By CHRISTINE McFADDENSENIOR STAFF WRITER

With housing assignments posted around 5p.m. last Friday and released online later thatnight,students this year became the first to expe-rience the new three-tiered Draw system andalso the first to feel the effects of housing “un-stuffing.”

According to Student Housing, the changesthis year went over relatively smoothly. Despitethe new process and procedural changes inplace,assignments were finished on time and thenew system is, so far, trouble-free, administratorssaid.

“The feedback overall has been positive —people seem to think the process is fair, and thatwe are on the right track,” said ExecutiveDirector of Student Housing Rodger Whitney.

Undergraduate HousingStudent Housing this year saw major changes

in which living arrangements were considered tobe popular among students.Cut-off numbers forHousing were not released during the rankingperiod, which arguably affected which livingquarters were in high demand.

“One difficulty is that past popularity ofhouses is based on many things, not just cut-offnumbers,” said Sue Nunan, director of HousingAssignments.

Nunan went on to explain how students areoften attracted to houses with higher cut-offnumbers than in previous years, ranking thosefirst with a supposed higher chance of getting in.However, because this occurs with many stu-dents, the cut-off number the following year isactually lowered.

Whitney said efforts to increase the numberof desirable options have alleviated concern overthis issue to some extent.

“One thing which has changed this year, andwas a goal of the Draw Task Force and HousingMaster Plan, is that the draw of houses haschanged,” Whitney said. “Not only are the Rowhouses popular,but now a real array of residencetypes,including large residences and apartments.”

According to Whitney, several houses with-out historically low cut-off numbers, such asMirrielees, filled with Tier One and low Tier Twonumbers.

Among the houses and dorms that filled TierOne this year were Row houses such as Xanadu,Bob,680,Storey and Mars,although they did nothave as low of cut-off numbers as usual.Eucalipto, Adelfa (focus) and Granada inLagunita Court drew Tier One, as did FrenchHouse and Casa Italiana. Branner (focus) andCrothers singles, on the docket for students torank for the first time in recent memory, alsowent to Tier One numbers, as did cooperativehouses EBF and Chi Theta Chi.

“Most of the co-ops filled in Tier One, somein Tier Two, with a good mix of staff, pre-assign-ments and Draw assignments,”Whitney said.

He noted one of the department’s concernswas the filling of the co-ops, as pre-assignmentsgot off to a late start this year.Next year,StudentHousing and Residential Education will worktogether to ensure that the process is announced

earlier and is made clearer to students. In theend, all but Synergy filled with people whorequested respective houses.

“They [Synergy] have had those spaces leftopen for them to recruit via the waiting list,”Whitney said. “Normally, we would have filledthe house with people who request to live any-where, but since this house is a co-op, the spaceswere held for the wait list so that people whowant to live in a co-op and are willing to fulfill therequirements will live there.”

Like Mirrielees, Roble filled with Tier Oneand low Tier Two numbers. Toyon filled quicklyin Tier Two, and the lower tiers went to somehouses in Florence Moore Hall, Okada andSuites, specifically the six-person suites.

Graduate HousingWhitney noted that for the first time in

Stanford history,Student Housing is easily meet-ing demand for graduate housing.This is due tothe added space from the Munger GraduateResidence.

“Some grad students are currently unas-signed,but we’re confident they’ll be assigned bythe start of school,” Whitney said. “Studentsshould sign up for the summer wait list if they areunassigned.”

The graduate housing lottery, which also ransmoothly, saw an increase in interest in the gen-der-neutral program. The program was expand-ed to more housing options this year, and thedemands of students were met.

Summer HousingAnyone who applied for summer housing

and was willing to live anywhere received it,according to Housing. In fact, additional spacesare still available for both graduates and under-

graduates.The only students unassigned for summer

were those who had limited residence choices.Unassigned students as well as any others seek-ing summer housing are advised by Housing toapply by May 31 for the waiting list, with resultsbeing announced June 5.

Unassigned StudentsCompared to last year, there were fewer

unassigned students with guaranteed housing.“We always expect and plan for a certain

number of unassigned students so that vacancieswhich occur over the summer can be filled,”Whitney said.

According to Whitney, there are about 89unassigned-but-guaranteed students who willreceive housing assignments over the summer,compared to last year’s 125.

“Eighty-six more upperclassmen appliedthan last year under guarantee,” Nunan said.“About 110 more applied than expected lastyear, so between the two years, we’re up about200 people, but we’ve added spaces withCrothers Hall, so we have 111 more undergrad-uate beds this fall than last year at this time.”

As for unguaranteed students,which number65 and are typically fifth-year seniors or studentswho had guaranteed years but restricted housingchoices,many should receive housing after guar-anteed students are assigned, according toHousing.

Post-DrawNow that assignments have been released,

Housing encourages students to make note oftheir in-house draw meeting date.

If students aren’t happy with their assign-ment, they are advised not to cancel their hous-

ing — unless they are certain they will live off-campus — and to still attend their in-house draw,but additionally apply for the re-assignmentround in Axess by the autumn waitlist deadlineof July 5. However, students are encouraged toreapply to houses where they really want to live,because once reassignments are given, currentassignments are cancelled immediately.

Student Housing distributed a survey earlierlast week in order to get feedback on the overallDraw process and changes. According toWhitney,student responses will be carefully eval-uated over the summer.

One frequent complaint Housing receivedwas from upperclassmen who had been throughthe Draw before and wanted to obtain theirDraw numbers before ranking their preferences.

Nunan noted that since students were able torank all of their residence choices in order ofpreference rather than a limited amount — amajor difference from past years — Draw num-bers were unnecessary.

“We will review the merits of having thenumbers available in advance again next year,”Whitney said.“Student feedback indicates we’reon the right track, but as always, we will workhard to improve our processes for students.”

With the implementation of the HousingMaster Plan and the creation of new, premierspaces for upperclassmen, Whitney hoped thatmore people would be happy with their assign-ments.

“We hope students will stay unbiased andgive us feedback,”he said.“We’ll have more timeto tweak and improve for next year,but this yearhas been very successful.”

Contact Christine McFadden at cnm714@stan-ford.edu.

STUDENT GROUPS

Money pours in for goat donationsBy ERIC MESSINGER

DESK EDITOR

White Plaza featured some novel guestslast Thursday, as four goats and a 200-poundyak were on site to lend their hooves to acharity effort sponsored by graduate students.

Members of the Intervarsity GraduateChristian Fellowship (IGCF) brought the ani-mals to Stanford as part of the “Stanford GoatProject,” an effort to raise money to purchasegoats for impoverished families in developingcountries.The fundraising effort raised a totalof approximately $6,600, with 100 percent ofthe proceeds going to the purchase of 88 dairygoats.

