‘10, winning theASSU Executive Race 3,190 to 1,666 votesin the second round.

Following the announcement, de laTorre, with tears in his eyes, hugged downa line of eager supporters. The newly pro-claimed ASSU Vice President waveredfrom disbelief to uncontrolled joy as hedelivered one tight embrace after another.

“I’m a little emotional right now,” hesaid, 10 minutes after the results were pub-licized. “I’m on cloud nine here. I can’treally describe how I feel.”

More reserved, second-time candidateGobaud accepted congratulations from hisrunning mate then stood by shocked aswell wishers offered their congratulations.It was just one year ago when Gobaud,who ran for Executive previously withGreg Goldgof ‘08, was on the losing slateat elections night, congratulatingExecutives Jonny Dorsey ‘09 and FaganHarris ‘09.

“[Winning is] a great honor, and weaccept this with gratitude,” he said. “It wasa long race with many highs and lows, butBen [Hauser] and Matt [Sprague] aregreat people, and we look forward toworking with them this year without adoubt.”

All eyes were on Gobaud and de laTorre after the initial vote count wasreleased, which had the Gobaud/de laTorre slate at 3,055 votes and the Hauser-Sprague slate at 1,546 votes.With the officenearly assured, Gobaud still held hisbreath until the final tally was revealed.

“In preparation, I told myself, ‘I’m notgoing to win, I’m not going to win,’” de laTorre said, though he couldn’t control hisexcitement once he was declared the vic-tor. Gobaud and de la Torre immediatelycut through the crowd to shake hands withthe second-place slate, Hauser andSprague.

Hauser plans to maintain his commit-ment to the Stanford Store.

“We ran in this because we both want-ed to help Stanford, and I think that’s stillpossible,” Sprague added.

Hauser said his slate’s defeat came inpart due to its failure to win big endorse-ments, which he acknowledged “played abig role.” Gobaud and de la Torre wereendorsed by the current Executives JonnyDorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09, theQueer Coalition and The Stanford DailyEditorial Board, among other groups.

But Gobaud attributed his win to hiselection team, not his endorsements.

“Endorsements are important but real-ly we have an amazing team that withoutthem this wouldn’t have been possible,” hesaid.

Hauser called on his supporters to givethe new ASSU administration their full

backing, despite Saturday’s results.He pointed out that about 35 percent of

students who selected the slate as theirfirst choice did not vote for Gobaud and dela Torre in the final round.

“We have to be coming together 100percent,” Hauser said.

John Lyman and Garrett Werner, of the

“Just A Couple Of Affable, Public Service-Oriented Guys Trying To Help TheStudent Body Exercise Its Voice WhileAlso Bridging The Gap Between OurPeers And The Faculty/AdministrativeComplex” slate, were eliminated in thefirst round after receiving 265 votes.

After the election-day excitement hadcalmed down, Gobaud was still surprisedby the results.

“We thought the race was very close,”he said. “[Sprague] and [Hauser] are greatguys, and they ran a great campaign. Wewere nervous to the last minute.”

Hauser and Sprague were equallyunsure of the outcome before the finalmoment.

“It was impossible to predict the finaloutcome — it seemed like everyone had adifferent opinion about how things werelooking,” Hauser wrote in an email to The

By THE DAILY ASSU ELECTIONSTEAM

At the end of last week’s ASSUelections, Students for a BetterStanford (SBS) had eight candidateselected to the ASSU UndergraduateSenate, and the Students of ColorCoalition (SOCC) had seven. Withmore votes needed to make the top15 this year when compared to 2008,endorsements factored in moreheavily than ever.

SOCC-endorsed Mohammad Ali‘10 had the highest vote total, with1,222 votes. Dual-endorsed AntonZietsman ‘12 was second, followedby SBS leader and current SenateChair Shelley Gao ‘11 in third.

“I feel really good, very happy,”said Ali, who “definitely did not”expect to win the highest number ofvotes.

Throughout the campaign sea-son, SBS and SOCC insisted thatthey were not rivals. Next year’sSenate will be almost evenly dividedbetween the two groups.

The only candidate to be electedwithout the backing of either SOCCor SBS was incumbent SenatorZachary Johnson ‘10, who placed12th with 902 votes.

“I mainly utilized the connec-tions I’d already made throughStanford, the Senate and studentgroups,” Johnson said, speaking ofhis campaign tactics.

Johnson, though, was never com-pletely certain of his strategy ofcampaigning alone.

“To be honest, I was slightly wor-ried in the beginning,” he said. “Buteven the perception of one coalitionagainst another encumbers theprocess, and that’s why I chose notto join.”

SBS member Zach Warma ‘11, acolumnist for The Daily, down-played the influence of the endorse-ments.

“I think for the two primary play-ers in this campaign — of SBS andSOCC — [their success] didn’tspeak to the strengths of any twopresumed coalitions, but spoke tothe strength of the people who gotelected,” he said.

Gao, who won the highest num-ber of votes in last year’s Senateelections with 1,124 votes, was visi-bly disappointed when her namefailed to come up in the first and sec-ond Senate spots. Gao came in thirdwith 1,177 votes.

“I’m very grateful for the oppor-tunity to serve the student bodyagain,” she said. Gao declined fur-ther comment, other than notingthat she is the only woman electedto the Senate this year.

While the Senate is composed ofmainly SBS and SOCC candidates,Warma assured that the endorse-ments will not negatively impact theSenate.

“Our primary concern, whatevercomes from SBS . . . is now aboutgovernance and consensus-drivenaction,” he said. “It becomes thatmuch more real, now that it’s notabout us versus them, but 15 peoplesitting in the Senate trying to make abetter Stanford.”

Warma noted that the SBSFacebook group had been deleted asof Sunday.

SOCC-endorsed senate-elect,Michael Cruz ‘12, claimed that therehave already been steps take to pre-vent senate division.

“It’s going to be an interestingyear,” he said. “We’ve already takensteps to prevent sectionalism by try-ing to get to know one another on apersonal level. Basically we’ve justbeen saying we all need to gettogether.”

This year’s Senate candidatesalso faced a tougher race than in

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ASSUElections

TOP AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily: Jay de la Torre ‘10 can’thold back the tears as he and running mate David Gobaud ‘08M.S. ‘10 claim victory as ASSU Executives for the 2009-2010academic year. The slate won with 3,055 total votes.

BOTTOM AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily: Bennett Hauser ‘10and Matt Sprague ‘10 look on as results are read out in the CoHo.Hauser attributed the loss to his slate’s failure to win major endorse-ments, as well as to the disparity in graduate voting.

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Brian Wanyoike ‘12 embraces a sup-porter in the CoHo after being electedan undergraduate senator. Wanyoikewas one of seven freshmen elected forthe Undergraduate Senate.

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44 organizationsapplied for funding

“[Winning is] a great

honor, and we accept

this with gratitude.

It was a long race with

many highs and

lows...”— DAVID GOBAUD ‘08

M.S. ‘10,

ASSU President-elect

SBS grabs eight seats;SOCC takes seven; Aliwins with most votes

By NICK MCINTYRE

The recent merger of ride-sharingsoftware startup Zimride and car-sharing service Zipcar looks toexpand and streamline communitytransportation on the Farm. The twocompanies, united by goals and allit-eration, saw the partnership as a nat-ural progression in their attempts toreduce the environmental impacts ofdriving alone.

