By NATE ADAMSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Pacific-10 Conference Cham-pion Stanford women’s basketballteam is headed to St. Louis this week-end for its second consecutive appear-ance in the NCAA Tournament’s FinalFour. The Cardinal will square offagainst undefeated Connecticut insemifinal play on Sunday evening,where a win would send them to Tues-day’s championship game against ei-ther Louisville or Oklahoma, and givethe Cardinal a shot at its third nationaltitle.

Stanford and UConn are both en-tering familiar territory, having lastplayed each other in the 2008 semifi-nals. The No. 2 Cardinal (34-4, 17-1Pac-10) emerged victorious in thatmeeting, defeating the Huskies 82-73before losing to Tennessee in the finals.Stanford boasts an all-time record of 5-3 against UConn, including a 2-1record in tournament play.

This year’s Connecticut team (37-0,16-0 Big East) is only two wins awayfrom its program’s sixth national titleand undoubtedly poses the biggestchallenge Stanford has faced all sea-son.The Huskies, led by Geno Auriem-ma in his 24th season as head coach,entered the tournament as the topoverall seed and have been ranked No.1 in both national polls all season.Theyremain undefeated since losing to theCardinal a year ago, and perhaps moreimpressively,have not won by less than10 points over that span. The Huskiesboast two Wade Trophy finalists ontheir roster, Maya Moore and ReneeMontgomery; each is averaging nearly20 points per game. The Huskies arewidely favored to defeat Stanford inSunday’s rematch.

Despite the national media’s exten-sive and favorable coverage ofUConn, the Cardinal remains un-daunted by the highly touted zero inConnecticut’s loss column. Stanford

head coach Tara VanDerveer empha-sized that the outcome of Sunday’sgame depends not on past statistics orwhat is said about the teams in ques-tion, but on what actually unfolds onthe court.

“UConn gets a lot of press and at-tention, but they still need to come out

and play,” she said. “They still travel,they still foul — there’s so much hy-perbole [surrounding them]. Let’s justplay the game. Let’s roll it out and seewhat we’ve got.”

While it always helps to look on thepositive side of things regardless of thesituation, Stanford has some very realreasons to be optimistic. One is its re-cent stretch of great play; indeed, al-though UConn has effectively coastedfrom win to win for an entire season,the Cardinal enters Sunday’s game rid-ing a no-smaller wave of momentum.Stanford is fresh off both tournamentand regular-season conference cham-pionships, and currently owns a 20-game winning streak that dates back toJan. 18. The Cardinal extended itsdominant play into the NCAA Tour-nament, winning three of its four tour-nament contests by over 20 points.

No Cardinal player has felt this mo-mentum more than junior center JayneAppel, who bested Candice Wiggins’‘08 school record for points in a gamewhen she scored 46 against Iowa Stateon Monday. Appel, a Wade Trophy fi-nalist herself, was honored as the Pac-10 Player of the Week four times thisseason and is a member of the Associ-ated Press All-American SecondTeam. Her recent string of particularlydominant performances has lent Stan-ford at least a measure of hope goinginto its game against the undefeatedHuskies.

Appel agreed with VanDerveerthat the aura surrounding UConnmeans nothing compared with whatactually takes place during their game.

“Last year, [UConn was] ‘sup-posed’ to win it as well,” she recalled.“It’s important to not be intimidated— they’re going to make some shots,so are we.They’re going to make somerebounds, so are we. That’s why youplay the game: to see who wins. It allhappens on the court.”

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Cardinal just two wins away from national title

No.2 Stanford ready to battle Beavers

By DANIEL BOHMSTAFF WRITER

The second-ranked Stanford softball team willtravel north this weekend to take on conference ri-vals Oregon State and Oregon.

The Cardinal will first travel to Corvallis to facethe Beavers on Friday before leaving for Eugeneand a pair of games against the Ducks on Saturdayand Sunday.

Stanford is one of the hottest teams in the coun-try, having risen through the ranks by winning 31 ofits last 32 games. Just this past weekend, the Cardi-nal pulled off a pair of upsets against then-No. 2Washington.

After suffering just its second loss of the seasonto open the weekend against UCLA, Stanford re-bounded by riding the right arm of senior pitcherMissy Penna to the two wins over Washington.

In the two games combined, Penna pitched 18innings without allowing a run, while striking out21. For her performance, Penna was named USASoftball Player of the Week for the second time ofher career. In addition she was named Pac-10Pitcher of the Week for the fourth time this season.

Penna has been a rock for the Cardinal since ar-riving on the Farm. This season has been her bestthus far, as she is 21-2 with a miniscule 0.75 ERA.She has also amassed a whooping 193 strikeoutsthis year.

No. 5 Cardcrushes Pacific

By JACOB JAFFEDESK EDITOR

The Stanford men’s volleyball team hopes its recent momen-tum will carry over this weekend, when it takes on two top-10teams in its final road trip of the season.

The No.5 Cardinal (17-8,10-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Feder-ation) easily dispatched MPSF bottom-dweller Pacific on Tues-day,30-22,30-23,30-18.The win was the Cardinal’s ninth in its last10 matches and its sixth straight victory in league play.

“Our team is starting to get on a roll,”said junior opposite EvanRomero,who was recently named MPSF Player of the Week aftertotaling 36 kills in the Cardinal’s two matches last week.“It’s excit-ing because not only are we gaining momentum,but we are alsolearning new things every day. Put those two together and ourteam is just getting better and better.”

Pacific, which has lost 31 consecutive MPSF matches, is theonly team in the 12-team MPSF that is not ranked among the na-tion’s top 15 teams, and it showed immediately. Stanford scoredfive of the first six points in the match and never looked back,trail-ing for only three points all match.

The Cardinal used a balanced attack to defeat the Tigers,as sixplayers tallied at least five kills, led by sophomore outside hitterSpencer McLachlin with 12,freshman outside hitter Brad Lawsonwith 11 and Romero with 10. Though the Cardinal was out-blocked by three,Stanford dominated in nearly every other statis-tical category.The key to the victory for the Cardinal was hitting,as Stanford had 21 more kills than Pacific in the same number ofattempts,leading to a hitting percentage of .427 compared to only

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NEWS

New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller talks about his visions for print journalism

By ROBERT TOEWSSTAFF WRITER

New York Times Executive Editorand Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Keller hasseen the best of times and the worst oftimes in the newspaper industry.Thursday, he shared his insight andopinions on the current state of printjournalism, as well as his visions for itsfuture, in front of an audience ofStanford alums and students at KresgeAuditorium.

The talk was the first of a series ofevents for the dedication of the newLorry I. Lokey Stanford Daily Building.Lokey ‘49, whose $2 million donationfunded much of the construction of thenew facility, was present for the speech,as were some 200 former and currentDaily staffers.

Keller discussed the dire situationfacing the print newspaper industry,which he saw as the result of both theemergence of online news sources andthe economic downturn.As representa-tive examples, he cited the Los AngelesTimes news staff, which is half of what itonce was, and his own staff’s five per-cent pay cut for the rest of this year. Inlight of the current situation,he quippedthat the ceremonies surrounding thebuilding dedication might feel like “a

ribbon cutting at a new Pontiac dealer-ship.”

Still, the editor was guardedly opti-mistic about the future, both of hisnewspaper and of the industry as awhole.

While acknowledging the increasingnumber of people who read newsonline, Keller argued that Web reader-ship far from belittles that of establishedprint sources, such as The New YorkTimes. Furthermore, he maintainedthere is still an enormous profit oppor-tunity for traditional newspaper jour-nalism, simply because of the quality ofnews content available through suchorganizations when compared to theironline-only counterparts.

“[The Internet] has yet to become asignificant indigenous source of thekind of high-quality reporting that Ihave been talking about,” Keller said.“Wikipedia, for instance, does not havereporters stationed in Baghdad orBeijing, following stories up at theirsource.”

The lecture was followed by a Q&Aconversation moderated by PhilTaubman, a former New York Timeseditor and a former Stanford Daily edi-tor in chief.

DISCUSSING NEWS’ FUTURE

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In spite of the hard times that have hit the newspaper industry, New York Times Executive Editor Bill Kellerassured the Kresge crowd that there remains a need for print journalism in the current information era.

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Volume 235 Editor in Chief Christian Torres presents a gift to Lorry I. Lokey. The new building’s naming donor, Lokey is a for-mer editor in chief himself; he is one of many alumni who made significant contributions toward The Daily’s new home.