News of the effort also led to a late contri-bution from an outside donor who learned ofthe project’s results, which will allow addition-al purchases and could result in a grand totalof as many as 100 goats.

IGCF members explained the choice todonate goats as an effort to provide a lasting

charitable contribution.“We were looking for something to do that

had a component of outreach, but wasn’t justa free gift, and would empower people,” saidNeth Walker, a second-year Ph.D. student ingeological and earth sciences.

“We didn’t want a one-off — we wantedsomething that would last,” Walker added.

Kassa Betre, a second-year Ph.D. student inparticle physics and an IGCF member, saidthat goats provide a steady supply of milk,pro-duce calves that can be sold for money andalso produce fertilizer.

“You’re not just giving them a temporarysolution,” Betre said. “It’s more long-term.”

Betre, who spoke of his own experiencegrowing up in poverty in Ethiopia, added thathe found the effort to be important symboli-cally, as well as tangibly.

“It’s about creating opportunities for theStanford community to reach out to peoplewho may be far away, but are still our broth-ers and sisters,” Betre said.

The IGCF, a student organization withroughly 70 active members, came to WhitePlaza on Thursday as the culmination of athree-week fundraising effort. Passersby wereable to buy tickets at a price of five dollars topet a goat and 10 dollars to pet a goat and alsotake a picture.

Nate Chambers, a third-year Ph.D. studentin computer science and a coordinator of theproject, said the event exceeded their expec-tations, with over half of the fundraisingoccurring on Thursday.

“A lot of people came up,” Chambers said.“There were a lot who got really invested per-sonally, and would just buy six tickets for noreason.”

Sadie Bartholomew, a member of theIGCF steering committee, echoed Chambers’comments.

“I think it went far better than we expect-ed, the response from students, faculty andpasserby,” said Bartholomew, a second-yearbiochemistry Ph.D. student.

“It was very exciting to see the enthusiasmfrom the campus community,” she added.

Speculating about why the goats attractedsupport, Chambers felt that the tangible qual-ity was the key component.

“I don’t want to get too philosophicalabout it,” Chambers said, “but I think thatparticularly now in this economy people are

LUCK OF THE DRAWBUDGET CUTS

VPUE,Engineeringannounce cuts

By ELLEN HUETSTAFF WRITER

Both the Office of Vice Provost forUndergraduate Education (VPUE) and theSchool of Engineering announced signifi-cant reductions to staff and programminglast week, because of the University’s finan-cial situation.

Like virtually all campus units, VPUEand the School of Engineering have beenforced to restructure administration andmake sacrifices in staff and programming inorder to stay afloat.

VPUEIn his address to the Faculty Senate last

Thursday, Vice Provost for UndergraduateEducation John Bravman announced thatVPUE has eliminated 25 administrative andprofessional positions in recent months,which has reduced its non-lecturer staff by18 percent. Sixteen employees were laid off,nine spots were lost by attrition and six newpositions were created in restructuring.

In an interview with The Daily, Bravmanexplained how the cuts were made.

“Our goal was to share administrativesupport wherever possible and to minimizea reduction in directly serving staff,”Bravman said.“We tried to take most of thecuts in background staff.”

Bravman said that VPUE’s funds werehardest hit by endowed funds that went“underwater,”meaning their current marketvalue is less than their historic dollar value.Endowed funds make up 60 percent ofVPUE funds, and underwater funds areforcing the office to cut budgets by $8-10 mil-lion.

“Our largest dollar loss is from theendowed funds,” Bravman said. “They payout almost nothing.”

VPUE, which previously housed nineadministrative units under its umbrella, hasnow reduced that number down to four.Thelargest change is the creation of StanfordIntroductory Studies (SIS), which nowincludes Freshman and SophomorePrograms (FSP), Program in Writing andRhetoric (PWR) and Introduction to theHumanities (IHUM).

“Combining FSP, PWR and IHUMmade perfect sense because they’re all cur-ricular-based programs with faculty teachersprincipally aimed at first years,” he said.

The other three units under the newarrangement are the Center for Teachingand Learning, the Bing Overseas StudiesProgram and Undergraduate Advising andResearch, which has subsumed theFreshman Dean’s Office.

“Those three units becoming one hadbeen in the works for a while,” Bravmansaid. “Undergraduate Advising andUndergraduate Research were mergedbecause advising involved making studentsaware of research opportunities.”

VPUE’s restructuring will affect studentsmostly through reduced programs, specifi-cally a smaller number of courses offered forsophomore seminars and SophomoreCollege.

Bravman said that VPUE has been plan-ning for these cuts since fall of 2008, whenthe office first learned about funding issues,and that the office began organizing reduc-tions in mid-November. VPUE still hasanother $1.2-1.4 million to cut in its budget,but Bravman explained that the office haspostponed that to fiscal year 2011.

“I ultimately am optimistic about thefuture,” Bravman added. “I’m particularlyexcited about SIS, which will help studentsthink broadly about their first intellectualexperiences at Stanford.”

IHUM Director Russell Berman agreedthat while the restructuring was a difficultprocess, the new organization system showspromise.

“A result of some painful staff reductions,the new organization, SIS, provides anopportunity to develop greater synergyamong these important pieces of the fresh-man and sophomore years,” Berman wrotein an email to The Daily.

The director also explained that IHUMwill be facing reduced programming. Whileprevious years offered 12 winter-springcourse options for freshmen, that numberhas now been reduced to 10.

“Because more faculty want to teach inthe program than we can accommodate,”

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A donor to the Stanford Goat Project poseswith one of four goats brought to WhitePlaza Thursday by students from theIntervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship.