“The two names are reallyfrickin’ similar,” joked Zimride Co-Founder and COO JohnZimmerman at an event lastThursday sponsored by StanfordFuture Social Innovators Network.He mentioned that he first reachedout to Zipcar Chairman and CEOScott Griffith six months ago withthe idea of pooling resources afterasking the question, “Who else haschanged behavior in this transporta-tion space?”

Zimride currently uses social net-working, at no cost to the user, tounite travelers with common desti-nations and subsequently arrangecarpools. Zipcar, on the other hand,is the premier ridesharing companyon campus and in other locationsacross the U.S., providing those with-out automobiles access to cars andride sharing.

Nearly 1,500 members of theStanford Facebook network current-ly use the Zimride application — anumber Zimmerman hopes toincrease by cross-promotion on theZipcar and Zimride Web sites.

“It’s great we prove [the businessmodel] a few times, but investorswant to see it more,” Zimmermansaid.

The business model Zimmermanreferred to involves taking“Facebook’s social infrastructureand building roads on it.” In the cur-rent application, students are con-nected to other users in their univer-sity’s Facebook network and canrequest or offer rides. Havingentered a starting location and anending location, the application’salgorithm matches passengers with

drivers via a partnership withGoogle Maps.

At Cornell University,Zimmerman’s alma mater, the net-work amassed 3,000 Zimride users inthe first six months, setting the cam-pus well on its way to reaching whathe described as “critical mass.”

“By focusing on college, universi-ty and corporate communities, weare able to build the critical mass ofusers necessary to sustain Zimride asa reliable form of transportation,”reads the Zimride Web site. “Ourapproach leverages social trust andhands-on marketing efforts to deliv-er significant savings for schools andcorporations of various sizes andcommute profiles.”

Furthermore, while the ZimrideFAQ Web page states that the serv-ice is 100 percent free for users,Stanford pays an annual fee of about$10,000 for the service.

While some Stanford studentswere already satisfied with the exist-ing car-sharing plan on campus, theyremained doubtful if the partnershipwould add anything to the carpool-ing dynamic. Current Zipcar userQuinn Slack ‘11 is satisfied with hiscurrent car-sharing plan, and doesn’tintend to change it.

“I get all of the benefits of havinga car on campus without paying forthe car, insurance, parking, gas andmaintenance,” Slack said. “Runningerrands, which are not regular trips .. . would be inconvenient to tailor totwo people’s schedules.”

There are also concerns regardingthe ambiguities associated withZimride and the awkwardness ofride compensation. Currently, car-poolers are left to hammer out anagreement, which may be a strangeactivity among strangers.

“Usually when I go on like a Wal-Mart or Safeway run, at least two ofus go, so that’s like four bucks a per-son, which I don’t think is too bad,”said Zipcar user Dariusz Wodziak ‘11.

Furthermore, despite the addedsafety measure of allowing Zimrideusers to view driver and passengerFacebook profiles before riding,

some Stanford students are wary ofthe prospect of riding with astranger.

“Even though I’d be sharing withStanford students, I don’t really likethe idea of just going online andsearching for people to come withme,” Wodziak said. “Safety plays arole in my decision when it comes tocomplete strangers.”

In response to questions aboutsafety, Zimmerman acknowledgedthe challenges of creating a comfort-able community of ride-sharers.

“I think there’s a level for every-one,” he said, explaining that someZimride users are only likely toshare rides with friends or mutualfriends, not their entire universitynetwork.

Yet he remained optimistic forthe future of Zimride in light of itsnew partnership with Zipcar.Zimmerman believes the partner-ship may highlight a change inbehavior and in the way people viewtransportation, summing up his 10-year vision for the company in a sim-ple phrase.

“I could take the train or I couldZimride.”

Contact Nick McIntyre at ngmc@stan-ford.edu.

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Energy plan pushes green FarmBy JENNY REMPEL

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Stanford has long been commit-ted to action on the issues of energyuse and climate change, but haslagged behind some of its peers insetting distinct goals for reducinggreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Now, the Department ofSustainability and EnergyManagement has completed a finaldraft of the Stanford Energy andClimate Plan, which, once approved,will produce GHG reduction recom-mendations.

The document, which will bereleased to the general public uponapproval, contains a detailed analy-sis of the University’s options foraddressing an institutional commit-ment to climate action.

“The Office of Sustainability andUtilities staff . . . are at their laststride in putting forth recommenda-tions to the President and Provostfor final decision making,” saidFahmida Ahmed, manager of

Sustainability Programs at Stanford.The report contains an inventory ofcurrent campus energy uses andemissions, and forecasts future ener-gy demand with regard to continuedcampus growth. Importantly, it pro-vides several options for emissionreduction, attaching a price tag toeach.

After testing over 35 differentprojects, the team decided to focusthe University’s efforts on reducingenergy demand, finding cleanerenergy sources and adhering togreener building standards. Morespecifically, the plan recommendsheat recovery through a new systemof gas boilers and electric chillersthat will replace the campus cogen-eration plant built in the 1980s.Other options include major build-ing retrofits, more efficient demand-side energy management, sustain-able IT projects with a focus onmore efficient servers and substan-tial investment in green energy, suchas wind or solar power.

“We could write the check the

other direction,” Ahmed said ofbuying carbon credits, “but we wantthe innovation and applications tostay here on campus to effectivelymanage and ensure their efficiency.”

Now that the Energy andClimate Plan document is largelycompleted, it has been passed ontomembers of the GHG Blue RibbonTask Force for review and recom-mendation of campus GHG reduc-tion goals. This task force was creat-ed in May 2008 to develop potentialreduction goal strategies and to con-sider the efficacy of using renewableenergy credits or other options forGHG reduction. Currently it con-sists of Professors Jim Sweeney,Lynn Orr, Larry Goulder, JohnWeyant, Roland Horne and JosephStagner, executive director ofSustainability and EnergyManagement.

“We have shown in the studywhat is possible,” Ahmed said. “Thedecision on goal setting now belongs

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Summit paves way for world entrepreneursBy CALLA HUAN SHENG

STAFF WRITER

The 2009 Asia-Pacific StudentEntrepreneurship Society (ASES)Summit attracted a panel of businessluminaries and 47 student delegatesfrom halfway around the world lastweek to a weeklong conference onStanford’s campus. The delegates,representing some of the finest col-leges in Asia, Australia and evenAfrica, gathered on the Farm fromApril 5-11.

Starting their days at 9 a.m. andoften ending after 11 p.m., the dele-gates divided their time between pre-sentations, workshops, discussionsand company tours.They also teamedup with each other to compete for theannual E-Pitch project, with the goalof creating a plan for a socially signif-

icant nonprofit business.From energy organizations to

biotech firms and venture capitalstart-ups, companies featured at thesummit provided speakers from aspectrum of fields and perspectives.Large crowds of Stanford studentsjoined the delegates as they coveredsubjects ranging from the benefits ofbrainstorming to the top 10 legal mis-takes of start-ups.

“It used to be the trend [for entre-preneurs] to go from the U.S. toAsia,” said ASES President YesulMyung ‘09. “Right now what peopleare saying is that there are a lot oftrends coming from Asia to the U.S.That’s why having a focus and an out-look on the Asia-Pacific region is cru-cial.”

The ASES Summit has been con-necting future entrepreneurs in the

Asia-Pacific region since 2000.“The whole purpose of the summit

is to bring people from Asia-Pacifictogether, and to hopefully share thesame dream, same kind of mission,same hopes that we have of startingcompanies wherever in Asia or inSilicon Valley,” said Summit DirectorSimon Kim ‘11.