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Farm tohost ServiceSummit

By ELLEN HUETCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Public service has been a theme forASSU Executives Jonny Dorsey ‘09 andFagan Harris ‘09, tracing all the way backto their campaign last spring. ThisSaturday, members of the Stanford com-munity will gather at the Y2E2 building forthe first Stanford Service Summit, which ismeant to be the culmination of Dorsey andHarris’ election promise.

Comprised of a Service at StanfordShowcase, nine different focus area forumsand a variety of speakers, the Summit willfocus on discussing the role of public serv-ice as a part of the University’s mission andidentity. Currently, over 300 participantshave already signed up for the events.

The original inspiration for the ServiceSummit came when ASSU PresidentJonny Dorsey ‘09 attended the ServiceNation Summit last summer in New York.Last fall, an assembled student team beganto plan an event that would realize thisvision.

“The impetus for the Summit camefrom the ASSU Execs, but our role has pri-marily been to bring the different stake-holders together for a community conver-sation,” explained Anuraag Chigurupati‘09, one of the co-organizers of theSummit, in an email to The Daily. “The sin-gle biggest goal for the Summit is to gath-er the community together to develop aten-year vision for advancing public serv-ice at Stanford and a roadmap with specif-ic action steps for achieving the vision.”

Organizers hope that participants willfind plenty of inspiration for public servicein the large number of planned events andpanels for Saturday. One event, the ServiceShowcase, will focus on service work donein academic departments, as well as by stu-dent organizations such as Stanford inGovernment and Students for aSustainable Stanford.

“Hopefully, this particular showcasewill help enhance the roles of existing serv-ice [Voluntary Student Organizations] oncampus, because what these groups havebeen doing is not negligible,” said Philippede Koning ‘10, the Summit’s student groupoutreach coordinator.

Focus area forums will also take placethroughout the afternoon, addressingareas such as education, the environment,health and public interest law. Each panelwill have three to five speakers, drawingfrom students, local leaders, alumni andprofessionals in fields of public service.

According to organizers, the keynoteaddress will be given by Steve Westly ‘78MBA ‘83, managing partner of The WestlyGroup and former California StateController. Video messages will also beplayed from the chair of the Board ofTrustees, Leslie Hume Ph.D. ‘79, andPresident John Hennessy. The day willconclude with a Fireside Chat with Dr.Larry Brilliant, Google’s ChiefPhilanthropy Evangelist.

While the Summit’s goals are ambi-tious, organizers are optimistic of its long-term benefits, already developing plans forwhat is to come after the event.

“We were very concerned with buildinga follow-up plan, to make sure that theenergy and vision that came out of theSummit didn’t fizzle the Monday after,”Chigurupati said. “We have decided todevelop an oversight body of students, fac-ulty, and staff to push the roadmap for-ward after the Summit.”

Chigurupati stressed that the Summitwill not be a yearly event. Instead, its focusis to gather the community for a long-termvision. The Summit organizing team hopesto see a shift in the focus on public serviceat Stanford, such as with Branner’s recent-ly announced change to become a publicservice focus dorm.

“Branner’s public service focus for nextyear is not directly connected to theSummit, although we’re obviously quiteexcited about it, said Chigurupati.“Branner RF Nancy Buffington was one ofthe core members of our Summit TaskForce.”

As for this weekend’s event and its far-reaching influences, the Summit organizershave high hopes for its timeliness and last-ing impact.

“We simultaneously have enormousnational challenges, a president who hasmade a call to service a large part of hismessage, and bipartisan support for thingslike the Serve America Act,” Chigurupatisaid.“I think you see that there couldn’t bea better time for the Stanford communityto come together to talk about service.”

Contact Ellen Huet at ehuet@stanford.edu.

STUDENT GOV’T

Public service is key for ASSU hopefulsBy MARISA LANDICHO

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

While typical candidates for student gov-ernment malign sitting office holders, this gen-eration of ASSU hopefuls is almost idolatrousof their predecessors. Current ExecutivesJonny Dorsey ‘09 and Fagan Harris ‘09 haveinspired not only imitators and humorous par-odies, but also a bevy of determined studentspledging to tackle “serious issues.”

Beginning with their initial campaign, thetwo current Executives have attempted totransform student government from a resumebooster to an effective organization,accordingto Harris. They began with an attack on theperception of a trivial and petty ASSU.

“The whole reason we decided to run is we

felt the ASSU had the ability, capacity andresponsibility to work on more serious issueson campus,” Dorsey said. “We don’t thinkwe’re hot shit, but we do think we’ve succeed-ed in changing the tone of the ASSU.”

A crop of young candidates seems to be inagreement. Citing the example of Dorsey andHarris, many students have enthusiasticallyembraced student government.

A record 60 students initially announcedtheir intention to run for UndergraduateSenate, nearly twice the amount as last year.The candidate list is full of students who for-merly served the Dorsey-Harris executivecabinet in some unelected capacity.

Six of the 2008-2009 Executive Fellows,freshmen who shadowed executive cabinetmembers, are currently running for either

sophomore class president or for undergradu-ate senate.

The two main executive candidates wereeven part of the Dorsey-Harris cabinet them-selves.

As the ASSU Executive OperationsManager, David Gobaud ‘08 M.S. ‘10, runningwith Jay de la Torre ‘10, was the technical advi-sor for the ASSU and created the online stu-dent events calendar.

His competition is ASSU ExecutiveCabinet Cost of Living co-Chair BennettHauser ‘10, who is partnered with MattSprague ‘10, director of ASSU Capital Group.

Hauser and Sprague were motivated torun after seeing how student governmentworks from the inside. Both were complimen-tary of Dorsey and Harris, and plan on adopt-

ing and expanding the current executive pro-grams for promoting mental health, publicservice and sustainability.

“I think every exec brings a unique focus, aunique flavor,” Sprague said. “[Dorsey andHarris] left big shoes to fit, and they set atremendous example for the next execs.”

Gobaud similarly admired the changeswrought by the current executives. If elected,he vowed to continue and increase the num-ber of town halls, a forum utilized by Dorseyand Harris throughout winter quarter.

Not to be outdone, the last executive slateof John Lyman ‘11 and Garrett Werner ‘10made their connection to the public servicegurus Dorsey and Harris perfectly clear.Their

DAILY NEWS

Daily dedicates its new home

By JENNY REMPELSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Thursday’s dedication ceremoniesfor the opening of the Lorry I. LokeyStanford Daily Building broughttogether generations of past and pres-ent newspaper staffers, who shared incelebrating a new home for The

Stanford Daily.The $3.75 million building project,

almost 20 years in the making, was fund-ed by over 500 individuals, with numer-ous alumni, including Lorry I. Lokey‘49, a former editor in chief and thefounder of Business Wire. To many whohave been involved in the publication,the Lokey Building is the culminationof almost 20 years’ work, and representsa new era for The Daily.

“I’ve raised money for it [the newbuilding], but you don’t know what it’sreally like until you see it,” said Harry

Press ‘39, a former Daily editor in chief.“Seeing this new building really thrillsme.”

Those speaking at the dedicationevent included Lokey, as well as ProvostJohn Etchemendy Ph.D. ‘82, ViceProvost of Student Affairs GregBoardman and The Daily’s current edi-tor in chief, Christian Torres ‘09.

Etchemendy remarked that this par-ticular dedication was one that embod-ied Stanford’s embrace of student

HOUSING

Farm receiveswater award

By CHRISTINEMCFADDENSENIOR STAFF

WRITER

The controversialshowerheads installedacross campus last yearmay finally be paying divi-dends, as the Silicon ValleyWater Conservation Awardsrecently recognized Stanford for its achievements inwater conservation. This is the first time the event hastaken place, debuting at De Anza College’s KirschCenter for Environmental Studies in Cupertino.Stanford was among the eleven local businesses, agen-cies, organizations and individuals to be awarded.

Stanford, nominated in the “Large Organization”category, was commended for reducing its water usagefrom 2.7 to 2.3 million gallons per day over the pasteight years through its comprehensive water conserva-tion program.

“Student Housing, with its 4.2 million square feet ofbuildings covering about one-third of the campus, overthe years has undertaken a number of measures tohelp the University conserve water,” said ExecutiveDirector of Student Housing Rodger Whitney in anemail to The Daily. “These include simple things suchas installing flow restrictors on our faucets and chang-ing our landscape irrigation systems from domesticwater to lake water taken from various natural sourceson Stanford lands, as well as putting our landscape irri-gation on a soil moisture detection system rather thana traditional time-clock management system.”

