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Foreign policy will likely be anet plus for President BarackObama in the upcoming 2012election, Professor Emeritus ofHistory David Kennedy assertedTuesday evening to a packedBechtel Conference Room.

Theres some reason to think

that foreign policy will be a plusfor Obama in the 2012 campaign,Kennedy said. Hes delivered onhis promise to wind down the IraqWar and has largely wound downthe Afghan War.

Kennedy was one of three pan-elists at the event, titled The 2012U.S. Presidential Election andU.S. Foreign Policy. David Brady,professor of political science andsenior fellow at the Hoover Insti-tution, and Michael Armacost, aformer U.S. ambassador and fel-low at the Freeman Spogli Insti-tute for International Studies(FSI), joined Kennedy in a discus-sion moderated by Coit Blacker,FSI Director.

Kennedy opened the event by

arguing that a constitutional sepa-ration of foreign policy responsi-bilities between the ability ofCongress to declare war and thepresidents role as commander inchief and treaty negotiator hasled to natural discord between thebranches of government.

That division of power consti-tutes . . . an invitation to conflict,Kennedy said.

He acknowledged that foreignpolicy successes and setbackshave historically tended to accrueto the president rather than thelegislative branch.

In attempting to establish acorrelation between notable for-eign policy incidents and electoraloutcomes, Kennedy said he was

only able to establish positive cor-relation between winding down apredecessors conflict and an elec-

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SPEAKERS & EVENTS

War policyoffers edge

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By JULIA ENTHOVENSENIOR STAFF WRITER

At its last meeting of the aca-demic year, the ASSU Under-graduate Senate endorsed thenomination of almost 100 stu-dents to University committees,established the Community Ac-tion Board (CAB) as a perma-nent institution of the ASSUand approved the new electionscommissioner and PublicationsBoard chairs.

Nine of the 15 senators werepresent at last nights meeting.

Those present unanimously

approved the ASSU operatingbudget for next year despite nothaving a bill drafted for thebudget legislation, thus violatingthe Senate bylaws.

Almost 100 students werenominated to 40 Universitycommittees after being inter-viewed and selected by the in-terim Nominations Commission(NomCom), which was made upof ASSU President Robbie Zim-broff 12, Graduate StudentCouncil (GSC) Chair DavidHsu and members from lastyears NomCom who acceptedan invitation to return in the ab-sence of an established replace-ment for the Commission.

If they receive majority ap-proval from the GSC, thesenominated students will be pre-

sented as recommendations tothe appropriate University com-mittees by June 1.

The Senate also approvedBrianna Pang 13, a former un-

dergraduate senator, as ASSUelections commissioner for theupcoming year.

The Senate confirmed Kath-leen Chaykowski 13, former ed-itor in chief of The Daily, andKian Ameli 13 of the StanfordChaparral as co-chairs of thePublications Board for the 2012-13 academic year.

After receiving the most up-dated version of the GSC sec-tion of the ASSU budget fromGSC representatives, SenateChair Branden Crouch 14

shared the budget he had re-ceived from Naveen Mahmoud,ASSU financial manager and

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Margaret Hagan, a second year Stanford Law School student, moderated a focus group Tuesday on developing technology to betterserve anti-trafficking petitioners. Hagan is one of three founders of Traffick Junction, an online platform for anti-trafficking advocates.

By MARY HARRISONSTAFF WRITER

At the end of its first academic year, theOffice of Alcohol Policy and Education(OAPE) has declared its newest program,Cardinal Nights, a success, despite a minoruptick in the number of students transporteddue to alcohol overconsumption this year.

OAPE launched the initiative last fall withthe goal of increasing alcohol-free program-ming offered to students on weekend nights.According to its website, Cardinal Nights isaimed at both reducing high-risk drinking oncampus and building a stronger community

for non-drinkers and light drinkers.The program has been doing a better jobaddressing the second part of that goal thanthe first, according to Angelina Cardona 11,assistant director and community engage-ment coordinator for OAPE. Cardona saidthat the number of students hospitalized foroverconsumption of alcohol was slightlyhigher this year than last.