Sumat Mittal, from the DelhiCollege of Engineering in New Delhi,India, emphasized the value of theissues raised in the summit’s work-shops.

“The values that we’re obtaininghere are pretty different from whatwe would have obtained in any othercountry,” he said. “The issues areaddressing are so important right nowfor us future entrepreneurs. They tell

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LEFT ARNAV MOUDGIL/The Stanford Daily: Freshman Alex Katz garnered 1,069votes.

RIGHT AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/ The Stanford Daily: Shelley Gao ‘11 won reelectionwith 1,177 votes. She is one of two senators to retain seats for next year.

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past years.“The cutoff to get into the

Senate is much higher,” said currentASSU Senator and Daily ColumnsEditor Stuart Baimel ‘09. “If I ranthis year, I wouldn’t have beenelected with my vote count.”

SOCC-endorsed StevenSingleton ‘10 was the final candidateto win election this year, with 829votes.

Rafael Vasquez ‘12 fell only onevote short of the 15th-placeSingleton.

“This year the voter turnout wassignificantly higher and shows peo-ple are taking the ASSU more seri-ously,” said SOCC-endorsed MattMiller ‘12, who was not elected.

Miller and Benjamin Jensen ‘12attributed their losses to the highervoter turnout and the importance ofname recognition.

“We’re up against a lot of peoplewho are already known on campus— I mean, we’re just freshmen,”said Jensen, who was just 20 votesshy of making office.

Overall, outgoing Senator AnaDiaz-Hernandez was positive of thefinal results.

“There are some really good sen-ators this year,” she said.

SENATEContinued from front page

Daily. “We always considered our-selves the underdogs in this election.David came so close to winning lastyear, and we knew that experiencegave him a big advantage.Nonetheless, we were excited aboutthe challenge.”

Gobaud remained humble whenasked about the success of his cam-paign, again attributing the slate’svictory to the work of the electionteam, which he estimated at over 100undergraduate and graduate stu-dents.

“This year, we had a great team,and that’s why we won,” Gobaudsaid. “Jay and I are just two people— we can’t be in 100 places at once.The team came together behind ourplatform and really believed in it,and they were able to explain it wellto other people.They convinced a lotof people that we could do greatthings.”

Hauser and Sprague alsoacknowledged the Gobaud/de laTorre slate’s advantage in appealingto graduate students, noting that the

winning slate had 1,077 graduatevotes as compared to the 284 forHauser/Sprague.

“From a statistical perspective, weperformed around the same asDorsey/Harris among the graduatecommunity in their race againstDavid Gobaud last year, which isexactly what we were aiming for,”Hauser said. “Clearly, since David isan older graduate student, mostgrads probably felt as though he wasbetter able to understand and repre-sent their issues.”

For their first act as ASSUExecutive, Gobaud and de la Torreare already looking toward nextyear. They have opened up applica-tions for next year’s ASSUExecutive Cabinet, which can befound online atassu.stanford.edu/apply.

The slate especially looks forwardto shaping the University and stu-dent life during the 2009-2010 aca-demic year.

“We’re excited to unite the stu-dent body and share priorities,”Gobaud said.“Sustainability, campuswellness, diversity, making the budg-et cut process transparent — thereare so many things to do, and it’ssuch an exciting time to be workingon them.”

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ASSU ELECTIONS

GradsselectcouncilBy THE DAILY ASSU ELECTIONS

TEAM

While not as glamorous as theASSU Undergraduate Senate race,the campaign for Graduate StudentCouncil ended last week, and resultswere announced over the weekend.Graduate students contended for 10district seats, divided by department,and five at-large seats.

Robert Hennessy, a graduate stu-dent in electrical engineering, gar-nered the most votes out of districtwinners, with 225 votes for theSchool of Engineering. Other districtwinners included Addy Satija, whowas running for reelection in theSchool of Engineering, Bryan Chenfor Natural Sciences, Jessica Tsai forthe School of Medicine, EricOsborne for the Law School, UgurPece for the School of Humanities,Nanna Notthoff for the School ofSocial Sciences and Mary Van deHoven for the School of EarthSciences.

In the at-large category, incum-bent Senator Justin Brown took themost votes with 392. AleksandraKorolova, also running as an incum-bent, won reelection with 276 votes.Other senate winners include RyanPeacock, Andrew Kennedy and NoaLincoln.

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and The Bridge Peer CounselingCenter. Managing to snatch justunder 90 percent of voters’ sup-port, the SHPRC remains amongthe top priorities for special feesfunding for students in the 2009-2010 academic year.

ASSU ElectionsCommissioner Briana Tatum ‘11reflected on the overwhelmingsupport that Stanford studentsshowed for groups seeking specialfees this year.

“I’m very happy because[groups seeking special fees]worked very hard,” Tatum said.“They want their organizations toreceive special fees so they cansecure their own goals — it’s avery good thing for Stanford thatall of the special fees passed.”

Contact Zoe Richards at iamzoe@stanford.edu.

FEESContinued from front page

ARNAV MOUDGIL/The Stanford Daily

SBS-endorsed candidate VarunSivaram ‘11 looks on after claiming aseat in the 15-person UndergraduateSenate. He won with 1,134 votes, thefourth-highest total.

“I’m very happy

because [groups

seeking special fees]

worked very hard...

It’s a very good thing

for Stanford that all of

the special fees

passed.”— BRIANA TATUM ‘11,

Elections Commissioner

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.— Ernest Hemingway

As both a drinking man and an aspiringelitist jackass, I can’t begin to de-scribe the joy I felt when I trans-

ferred to Stanford and first heard aboutFRENLANG60, the legendary “Viticultureand Oenology” course, a class I soon came tobelieve was as much of an undergraduaterite of passage as surviving IHUM or gettingforcibly thrown out of Rudy’s by a bouncerwith an antebellum mustache. I had mysights set on Senior Spring, when I would atlast cast off the shackles of my Pabst-soakedMidwest upbringing and finally accomplishwhat I came here to do in the first place:learn completely useless knowledge I couldbring up unsolicited in mixed company witha ridiculous amount of self-importance. Iwas going to understand intricacies and vo-cabulary associated with fine wine consump-

tion, which, save for pheasant hunting orcompleting monetary transactions solelywith briefcases of blood diamonds and un-marked Benjamins, is probably the mostawesome and elitist activity in the whole en-tire world. This was fate, I thought. This wasdestiny.

My God, how wrong I was.Of course, the most storied tradition

about FRENLANG60 doesn’t have any-thing to do with what actually goes on in theclass, but with what goes on before it. Stan-ford students,already famous for their tenac-ity, set up camp outside Building 30 long be-fore signup opens in order to ensure a spot.At other schools, they do this for basketballtickets or to get into huge, over-enrolledintro-level lectures.At Stanford,we only do itfor drinking. It’s absolutely beautiful.

After days of planning, the boys and I setout for the quad with all the necessary sup-plies (tents, sleeping bags, 2.7L of Charles

Shaw per capita), ready to rough it for anight and wake up to the glorious reward ofenrollment in the course of our dreams.Needless to say, we were more than a littledisappointed when we got there. The classhad closed a day early, all the spots snatchedup by kids who camped out an unprecedent-ed two days before signup was supposed tobegin.