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By KELLEY FONGSENIOR STAFF WRITER

1. Eat at every on-campus eatery2. Facebook friend one of your professors3. Have a picnic on the Oval4. Sit in on a class totally outside your field5. Take a trip to Monterey6. Explore the Old Chem building7. Take a dip in the Jacuzzi in the Faculty Ghetto8. Hang out on the roof of the psych building9. Do Dance Marathon10. Improve your cooking skills by helping prepare a meal at a co-op11. Visit one of the many Stanford campus farms12. Get rolled out13. Hike the Dish14. Check out the Mausoleum and Angel of Grief under a full moon15. Run an on-campus 5K16. Take a picnic to Sharon Park17. Hear a visiting lecturer speak — bonus points if it’s on a topic outside your

field18. Go “sky tunneling” around the Quad19. Play The Game20. Go fruit-picking around campus21. Take a tour of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve22. Watch a friend act in a play23. Go to a four-minute reading hosted by the English department 24. Do primal scream . . . with a passion25. Look for shooting stars at the Observatory26. Have a bonfire at the Lag fire pit27. Pose a question to a campus speaker28. Pig out at Late Nighteat29. Sunbathe in the grassy area of your choice30. Enjoy the free Internet and 24-hour sugar fest at Happy Donuts31. Buy discounted software and computers from the Bookstore32. Fountain hop33. Study in the Bender Room in the Bing Wing35. Have a reunion with your freshman dorm36. Watch a movie on the projector screens in the History Corner classrooms37. Ride the Marguerite38. See Gaieties40. Make friends with the custodial staff41. Pull an all-nighter42. Go to Senior Pub Night43. Learn the Axe cheer44. Visit the Haas Center for Public Service45. Volunteer to be a subject in a research study46. Invite a professor to dinner47. See a movie at The Stanford Theatre48. Be quoted or have your photograph in The Daily49. Eat at the Faculty Club50. Explore Sutrobaths at night51. Go to every kind of sporting event at least once52. Go steam tunneling53. Go to the farmer’s market . . . and sample everything54. Walk, not bike, to class for a day . . . maybe even a quarter55. Go see a performance that you ordinarily wouldn’t56. Dress up for a Special Dinner57. Go to the top of Hoover Tower58. Attend a protest, demonstration, rally or sit-in59. Write a letter for The Stanford Fund60. Visit the Cantor Center for Visual Arts61. Take a creative writing class62. Go to Frost Amphitheatre at night63. Try the rock-climbing wall at Arrillaga Center for

Sports and Recreation64. Nominate a friend or a professor for a university or

departmental award

65. Kill someone in a dorm game of Assassins66. Walk around Lake Lag67. Go to Big Game68. Mentor a younger student69. Tag along on a campus tour70. Donate to Senior Gift71. Go to office hours72. Take an athletics class73. Go on ski trip at Tahoe74. Scream your class year at the top of your lungs with Dean Julie75. Utilize 5-SURE76. Get a stuffed cow from the Bookstore’s holiday giveaway77. Host a ProFro78. View an item from Special Collections79. Run Campus Drive loop80. Watch the sun set over the Pacific Ocean81. Take tourist-style photos in the Quad82. Go on Band Run83. Go to a career fair and pick up free pens and other giveaways84. Write chalk messages around campus85. Go to FLiCKS86. Learn the locations of the numbered buildings in the Quad . . . or at least,

most of them87. Table for something in White Plaza88. Redeem your Treehouse and CoHo “free items” from the Stanford Directory

coupons89. Rent a DVD from Green Media/Microtext90. Try a Student Initiated Course91. Get thrown in the shower for your birthday92. Go hiking in Yosemite93. Meet your friends’ parents94. Have gelato at Gelato Classico95. Organize a dinner party with your friends96. Have a key to somewhere on campus other than your room97. Go to an event organized by a student group you have no connection to98. Spend a day at a local beach99. Thank all of the people who have helped and supported you during your

time at Stanford

— With contributions from members of the Class of 2009, Stanford Magazine

and the Frosh Facebook

Contact Kelley Fong at ktfong@stanford.edu.

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99ThingsAs the Class of 2009 approaches its graduation, here are

99 Stanford “must do’s” to check off or catch up on

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Dear My Co-op, I love you. Really.Youare a great community, you’re justquirky and far enough away from

everything to be the best house on campus,and you’re committed to trying to do well bythe earth.You use the most environmentallyresponsible products you can find, like recy-cled toilet paper and nontoxic cleaning solu-tions. You have recycling bins all over thekitchen, and you have three compost bins.People actually use them (most of the time)!You make sure vegetarians can eat well atevery dinner, and you’d do vegan if therewere any vegans in the house. You supportpolitical discourse and do house hiking tripsand fireside gatherings. I love you. I’ll missyou.

Now, take this in the context of the factthat you are absolutely great: it’s just thatthere are a few mistakes that get made fairlyconsistently, though I think these are more of“human being”problems than problems spe-cific to our co-op.

I’m talking about those mistakes that areunquestionably waste.

There’s a piece of paper prominentlyposted on our refrigerator that points out theamount of water that various daily choicesare responsible for consuming (for therecord, I claim credit for being neither thefirst to see this nor the one to post it — whichis another reason my co-op is great).

Even in the face of a big sign that says apound of beef is responsible for 1,500 gallonsof water, it’s not uncommon that 10 poundsof meat get thrown out because they didn’tget cooked after a defrost or because thehouse forgot they were there for a few weeks.

When defrosting, it’s not that unusual thata bunch of meat is left in a sink with the waterrunning over it for several hours.In emergen-cies, sweet. There aren’t many other optionswhen you have two hours to get dinner to-gether for 60 people and nothing’s defrosted.

But it’s started happening almost every day— when it’s not that hard to put meat in therefrigerator the night before or in the morn-ing to defrost.

More on the energy side — ovens andstovetop burners get left on with surprisingfrequency (they’re electric, which makes iteasier to not notice they’re on). This is notonly a waste of energy; it’s pretty dangerousfor the next person who comes along. Or, interms of lighting, when a space that is well-litby ambient light coming in through windowshas all its lights on, even when flipping themon and off produces no discernible change inlight availability . . . it’s not really doing any-thing for anyone.

Walking around campus, I’ve noticed thatit’s not uncommon to see hoses left on,drain-ing directly into the street or into a stormdrain. Walking around America, you see thedoors of air-conditioned stores left open allthe time — similar in concept to leaving therefrigerator door open for five minutes whileyou make a sandwich. Most of the time, thiswaste is unconscious or accidental, and itdoesn’t take too much effort to get rid of itonce you’re aware of it. That’s the beauty ofeliminating waste — it doesn’t have to affectlifestyles, since the waste wasn’t doing any-thing for anyone in the first place. We justhave to be a little smarter about how we ap-proach certain systems, like defrosting. Orlike paying attention to what’s in the refriger-ator, and then closing the fridge door whilewe contemplate the goodness within.

Again, I’m definitely talking about thekinds of waste that have no benefit.Like pay-ing for meat and then throwing it out. It’s thiskind of waste that is easiest to get rid of, sincecausing it has no benefit for people. A lot ofthe time, it’s actually hurting people, throughcost or through incidences such as stovetopsbeing unexpectedly on and burning people.