There were 64 transports during the 2010-11 academic year. There have been 66 trans-ports thus far this year. According to Car-dona, more than 20 percent of this years

transports resulted from just two events: FullMoon on the Quad and Mausoleum Party.

OAPE is leading a number of initiativesthat seek to decrease high-risk drinking,Cardona wrote in an email to The Daily.Cardinal Nights is just one part of our ap-proach.

Cardinal Nights has hosted or partneredwith student groups on 44 different eventsthis year, including Snowchella, comedyshows, the Frost Revival concert, Fiesta Lati-na and many others, including dances.

At the beginning of this year, a sample ofStanford students participated in the Coresurvey, which polls students to assess nation-

al trends involving alcohol and other drugson college campuses. According to the sur-vey, 21.7 percent of Stanford students saidthey would not want alcohol to be present atparties they attend.

Cardona said the program is dedicated torepresenting the desires of this segment ofthe Stanford population.

Cardinal Nights seeks to challenge thefaulty normative belief that alcohol is neededto have fun on a college campus, Cardonasaid. We also seek to reinforce healthy be-haviors and lifestyles for our students.

In order to evaluate the success of theCardinal Nights program, OAPE has sur-veyed students to gauge interest in varioustypes of events and used Facebook to seekstudent feedback. More than 400 studentshave filled out the survey that CardinalNights created to get reviews about its events.

One goal for this year with CardinalNights was to try a lot of different types of

events out and assess what students mostenjoy, Cardona said.Jack Trotter 12, a senior class president,

said in an email to The Daily that he thoughtCardinal Nights was successful in that goal.

I think there has been much greater di-versity in terms of the types of events thatvarious student groups have offered, Trottersaid.

In addition to these measures, Cardonasaid that when the program co-sponsors an

OAPE cites gains withCardinal Nights

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New program supports 44 alcohol-free events in its first year,part of a larger effort to build community for non-drinkers

Antioxidant may treatautism symptomsBy THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

A pilot trial at the Stanford School ofMedicine and the Lucile Packard Chil-drens Hospital showed that the antioxi-dant supplement N-Acetylcysteine(NAC) may be an effective treatment ofcertain autism symptoms in children.

The study is part of an ongoing effortby researchers to find alternative ways totreat serious symptoms such as irritabilityand repetitive behaviors, which can sig-nificantly affect a childs development, es-pecially in learning and vocational activi-ties.

Antonio Haden, primary author of

the study and associate professor of psy-chiatry and behavioral science, said in anarticle in Stanford Medicine News that hehas high hopes that NAC could be one ofthe first drugs to effectively treat serioussymptoms of autism.

The trial ran for 12 weeks with 31 chil-dren, who demonstrated over that timeperiod an average decrease in irritabilityfrom 13.1 to 7.2, as measured on theAberrant Behavior Checklist scale. Addi-tionally, the study revealed that NAC hassignificantly milder side effects on its pa-tients than current treatments.

The next step for the study is to testNACs effects in a larger group and to de-termine how it functions within thehuman body.

Meanwhile, Stanford is currently filinga patent for use of the antioxidant intreating autism. According to StanfordMedicine News, one of the studys au-thors has a financial stake in a companythat produces the antioxidant used in thetrial.

The full study and its results are ex-pected to be published in Biological Psy-chiatry on June 1.

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Arastradero TrailBy THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

The University announced Tuesdaythat it will soon begin construction on a$1.05 million trail stretching fromArastradero Road to the ArastraderoPreserve, after receiving approval fromthe Los Altos Hills City Council earlierthis month.

Planning and discussion of the trail be-tween Los Altos Hills and Stanford start-ed in 2006, following agreements made

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event with a student group, OAPEasks the group to fill out an assess-ment after the event takes place.

More than 95 percent of stu-dent groups surveyed by OAPE

reported that their events weresuccessful and that they wouldpartner with Cardinal Nights againin the future.

Katie Rovelstad 14 workedwith Cardinal Nights when plan-ning a March 16 concert withMacklemore and Ryan Lewis. Shesaid her experience with CardinalNights was positive.

They [OAPE] wanted tothrow a concert that would re-mind students that college couldbe fun without drinking, Rovel-stad wrote in an email to TheDaily. They arent there to be thealcohol police they wanteverybody to be safe and still havefun.