In the third consecutive year of a drought,California has found itself concerned with water con-servation. Recently, in response to the climate change,

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Univ. recognized for waterconservation efforts

Former and current staffcelebrate new building

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By ELLEN HUETCONTRIBUTING WRITER

This report covers a selection of crimes fromMarch 17 to March 23, as recorded in theStanford Police Bulletin.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17� At 1:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall and

Auditorium, the first party was contacted bythe second party, who asked a series of per-sonal, intrusive questions.

WEDNESDAY, MAR. 18� At midnight, the arrestee was caught, taken

to the main jail and booked for trespassingin Cubberley Auditorium. The motives forsneaking into Cubberly remain an uttermystery.

� Two arrestees were stopped at Campus Dr.and Alvarado at 1:15 a.m. They were bothtaken to the San Jose main jail and booked.One was cited for driving under the influence.The other was booked for possession of ecsta-sy, psilocybin and marijuana, as well as for

being under the influence of hallucinogens.� At 7:50 p.m. the remnants of burning incense

caught fire in a garbage can at the ColumbaeCo-op. No damage occurred and the housingsupervisor was notified of the incident.

FRIDAY, MAR. 20� A reporting party stated that Thing 1 has

been making threats against Thing 2 inJordan Hall since Mar. 14.

� At 9:43 a.m., a suspect was found to havebeen making harassing phone calls to victimsin the President’s office.

SATURDAY, MAR. 21� Between 12:30 and 8:30 a.m., unknown sus-

pects spray painted “650” and “YOUNGLIFE” on seven cars parked in the lot infront of the SAE house.

� Between 3 p.m. on March 20 and noon onMarch 21, an unknown suspect entered anunlocked room at Chi Theta Chi and stolepower tools belonging to the victim.

� At 10:10 p.m., at the intersection of CampusDr. and Galvez Dr., a suspect was stopped for

a traffic violation, then cited and released forpossession of less than an ounce of marijuanain a vehicle, thus reminding us all to obeytraffic laws especially when carrying illegalsubstances in the car.

MONDAY, MAR. 23� Between 5 p.m. on March 22 and 6 a.m. on

March 23, three large patio umbrellas atTresidder Memorial Union were damaged byunknown suspects.

� The driver of a truck struck a fire hydrantnear Vaden Health Center at 4 p.m., floodinga portion of the parking lot and damagingone car.

� Between 6 p.m. on Mar. 19 and 7:30 a.m. Mar.23, an unknown suspect kicked in a garagedoor on Gerona Road and took tools andscrap metal.

� Between 5:30 and 7 p.m. in the Wilbur park-ing lot, an unknown suspect pried open thewindow of a victim’s parked car and took aGPS unit and iPod.

Contact Ellen Huet at ehuet@stanford.edu

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servation. Recently, in response tothe climate change, GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger called for a20 percent reduction in water usage.

The Silicon Valley WaterConservation Awards were present-ed in hopes of drawing attention tothose, like the University, that serveas role models for conservation.

Whitney went on to list otherways in which Stanford has con-served water, including the installa-tion of over 2,000 low-flow toilets inall restrooms and bathrooms, low-flow sprayers in all campus kitchensand the current implementation of

low-flow washing machines.Yet even with its noble inten-

tions, these preservative actionshave not been without controversy.The installation of low-flow shower-heads in all undergraduate resi-dences last year caused a stir amongstudents.

In response to these new shower-heads, hundreds of students circulat-ed petitions calling for theirremoval. Some students even wentso far as to remove the showerheadsthemselves in a boycott thatreceived national attention.

However, the showerheads,invented by Stanford student JonasKetterle ‘08, were one of the mainreasons Stanford was able toachieve this recent recognition.

“In the end, it did have animpact on the award and the

University was commended for itsproactive approach to water con-servation, specifically mentioningthe showerheads,” Whitney said.“This measure along with othercampus-wide water conservationmeasures undertaken by the cam-pus utility division resulted in sig-nificant water savings across theentire campus.”

The showerhead controversywas resolved last year whenResident Assistants agreed in acampus-wide meeting to theirinstallation with the compromise ofincluding either one handheldshowerhead or higher-flow shower-head in each bathroom.

“The reactions of a few studentscaused us to consider the timing ofour projects and to address someperipherally related issues about

shower head height,” he added.“With minimal modification, wewere able to keep the installationsand the net result was a considerablecontribution to water conservation.”

Student housing is responsiblefor 28 percent of the water useddaily across campus, while contribut-ing to about 30 percent of the cur-rent overall campus water savings.

The Silicon Valley WaterConservation Awards were present-ed by the Water Awards Coalition,which consists of 10 local, environ-mentally-award organizations.Among them is Acterra, which alsoawarded Stanford for sustainabilityefforts at the Annual ActerraAwards last year.

Contact Christine McFadden atcnm714@stanford.edu.

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paragraph of a slate title reads,“Just aCouple of Affable, Public-ServiceOriented Guys Trying to Exercise theStudent Voice While Bridging theGap between Our Peers and theFaculty/Administrative Complex.”

Lyman, speaking on theExecutives, said,“I think they’re bothpretty handsome guys, and prettycharming.”

The Lyman-Werner slate has goneso far as to release a video parodyingthe “elbow touch” from Dorsey andHarris’ YouTube video directedtowards the student body last quar-ter.

Most of the Dorsey-Harris fans,however, are entirely sincere.

Senate candidate and ExecutiveFellow Sam King ‘12 rethought hisattitude on student government afterhearing a presentation by Dorseyand Harris last fall.

“Jonny and Fagan are of coursethe people who inspired me,” he said.“Before I became an executive fel-low, I wasn’t even thinking of goinginto the ASSU at all.”

Another senate candidate andprevious Executive Fellow BenLaufer ‘12 shared the same positiveview of the two execs.

“Those two guys are prettyincredible,” he wrote in an email toThe Daily.“Talk about two guys whohave made an impact far beyond theStanford Bubble — their legacies willbe felt on the Farm for years tocome.”

The talking points of the Dorsey-Harris platform — sustainability,mental health, student outreach —are littered in the voter guide briefsof the candidates. Notably, though,only three out of 37 Senate candi-dates included public service, a majorfocus of Dorsey and Harris, in theirbriefs.

The execs themselves are gladthat people have been inspired, butmaintain their humility.

“These guys are running afterthey’ve seen us tired and grumpy,”Dorsey said. “The fact that they stillwant to run shows that they realizehow difficult [the ASSU] is to comeinto.”

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opportunity.“I have an opportunity to give

remarks at many building dedica-tions,” he said. “I like to note that,on one level, any building is justnails, wood, some mortar, glass andso on. But, on another level, a goodbuilding is a symbol of whatStanford values. This building is agood building. It represents ourcommitment — and that of gener-ous supporters like Lorry Lokey —to our students and to supportingtheir dedication to creating a bettercommunity and a better world.”

The dedication ceremoniesended with Torres presenting a giftto Lokey, who then gave a shortspeech. The ceremony also doubledas a unique opportunity for Dailyalumni to reconnect and recollecton their days of reporting for thenow 116-year-old campus newspa-per.

“[The Daily] started me off andI’ve been a newspaperman eversince,” said Press, who worked atThe Daily over 70 years ago.

Press was joined by almost 200other alumni, many of whom werealso greatly influenced by theiryears of writing for the campusnewspaper.

“At The Daily, I found the callingof my life, which was journalism, andthat’s not too shabby for an extra-

curricular,” said Phil Taubman ‘70.Taubman, after whom the new

editor in chief’s office is named,found more than just his job at TheDaily. It was at the Storke Building,The Daily’s previous home, where hemet his wife, Felicity Barringer ‘72.

Taubman went on to serve as theWashington bureau chief for TheNew York Times before movingback to California with his wife, whois currently an environmental corre-spondent for The New York Times.Both husband and wife were struckby the significance of the dedicationceremonies.

“It memorializes all the mosaicof experiences of all the people whoare here,” Barringer said.

Taubman echoed her remarkssaying, “There won’t be another daylike this until this new building isreplaced.”