Because really,at the end of the day, if you

want a steak, and you’re going to love thatsteak, and it’s super tasty, go ahead and eat it.Or if you come home after an awful day andthe only thing that is going to make youhappy is a hot, 15-minute shower, go for it. Ifyou’re enjoying something that isn’t substi-tutable, that’s not waste. It might not be themost efficient use of resources all the time,but it’s not waste.

On the other hand, tossing out difficult-to-produce meat, hard-to-transport-and-re-ally-damn-scarce freshwater, or last-time-we-didn’t-have-enough-of-this-so-we-threw-out-the-governor electricity is justsilly.So if we as a culture are looking for waysto improve our resource utilization, let’s startby eradicating waste.The marginal benefit ishuge, and you can still turn on your heater inthe winter.

Emily sometimes buys a few gallons of gaso-line and lights them on fire for fun. It’s onlywaste if she can’t watch, right? If you want tohelp her get into the carpool lane when she doesthis,email her at gruberte@stanford.edu to join.

The latest spat of protests over the re-duced hours of the Community Centerstaff once again highlights the volatile

climate around racial issues on this campus.Not unlike a whole host of issues, discussionsaround “diversity” versus “entitlement” hap-pen wholly within the context of the StanfordBubble, wholly disconnected from largerstruggles happening beyond El CaminoReal.There is however, an issue that for onceseems to have powerful implications both in-side the Farm and out in that great, terrifyingwilderness known as the real world.

The Development, Relief and Educationfor Alien Minors Act of 2009, or “DREAMACT,” is a measure introduced this pastMarch to Congress that would provide un-documented students a path to citizenshipcontingent upon enrollment in higher educa-tion or the United States military. Unlike awide swath of national and international de-velopments whose impact upon the Stan isnon-existent, the possible passage of theDREAM ACT would make a splash here be-cause, unbeknownst to a great many of us, wehave undocumented students among ourCardinal ranks.

Until literally a week ago, I had never ac-tually considered the notion that Stanfordcould have any students here that were notlegally allowed to be in the U.S.-of-A. Well,you can add that to the list of things I havebeen wrong about.There are a handful of un-documented students enrolled at Stanford,with a friend of mine from freshman year —who for the sake of anonymity will be calledClara — among them.

In a rather candid and moving email ex-change, I discussed with Clara the circum-stances surrounding her status, particularly

in regards to her time at the Farm. Broughtinto the U.S. on a now-expired temporarytourist visa at the age of four, Clara was edu-cated here. Applying to Stanford as a Mexi-can citizen, Clara was totally honest with theUniversity about her standing, which in turnprovided her with a full scholarship given herinability to legally earn wages. Though I willdraw criticisms for this comment, I applaudthe school for the courage to honor educa-tional excellence, even in the face of narrow-minded legality.

An active, highly motivated and incredi-bly involved student,Clara’s future prospectsare uncertain, to say the very least.“It is real-ly hard to plan for the future when you aren’teven sure whether you will be in the countrythe next day,” she remarked, noting the inac-cessibility of study abroad programs, paid in-ternships and other resources. Clara’s onlyreal hope of staying in America, outside ofmarriage, rests with the DREAM ACT.

Though I have a personal connection toClara, I have no doubt there are thousandsout there like her who have been blessedwith the opportunity to excel in the Ameri-can school systems but are faced with thepossibility of ultimately being denied thechance to make good upon these tools. Edu-cation, above all, is the means by which tobetter one’s life — to become equipped with

the knowledge and tools necessary to lead afulfilling life. The last thing we should bedoing is discouraging students from activelyengaging in intellectual pursuits.

The intersection of immigration and edu-cation contributed largely to me being heretoday. My maternal grandmother, a Roman-ian Holocaust refugee living in Israel, wasgiven a chance to come to America becauseof a scholarship to NYU. The triumphs andtribulations of my family over the past fivedecades were made possible by the chanceNYU, and to a large extent the U.S., gave tomy grandmother so many years ago.

Though America has a distinguished his-tory of really screwing minority groups over(see Chinese Exclusionary Act, pre-1865South, anything regarding Native Ameri-cans, 19th century New York anti-Irish senti-ments, etc.), the reason we have excelled tosuch extraordinary heights is our ability toprovide a haven for the best and the brightestthat the rest of the world was too prejudicedor stupid to welcome.This is a legacy we mustcontinue.

I support the DREAM ACT out of appre-ciation both for Clara’s talent and for the vastpotential these undocumented students canbring to the U.S. as citizens. Xenophobia andover-played fears of “immigrant invasions” ala Lou Dobbs are not the solution for breath-ing life into our sagging national fortunes.Letus bring people like Clara out of the shadowsand into the legal workings of this country.

Zack is beginning to get alarmed by his recent“serious” streak. Next week he will relentlesslydisparage some large group of people/Zonies.Have any easy targets? Let him know at zwar-ma@stanford.edu.

For generations, Native peoples in thiscountry have struggled with the appro-priation, commodification and exotifi-

cation of our cultures — processes deeplyrooted in histories of colonization and op-pression. Stanford University has not beenimmune to these societal illnesses.On numer-ous occasions over the past four decades, theNative community at Stanford — consistingof Native American, Alaska Native and Na-tive Hawaiian students — has confronted,and continues to confront, these issues hereon campus.

In 1972, a small group of Native studentspetitioned the University for the removal ofits former “Indian” mascot and were success-ful in doing so, sparking movements towardthe removal of similar mascots throughoutthe country. Yet, in spite of the students’ suc-cess, the mascot issue did not die in the 1970s.Since then, year after year, when Big Gamecomes around,groups of nostalgic alumni andstudents feel the need to try to revive the mas-cot’s disrespectful and denigrating imagery.As recently as 2006,The Stanford Review fea-tured an editorial entitled “Long Live Light-foot!” referring to Prince Lightfoot, who,from 1951 to 1972, served as the University’sofficial “Indian” mascot at football games.This was in response to the controversy sur-rounding a number of T-shirts printed by agroup of alumni which featured the face ofStanford’s former mascot.

Similarly, despite the numerous voicedconcerns of the Native community, The Re-view has sporadically used a caricatureknown as the “Chief” in association with its“Smoke Signals” column.This caricature waslast seen in 2005, though The Review still reg-ularly publishes “Smoke Signals” in its week-ly paper.In whatever shape or form,there hasbeen a consistent history of those insistent on“bringing back the Indian,”and in each occur-rence our community has been steadfast inour opposition.