Baffour Kyerematen 15

worked with OAPE and CardinalNights this year for Frosh Coun-cils Glow Crazy dance.

All of [Frosh Councils]events are alcohol-free, so we fig-ured we might as well partner withCardinal Nights to get more fund-ing so our events had more appealand so more people would go tothem, Kyerematen said.

Based on attendance and stu-dent experience, Cardinal Nightsmost successful events so far havebeen two trips to Cirque du Soleilperformances, the Macklemore

and Ryan Lewis concert and theFrost Revival Concert, accordingto Cardona.

Cardinal Nights measured thestudent energy level at an averageof 3.2 on a scale from one tofour at its events, and the totalnumber of attendees at CardinalNights events this year was 11,129.This number counts all attendees,not unique attendees.

Although its plans for nextyear are not definite, Cardonasaid OAPE has been discussingways to improve Cardinal Nightsfor the future. One idea is to hostmore consistent events, such as amovie night each Friday.

OAPE is also looking to imple-ment more personal and creativemarketing strategies to garnerpublicity for its events with Cardi-nal Nights representatives in eachdorm, according to Cardona.

During a presentation on May18 at the Student Affairs PosterFair where staff in the StudentAffairs division showcase theiron-campus projects OAPErepresentatives said that theyhope Cardinal Nights will have

greater partnership with high-risk social events, such as FullMoon on the Quad and Mau-soleum Party, which had eight andseven transports, respectively, thisyear.

Kyerematen, rising sophomoreclass president, said that the presi-dents are open-minded aboutworking with OAPE to plan FullMoon on the Quad next year in aneffort to prevent transports.

Contact Mary Harrison at mharri-son15@stanford.edu.

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that year with Santa Clara Countyunder the Universitys GeneralUse Permit, which places a limit onStanfords expansion. The trail,however, faced a postponementdue to a lawsuit from the Commit-tee for Green Foothills.

In 2010, Stanford won the caseand continued its collaborationwith Los Altos Hills, culminating inthe offers acceptance on May 17.The University will directly over-see the construction of the trail,which will include a five-foot-wide

unpaved pedestrian walkway andtwo full-sized bike lanes.

Los Altos Hills Town CouncilMember Ginger Summit told theStanford Report that she is eagerfor Stanfords renovations in thedesignated area.

Through the years, this stretchof narrow road has become in-creasingly congested with com-muter traffic, bicycles and hikers,creating a very dangerous chal-lenge, Summit said. With theStanford involvement, at last wehave been able to find a workablesolution that addresses the safetyconcerns of neighbors, pedestrians,equestrians, bikers and the autotraffic.

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toral benefit.Brady followed Kennedy and

attributed less significance to for-eign policy in an electoral context.He said instead that the health of

the economy or voters per-ception thereof is the criticalfactor in determining the incum-bents chance of re-election.

He acknowledged, however,that as demonstrated by elec-toral setbacks sustained by De-mocrats in 1952 and 1968 duringthe Korean and Vietnam Wars,foreign policy has historicallybeen the variable most likely todistort the impact of a healthyeconomy.

In both cases, opposition to[ongoing wars] was sufficient togive victory to the Republicans,Brady noted, despite the relativeeconomic prosperity at the time.

According to Brady, the up-coming election may mark a re-

versal in the two political par-ties mastery of the foreign poli-cy issue, with Obama currentlyenjoying a polling advantageover presumptive Republicannominee Mitt Romney on a sub-

ject Republicans have tradition-ally dominated.

Going into this election, for-eign policy is an Obama strength,Brady said. Most Americansfavor [the Democrats] policies, soin the absence of some dramaticevent, as of today, the Democratshave an advantage on foreign pol-icy worth two to three points in theelection.

Armacost cited his own expe-riences as a diplomat in detailingthe impact of the election

process on the conduct of for-eign policy.

Domestic considerations al-ways intrude on making foreignpolicy, Armacost said. Elec-tions have an increasingly pow-erful effect because they startearlier and last longer.