Despite The Daily’s currentfinancial difficulties and the declineof the newspaper industry, the dedi-cation events were filled with asense of pride for The Daily’s

accomplishments thus far and asense of optimism for the years tocome.

“It’s a community of talentedpeople who care about one thing incommon, and that’s The Daily —and that’s why we have this build-

ing,” said Charlie Hoffman ‘73, thepresident and founder of theFriends of The Stanford Daily.“Most of all, it’s very rewarding.”

“What we have here in thisroom, it’s worth caring about,” headded.

Hoffman was joined by a largecontingent of Daily alumni from the1970s, but there were many othergenerations represented as well.

Reb Rebele ‘57 recalled workingon a “big story” following PresidentTruman’s recall of General DouglasMacArthur from Korea during the1950s. He still remembers travelingto the airport and then the SaintFrances Hotel in hopes of interview-ing Truman at this key point in his-tory.

“It was a good case study in

working with other journalists andunderstanding what motivates jour-nalists and editors and columnists,”said Rebele, who went on to own achain of seven daily newspaperswith his wife Pat.

The keynote speaker for the ban-quet was Rajiv Chandrasekaran ‘94,associate editor for The WashingtonPost. Chandrasekaran, a former edi-tor in chief of The Daily, directed hisremarks to the current generation ofDaily staffers.

“In my career thus far, I ran theWashington Post Bureau inBaghdad, I ran the Post’s nationalnews staff, but still the most respon-sibility that I’ve had in life thus farhas been running The Daily,” he saidin an interview. “I never thought I’dactually see The Daily in a swankynew building. It’s a little more like atech start-up than a newspaper, butI’m sure it will look suitably grimyin a short time.”

Michael Londgren ‘90, chairmanof the Board of Directors of TheStanford Daily PublishingCorporation and former Daily busi-ness manager, also spoke at the ban-quet, thanking students, donors,alumni and the University for theircollaboration in making the Lorry I.Lokey Stanford Daily Building areality.

“We could not have asked for abetter location,” Londgren said ofthe new building. “It will serve as agreat campus hub for journalism.”

Contact Jenny Rempel at jrempel@stanford.edu.

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and authority of The New YorkTimes and other reputable printnews sources, features that areabsent from online news sources.

“Online, there are few clearmarkers between blogs and newssites that operate independentlyunder specific professional guide-lines,” Keller said. “Online newssources can be short on objectivefact-checking or reporting, and longon incendiary gossip and opinion.”

At the same time, he stressed thecentral role the Internet wouldsurely play in the future of journal-ism, and predicted that higher stan-dards for online news sourceswould ultimately have to develop.

“People often talk about howGutenberg’s printing press revolu-tionized peoples’ access to informa-tion, and it did,” Keller noted. “Butin the years immediately followingits invention, there was chaos. It washard to know what printed materialwas worth reading, and there was alot of uncertainty about where soci-ety was going.”

“This is what real revolutions arelike,” he added. “Eventually,Gutenberg’s innovation led towidespread literacy and the dawn ofthe Renaissance.”

Keller emphasized that a centralgoal for his news organization goingforward would be figuring out howto increase online revenue.

Many in the audience foundKeller’s remarks insightful.

“It was interesting to hear froma high-ranking editor for a paperlike The New York Times, and howhis paper is dealing with the chal-lenges facing the newspaper indus-try today,” said Will Atwood ‘11.“And it was comforting to hear howconfident he was that the paperwould survive.”

The editor certainly remainedoptimistic throughout the after-noon talk. He said he was confidentthat the printed New York Timeswould be around for many years tocome, appealing to, among otherthings, “that certain elusive qualityfound in a newspaper’s physicalpresence.”

Contact Robert Toews at rtoews@stan-ford.edu.

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This column was originally published Jan.21.

Iam not a fan of a cappella. For those ofyou who (somehow) don’t know, a cap-pella is the tradition of taking perfectly

good songs and rearranging them so thatpeople sing all the parts that our forebears’designed instruments do much, much better.Stanford (somehow) has nine of thesegroups.

Based on science, a cappella began in thetime of cavemen, when our primitive ances-tors would harmonize their rudimentarycaveman utterances into a sound so vile thatit could take down a stegosaurus from 50paces. How were cavemen and stegosaurus-es, creatures separated by 150 million years,around at the same time? Ask Testimony.

(For those of you who play drinkinggames to my columns,“Testimony”should bethe top “buzzed-word” on your list fortoday.)

Now, some may say that my dislike of acappella stems from the fact that my ownsinging voice sounds like a cross betweenBob Dylan’s and some sort of cat pinneddown by a tractor.However,my sense of jeal-ousy accounts for no more than 15 percent ofmy antipathy. From two songs into the firstFleet Street performance I saw at AdmitWeekend, I knew that I disliked a cappella,with its overdramatic soloists and its progres-sively less ironic use of beatboxing.

But unfortunately, a cappella has bur-rowed itself deep into the intestines of Stan-ford like no other system of groups herehave. Take, for example, The O Show — aceremony that essentially serves as a show-case for all nine a cappella organizations andone or two other performance groups. Notonly is having such a show unfair to the hun-dreds of other groups we have on this cam-pus, it’s also unfair to the hundreds of inno-cent freshmen who sit through it in an al-ready very busy orientation week.

Additionally, whenever dorms needsomeone to perform for parents, dorm showsor ProFros, a cappella groups are normally atthe top of their lists.Why not a dance troupe,or, much cooler, a rock band? At least with arock band, you can stand up and dance; witha cappella shows, you try to remember thesongs as you once loved them as you pray forthe whiskey you snuck in to hit soon.

More frightening, unless you stop them, acappella groups will multiply. For everysinger given a spot in a group, three othersare jilted (This is an estimate. No one wantsto fess up to being rejected by Mixed Co.).Nursing their wounds, these members re-group into an even worse a cappella troupe,calling themselves something revolting like“the Harmonics.”

Now, this is not an attack on members of acappella groups — I count many (or, at least,once counted many,depending on how manypeople read this column) as friends, and I’mhappy to see people really enjoying them-selves in performances after spending count-less hours charting and learning to sing diffi-cult songs.But why do we need nine differenta cappella shows every quarter? Why can’tgroups do more collaborative shows? Thenumber of new songs these groups come upwith per quarter is not particularly high, andI think sharing shows might help whittledown the best material from each.

On a more social level, I can assure youfrom experience that nothing kills a partyquite as fast as the Mendicants drunkenlybelting “Brown-Eyed Girl.” Actually, I takethat back — I can only imagine how terriblea party would be if an inebriated Talismanstarted singing a 40-minute rendition of thenational anthem. And anything by Testimo-ny, I fear, would be much, much worse.

I guess I don’t really know what I want tocome out of this column, though I have a fewideas. Maybe we could see a couple groupsmerge, or better yet, we could create aschool-wide ban on a cappella group prolif-eration. (If we don’t do something now, ourchildren may be forced to attend a Stanfordwith an “‘80s video game theme music”group, a “songs of Neil Diamond” group ormaybe even a “jazz-infused Kabbalahpraise” group.)

Or maybe I’d like to see other groups on

this campus more proportionately involvedin school events. We could have fewer roll-outs with Fleet Street singing in the lounge,and more with Stanford Taiko pounding thehell out of drums.That’s sure to put a kick inany freshman’s morning.

Maybe we could even see a day where acappella shows engage audience members,instead of expecting them to pay for admis-sion and sit through up to 90 minutes of songsthey have mostly heard before.

I think what I want most of all, though, isto be able to say openly “I don’t really carefor a cappella,” without making it personal.When the topic comes up, I don’t want tohave to see if anyone easily offended isaround.

I want to be able to state my dislike proud-ly, because it means that I have discoveredsomething about my personal tastes, which,really, is what the arts community we needhere should be about: self discovery throughinteraction with art. So if you like a cappellaor if you’re a member of a group, that’s fan-tastic — I hope you’ll keep doing what youlove and won’t hate me for writing this. But ifyou don’t fall into either of those categories,know that it’s OK not to like everything.

Even Testimony.

Send Kevin angry emails at ktwebb@stanford.edu, though, if possible,he would pre-fer angry serenades.

This column was originally published on Jan.23.

Raise your hand if you have ever blackedout from alcohol at a party.