Unfortunately, degrading depictions ofNative peoples as mascots are not the only is-sues of this sort that our community faceshere on campus. Each year when Halloweencomes around,our community is brought faceto face with those who find it fun and cool todress up like “Pocahontas,” “Tiger Lily” or“Lilo and Stitch,” thinking nothing of theirdemeaning costumes and the history of cul-tural appropriation they represent. Also,every spring, various houses and dorms havebecome accustomed to throwing “lu’au” par-ties, featuring “tiki”bars and students dressedup in coconut bras and grass skirts, with littleor no consideration of the history and the

people that these parties represent. Thesepeople,more often than not,simply do not un-derstand the roots of our community’s con-cerns over these disrespectful misrepresenta-tions of our peoples, and have no intention ofoffending anyone. They often have no ideawhat it feels like to have a total stranger lookthem in the eyes and tell them that they aredressed as a member of their ethnic group,while wearing mock regalia from other cul-tures and religions, with little or no under-standing of where or how their “costume”came about. Ignorance, though, is no excusefor intolerance. So, once again, our communi-ty stands steadfast in our opposition,and in sodoing we intend to educate.

The American media and Hollywood havelong done Native peoples, as well as othermarginalized peoples, extreme injustice withthe derogatory stereotypes and misrepresen-tations they have created. Mascots, partythemes and costumes that depict similar por-trayals of marginalized peoples — whetherintentionally or not — serve to perpetuateand reinforce these stereotypes and misrep-resentations.As this continues to occur, thesestereotypical misrepresentations continue tobe ingrained in the American consciousnessand the cycles of marginalization and oppres-sion, too, continue on. Native peoples since1492 have been represented as “savages,”“heathens” and, more recently, mascots andcaricatures in literature and other forms ofmass media. These misrepresentations havepalpable implications for our peoples socially,mentally and politically. We, Native studentshere at Stanford, continue to fight the samefight that our ancestors and elders have forgenerations — a fight for respect,equal rightsand treatment as human beings. Our culturesare not party themes. Our traditional regaliaand clothing are not costumes. We are notmascots or caricatures.We are human beings.

Today in White Plaza, a number of stu-dents will be holding a demonstration tomake a clear statement that these issues ofcultural sensitivity, stereotyping and misrep-resentation need to be taken seriously byeveryone at this University. Our demonstra-tion will be held in solidarity with the Ameri-can Indian Movement-West’s demonstra-tions this week in San Francisco at the SanFrancisco Giants and Atlanta Braves games,which will protest against racist imagery insports, specifically Atlanta’s continued use ofthe “Braves” mascot and the “tomahawkchop.”

LEON PERALTO ‘10Co-President,Hui o Hawai’i

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

OP-ED

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OPINIONS

Tensions have recently flared up oncampus and nationwide over an arti-cle submitted to The National Review,

the famous conservative magazine foundedby the late William F. Buckley. The articlewas written by an overprotective parent of aStanford student who became upset over thefact that the student, a senior, was assignedto a mixed-gender room.

This year is the first year of a pilot programfor gender-neutral housing at Stanford, al-though it has long existed unofficiallythrough many of the co-ops.Perhaps the moststriking part of the article was that the authorexpressly stated that had Stanford offeredthis option four years ago, she never wouldhave allowed her daughter to matriculatehere. It is understandable that there may besome pressure on Stanford to backpedal andreverse its stance on gender-neutral housingto preserve matriculation rates,particularly inan economically trying time; but so far, thereis no sign that it will, and the editorial boardwould like to continue to encourage Stanfordto support the option of gender-neutral hous-ing. Character is demonstrated throughstrength in the face of adversity,and it is greatto live in a place that continues to be a modelfor other universities.

The first observation inspired by this situ-ation — unrelated to the issue of gender-neutral housing — is the danger of “helicop-ter parenting,” the idea that parents contin-ue to hover around their sons and daughtersafter they go to college and proceed to mi-cromanage their lives.The author of the arti-cle expressed concern that her daughter didnot have a say in her housing situation,as shehad appointed a proxy for her housing meet-ing, but the daughter has expressed in no un-certain terms that she was comfortable andhappy with her housing arrangement. As

adults, students are, in general, better servedby being allowed to make their own choices;it usually turns out for the best, or alternate-ly allows students the chance to learn fromtheir own mistakes. A counterpoint to thisargument is that many parents foot the heftyStanford bill and should thus have a say inthe lives of their offspring.While it is a sepa-rate argument whether parents should beexpected to pay for college, monetary lever-age should not be used as a tool of control tokeep college-age children in line.

Demonizing gender-neutral housing isalso entirely unfair to the LGBTQ commu-nity. Enshrining a bi-gendered system as im-mutable relegates the transgendered popu-lation to second-class status and borders onhate. Implying that allowing people of oppo-site genders to room together will causethem to sleep together is not only judgmen-tal and assuming of the social mores of Stan-ford students,but also assumes a hetero-nor-mative society. Stanford hosted the largest“No On Proposition 8” phone bank in thestate of California and has been a nationalleader for LGBTQ rights. Preserving gen-der-neutral housing will entrench that statusand serve as an example to universitiesaround the world.

Every so often there comes a time whenour convictions are tested, and it appearsStanford has passed this test this time. Theeditorial board applauds and encouragescontinued support for gender-neutral hous-ing, not only to allow students the freedomto make their own choices, but also to standin solidarity with the LGBTQ community.May Stanford’s gender-neutral housing poli-cies serve as an example for other universi-ties, who may be wary of alienating parentsby adopting a similar policy, even when theyknow it is the right thing to do.

Stanford correct in standing upfor gender-neutral housing

Native culture deserves respect

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By DENIS GRIFFINSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Looking to earn a spot in anNCAA Regional for a hopeful re-turn to the College World Series,theStanford baseball team went intothe weekend knowing it would needa sweep to have any realistic shot atthe postseason. But after a series-opening loss on Friday and a narrowvictory Saturday, Stanford was un-able to even win the series,droppingthe rubber match on Sunday againstthe Beavers.

The Cardinal (30-25,13-14 Pacif-ic-10 Conference) rallied from a 4-10 start to the year,going 26-15 overthe final 41 games of the year. Butmuch of that was due to a red-hotApril as the Cardinal was just 10-7down the stretch in May — an im-provement over the team’s early-season struggles, but not enough tomake up the deficit and carry Stan-ford into the postseason.

“I don’t think it’s settled in yet,”said senior outfielder Joey Augustafter the series, which marked theend of his Stanford career.“I still feellike I’m going to put the uniform onand keep showing up,so it’s definite-ly a little bit hard. But I’ve had agreat career and a great time, so Iwouldn’t trade anything in and [Ihave] no regrets at all. So it’s obvi-ously frustrating that we couldn’t getthis one done and couldn’t win thisbig series, but again, no regrets withall the great things and great rela-tionships I’ve had here.