While acknowledging thatthe time and political require-ments of campaigning haveoften necessitated a relativelydiminished focus on foreign pol-icy by presidents seeking re-election, Armacost said that theincumbent has a unique abilityto implement narrative-chang-ing foreign policy course correc-

tions, citing as an exampleObamas recent pivot towardAsia.

Those are policies that haverather widespread support, andthey represent good positioningfor the election, Armacost said.

Armacost, however, saidthere is currently little chance ofa dramatic shift in U.S. policy to-ward contentious issues such as

Iran or North Korea, citing thepossibility of uncontrolled esca-lation.

Crises can be beneficial be-cause people rally around theflag, Armacost said. It will onlybe beneficial [ultimately] if hemanages it well.

Quizzed by Blacker about thepotential impact of Irans nu-clear policy program on the up-coming election, all three pan-elists downplayed any advan-tage to be gained by either can-didate in escalating the issue butnoted that an eventual conflictmay become unavoidable.

If the Israelis make the deci-sion to go after what they see asan existential threat, the presi-

dent would have to supportthem, Armacost said.

Questioning from the audi-ence focused largely on contem-porary issues facing the presi-

dential candidates in the run-upto the election.

Responding to a questionposed by Political Science Pro-fessor Mike Tomz on the impactof proposed defense cuts on the2012 election, Armacost notedthat the issue may be politicallysensitive for both parties andwill likely occupy only a second-ary role in the campaign.

Theyre going to talk aboutthe economy, and theyre goingto talk about jobs, Brady added.Its going to be a nasty cam-paign.

When asked by Matthew Col-ford 14 about potential criti-cisms of Obamas handling ofthe Arab Spring and the subse-quent geopolitical scene in theMiddle East, Brady argued thatdespite some Republican criti-cism of Obamas alleged timidityon the movement, the issue willgain little traction with the elec-torate.

The American people arehappy were getting out of Iraqand Afghanistan, Brady said.Romney can push that view-

point, but its not where theAmerican people are.

Contact Marshall Watkins at mt-watkins@stanford.edu.

POLICYContinued from front page

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In a Tuesday panel, Professor Emeritus David Kennedy, Professor DavidBrady and former Ambassador Michael Armacost analyzed the role for-eign policy may play in the upcoming U.S. presidential campaign.

CEO of Stanford Student Enter-prises (SSE), with his fellow sena-tors.

Despite not having a bill to es-tablish the budget as a piece oflegislation, the Senate unani-mously approved it as the officialASSU budget for the next fiscalyear.

The previous UndergraduateSenate had approved a budget forthe current Association duringthe last meeting of its term after

revising a few provisions in theGSC section of the budget. How-ever, the GSC rejected the bill be-cause it objected to the Senatesrevisions, according to formerGSC co-chair Addy Satija.

As a result, the ASSU was leftwithout a budget for the newterm.

The Senate suspended therules of order at Tuesdays meet-ing to vote on the budget withoutprevious notice.

The ASSU Constitution statesthat the Senate must pass a budg-et before the end of this fiscalyear, which will occur during thesummer. According to the consti-tution, if the Senate and GSC donot approve a budget by this

deadline, the budget for the newfiscal year must be identical to thebudget from the previous fiscalyear. However, last years Senatepassed its budget in October 2011and did not abide by this clause.

When asked about the statusof the budget after the meeting,neither ASSU ParliamentarianKimberly Bacon 15 nor Crouchcould provide an explanation re-garding the legitimacy of the vote.

Our budget is now official,Senator Shahab Fadavi 15 saidafter the meeting.

The Senate also unanimouslyapproved a bill institutionalizingthe Community Action Board(CAB) as a service project ofthe ASSU, defined by the bylawsas a semi-autonomous student-run agenc[y], subject to the over-sight of the President of the Asso-ciation and the relevant Associa-tion legislative bodies.

[CAB] guarantees a way forcommunities to really have thatlobbying and advocacy powerwith the administrators . . . andfacilitates dialogue betweenthose communities, said AracelyMondragon 13 of CABs activi-ties this past year, initiated by theprevious ASSU Executive.

Mondragon listed CABs re-

sponse to the Study of Under-graduate Education at Stanford(SUES) report and establishmentof contacts in the administrationas the boards top accomplish-ments this year.