You look around, and see who else hasraised their hand.You soon notice that no onearound you has.Self-consciously,you put yourhand back down, only to realize that the rea-son no one else’s hands were raised was per-haps because they, too, are self-conscious, ormore likely, because they are not currentlyreading this column.But between you and me,let’s be honest: they have probably blackedout at a party.And so have you.

Does blacking out mean you have an alco-hol problem? Not necessarily. That kind ofthing has happened to the best of us. But thefrequency with which it happens in our culture— not American culture, per se, but modernAmerican college culture — is troubling.

I’m a senior who,by the time you read this,will have turned 22 years young (so writesomething witty on my Facebook wall,please,if you haven’t already). This means that,among other things,I do not frequent frat par-ties as often as I used to.

But according to Stanford’s Alcohol Advi-sory Board, “serious alcohol incidents” thispast fall quarter exceeded those of previousfall quarters (See “Bd.reviews alcohol policy”in the Jan.9 issue of The Daily).As it happens,this recent revelation coincides with theBoard’s upcoming review of the standing NewStudent Orientation alcohol policy.

Of course, when the incidence of alcohol-related emergencies on campus suddenly in-creases, there ought to be cause for concern.But what is at work here is much bigger thansomething an Advisory Board policy can fix.What we are dealing with here is a culture ofbinge drinking.

As we all know,this culture is not unique atall to our generation,nor does it belong solelyto our university or even to American univer-sities at large.But the tolerance in universitiesacross America when it comes to the idea ofdrinking with the intent to get “hammered” isat a level matched by few countries on earth.

How many of us have friends who drinkheavily three, four, five times a week? The cul-ture in place at our school, and in our country,tolerates this.Few people on this campus blinkan eye when one of their friends tell them theygot trashed three nights in a row. Quite thecontrary, in fact,we usually laugh and then askfor some stories.This is not to say that such be-havior is expected, but it is indeed acceptable.

But that is something that we as studentsall know.What has been less explored,though,are the real roots of what has caused bingedrinking to take hold as a cultural phenome-non. I would propose a couple of theories:

Firstly, college is the place and time in

which many of us expect to come into our ownas people and become the person we want tobe.It is not a gross overgeneralization to claimthat, coming out of high school, a lot of usStanford students were nerds. Many of us ex-perimented with alcohol for the first time asfreshmen.For such people,alcohol is a symbolof their assertion of their own ability to feelcool, contrary to the way they were seen inhigh school. It is the feeling that, perhaps forthe first time, others around them are legit-imizing them. In an attempt to maintain thatsense of legitimacy, some of us go overboardwhen it comes to drinking without ever realiz-ing it.And when we see others doing the same,we feel no reason to assume there is anythingwrong with that.

Second, drinking at college has become asort of rite of passage. How many conversa-tions with our friends involve weekend de-bauchery? How many of those stories couldhave happened without alcohol, or, dare I say,without extremely copious amounts of alco-hol? The reason that our conversations tend torevolve so disproportionately around thesestories is that alcohol is, more often than not,the place where we find that common bondwith our friends. Not as alcoholics, but as col-lege students experiencing college life.

It cannot be denied that there is a certaindemographic of students at Stanford who, infact,do not drink at all.But for the majority ofus,alcohol was and is central to our social tran-sition into college.To the incoming freshman,the frat party, an “Animal House”-type expe-rience, is synonymous with getting integratedinto college.

Finally, binge drinking exists at collegestoday because, well, it existed yesterday. It is,just as all other cultures are, self-propagating.College students will argue that, normativelyspeaking,the fact that most other Western cul-tures drink socially, rather than aggressivelyand belligerently, does not make our drinkingculture more wrong or right.

Indeed, what is most important to under-stand is that binge drinking is not a mindset —it is a culture.And as with other cultures, it willtake more than administrative policy to affectchange; it will require a change of mindset onbehalf of the students themselves.

Mark Donig is currently having a bonfire in SanFrancisco. Contact him at mrdonig@stanford.edu.

OPINIONS

The world may be suffering from a glob-al economic recession,but at Stanford,it always seems like students are still

shopping — for classes.Visiting and evaluat-ing multiple classes is a hectic, time-intensiveprocess that consumes the lives of studentsand faculty for the first two weeks of thequarter.

But it can be easier. Shopping for coursesat the beginning of the quarter would begreatly improved if faculty would make bet-ter use of online resources that would allowfor students to shop for classes well beforethey actually start, using services such asCoursework, Stanford Syllabus, YouTubeand iTunes University.

Many students shop classes to ascertainbasic information about workload, coursetexts, grading, course expectations, lecturingstyle and other data that can easily be ob-tained from a syllabus.In fact,many studentsdrop by a class merely to pick one up.

It is likely that many professors alreadyhave a set syllabus, or at least a preliminaryone, a few days prior to the start of the quar-ter. It is relatively straightforward and notunrealistic to ask that professors take the ad-ditional step of uploading their syllabi to“Stanford Syllabus,” a database of class syl-labi accessible to students, a week or morebefore the start of the quarter. Yet at thispoint in the quarter, there are still a largenumber of syllabi not online.This may createadditional difficulty for students jugglingfive or more classes without basic informa-tion to guide them.

There can be tangible financial benefitsfor students if professors upload their syllabi

early on. Many students choose to ordertheir course texts online,often for greatly re-duced prices. Knowing in advance whatbooks will be needed means that studentscan order cheaper copies and not be withouttheir books for the first weeks of the quarter.Given the frequently large differences inStanford Bookstore versus outside pricing,these are not savings to be ignored due tofaculty indifference.

While students might get enough from asyllabus to make their course decisions,many also like to see the teaching style of theprofessor first-hand in order to discernwhether the class looks as good in person asit does on paper.Video is certainly not an ad-equate substitute for actually attendingclass, but it can give a student a sense of theprofessor — perhaps enough of a sense that,along with a syllabus, she can opt not to cramanother class into her first week.

With many lectures and some entireclasses on Stanford’s iTunes Universitypage, the editorial board believes that wehave a tremendous resource that can still bebetter utilized to provide students with amore complete picture of a course. Stan-ford’s YouTube channel offers similar op-portunities.

By making better use of the online re-sources we already have — perhaps encour-aging departments to upload syllabi or sub-mit reader materials in advance and urgingthe tech-savvy to post sample lecture videos— will simplify the shopping period for stu-dents and faculty alike. It is up to the depart-ments to ensure that we, the students, do notshop ‘til we drop.

Advanced online posting ofsyllabi makes shopping easier

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Think you know Stanford sports prettywell? Think you’ve got the Cardinal’s his-tory down pat? Let’s test your Stanford

athletics knowledge with this Cardinal Quiz:21questions about everything there is to knowabout Stanford sports.

Even if you don’t know any of the answers,you will most likely learn something you prob-ably didn’t know before.And you will becomea more knowledgeable Cardinal fan.

Any disputes with answers can be taken upwith the Internet. One point per correct an-swer, and don’t just turn the page and look atthe answers right away, because no one likes acheater.1. Stanford has not always held the nickname“Cardinal.” The University’s athletic teamshave been called by two other names over itshistory.What were they?

2. We all love the Stanford Tree. But do youknow it’s not just some random tree? Whichtree is the one that appears on our logo andschool seal based upon?

3. How many NCAA team championships hasStanford won in its history? What school is ittrailing in this category?

4.Stanford has won the Director’s Cup in everyyear of the Cup’s existence except for the veryfirst year (‘93/’94) when the school came in sec-ond.Who won that year?5. If Stanford were its own country at the 1996

Olympics in Atlanta, what place would it haveearned in the final gold medal count?

6. How many medals did Stanford alums andcoaches come home with from the 2008 BeijingOlympics?

7. How many national titles has Stanford wonin football?

8. How many years did Tiger Woods stay atStanford? What was his declared major?

9. In what year did “The Play” take place?

10. How many players on current NFL rosterswent to Stanford?

11.How many players on current MLB rosterswent to Stanford?

12. Which Stanford team has won the mostNCAA Championships?

13. How many consecutive years has Stanfordwon at least one NCAA Championship?

14. How many All-American awards did Stan-ford athletes win in the 2007-2008 season?

15. Sally Ride, the first American woman inspace, went to Stanford. What sport did sheplay?

16. Perhaps one of the most talked-about ath-

letes from the 1996 Olympics was a womanwho later attended Stanford.Who was she?

17. Stanford is one of just four colleges to pro-duce both a Super Bowl-winning quarterbackand a U.S. President. The president was Her-bert Hoover.Who has won a Super Bowl?