Describing the emotions that followedwould be like trying to describe pain or loss orfear — true grief means something pro-foundly different to everyone, and it’s point-less to even try — but I’ll say this: If I neversee such shattered looks on the faces of myfriends ever again, it won’t be long enough.

PITH AND PLEONASM

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(The following is one man’s Declaration of In-dependence,per se,from the present despotismthat plagues this university. Tommy J., have adamn field day.)

When in the Course of human events itbecomes necessary for one peopleto dissolve the hierarchical bands

which have connected them with another andto assume among the powers of the Farm, theseparate and equal station to which the Lawsof Nature and of Hennessy entitle them,a de-cent respect to the opinions of their fellowstudents requires that they should declare thecauses which impel them to the separation.Also: USC blows.

We hold these truths to be self-evident,that all Stanford Students are created equal,that they are endowed by their admissionwith certain unalienable Rights, that amongthese are a superior education, intellectualautonomy and the pursuit of Happiness, inwhatever form that may be (Natty v. Key-stone, for example). — That to secure theserights, administrations are instituted amongstudents, deriving their just powers from theconsent of the governed, and the funds ofJohn Arrillaga, — That whenever any Formof bureaucracy becomes destructive of theseends, it is the Right of the Student Body toalter or to abolish it, and to institute newstructures, laying its foundation on such prin-ciples and organizing its powers in such form,as to them shall seem most likely to affecttheir Safety and Happiness.

But when a long, Southern Pacific train ofabuses and usurpations, pursuing invariablythe same Object to reduce them under ab-solute Despotism, it is their right, it is theirduty, to throw off such shackles, and to pro-vide new Guards for their future educationand wellbeing. — Such has been the patientsufferance of this student body; and such isnow the necessity, which constrains them toalter their former Systems of autonomy. The

history of the present head of the Office ofStudent Activities (OSA) is a history of re-peated injuries and usurpations, all having indirect object the establishment of an absoluteTyranny over these students.To prove this, letFacts be submitted to a candid campus.

She has forbidden her underlings to helpVSOs and starter groups with issues of imme-diate and pressing importance, unless sus-pended in their operation till her Assentshould be obtained; and when so suspended,she has utterly neglected to attend to them.Meetings with groups/individuals can literal-ly be held up for months based on her whims.Favoritism is rampant within the bowels ofthe OSA.

She has refused to consent to the throwingof large-scale parties for the accommodationof large districts of students,unless those peo-ple would relinquish the right of having par-ties not watched over directly by the SUPD,aright inestimable to them and formidable totyrants only. Moonsplash, based upon herwhims, was supposed to be staffed by SUPDofficers, who are both a) ridiculously expen-sive and b) not the security required for near-ly any event.

She has called together meetings with stu-dent group leaders and house managers atplaces distant from the depository of theirPublic Records,for the sole purpose of fatigu-ing them into compliance with her measures.Browbeating, cajoling are not infrequent oc-currences in the OSA meeting room.

She has obstructed the Administration ofJustice by refusing her Assent to have any stu-

There was a remarkably high level of in-terest in the ASSU elections this year.Undergraduate turnout was up 15 per-

cent from last year, which featured a wildfive-slate contest for ASSU President andVice President. Despite only two slates (andthe Chappie’s long-winded effort) runningfor ASSU Executive this year, which is by farthe most visible race in the election, hun-dreds more students voted.

The defining feature of ASSU elections aswe have come to know them is remarkablereliance on endorsements from studentgroups to win the election. The StanfordDaily, the Stanford Democrats (disclaimer: Iwas on the committee selecting Senate andExecutive candidates for endorsements), theQueer Coalition,Students of Color Coalition(SOCC), Students for a Sustainable Stanford(SSS) and many other groups made endorse-ments for Senate and/or Executive candi-dates. We’ve also seen an increase in thenumber of endorsing student groups. In mySenate campaign in April 2008, I collectedmore than 10 student groups’ support.

Endorsements were also used to tar otherslates. Supporters of David Gobaud and Jay

de la Torre attacked the Hauser/Spraguecampaign because they were endorsed by theStanford Review and the Stanford Conserv-ative Society. (Gobaud and de la Torre them-selves had nothing to do with the attacks).Ona broadly liberal, Obama-loving campus,being associated with conservatives is not theway to win votes.

This system certainly benefits studentgroups, who can exact high amounts of lever-age over candidates desperate to get elected.It’s a constant concern among candidatesthat if they lack the all-important endorse-ment, they will not get any votes from thecommunity represented by those studentgroups. The groups can force students to ac-cede to their agenda to get elected.

But I am not sure it benefits the studentbody as a whole.

The paradox is that while student groupsendorse candidates for their narrow organi-zational imperatives, candidates use theseendorsements to win support among thebroader populace. So while the Stanford De-mocrats’ endorsement questionnaire, for ex-ample, is mostly about the concerns of organ-ization — fundraising issues, free speech,

hosting events on campus — candidates usethe endorsement to appeal to students whowant to vote for the “liberal” candidates.

The unfortunate nature of the endorse-ment process is that candidates are forced tohighlight certain elements of their agenda toappeal to endorsing groups, such as queerrights, diversity issues, sustainability andcommunity centers. These issues are all veryimportant, of course, but other key issues,such as academics, OSA party-planning poli-cies, housing policies — issues that affect allstudents but don’t have an interest group toadvocate for them, receive much less atten-tion during the annual ASSU elections.

It’s hard to argue that academics don’tmatter to students, or that the evolving re-strictions on parties do not affect most stu-dents. But because there are no student

OPINIONS

Last Wednesday, the University Admin-istration announced that VadenHealth Center will charge students a

mandatory $167 Health Services Fee perquarter beginning fall of this year. Vaden’shealth services were previously free to stu-dents because they were financed throughStanford University’s general funds. Ser-vices supported by the new fee include pri-mary care services, Counseling and Psycho-logical Services (CAPS), as well as healthoutreach programs, such as the Peer HealthEducator (PHE) program (see “Vaden feesconvey extent of crisis,”April 10, 2009).ViceProvost for Student Affairs Greg Boardmancited the rising cost of health services andthe ongoing economic crisis as reasons be-hind the fee’s institution.

While the Editorial Board appreciatesthe gravity of financial circumstances andunderstands that painful cuts are beingmade throughout the budget, we are con-cerned about the effect that the Health Ser-vices Fee will have on student life. Stanfordmay be reeling from the reported 25 to 30percent drop in its endowment, but studentsare also suffering in the face of economic un-certainty. For many, it is hard enough tomake ends meet with tuition, room andboard payments. This is not an appropriatetime for Stanford to push more of its finan-cial burden onto undergraduates and gradu-ate students. We are thankful that the fee iscovered under current financial aid pack-ages but still fear that the extra paymentscould affect grad students and uncoveredundergrads.

Administration officials argue that it isjustified instituting a fee for campus healthservices because such fees are common atmany universities, but this reasoning is falla-cious. This argument would only withstandscrutiny if there were no relevant differencesbetween Stanford and other universities thatcharge for health services, but Stanford hasone of the largest endowments of any uni-versity in the country. Thus, the Administra-tion is wrong to conclude that it is justified orreasonable for Stanford to charge its stu-dents a health services fee merely because itis common practice at other universities withfar fewer resources.