“It’s been an unbelievable expe-rience,”he added.

Oregon State (35-17, 15-12),meanwhile, parlayed its successfulconclusion to the season into a spotin an NCAA Regional, joining fel-low Pac-10 teams Washington Stateand Arizona State in the postseason.

Friday,5-0 Oregon StateThe Cardinal opened the series

with less-than-inspiring play at theplate, as the Beavers blanked Stan-ford, 5-0. Freshman right-handerSam Gaviglio went the full nine in-nings for Oregon State, allowingonly three hits (including two fromsophomore right-fielder Kellen Ki-ilsgaard) while striking out sevenand walking none. The effort wasGaviglio’s first complete game ofthe season, improving his record to9-1 and his ERA to 2.84.

Stanford’s arms, meanwhile, gotoff to a rocky start against theBeavers on Friday.Freshman starterJordan Pries gave up a leadoff tripleto start the game and allowed threeruns on three hits,two walks and twowild pitches over the first two in-nings.Pries settled in to throw a solidfive innings after his early struggles,but the OSU offense had alreadyprovided all the offense Gaviglioneeded to secure the series-openingwin.

Saturday,7-6 StanfordWith hopes to rally in the series’

second game in order to preservethe slimmest of chances for a post-season berth,the Cardinal pulled offa narrow victory over the Beavers.Sophomore closer Drew Storen

took the win, as Stanford took thelead for good in the bottom of theseventh inning, courtesy of somewildness from the OSU staff.

With the game tied, 5-5, Auguststruck out against Tanner Robles tolead off the inning, but reached firston a wild pitch before advancing tosecond on a throwing error by theBeavers’ catcher. After Robleswalked junior Toby Gerhart andstruck out Kiilsgaard,James Nygrencame on in relief for Oregon Stateand promptly hit Stanford’s nextbatter,senior Brent Milleville,with apitch to load the bases.Ryan Gortonrelieved Nygren but gave up a two-run single to sophomore Zach Jonesto put the Cardinal on top for good.

Junior reliever Max Fearnowpitched 4.1 scoreless innings, eventhough he allowed 10 baserunners.

Sunday,5-2 Oregon StateIn the rubber match of the series,

the Cardinal was done in by sloppydefense and a chaotic seventh inningin which the Beavers scored three oftheir five runs.

“Maybe not the program everyyear, but at least this year we’veplayed pretty good defense — realgood defense,” head coach MarkMarquess said after the game.“Butnot today.”

The Beaver offense, meanwhile,took advantage of three Cardinalerrors in the second and third in-nings to score twice and take a 2-1lead. But when sophomore AlexPracher came on in relief of fresh-

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SPORTSFAILURE TO CLOSE

By CHRIS FITZGERALDDAILY SPORTS INTERN

The Stanford softball team had its dreamof a trip to Oklahoma City shattered Fridayevening at the hands of Arizona.

The No. 5 Cardinal (48-11, 13-8 Pacific-10Conference) dropped consecutive games atthe Farm for the first time all season. BeforeFriday, Stanford held an impressive 31-1home record, but this did not carry over to itsSuper Regional with Arizona. For the 21sttime in school history, the No. 6 Wildcats (46-15, 13-7) punched their ticket to OklahomaCity.The trip marks four straight years in theWomen’s College World Series,with back-to-back national championships in 2006 and2007.

After a win on Thursday evening put Stan-ford within one game of taking the series,dropping the last two games was even morecrushing for Stanford head coach JohnRittman.

“Unfortunately it didn’t happen tonight,but we’re very proud of our team — veryproud of the season we had — and it’s just atough loss,” Rittman said.

Arizona brought out the bats early in a 7-3 win to open play Friday.The Card took thelead in the first with freshman AshleyHansen’s one-out double to the left-field cor-ner.Junior Shannon Koplitz knocked a singleup the middle to score the game’s openingrun.The lead after one inning would be Stan-

ford’s only advantage all evening.Arizona fought back,pushing across three

runs in the bottom of the third, with all butone of the inning’s four hits coming with twoouts.

Senior ace Missy Penna recorded everyout in the circle for Stanford, but gave up 11hits in the complete game. The Cardinal’sonly other threat came in the fourth, whenKoplitz hit a leadoff double in the fourth andscored on a single from senior Maddy Coon.But the attack stalled, and Arizona ace Jen-nifer Martinez mowed down the middle ofthe order, allowing only two runs.

After his team’s first loss at home sinceMarch 27, Rittman reverted back to the ba-sics of softball.

“You get in big games and you can’t give agreat offensive team like that outs, and wehad three errors — three costly errors,” hesaid.

Junior hurler Sarah Akamine finished offthe Cardinal and allowed no runs over thefinal three frames.

The rubber match reflected how much themomentum had shifted since Stanford’s winon Thursday. The Wildcats ended the Card’sseason with a 6-5 win, rocking Penna for 10more hits.

Arizona jumped on top early via seniorSam Bannister’s three-run home run in thetop of the first inning,and never looked back.

Stanford chased junior Sarah Akamine,adding two in the first inning before an outcould be recorded, but failed to find the an-swer to sophomore Lindsay Sisk. Sisk offi-cially went seven complete innings and al-lowed only two earned runs on half a dozenhits.

On Sisk’s dominance, which included 14

strikeouts, Rittman acknowledged his team’slack of familiarity with Arizona’s third arm inthe rotation.

“We chased some pitches that maybe ifwe’d seen her earlier in the year, we’d havelaid off some of those pitches later on in thegame,” Rittman said.

Stanford mustered three runs in the sixthand put itself in position for a seventh-inningcomeback.Sisk,however, shut down the Car-dinal, striking out all three batters in the sev-enth to end the game, knocking Stanford outin the Super Regional for the second straightyear.

The Cardinal’s season included a nation-al-best 28-game win streak and a program-best No. 2 ranking for three weeks early on inconference play.

For senior Penna, the twin losses on Fri-day bring her record to 35-8. She exits Stan-ford with 119 career wins, the 14th most inNCAA softball history, and 50 careershutouts, a school record. Coon, the onlyother senior on the team,contributed a homerun on Friday and two hits in her final gamewith the Cardinal.

Rittman showed appreciation for his twoseniors, Coon and Penna.

“I’m very proud of our senior leadershipin Maddy and Missy — couldn’t ask for twobetter leaders to lead us,” Rittman said.“Thethings they’ve accomplished over their fouryears [are] remarkable.”

All told, Rittman pointed to the positivesof his team’s season.

“We’re very proud of our team,” he said,“very proud of the season.”