18. Who is Stanford’s only Heisman Trophywinner?

19. Which former Stanford athlete also ap-peared in the movie “Jerry Maguire”and host-ed a show on Nickelodeon?

20.Who leads the all-time series of Big Game?

21. Out of Stanford’s 34 varsity sports, howmany of them have won at least one NCAAtitle?

BONUS! (2 points)22. Herbert Hoover was a team manager forthe football team when he attended Stanford.At the first-ever Big Game, what did he forgetto bring?

Scoring0-7: Need some work8-15: Solid fan16-23: Diehard fan, but perhaps you’re spend-ing too much time on GoStanford.com andWikipedia

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SPORTS

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Senior first baseman Brent Milleville hits a two-run shot to help propel the Cardinal to a 6-5 win on Wednesday over Santa Clara. Next up for Stanford is a weekend series in Eugene, Ore. against a newly returned Ducks squad.

DUCK SEASON ONCE AGAINBy CLAUDIA PRECIADOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Extending its winning streak to threegames on Wednesday, Stanford baseball willlook to beat up an old foe, freshly returnedto action this weekend.

The Cardinal (9-11, 3-3 Pacific-10 Confer-ence) continued its recent run of spring dom-inance with a tight victory over Santa Clara(10-13), aided by sophomore Kellen Kiils-gaard’s single in the bottom of the eighth tobring in sophomore shortstop Jake Sch-lander for the 6-5 non-conference victory.

With Stanford down 2-3 entering the bot-tom of the fifth inning, Santa Clara pitcherJason Westerberg was victimized by a pair ofCardinal home runs as senior Joey Augusthit a line-drive rocket over the right-fieldwall to lead off the inning and fellow senior

Brent Milleville bombed one over left fieldin a two-run shot.When August, sophomoreZach Jones and Milleville all crossed home,Stanford took the 5-3 lead over the Broncos.

“It was really nice to get a little rallygoing in the fifth,” August said. “I was justtrying to hit a ball hard, and I was fortunateenough to get a good pitch to hit. Then wewere able to get a guy on for Milleville, andI can’t say enough about how huge his homerun was — it really gave us a spark and a lotof confidence going into the later innings ofthe game.”

Strong defensive play in the sixth madefor a scoreless inning, as Stanford’s defenseexecuted the play at first base for the firstout, won the squeeze play for the second outand carried out an easy second to first playto shut the Broncos down. But Santa Claracame back with tough defense of its own to

shut the Stanford bats down in the bottomhalf of the inning.

“I really think that our pitching is step-ping up for us when we need them to,”Milleville said.“I feel like you can throw anyof our pitchers against anyone and they willbe able to get the other team out.”

In the seventh, though, the Broncos’ of-fense showed signs of life against sopho-more Michael Marshall, who gave up a pairof runs. A strikeout, followed by a double,two walks and a sacrifice rallied in the tyingruns, putting the score at 5-5. Stanford wasunable to respond with its own bats in thebottom half of the inning, and sent out soph-omore closer Drew Storen in the eighth,who retired the side on three consecutivestrikeouts, all swinging.

Nearing the end, Stanford made noise inthe bottom of the eighth inning. A Sch-

lander single, sophomore Colin Walsh’swalk and sophomore Jonathan Kaskow’ssingle loaded the bases with two outs. Withthe count at 1-2, Kiilsgaard hammered a sin-gle to bring in Schlander for the winningrun.

“I thought Drew did a great job for us,coming in a shutting door like he alwaysdoes,” August said after the victory. “I alsocan’t say enough about Kiilsgaard and hisbig at bat in the eighth; he came throughagain for us in the clutch, like he has allyear.”

Storen took the mound again in the ninthand struck out two consecutive batters be-fore the Stanford defense picked up thethird out for the 6-5 victory.

“After we went up in the eighth,I was con-

DannyBelchOn My Mind

SQUASH

Card extends helpinghand to archrival Cal

By ZOE LEAVITTSTAFF WRITER

Overcoming the rivalry to make the ri-valry stronger. That’s men’s squash coachMark Talbott’s idea behind the latest Cal-Stanford competition. However, this seem-ingly normal face-off follows a higher call-ing. On April 4, Stanford men’s squash willtravel to Cal to play both a regular and analumni match in order to help Cal raisemoney to replace courts currently in faultycondition.

“The Cal coach and I decided this wouldbe a good opportunity to raise funds andraise awareness,” Talbott said. “We’re justhoping we can help them raise awareness.They really need new courts.”

While Stanford practices on new squashcourts that opened three years ago in theArrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation,Cal has been suffering for many years, play-ing on slippery floors, in dark lighting andamid stale smells. Over the years, as thecourts have deteriorated, Cal squash coachAshley Kayler believes it has absolutely af-fected his team.

“The poor state of the courts has hurt theprogram in ways that are not easy to quan-tify,” he said.

But he and the rest of his team look for-

ward to a concrete vision of what the Calsquash program could be like — with theaddition of money and support.

“A nicer facility, where all the courts arein the same area — not divided by three-floor stairwell and two security gates —would make practices seem less divided,and allow the coach to work with each ofthe players more easily,” Kayler said. Withthe improvement of the facilities, he hopesto attract more and better players,as well asa highly qualified coaching staff.

But Kayler recognizes the underlying is-sues that will require the money, time andeffort of many to fix the program from theground up.

“There are ground water leakage issuesin the ‘dungeon’ courts,” he said. “These is-sues are very [expensive] to fix, and giventhe perennial budget deficits in California,unlikely to get fixed. And while there arewater issues, the university is unwilling torenovate the courts for fear of water dam-age to the new courts.”

While this alumni match will make astart towards raising the first funds towardsupdating Cal’s facilities, it will only serve asa jumping-off point from which to base fur-ther fundraising efforts. The team hopes

The ultimate Cardinal fan’schallenge:Test your knowledge

BASEBALL4/1 Santa Clara W 6-5

UP NEXTOREGON4/3 Eugene, Ore.

GAME NOTES: Stanford baseball is set to take on Ore-gon for the first time in nearly 30 years this weekend,as the Ducks’ program returns from a 28-year hiatus.Stanford is coming off of a close, 6-5 win over SantaClara, aided by the stellar efforts of sophomore clos-er Drew Storen, who shut the Broncos down in theeighth and ninth innings, giving the Stanford batstime to pull the team into the lead.

Please see QUIZ,page 8 Please see SQUASH,page 8

Please see BASEBALL,page 7

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WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

Stanford falls short in Pac-10By KENAN JIANG

STAFF WRITER

The Stanford women’s gymnasticsteam finished third at the Pacific-10Conference Championships this seasonand was not able to defend its confer-ence title from a year ago. Stanfordlacked the depth of UCLA, which fin-ished with 196.725 points.The Cardinalfinished third with 196.525 points.

Stanford was led by the Pac-10 all-around champion, junior Carly Janiga,as well as senior Nicole Ourada, whowon two Pac-10 individual titles. Jani-ga’s performance continues the strongtradition of all-around titles at Stanford,as Cardinal gymnasts have won the all-around four times in the last six years atthe Pac-10 Championships.

Stanford head coach Kristen Smythwon Coach of the Year honors as theCardinal took four out of five individualtitles.This was Smyth’s fourth Coach ofthe Year award after eight seasons withStanford.

The Cardinal was on the verge of re-peating as conference champions goinginto the final rotation, but two poorfloor exercise routines resulted in a sub-optimal finish. UCLA and OregonState then took advantage of the Cardi-nal’s poor final rotation and overcameStanford’s lead by nailing their finalroutines.

“Going into Pac-10s, we wanted tocompete like we train in practice,”Jani-ga said.“If we did that,without a doubtwe would have had another Pac-10 title.Unfortunately, we had some mistakesin the final event, which made us dropbelow UCLA and OSU.When it comes

to championship meets, it doesn’t mat-ter how many personal bests that youhave if you have to count a fall.You justcan’t miss.”

Janiga notched the balance beamtitle with a score of 9.95. The Cardinalwas also aided by Ourada,who tied forfirst on the floor exercise and was one offour athletes, including Janiga, to tie forfirst on the uneven bars with a score of9.9.