While several senators ex-plained that the bills intent wasto ensure CABs existence inde-pendent of executive discretion,they could not give consistent an-swers about CABs role in theASSU or its funding source.

Its kind of like a new branch

its a division, Crouch saidwhen asked after the meetingabout CABs role in the ASSU.Theyll still go through the Un-dergraduate Senate to get every-thing approved, so theyll still beaccountable to the legislativebranches.

The legislation did not delin-eate CABs expected fundingsource. Bacon was the only sena-tor to ask CAB representativesabout funding and policies.

CAB Chair Holly Fetter 13said she doesnt feel that CABfunding conflicts with generalfunding in the ASSU, but did notsay explicitly from where themoney for CAB will or should

come. Last year, CAB receivedASSU discretionary funding.Because the Senate had only

nine voting members present andwanted a clear two-thirds sup-port, senators called in SenatorJanhavi Vartak 15, who had pre-viously been absent. Baconguessed that Vartak had been ather dorm.

The 10 present senators thenapproved the new charter ofCAB unanimously, while fundingpolicies and internal reviewmechanisms must still be drafted.

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By LAUREN MCCUNE

Who needs titles like chief execu-tive officer or marketing direc-tor when you can be chiefinspir/instig-ation officer, chiefelevation officer, director of big

deals or chief gregarious grammarian? For thosewith a penchant for innovative titles, the LevoLeague offers a chance for a unique business card,and for consumers, it offers a niche service.

The Levo League is a network dedicated togiving young, recently graduated female profes-sionals the support and resources they need to besuccessful in the corporate world. Amanda Pou-chot and Caroline Ghosn 08 created the LevoLeague to fill a void they found in the support sys-tem for young women between college and thebusiness world. The network provides a socialarena to connect women with opportunities andserves as a mentoring tool through which youngfemale professionals can learn from others withexperience.

Based in New York City, the Levo League hasbeen extremely influential in movements such asEqual Pay Day a day created to raise awarenessof the pay gaps between the sexes and Ask 4More Day, which seeks to equalize this income gap.

What was it that prompted two venture capital-ists from the Bay Area to quit their jobs and foundan institution dedicated to advancing women in the

workplace? The two met on their first day at con-sulting firm McKinsey and Company. They bondedover sensing an absence of help for women in theworkplace during their young careers.

Caroline [Ghosn] and I were so struck by howwe could support each other . . . we thought, whycant we bring this to a larger group of people?Pouchot said.

The two women come from wildly differentbackgrounds. Ghosn was born in Brazil, lived in theUnited States, moved to France and then went tohigh school in Japan before coming to Stanford asa freshman, where she was a member of the Stan-ford Student Entrepreneurs.

Her freshman year of real life was a suddenchange from the linear, grade-based definition ofsuccess she had been used to until graduation.

Pouchot grew up in a single-mother household

in Northern California before attending UC-Berkeley, where she majored in sociology. Thecommunities to which she belonged her highschool basketball team and her college sorority,among others influenced her heavily. Pouchotsaid she chose sociology because of her fascinationwith how the institutions and communities aroundus help create our identity, and how we as individu-als in turn create these institutions.

But after college is over, what becomes of com-munity? Pouchot and Ghosn agreed: once youleave college, there is suddenly no one left to help

you and no well-defined community to join.Entering the professional world is the first timein your life where you dont really have a plan, shesaid. Before, the plan had been, Youre in juniorhigh, you go to high school. Youre in high school,you go to college.

The Levo League continues to provide supportfor young female entrepreneurs. Earlier thismonth, the League launched a mentoring programin which less experienced members are matchedwith more seasoned mentors. The following day,the Levo League launched a graduation microsite.

Its basically going to be like, Hashtag oh shit,were 2013! Ghosn said with a laugh. Its basical-ly going to have the answers to all the questions youhave when you graduate, so nobody ever has to ex-perience how awful it is not to have the answers tothose questions ever again.

The site also recently launched a new featurecalled The Lounge, which Pouchot described as

essentially a Facebook wall to serve as a safe spacefor women to ask questions, get advice and sharetheir stories.

Our ultimate goal is the service of that commu-nity, Ghosn said. Were in the service of whateveris needed to get to that place of elevation profes-sionally.