Moreover, the Editorial Board believesthat the mandatory fee places an undue fi-nancial burden on students who use Vaden

infrequently or choose to seek healthcare offcampus. It is important to have readily avail-able health services at Stanford, but thehealthy majority should not be asked to sub-sidize the cost of care for those who are oftensick and visit Vaden more than the averagestudent. While Administration officialssought to spread the costs of healthcareamong the entire student population, under-standably not wanting to target those whohappen to fall ill with higher bills, a small co-pay for each visit can help defray the ex-pense for all while deterring those whoabuse Vaden’s services and drive up operat-ing costs. At the very least, a co-pay systemwould be consistent with the healthcareprocess students are used to dealing withthrough insurance.

Finally,Stanford’s student body is right tobe insulted by the manner in which the newHealth Services Fee was publicized — or, tobe more precise, not publicized — by theUniversity.The Editorial Board is dismayedby the Administration’s apparently premed-itated attempt to subvert transparency. Theoriginal notice of the fee was sent by the ViceProvost of Student Affairs to campus admin-istrators and higher-ups on April 7. Theemail stated that students would be in-formed about the fee in the “coming weeks”through a short article in the Stanford Re-port, and that the Administration“expect[ed]” that The Daily would also in-clude coverage. The Editorial Board be-lieves the University should have reportedto students directly about the fee. The Ad-ministration’s reliance on campus media topublicize the fee sends the wrong message,suggesting that University officials are with-holding crucial information from the studentbody,unwilling to face student responses.Wehave heard administrators pledge to includestudents in the budget-cutting process andcommunicate the changes, but in this in-stance the process seems to have brokendown.

In the end, we recognize that price hikesin these times of budgetary turmoil are un-avoidable, and we agree that CAPS and pri-mary-care services are worth saving.Still, theeven application of fees to frequent Vadenpatients and those who stay away — as wellas the strangely indirect method of dissemi-nating the news — makes these fees all theless palatable.

Vaden service chargeunequal and unpublicized

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This aggression will notstand

Endorsements and the ASSU

Another Wine-y Opinion Column

Stuart Baimel

Please see BAIMEL,page 5

Please see WARMA,page 5 Please see GILLESPIE,page 5

groups to offer endorsements to stu-dents who care about those areas ofpolicy, candidates have little incen-tive to make those issues a key partof their platform.And when they areelected, they will be advocating forthe issues they were elected for.

There is no “Academic AdvocacyCoalition,” and as a result, there is noincentive for Executive and Senatecandidates to highlight academic is-sues. Nor is there an “OSA Commis-sion” to induce candidates to makerelations with the OSA a main part oftheir platform. Despite these issuesostensibly being high on the prioritylist for student voters, candidates donot seem to care much about them.

The issue, I think, is similar to onethat is common in American politics.The best-formed advocacy groups innational politics are centered on anarrow issue with a limited group ofmembers who speak loudly.The Na-tional Rifle Association is a good ex-ample of this phenomenon. Groupsthat attempt to form a larger basearound a broader issue often haveproblems mobilizing members —my favorite example is the ludicrous“SUV Owners of America.”

The myopic, endless focus on onlya few hot-button issues has distortedthe nature of student political dis-course. I received many all-capsemails demanding that communitycenters get cut less than every otherdepartment on campus; meanwhile,the Peer Mentoring and HPAC pro-grams were cut entirely without aword from any student.The Interdis-ciplinary Studies in the Humanities

department was liquidated entirelywithout any student comment. I re-ceived many emails urging me to signa petition to urge Jamba Juice not touse Styrofoam, but not a single emailabout half of the academic advisingprograms simply disappearing nextyear.

The only way out of the strangle-hold that endorsements have on stu-dent government elections is toallow candidates to gain votes inother ways. We have already seenthat this year and last year, with theinnovative use of YouTube to reachvoters directly rather than through astudent group intermediary. But therestrictions on fliers, emails andother forms of speech privilege thestudent groups who are not boundby those same rules. Allowing morecreative forms of campaigning willbreak the lock that endorsing stu-dent groups have on the ASSU elec-tions process.

Stuart Baimel is forming the StuartBaimel Coalition. Want to advocatefor his interests? Send your resumeand $300 to sbaimel@stanford.edu.

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dent accountability for her actions. Itmakes no sense, that a two-decadebureaucrat,who has slid her tentaclesover EVERY aspect of student life, isnever held to defend her actions tothe undergraduate population.A stu-dent review board of the OSA mustbe created.

In every stage of these Oppres-sions We have Petitioned for Redressin the most humble terms: Our re-peated Petitions have been answered

only by repeated injury. A Director,whose character is thus marked byevery act which may define a Tyrant,is unfit to be the ruler of a free studentbody.

We, therefore, the Representa-tives of the united students of Stan-ford University,Assembled,do, in theName, and by Authority of the goodPeople of this campus, solemnly pub-lish and declare, That this unitedbody, and of Right ought to be Freeand Independent from the OSA, thatthey are Absolved from all Alle-giance to the Crown, and that all po-litical connection between them andthe second floor of Old Union, is andought to be totally dissolved;and that

as Free and Independent students,have full Power to speak our minds,plan responsible parties, fundraisefrom outside sources and to do allother Acts and Things which Inde-pendent students may of right do. —And for the support of this Declara-tion, with a firm reliance on the pro-tection of each other, we mutuallypledge to each other our titles, ourstudent groups and our sacredHonor.

Zack believes that we as a campus musthang together, or we will assuredlyhang separately. Care to join the Revo-lution? Email Zack at zwarma@stan-ford.edu.

WARMAContinued from page 4

It’s nothing short of incredible whatmissing out on a chance to drink in anacademically sanctioned environ-ment will do to even the most stone-faced of Stanford seniors.

So we screamed, cried, held eachother close. We questioned every-thing. We drank a whole lot of thetypes of wines that would make theFRENLANG60 instructor (experi-enced San Francisco sommelier A.J.Ferrari) throw up in public,and afterall that — the pain, the heartbreak,the cascades of self-pitying zinfan-del — it seemed that all the rage andemotions of the group could besummed up into one concise inter-rogative:What the hell?

Now,I have no hard feelings what-soever for my intrepid senior class-mates who camped early and made itinto the course.On the contrary, theirdedication and commitment has re-juvenated my belief in the funda-

mental goodness of the Stanford stu-dent body more than a million Ser-vice Summits or ASSU elections evercould. The problem here isn’t withthe students at all.Did I get beaten tothe punch? Absolutely, fair andsquare. Does that mean I’m not enti-tled to spend part of my last quarterat Stanford paying an additional $90on top of the $150,000 I’ve alreadyspent on this HumBio degree to kickback on Tuesday nights and learn athing or two about how to incorpo-rate world-class, monocle-fogginglevels of snobbery into my everydaylife? Absolutely not.

We deserve better. Wine-tastingcourses are a staple of gigantic stateuniversities everywhere, places witheight times our enrollment, and anysenior who wants in on one of thesecourses is generally able to pull it off(notwithstanding that a good friendat the University of Illinois has herwine class at 10 a.m. on Mondaymornings, but for Senior Spring Ihave a feeling most of us would takethat in stride).

After knocking out 72 units ofGER coursework and spending

more money on college than 60 per-cent of the world earns in a lifetime,I don’t think one unit of fun and in-dulgence my last quarter here wastoo much to ask.