Stanford sophomore ShelleyAlexander stepped up with three per-sonal bests. Senior captain Kelly Feealso brought her best performance onthe bars,beam and floor,earning at least9.825 on all three.She was especially in-strumental in replacing injured fresh-man Alyssa Brown on the bars, whereshe earned one of her three personalbests.

“Our goals going into Pac-10s wereto hit 24 for 24 routines,which is alwaysour goal in any meet,”Ourada said.“Weknew that was what it was going to taketo win the Pac-10 title.We were also try-ing to improve each routine by .05.”

“At practice we have been workingon cleaning up details in our routines,soour goal was to make these changes inour routines at the competition,” shecontinued.“The key to winning Pac-10sis hitting 24 for 24 routines. When youhave to count a miss, it allows the otherteams to sneak in.”

On bars, Stanford as a team scored49.275,with Ourada and Janiga leadingthe way, both scoring 9.9s as five girlstied for first.Stanford,however,tallied a9.675 on the beam, on its way to a49.125,which proved devastating to theCardinal’s chances at the Pac-10 title.

UCLA led the nation in the vault, butdid not stick its routine at Pac-10s.Stan-ford followed up with two falls on thefloor routine, but Janiga and Ouradasalvaged the floor exercise by scoring9.85 and 9.9, respectively. Stanford’smistake cost them the title, as UCLAwon its 14th Pac-10 title.

Overall, Stanford had a very solidmeet with Janiga,Alexander and juniorAllyse Ishino earning first-team all-conference selections, while Fee andOurada earned second-team selections.The Stanford team will go on to theNCAA Regional on April 4, ranked asthe No.1 seed at the NCAA South Cen-tral Regional in Fayetteville,Ark.

Stanford is ranked fourth overall inthe country and will compete againstNo. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4Arizona, No. 5 Southern Utah and No.6 Arizona State. The top teams at theRegional will advance to the NCAAChampionships in Lincoln, Neb.,April16-18.

“We are glad that this didn’t happenat the Regional competition,” Janigasaid,referring to the Cardinal’s final fewmistakes. “We learned that the meetisn’t over until the last person finishestheir routine. A lot can happen on thelast event, which can be a good or badthing.

“Regionals should be a good com-petition,”she continued,“and we will gointo it again with the same goals as be-fore:doing what we train,hitting our 24routines and focusing our attention onus.”

Contact Kenan Jiang at kenanj@stan-ford.edu.

.175 for the Tigers.Hitting so consistent-ly and avoiding lapses is important forthe Cardinal to succeed in the finalstretch of the season.

“[The Pacific match] was proof thatwe could remain focused and play ourgame throughout the match no matterwhat caliber team we’re facing,” saidsenior middle blocker BrandonWilliams.

Much of this focus comes from in-creased competition in practices, whichhas helped the Cardinal improvethroughout the year.

“Everyone has stepped up in theirown little way,”said junior setter KawikaShoji,who led Stanford with 39 assists.“Iwill give a lot of credit to our bench guysfor challenging the starters during prac-tice. They were instrumental in helpingus prepare for last weekend.”

“The second-team players havebrought a lot of fire to practices lately,”Williams said. “[They have been] chal-lenging everyone to keep playing at thetop of their game every day.”

The Stanford men know that they

will have to be at their best this weekendwhen they play road matches at No. 7Cal State-Long Beach and No. 10 UC-San Diego. Long Beach already camewithin a point of sweeping the Cardinalat Maples in January before Stanfordrallied for a five-set victory.The Cardinalknows it will face a very tough testagainst this same team on the road.

“The Pyramid is a tough venue toplay at,so we are looking forward to thechallenge,”said Romero,who ranks firstin Stanford history in career kills duringthe rally-scoring era.

“Historically, Long Beach State has

always had a strong digging and jump-serving team,” Williams said. “We willhave to control their servers so we canrun our offense consistently.”

In order to succeed against LongBeach, the Cardinal must slow downjunior opposite Dean Bittner,who rankssecond in the nation with an average ofnearly five and a half kills per set.

After the Long Beach match, Stan-ford will travel to San Diego to take onthe Tritons.UC-San Diego boasts an im-pressive 6-2 record at home,with its twolosses coming against the top two teamsin the nation.The Cardinal knows it willface a tough test playing a team that haswon four of its last five home matchesagainst ranked teams.

“San Diego is a rapidly improvingteam with plenty of energy and heart,”Williams said.“They have the potentialto create large upsets,so we will need tomaintain focus and keep the pressure onthem as we did with Pacific.”

The Cardinal will face Cal State-Long Beach tonight and UC-San Diegotomorrow,with both matches scheduledto start at 7 p.m.Next week,Stanford willreturn home for a two-match seriesagainst No.6 BYU.

Contact Jacob Jaffe at jwjaffe@stanford.edu.

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Despite her stellar accolades,Penna refuses to take all the creditfor herself.

“My team was really behind methis weekend, played great defenseand came through to score runs inkey situations,” Penna toldGoStanford.com. “I’m excited byhow our team is playing right nowand hope to carry that momentuminto the rest of the Pac-10 season.”

As she indicates, Penna has notbeen the only Stanford player toexcel this season. In fact, she is oneof three Stanford players to recent-ly earn a spot on the 25-person

USA Softball’s Collegiate Playerof the Year award watch list. Join-ing her on the list are junior left-fielder Alissa Haber and freshmanshortstop Ashley Hansen.

On the year, Haber is leadingthe team with a .441 batting aver-age, 39 runs scored and 10 stolenbases.

Hansen is right behind her witha .427 batting average to go alongwith 33 RBI.

After facing a menacing slate ofcompetition last weekend, Stan-ford (31-2, 2-1 Pacific-10 Confer-ence) stands to have an easier timewith Oregon (10-20, 0-4) and Ore-gon State (16-16, 1-3) who are cur-rently in last and ninth place in thePac-10, respectively.

The Beavers are coming off aweekend in which they were swept

at the hands of Arizona and Ari-zona State.

Pitching has been a problem forOregon State, as they have failed toget consistency out of returningstarter Kelly Dyer, who has strug-gled to a 7-11 record. Recently,freshman Paige Hall has been see-ing more action as a starter withmarginally better success.

Offensively, the Beavers are ledby catcher Audrey Roderfield. Thesophomore leads the team in mostoffensive categories, as she is hit-ting .330 with seven home runs and23 RBI.

The Ducks are still looking fortheir first Pac-10 victory, havingstarted the conference season witha loss to Oregon State before beingswept in Arizona.

Oregon is led offensively by out-

fielder Neena Bryant. The junior ishitting .357 with four home runsand 23 RBI on the year.

In the circle, Sam Skillingstad isthe leader of a quartet of pitchersfor the Ducks. Skillingstad is 8-7with a 2.20 ERA on the season.

Now that it has established itselfas a national power, Stanfordwould be disappointed with any-thing less than three victories thisweekend, as the rest of its upcom-ing Pac-10 schedule looks to be in-credibly grueling. Next up for theCardinal women after this week-end’s action is a three-game setagainst California, with the firstcontest slated to be played at Stan-ford and the latter two at Berkeley.

Contact Daniel Bohm at bohmd@stanford.edu.

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fident that we could hold them in theninth,” Milleville said. “Drew isthrowing extremely well right now,and I was completely confident hecould hold them off for the win.”

“I think that we won today’sgame on pitching and defense,”Milleville added. “When you pitchand play defense as well as we did,you really have a chance to win.”

Stanford will next head to Ore-gon this coming weekend for athree-game conference series. Thisyear marks the return of the Ducksto collegiate baseball. The Oregonprogram was disbanded in 1981 due

to budgetary issues, but is back onthe field this year as the Pac-10 onceagain has its 10th team in the fold.

Oregon has been led this seasonby starting pitchers Erik Stavert (3-1) and Tyler Anderson (1-3), whoboast ERAs of 2.92 and 3.68, re-spectively. Closer Drew Gagnier,meanwhile, has a 1.20 ERA andfour saves on the year. Offensively,Caleb Tommasini has led theDucks’ charge, with a .327 averagein 98 at bats.

The Ducks are 11-15 overall and1-2 in conference play, with theirlone win coming against OregonState. They will head into the serieswith a 1-3 non-conference lossagainst Portland.

Contact Claudia Preciado at claudi-ap@stanford.edu.

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Stanford may have yet another,less apparent advantage: its losses.VanDerveer, recalling her time atthe helm of an undefeated Olympicteam, knows all too well that a per-fect season,while impressive,doesn’tteach lessons or foster the fiercetenacity of a team that has ground

out plenty of close wins, while alsoexperiencing defeat.