Contact Chris Fitzgerald at chrishfitz@gmail.com.

Softball loses both Fridaygames, ends season

TAYLOR CONE/The Stanford Daily

Despite a late surge over the final stretch of the year, the Cardinal couldnot fully rebound from its poor start. This past weekend, Stanford lost twoof three to the visiting Oregon State Beavers, ending the regular seasonand eliminating any possibility of another run in the postseason.

Baseball misses postseason

DenisGriffinRants and Raves

Looking backand looking

forward

At long last, I think we can fi-nally say that the great transi-tional seasons of 2008-2009are past for the Cardinal.

And though I won’t have front rowseats,I,for one,am still pretty excited tosee what’s just around the corner forStanford in more sports than I cancount.

I have an odd sense of just howstrange it must’ve been to be a sportsfan in the Stanford Class of 2009, be-cause I feel like I’m somewhat of anhonorary member as my co-term stud-ies wind down here.There was a muchgreater sense of finality for the Class of2008,which saw its era on campus cometo an end with the football team strug-gling, but winning some huge upsetsagainst USC and Cal; the basketballteam concluding the Lopez twins-erain style in the Sweet 16; Candice Wig-gins trying for a national title in her lastgame with the Stanford women; andStanford baseball driving all the way tothe College World Series in Omaha.

The members of the Class of 2009will have memories of their own, butthey will be memories of a differentsort — not of endings in their last yearat Stanford,but beginnings.Because asI leave Stanford with this year’s class,it’s hard not to feel that there are goodthings around the corner for a lot ofmarquis programs here on the Farm.

When I first set foot on campus inthe spring of 2004, Stanford footballwas, essentially, on its last legs. Then-quarterback Trent Edwards gave theteam some star-power, but not muchhope.And things got worse before theygot better.

But maybe they had to.The end ofthe Buddy Teevens-era gave rise to theWalt Harris hire. When what seemedlike a safe move at the time, hiring anestablished Division-I head coach torebuild a stagnating program, blew upin the athletic department’s faces with a1-11 2006 season, a drastic step wasneeded. And so far, that drastic steplooks to be paying dividends, as headcoach Jim Harbaugh leads the team to-wards what could be a big 2009 cam-paign.With a promising young QB per-haps ready to take over,a solid runninggame and tenacious defense, 2009could be a banner year for a rejuvenat-ed Cardinal football squad.

On the hardwood, the Stanfordwomen will return virtually everymajor contributor and look to makeyet another run deep into the postsea-son. But somehow, now a full year re-moved from the departure of Wiggins,there is the sense that now, more thanever,this team is locked and loaded foraction.

With the powerful post presence ofjunior Jayne Appel and sophomoreKayla Pederson as the team’s back-bone, plus the development of severalexciting youngsters, the cards may justfinally be stacked in the Cardinal’sfavor. You got the feeling watchingStanford against UConn in the FinalFour last season that the team just was-n’t quite ready — perhaps if Wigginshad been a year younger and still on theteam, or Appel and the others a yearolder,Stanford might have been able tohang tough with the Huskies. Nextyear, the latter will be a reality, andthere’s certainly no reason to expectany steps backwards for a team that hasbeen among the most consistentlydominant teams at Stanford over thelast decade.

As for men’s hoops,it’s hard to envi-sion a major turnaround coming quick-ly for a team losing nearly all of itsbiggest contributors. But, for better orworse,starting in 2009-2010,this will becoach Johnny Dawkins’ team, and hewill get a virtually clean slate to rebuildthe Stanford program. One way or an-other,Stanford will,at the very least,beable to get a very good sense for itsmost recent major coaching hire overthe next couple of seasons.

AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily

The No. 5 Cardinal saw its season end in theSuper Regional as it dropped its final two gamesto No. 6 Arizona on Friday. Stanford finished onestep short of the Women’s College World Series.

Please see GRIFFIN,page 6

MEN’S TENNIS

Cardinal seesmixed resultsat NCAAs

By ALYSSA AHLUWALIACONTRIBUTING WRITER

Stanford men’s tennis players No. 34Bradley Klahn and No. 21 Alex Claytonended their runs in the NCAA Singles Tour-nament last week in College Station,Texas.

Freshman and ITA Rookie of the YearKlahn completed his season with a 35-9 over-all record (20-5 dual, 19-8 vs. nationally-ranked opponents) after he was defeated onWednesday in the first round of play.

Klahn forced Ohio State’s Steven Moneke(who made it to the finals match this year) totwo tie-breakers,but was defeated in each set7-6(6),7-6(5).

“I had been playing well and was confidentgoing in,”Klahn said after the loss.“I just let alot of chances slip away, and yes, I am disap-pointed to have lost out in the first round of in-dividuals play to Moneke.”

Clayton had another impressive showingin the singles competition,advancing into thequarterfinals this year after making it to thesemifinals last year.

In his first-round match, Clayton cameback to beat Baylor’s No.45 Jordan Rux,4-6,7-5,6-4.

In the ensuing round of 32 on Thursday,Clayton had the chance to avenge fellow Car-dinal Klahn’s fall to Ohio State.Clayton upset

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man starter Brett Mooneyham to startthe seventh, OSU was at last able tobreak the game open.After a single, asacrifice bunt and a walk, freshmanScott Snodgress took over for Pracherand gave up a quick, two-RBI doubleto Koa Kahalehoe.Senior Blake Han-cock then took the mound fromSnodgress and allowed an RBI singlebefore recording the final two outs ofthe inning, but the damage was done.Meanwhile,Oregon State starter TylerWaldron was firmly in control of theaction, throwing 6.2 innings while al-lowing just five hits and one walk,strik-ing out five.

“It obviously was frustrating,” Au-gust said of the defensive lapses in theteam’s final game. “Especially the lastgame of the year with a lot riding on it,you want to come and play your best.Soit’s frustrating to know that.You can say‘woulda, coulda,’ and all that stuff, butit’s just frustrating we didn’t play ourbest baseball.Offensively,I thought wewere aggressive enough today, butthings just didn’t go our way.”

But already, when asked about theteam’s prospects for the following year,senior Brent Milleville was excited tothink of the possibilities for the squadhe’s now leaving behind.

“The pitching is what’s going tocarry them next year — this pitchingstaff is going to be unbelievable,” hesaid. “Pitching was a little bit hit-or-miss this year, but the talent was thereand these guys just needed a little expe-rience. There’s a lot of guys comingback and they’re going to shut downsome teams.”

Contact Denis Griffin at djgriff@stan-ford.edu.