Truly, there’s got to be a bettersolution than the renegade “classes”senior groups are putting togetherto counteract the mighty thirstwe’ve all got for old-fashionedDionysian revelry. While the selectfew are going to spend the quarterwith pinkies thrust skyward whilstsipping Mondavi and Ecco Domani,only that trio of dastardly charlatans— Franzia, Rossi and Shaw — willnow be explored and enjoyed bymost of the senior class, and whileI’m more than excited about meet-ing friends on Thursday nights tosample the best of what the box-and-jug section of the liquor aisle atSafeway has to offer, I know Stan-ford could have done us better.

Matt Gillespie hears the 2009 Franziawhites are the most crisp and sublimein a generation. Send your requests tomattg3@stanford.edu and we’ll popopen a five-liter box of your favorite.

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Freshman outside hitter Brad Lawson notched 29 kills during No. 5 Stanford’s two-game meeting with No. 6 BYU. The Cardinal split the series withthe Cougars, losing in five sets on Friday, but winning in straight sets on Saturday.

Laundrymakes

loyalty?

When it comes to sportsfandom, there are usu-ally simple rules gov-erning the teams an en-

thusiast is expected to cheer for. Ascollege students, we have obviousties to the University and our class-mates on its athletic teams. Rootingfor the Cardinal football squadwould seem to be an obvious choiceif you lived down the hall from Tavi-ta Pritchard, worked with Toby Ger-hart or had a class with ChrisMarinelli. And geography can ac-count for other causes of fan alle-giance for obvious reasons.

And yet, there’s something miss-ing from our thus far obvious equa-tion of fandom. Because peoplemove and continue to follow their oldhometown’s teams. They graduateand still root for their alma mater.Players we cheered in their youth re-tire and are replaced by youngsterswe’ve never heard of before. In theend, Jerry Seinfeld, it seems, is alwaysright — being a fan really does ulti-mately mean you’re just cheering forlaundry.

Which brings us to the point of thecolumn, and the most overlooked as-pect of what being a fan means — theuniforms for which we cheer. Wehave a choice, you see, as far as whatjersey we choose to follow, maybe forthe rest of our lives. And at least forme,a team’s fashion choices can dras-tically influence how I feel about it.Heck, I’m not going to lie, it’s aboutthe only fashion trend I actually payattention to, and I’m quite alrightwith that.

Of course, it’s largely a matter ofpersonal preference, but who isn’tdrawn to a certain uniform over oth-ers? For me,that means seeing a won-derful symmetry in the rugged,north-south offensive tradition of PennState and its no-frills blue and whitecolors,without even a logo on the sideof their helmets. Or appreciating thetimeless look of birds on a bat in St.Louis or pinstripes in New York.

But it’s not all about admiration.Indeed, much as I might think pin-stripes, for instance, are a pretty coollook for baseball,I’m not about to be-come a Yankees fan anytime soon.But a loathed uniform is perhaps themost surefire way to alienate a fan.Again,it’s personal choice . . . mostly.You can’t tell me that if you stare longenough at an Athletics player at-bat,those awful white shoes don’t makehim look like a clown.And when the

Bears best Cardinal twiceBy CHRIS FITZGERALD

DAILY SPORTS INTERN

No. 2 Stanford entered play on Friday riding a six-game winstreak, including a shutout victory over Bay Area rival Californiaon Thursday, but the Bears returned with a vengeance in a pair ofgames in Berkeley. Cal found the offensive production that hadeluded them in Thursday’s loss, striking back to win by scores of 3-1 and 8-6.

The Cardinal (35-4, 6-3 Pa-cific-10 Conference) musteredjust five hits in Friday’s defeat,while senior ace Missy Pennasurrendered seven hits to theBears. Cal (28-12, 5-4 Pac-10)initiated the scoring, bringingsophomore Valerie Ariotoacross the plate after she hadadvanced on a base knock withno outs. Penna struck out theBears’ next two batters, but awild pitch allowed freshmanElia Ried to take first safely, de-spite striking out. On the errantpitch,Arioto advanced the final60 feet, scoring her team’s firstrun.

Of Cal’s seven hits, two weresolo-shot home runs off the batsof junior Taylor Kelly and seniorGina Leomiti.

Stanford’s lone run came inthe fifth. Sophomore MelissaKoutz singled to open the frame, but was replaced on the basepaths by fellow sophomore Autumn Albers. Freshman MayaBurns laced a double to right field, putting two in scoring posi-tion with no outs. Sophomore Brittany Minder was then hit by a1-0 pitch to load the bases.

Seemingly out of luck,Arioto found a way to dial in.She struckout freshman Sarah Hassman, then downed Stanford’s dangeroustop of the order. When all was said and done, Stanford producedjust one run, a sacrifice fly by junior Alissa Haber to score Albers.

Just the third loss of the year for Penna, the Miami nativestruck out a dozen Bear batters and finished off her 26th completegame of the year. Notching 12 strikeouts in the meeting, Pennamoved into the nation’s top 30 all-time for Ks in her career.

Before play on Sunday, Stanford head coach John Rittman ar-ticulated the challenge posed by Pac-10 play.

“In this conference, teams are bringing their A-game everyday,” he said.

But, the second rubber match from Levine-Fricke Field inBerkeley ended in a similar fashion as the first.

By JACOB JAFFEDESK EDITOR

The Stanford men’s volleyball teamsplit a crucial two-match series withBrigham Young over the weekend, butgained a vital tiebreaker that could decidehome-court advantage in the MPSF play-offs.

The No. 5 Cardinal (20-9, 13-7 MPSF)hosted No.6 BYU on Friday and Saturdaywith both teams vying for the fourth spotin the conference standings and home-court advantage in the first round of con-ference playoffs. The Cardinal lost a five-set heartbreaker on Friday 30-26, 31-33,24-30, 30-26, 15-11. Stanford was led bysophomore outside hitter SpencerMcLachlin’s 20 kills, followed by junioropposite Evan Romero and freshmanoutside hitter Brad Lawson, who had 15and 14 kills, respectively. Freshman liberoErik Shoji added to his Stanford single-season record and nation-leading dig totalwith 24 digs.

“As always, Erik played incredibly

well,” said freshman middle blocker GusEllis.

The Cardinal could not overcomeBYU’s blocking, though, which came intothe weekend leading the nation with 347blocks.The Cougars dominated the Cardi-nal at the net, tallying an astounding 20.5blocks, compared to only 13.5 for Stan-ford.

HITTINGHELPS CARD

MEN’S BASEBALL4/11 vs. UCLA W 7-2

UP NEXTCAL(15-17, 3-9 Pac-10)2/24 Sunken Diamond

5:00 p.m.

COVERAGE:TV CBS College Sports TV

GAME NOTES: Stanford was led by freshman pitcherBrett Mooneyham, who has registered 27 strikeoutsover his last three starts, to a Cardinal win on Sun-day against UCLA. Stanford took two of three in theseries, and rallies again in its upcoming meetingwith Cal. This should prove easier against the Bears,as Cal has have lost its last seven straight.

FOOTBALLCARDINAL VS.WHITE SPRING GAME4/13 Stanford Stadium 7:00 p.m.

COVERAGE:INTERNET KZSU-3 (kzsulive.stan-

ford.edu)

GAME NOTES: Andrew Luck will quarterbackthe White team, while Tavita Pritchard willlead the Cardinal squad. With only twohealthy passers on the roster, the coachingstaffs for the respective sides used their firstpicks on quarterbacks, with Luck going firstand Pritchard going second. The contest willbe played under regular game conditions,but with slight modifications; for example,the quarterback cannot be hit while he is inthe pocket.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL4/11 vs. BYU W 3-0

UP NEXT UC-IRVINE(22-4, 17-3 MPSF)4/17 Maples Pavilion

7:00 p.m.