“UConn has a terrific team, weknow this,” she said. “But our losseshave taught us things.We’ve learnedand benefited from them, and we’rein a situation where we’re playingvery well right now. We learn a lotfrom a loss — I can’t deal with an un-defeated team.”

Jillian Harmon, the only seniorlikely to start for Stanford on Sun-day, agreed with her coach as sheheads into what she hopes is not her

last game in a Cardinal uniform.“We’re definitely tested, and that

will help us,” she said. “We’re confi-dent in a close game.”

Stanford and Connecticut begintheir semifinal matchup on Sundayat 6:30 p.m. PT.The game will be tel-evised from St. Louis’s ScottradeCenter on ESPN, while it will also becovered by KZSU 90.1 FM and Web-streamed at kzsulive.stanford.edu.

Contact Nate Adams at nbadams@stanford.edu.

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MEN’S VOLLEYBALL3/31 Pacific W 3-0

UP NEXTLONG BEACH STATE4/3 Long Beach, Calif.

GAME NOTES: The No. 5 Stanford men dis-mantled Pacific on Monday, but will facetougher challenges in the near future, as theCardinal travels south to take on MPSF foesLong Beach State and UC-San Diego.

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eventually to raise over a milliondollars,and the Stanford team standsbehind them 100 percent.

“Originally, Cal had offered to doa joint match to promote both pro-grams,” Talbott said. “But I felt weshould promote one strong message.My idea was to make the entire focuson helping Cal.”

As Talbott has built up the Stan-ford squash endowment and spear-headed fundraising on the Farm, hewould appear to be more than quali-fied to aid the Golden Bears in theirtime of need. But some at Stanfordmight find the very idea troubling:Why should the Cardinal colors beused to help the school’s greatestrival, while receiving nothing in re-turn? In fact, this support goes to-wards not only that school across theBay, but furthers the entire dream ofthe future for West Coast squash.

First, as any true Cardinal fanknows, rivalries are only excitingwhen both teams have the potentialto take home the victory. Since Stan-ford men’s squash has played farmore strongly than Cal’s in recentyears, Talbott hopes to bolster thecompetition by revamping the Calfacilities. Not only will the existingCal-Stanford rivalry help generatemore funds from blue-and-yellow-bleeding alumni, but as Cal im-proves, it will push Stanford to keepup. The squash programs will flour-ish in sync,and so the vision for moreexciting competitions has ralliedsupport from both schools.

“We don’t have a great rivalryright now because they don’t have agreat team,”Talbott said.“They wanta better team. We’d like to have abetter rivalry.”

Broadening the outlook from justtwo schools, the Cardinal squashteam believes the publicity from thisfundraising, and from the ever-im-proving rivalry, will push the sportforward along the West Coast.Squash, typically pictured in gentri-

fied Ivy League halls and New Eng-land prep school gymnasiums, hasyet to reach the same heights of pop-ularity out west. Talbott and Kaylerhope to instigate increased westerninterest.

“[Squash] has really grown at acollegiate level, and it’s just amazinghow it’s started to boom out here,”Talbott said. “Cal recently formed awomen’s team; it’s quite exciting.[With the better facilities] it will benice to see Cal and Stanford makinginroads to the national rankings.”

Stanford’s work for Cal demon-strates that sometimes rivalries needto be overcome for the bigger pic-ture and the good of the sport. It alsoshows, however, that sometimes, aid-ing an enemy can sometimes boosttwo opponents at the same time.Riding in the stream of these ideas,the Beat Cal banner will continue tofly at Stanford, perhaps someday fora squash match, as well as before BigGame.

Contact Zoe Leavitt at zleavitt@stan-ford.edu.

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WOMEN’S WATER POLO

No. 1 Stanford rolls into springBy MIKE LAZARUS

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As the Stanford student body wasrelaxing on the beach over SpringBreak, the No. 1 Stanford women’swater polo team was busy in thepool, winning five games in sevendays with an average margin of victo-ry of more than eight goals per game.

Stanford’s final game of the weekagainst No. 17 Cal State-Long Beachwas its toughest outing.The Cardinalpersevered against the 49ers in a de-fensive struggle, winning 7-2. It wasthe first time that Stanford failed toreach double-digits in scoring sincethe second game of the season.

Stanford jumped out to a 3-0 leadat the end of the first period, ensur-ing a Cardinal victory early on. Ju-nior goalkeeper Amber Oland’sseven saves anchored the Cardinal’sdefense, which has been steadily im-proving over the second half of theseason.

“We held Long Beach to twogoals in 12 power play chances andno even-strength goals,” head coachJohn Tanner said. “That was one ofour better defensive efforts this sea-son.”

On the offensive side of the ball,freshmen Melissa Seidemann had agame-high two goals, while seniorLauren Silver, junior Kelly Eaton,sophomore Kelly Krueger and fresh-men Alyssa Lo and Pallavi Menoneach scored once.

The victory extended Stanford’swin streak to 17 games and improvedthe Cardinal’s record to 20-1 on theseason.

Stanford kicked off its SouthernCalifornia swing with an 11-5 victoryover No.16 UC-San Diego on March24.The Tritons managed to pull off afeat only accomplished by a fewteams this season — taking a leadagainst the Cardinal. San Diegoscored two quick goals to open thematch,but that would prove to be the

only time it led.In the final four minutes of the

first period, Silver and fellow seniorsKoree Blyleven and Kira Hillmanscored three unanswered goals togive Stanford the lead. Two morethree-goal periods put the game outof reach. Junior Kim Hall took careof business in the goal, blocking fiveshots.

The most important match of theroad trip was its only conferencematch, a contest with No. 7 SanDiego State on March 25. Stanfordknocked off the Aztecs 11-6 to re-main undefeated in Mountain Pacif-ic Sports Federation (MPSF) play.

Entering the second period with aslim, 3-2 lead, Stanford’s defense,with Oland in the cage, shut out SanDiego to allow the offense to give theCardinal a little breathing room.Twogoals later, Stanford went into half-time up by three.

After each team scored twice inthe third period, the Cardinaloutscored the Aztecs 4-2 in thefourth to cement the win.Seidemann

led Stanford with four goals, with Sil-ver tacking on another hat trick.

While the San Diego State victorywas the most significant in terms ofthe postseason, the March 21 matchagainst Harvard was perhaps themost gratifying for Stanford.

The Cardinal did not show itsEast Coast academic rival any hospi-tality, simply dismantling the Crim-son,20-2.Stanford jumped out to a 7-0 lead by the end of the first periodand was up 12-0 at halftime. TheCrimson managed to score twice onHall in the third period,but eight sec-ond-half Stanford goals drowned outany chance of a comeback. TwelveCardinal players scored in the match,with Silver and Blyleven leading theway with three goals apiece.

Stanford will return to MPSF playtomorrow against No. 3 UCLA. TheCardinal knocked off the Bruins ear-lier in the season 10-5, but bothteams have undergone considerabletransformations since then.

Stanford was without Silver in thefirst match-up, which forced the of-fense to rely on Seidemann andEaton. Since Silver’s return, oppos-ing defenses have been unable toslow down the Cardinal’s multi-pronged offensive attack.

The Bruins are 21-3 on the season,including two one-goal losses to No.2 USC and No. 4 Hawaii. UCLA ispeaking at the right time, riding a 10-game win streak into the Stanfordcontest.

“UCLA has several dynamic, ath-letic goal scorers who present chal-lenges in all phases of offense,” Tan-ner said. “We hope to slow themdown and take advantage of the op-portunities we expect to generate.”

The final home game of the sea-son for the Cardinal is set to begin at6 p.m. tonight in Avery Aquatic Cen-ter.

Contact Mike Lazarus atmlazarus@stanford.edu.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO3/28 Cal State-Long Beach

W 7-2

UP NEXTUCLA4/3 Avery Aquatics Center

GAME NOTES: The top-ranked Cardinalwomen are set to take on the No. 3 Bruinstonight at 6 p.m. Stanford has lost just onegame this season, all the way back on Feb. 7against USC. The Cardinal has since won 17straight, including a 10-5 win over UCLA onFeb. 8. Stanford has been led offensively byfreshman Melissa Seidemann, with 50 goalson the season, including two in the team’smost recent win over Long Beach.