BASEBALLContinued from page 4

the Buckeyes’ best player, No. 3 BryanKoniecko,6-4,6-7(5),6-1.

On Friday, Clayton continued hissuccess against his next opponent, No.12 Nate Schnugg of Georgia,winning instraight sets, 6-4, 7-6(4).The win droveClayton to the quarterfinals, where hebattled out three sets with Mississippi’sNo. 30 Devin Britton and won the firstset 6-4 before losing the ensuing twosets 7-6(3) and 6-4. Britton ended upbeating Moneke in the final to win thetournament.

With the loss,Clayton ends his 2009season with a 32-11 overall record (14-5 dual, 13-11 versus nationally-rankedopponents) in a season marred by in-juries.

Despite his own individual loss inthe first round, Klahn took time topraise his elder teammate’s successes.

“Alex had a great tournament,”Klahn said. “He lost a hard-foughtquarterfinal match to the eventualtournament champion.”

Now that the individual competi-tions are over for the Cardinal,the teamlooks forward once again to a united ef-fort at competition for next season.

“Although the end result wasn’twhat I had envisioned for myself in theIndividuals, there are still a lot of posi-tives that I can take away from the sea-son,” Klahn said. “I am really excited

for the team and myself to build on oursuccesses this season, and to use thisyear’s NCAAs as motivation to contin-ue to work harder in the offseason andget back to the level we know we are ca-pable of.”

Contact Alyssa Ahluwalia at aahluw13@stanford.edu.

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SPORTS BRIEFSBarte, Burdette fall in NCAA

Doubles Final

Stanford’s top doubles team ofsophomore Hilary Barte and juniorLindsay Burdette fell just short ofcapturing an NCAA title, losing toCalifornia’s Mari Andersson and JanaJuricova in the championship match,6-3, 6-4.

The No.8 Cardinal duo reached thefinals of the 32-team tournament afterdefeating the No.36,No.32,No.24 andNo. 10 teams in the country, beforefalling to the No. 7 team from Cal. De-spite Barte’s and Burdette’s deep runthrough the tournament, the Cal pairwas too strong for the Cardinal,as An-dersson and Juricova won every matchin the tournament in straight sets.

The meeting between the two Pa-cific-10 Conference foes was the thirdof the year, as Barte and Burdettesplit the first two matchups with An-dersson and Juricova, with the roadteam winning each match.

By advancing so far in the tourna-ment,Barte and Burdette earned All-American honors. Barte was alsonamed an All-American for her per-formance in singles, where she wasranked No. 7 and reached the roundof 16 before falling to No. 8 MarritBoonstra from Florida. This is thesecond consecutive year in whichBarte was named an All-Americanin singles and doubles, while Bur-dette has been an All-American indoubles all three years at Stanford.

— By Jacob Jaffe

CHRIS SEEWALD/The Stanford Daily

Sophomore Alex Clayton reboundedfrom an injury-plagued season to reachthe quarterfinals of the NCAA SinglesTournament before losing to eventualwinner Devin Britton of Mississippi.

And finally baseball, which hadmaybe the most disappointing seasonof all of the aforementioned Cardinalteams.As the team dropped two out ofthree to Oregon State,the bell official-ly tolled for the 2009 season — theteam would not be returning toOmaha in 2009,and,indeed,would noteven play for a chance to return in anNCAA Regional.

Yet in that failure lies perhaps thegreatest evidence of a team in transi-tion.After losing many of the cogs thatkept the Cardinal’s 2008 offensive ma-chine running (catcher Jason Castro,centerfielder Sean Ratliff, secondbaseman Cord Phelps, etc.) the teamsimply took too long to find its footingin 2009.By the time Stanford started toroll in May,it was already,perhaps,toolate for its chances this year. But withFriday and Saturday starters BrettMooneyham and Jordan Pries (bothfreshmen) returning in 2010, alongwith several sophomores who playedkey offensive roles in 2009,perhaps it’sthe Stanford baseball team,more thanany other, that bears all the marks of aprogram to watch next year.

In short, looking back, 2008-2009may have been a bear market for Stan-ford sports. But on closer inspection,much of this market, at least, seemspoised for a turnaround.

Denis Griffin hopes Stanford’s teams turnaround faster than the nation’s economy.Tell him your thoughts at djgriff@stan-ford.edu.

GRIFFINContinued from page 4

Berman said, “courses will rotateout on a regular cycle to make roomfor new courses — but a regularlyrenewed curriculum is surely a goodoutcome.”

School of EngineeringThe School of Engineering also

recently released plans to reorgan-ize administration and cut programsin order to meet strict budget re-quirements.

Dean Jim Plummer announcedthat in response to the budget crisis,the school must make a permanentreduction of $9.6 million to the baseoperating budget. After protectingessential expenditures, which in-clude costs such as faculty salaries,the school will cut 21 percent of theremaining operating budget.

In an email to all engineeringschool faculty and staff, Plummerdelineated the various plans theschool has for making such a signif-icant budget reduction. The schoolwill be reallocating endowment in-come, freezing 15 vacant faculty po-sitions until further notice, eliminat-

ing salary increases for the comingfiscal year, eliminating staff withinthe Dean’s Office and reducing ex-penditures within each departmentby 14 percent.

Plummer acknowledged in theemail that it is unlikely that depart-ments will be able to make the 14percent reduction without eliminat-ing staff positions.

Nonetheless, Plummer remainedoptimistic about the future of theschool, promising to work withProvost John Etchemendy anddeans from other schools to findcreative ways to cut costs.

“We are aggressively pursuingways to both generate income andreduce expenses so that we can re-open the frozen faculty billets,” hewrote.

The school’s plans for the futureare still on track, including openingsfor a new automotive innovation fa-cility and a renovated PetersonBuilding in 2009.

“We are committed to complet-ing the key capital projects under-way,” Plummer added.

The Stanford Center for Profes-sional Development, which is theSchool of Engineering’s online anddistance education program, is alsoconsidering cuts in the near future,although Plummer declined to com-

ment on them,since they have yet tobe officially announced.

Contact Ellen Huet at ehuet@stanford.edu.

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safer about their money. They wantto make sure to do good.”

“When you have something youcan touch and feel,” he added,“there’s a security and a self-assur-ance that their money is going tosomething good.”

Walker also noted the appeal ofnovelty value.

“I think just having the goats andthe yak out there just piqued every-one’s interest,”Walker said.

Bartholomew added that afterthe positive response, she hopes for arepeat performance in 2010.

“The goats will be coming againnext year, I hope,” Bartholomewsaid.

Contact Eric Messinger at messinger@stanford.edu.

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