GAME NOTES: After splitting a two-game series withBYU to move into fourth place in the MPSF confer-ence, Stanford hopes to secure a home-court ad-vantage for the opening round of the MPSF con-ference playoffs with a win against UC-Irvine. TheAnteaters arrive with a three-game winning streak,including a 3-0 defeat of conference-leading Pep-perdine.

DenisGriffinRants and Raves

BASEBALL

Stanford takes two of three from UCLAAfter downing UCLA in dramatic fashion in

extra innings on Thursday night, the Cardinal splitits final two games against the Bruins to win theirweekend series, 2-1.

Stanford struggled early on Friday night, asfreshman Jordan Pries gave up three runs in thefirst inning to put the Cardinal in an early hole. Hewas able to recover, and lasted an additional 3.2 in-nings without giving up another run.Stanford cameback to take a temporary 5-3 lead in the fifth inning,but UCLA’s Cody Decker, who hit a homerun inthe first, lofted another mammoth shot over thefence in left center field in the seventh inning togive the Bruins a 6-5 lead. UCLA tapped on twomore runs in the ninth to put the game out of reachand give the Bruins an 8-5 victory.

The Cardinal rebounded on Saturday, as fresh-man hurler Brett Mooneyham went six innings andallowed only two runs while striking out 10 battersas Stanford rolled to a 7-2 win. Sophomore closerDrew Storen was practically flawless in relief, al-lowing only one hit in three innings to secure hisfourth save of the season. Senior Brent Millevillehit a two-run homerun in the second inning andadded a single shot in the eighth — his five home-runs in Pac-10 play lead the conference. Sopho-more Kellen Kiilsgaard gave Stanford a 3-2 lead inthe sixth inning with his seventh homerun of theseason, a team high.

Please see tomorrow’s Daily for further cover-age of this weekend series.

— By Wyndam Makowsky

Stanford hitters giveedge against BYU

SPORTS

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Senior pitcher Missy Penna’s 12 strikeouts were not enough to save Stanford in Fri-day’s meeting with the Bears, as the Cardinal lost 3-1. Stanford dropped again toCal on Saturday, 8-6.

Cardinal football back in action intonight’s spring game

Stanford’s annual spring footballgame will be played tonight at 7 p.m.at Stanford Stadium, marking theconclusion of two sessions of prac-tices that spanned from the end ofFebruary through the beginning ofApril.

The contest divides the team intotwo squads — White and Cardinal— with half of the coaching staffleading each side. D.J. Durkin, thespecial teams and defensive endscoach, will head the White team.Greg Roman, the newest addition tothe Stanford staff — he is the currentrunning game coordinator, as well asthe tight ends and offensive tacklescoach — will lead the Cardinal.

The teams were decided via adraft that occurred last week, withthe White team picking first by virtueof a coin flip. Head coach Jim Har-baugh, who presided over the draft,said the reason for it was to createthe “most competitive atmospherepossible” during the game.

The White team chose quarter-back Andrew Luck, who will be aredshirt freshman in the fall, with thefirst pick. The highly touted signalcaller is currently in a two-man battlefor the starting quarterback job withTavita Pritchard.The Cardinal squadtook Pritchard — a redshirt seniornext season and last year’s starter —with the second selection. Luck andPritchard are the only two healthyquarterbacks on the roster.

The rules of the game are general-ly consistent with those of regular, in-season contests, but with notable ex-ceptions. For example, there is punt-ing but no punt returns, there aremandatory fair catches and quarter-backs cannot be hit unless they leavethe pocket — if they remain there,then a defender can “tackle” themsimply by grabbing their jersey withboth hands.

The spring game will be broadcaston the KZSU-3 Internet stream.Ad-mission is free for all students, and2009 Red Zone memorabilia will behanded out at Gate 3.

— By Wyndam Makowsky

SPORTS BRIEFS

Please see SOFTBALL,page 8Please see GRIFFIN,page 8

Please see VOLLEYBALL,page 8

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL4/11 vs. CAL L 8-6

UP NEXTSANTA CLARA(5-35, 0-8 PCSC)4/14 Smith Family Stadium

6:00 P.M.

GAME NOTES: Stanford lost its last twogames to Cal, but looks to reboundduring its encounter with the Broncos,who have lost their last 15 straight.After leaving 10 runners stranded onbase against the Bears, the Cardinalwill aim to capitalize on a less-than-stellar Santa Clara defense.

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“Their blocking and defensewere better than ours, and it just putus in a rut,” said Ellis, one of manyCardinal blockers who were helddown by BYU.“I give their blockingcredit for their win.”

The Cardinal had trouble puttingaway the Cougars early in thematch, and it was ultimately the dif-ference. In the second set, theCardinal held a commanding 25-19lead, but gave up seven straightpoints and ultimately lost the set,giving BYU momentum for the restof the match. After scoring the firstthree points in the fifth set, the

Cardinal let the set and the matchslip away, gaining only eight of thefinal 23 points.

After the disappointing loss, theCardinal played the same BYUsquad on Saturday, but with far dif-ferent results. Stanford looked like adifferent team in the second match,winning in straight sets 30-24, 30-19,30-19. The match was never close, asBYU only led a set for one point at8-7 in the first. From that point on,the Cardinal was clearly the superi-or team. Stanford hit .386 for thematch, despite Romero, who leadsthe team in kills, being held to onlyfive kills and five errors. Lawson andMcLachlin, on the other hand, ledthe Cardinal with 15 and 10 kills,respectively.

“The coaches told the outsidehitters to hit more line shots, which

made their block less effective,”Ellis said.

BYU’s blocking was indeed sti-fled by the Cardinal, who out-blocked the Cougars 11-4.5. TheCardinal middle blockers complete-ly shut down their BYU counter-parts, led by senior BrandonWilliams and junior Garrett Werner,who combined for 10 block assistsand 13 kills with no errors.

“Everyone played better,” Ellissaid. “In particular, Brandon andGarrett hit for a very high percent-age. Everyone made a few improve-ments, and we finished strong.”

BYU could not find manysources of offense, finishing with 29errors, no aces and only one playerhitting over .200 for the match. TheCougar’s side out game was espe-cially weak, as it only converted 57

percent of its side outs, compared to81 percent for the Cardinal.

Despite receiving only a split ofthe matches, Stanford came outahead in the conference because itgained the tiebreaker over BYU bywinning more sets than the Cougarsduring the weekend. After thisweekend’s matches, Stanford nowholds a one-game lead over bothUSC and BYU for the fourth spot inthe MPSF standings, but USC holdsthe tiebreaker over Stanford.

The Cardinal concludes the regu-lar season with two more matches athome — against No. 2 UC-Irvine onFriday and against No. 9 UCLA onSaturday. Both games take place atMaples Pavilion at 7 p.m.

Contact Jacob Jaffe at jwjaffe@stan-ford.edu.

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Upending UCLA

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Stanford baseball took two of three from the visiting Bruins over the weekend. The Cardinal won 4-3 in 10innings on Thursday, lost 8-5 on Friday and rallied to win again on Saturday, 7-2.

Sophomore Ashley Chinnrelieved Penna after the seniorallowed three runs off four hits in oneinning pitched. Cal’s offense pickedup where it left off when Chinn tookthe circle, though; the Bears taggedthe sophomore for five more runs on11 hits. The 15 hits mark the mostagainst Stanford since March 3, 2007.

Stanford trailed 6-1 after sixinnings, but tied the game on a bar-rage of offense in the seventh. NineCardinal hits, including three fromfreshman Ashley Hansen, culminat-ed in an eventual losing effort.

Cal captured the win on Saturdayin the bottom of the seventh with ahome run. With one on base, Kellybelted a rope to center field and overthe surrounding fence, helping Calcome back to best the Cardinal in theseason series.

Stanford’s biggest failure of theweekend was its inability to capitalizeon a lackluster defensive effort fromCal. The home team committed fiveerrors on the day, but Stanford left 10runners on base, including five strand-ed in scoring position Saturday.

Stanford’s twin losses at Cal repre-sent the first time this year that theCard has suffered back-to-backdefeats.Stanford returns home to hostSanta Clara at 6 p.m. this Tuesday,with video and audio streamingonline from gostanford.com.

Contact Chris Fitzgerald at cfitzger@stanford.edu.

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Seahawks wear the algae-green jer-seys and pants with lime green high-lights . . . well, frankly it looks a bit toomuch like the ocean threw up, to me.

Sometimes it even works inreverse — a love for a team caninfluence fashion in real life. As mypassion for the San FranciscoGiants grew over the years, Inoticed the quantity of orangeclothing in my wardrobe increas-ing. The amount of Dodger-blueclothing, meanwhile, fell drastically.My love for a team can influencewhat I’m likely to wear and, in turnover time, what I like.

And don’t think for a minute thatteams don’t know exactly how muchtheir duds mean to their fans.There’s no other explanation for the

constant jersey updates, throwbacknights, alternates and the like.Sometimes the changes are wel-come, like when the Stanford foot-ball team eliminated the black high-lights and went with the classic, allcardinal-and-white look. Or (hope-fully) in a few weeks, when the 49ersunveil their new look, widely specu-lated to be, well, their old look dur-ing the NFL Draft. In both thesecases, the team’s move is an admis-sion that sometimes classic looks arebest left unchanged, despite thehigher temporary revenues thosechanges can bring in as fans rush toacquire their team’s latest look. Butit’s the classic uniforms that can real-ly best appeal to everyone, youngand old alike.

But perhaps it’s the subject thatinspired me to write this column thatis the most egregious recent incidentin recent local history, as theStanford women’s basketball teamtook to the floor against UConn

wearing their black alternates. I’msorry, but when your team is a color,you’d better wear uniforms with thatcolor. Especially when a nationaltitle is on the line and the entirecountry is watching you play.

More often, though, the changeof a uniform, unless it’s a minortweak to update a style slightly, is noless than a traumatic event for fans.After all, when all you’re really root-ing for is laundry, it’s disturbing toknow it can be changed as quickly asthe latest trend can move in. Andwhen some franchises are judged bythe very color of their socks ratherthan the content of their rosters, it’stime for teams to wise up and realizejust how vital the history of their uni-forms is to their image and mar-ketability, and to the fans who keepthe industry alive.

It’s entirely possible that Denis Griffincares far too much about this topic.Contact him at djgriff@stanford.edu.

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to the Blue Ribbon Task Force, andultimately to the President.”

“Stanford’s climate plan is com-plex and thorough.We wanted to dothe due diligence around all consid-erations involved — resource avail-ability and pricing, existing infra-structure and, of course, emissionsreduction,” Ahmed added. “We feela sense of urgency about climateaction, but we wanted to developrealistic, long term and innovativesolutions, and that takes time andresearch to identify.”

This sense of urgency is mount-ing throughout California due toAssembly Bill 32, which requires theentire state to reduce GHG emis-sions to 1990 levels by 2020. Interesthas also been growing on campus asstudent organizations increase pres-sure on the University to commit togreater climate action.

At their meeting on March 10,the ASSU Undergraduate Senateunanimously passed a resolutionexpressing its support for reducingemissions at least 80 percent below1990 levels by 2050.

The resolution comes as “an aspi-ration for eventual carbon-neutrali-ty,” and its authors argue that theUniversity has “a responsibility toreassert its role as a global leader incampus sustainability and environ-mental stewardship.”

Seth Silverman, a coterminal stu-dent in civil and environmentalenergy who has been pushing for acampus-wide climate plan for thepast few years, was particularlypleased with the up swell ofmomentum behind this issue.

“The current population of stu-dents and young Stanford commu-nity members prioritize this issueacross the board,” Silverman said.“This is an essential challenge. It’spart of keeping Stanford competi-

tive and keeping students ready togo out into a world that will beeventually carbon constrained.”

Students for a SustainableStanford have also refocused theirenergies on pushing for aggressiveemissions reductions. They will beholding a Town Hall meeting to dis-cuss the University’s climate andenergy plan tonight from 7-9 p.m. in

Old Union Room 216.“It’s really an educational

event,” said Eli Pollak ‘12. “We’relooking at it as a way for students toget re-involved, reenergized and re-interested in the process of grass-roots campus support.”

Contact Jenny Rempel at jrempel@stanford.edu.

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us the mistakes that they made andthat we’re not to make. Things likethat are not easy to get from any-where else.”

Damian Powell, from theUniversity of Stellenbosch, SouthAfrica, was the first African delegateto take part in the summit.

“I’m sort of a social entrepre-neur,” he said. “Hearing [the speak-ers’] stories, how they made it big,really inspires me to go back to mycountry and work with what I’velearned. Even with my continent,with Africa having a lot problemsright now, South Africa provides agood platform with a lot of entrepre-neurship going on.”

Yin Wang, a Ph.D. candidate inoptics at Zhejiang University inChina, hopes to one day start his owncompany in fiber communications.

“Silicon Valley is the heaven forall entrepreneurs,”Wang said.“We allwant to know what’s happening here.It’s quite exciting.”

Gautam Garg, a junior majoringin electronics and communication atthe Delhi College of Engineering,had never been to the U.S. before lastweek. Garg said he was impressed byboth the architecture and the wel-coming students at Stanford.

“I’ve never seen a University likethis before — it’s really beautiful,” hesaid.“The professors are really inspir-ing. I want to keep in touch with

them.”Equally content on campus was

an alumnus who has met with consid-erable success since finishing hisStanford education. Jen-Hsun HuangM.S. ‘92, co-founder and CEO ofNVIDIA and one of the keynotespeakers of the summit, recentlydonated $30 million to Stanford forthe construction of the Jen-HsunHuang School of EngineeringCenter.

Huang, who spent eight years atStanford, fondly remembered the“fabulous gift” from Stanford profes-sors, labeling his Stanford experience“a very large part of my life.”

“When I was a student, I greatlyenjoyed being a student, so youshould do that,” he advised. “Relishthe opportunity to be here and alsothe people you’re with . . . you’relikely already in a class or are friendswith somebody who is going tochange the world. Relish the momentand be aware of the moment — thenyou’ll get a lot more out of the educa-tion.”

And the summit’s delegates seemto be doing just that.

“It’s really nice to meet so manypeople from various areas and tobuild a human network that will go along way in the future,” Mittal said.

Australian delegate Jonathan Tseechoed this sentiment.

“All of a sudden, you look aroundand you have 40 friends from all overthe world,” he noted. “You don’t getto do that very often.”

Contact Calla Huan Sheng at hsheng@stanford.edu.

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