The founders hope to inspire students to takeadvantage of all the opportunities at their finger-tips to find solutions through personal experience.

Just remember all the unique opportunities wehave at Stanford to interact with leaders, Ghosnsaid. Take classes in something absolutely new, getinvolved with start-ups . . . you never know whereyour passion could end up lying, and you have atremendous opportunity to explore it.

Contact Lauren McCune at lmccune@stanford.edu.

By ILEANA NAJARROSTAFF WRITER

Like many other Stanford students,Alexandria Hicks-Nelson 12bikes to her job after class. Unlikemost Stanford students, once shearrives at her job she readies her-

self to handle a seven-and-a-half-foot boaconstrictor, dole out goose and duck food,release a raccoon from its enclosure andwalk ferrets named Rufus and Tully on

their leashes.Hicks-Nelson, co-president of the Stan-

ford Undergraduate Pre-vet Club, has vol-unteered at the Palo Alto Junior Museumand Zoo for the past two years to gain expe-rience for her future career in veterinaryscience. Thanks to her experience with theclub, Hicks-Nelson will be working at theAdobe Animal Hospital this summer inpreparation for applying to veterinaryschool in October.

Founded on campus 11 years ago byDonna Bouley, professor of comparativescience and pathology by courtesy, the pre-vet club is an opportunity for undergradu-ates, graduates and even postdoctoral fel-lows to network with current veterinariansand alumni, learn about the necessarycoursework and steps toward veterinaryschool and explore the wide range of fieldsthat fall under the category of veterinaryscience aside from animal clinics and horsemedicine.

Were trying to provide them with whatwere really good at, but it also gives them aunique kind of a leg up in applying to vetschool as well, Bouley said.

Bouley started the club after some ofher students were admitted into veterinaryschools but were missing required course-work that Stanford did not offer, such aslab-based microbiology. From there,Bouleys goal was to find interested stu-dents and keep tabs on them so they couldbe fully prepared for veterinary school andhave the necessary shadowing hours andlab work completed on time.

The Department of Comparative Medi-cine, which co-funds the club along with the

Office of Undergraduate Advising and Re-search, now hosts a range of classes and re-search opportunities for club members. Nextyear, three new introductory seminars willbe added: Introduction to Animal Behavior,Comparative Hematology and a course onanesthesia titled, Ouch! That Hurts.

Club members meet twice a quarterover dinner, during which they hear presen-tations from faculty members and re-searchers at the Department of Compara-tive Medicine, club alumni and other clubmembers. The presentations include guide-

lines to follow in applying to veterinaryschool, previews of classes that studentsshould take for their specialized field andresearch opportunities.

A lot of times pre-vets will fall into thetrap of not really going for the internshipsthat would best suit their expertise or inter-ests, so we do a lot of sharing of that,Hicks-Nelson said.

Additionally, Bouley meets with the stu-dents one-on-one to advise them on theirprogress. Bouley said she hopes the club

can also expose students to a wide range ofcareer opportunities they may not realizeexists.

Clinical medicine is a great practice,but a lot of students think thats all there is,Bouley said. They dont realize that youcan get into board specialties, research,public health and all of these differentthings that veterinarians are crucial to intodays world.

To draw in more members and create apresence on campus, the club hosts a Pre-Vet Club Expo every other year, in whichthey invite speakers currently working inthe field, current vet school students andStanford alumni to host panels or work-shops and have lunch conversations withvisiting high school students and Bay Areapre-vet college students.

The goal of the expo is to get students tothink about a career as veterinarians aheadof time to ensure they plan their curriculumaccordingly. Because of the small numberof accredited veterinary schools in thecountry, the application process is excep-tionally competitive.

Nowadays for vet students to be com-petitive these kids have thousands of hoursof vet shadowing, and thats pretty hard todo if you only started in your junior year ofcollege, Bouley said. They need to bethinking about this even in high school.

However, Bouley still encourages lateinvolvement both in the club and the careerpath. She herself spent most of her early ca-reer as a gymnastics coach and judge untilshe discovered an interest in pathology re-search.

The message that I try to give to them

is that first of all, all experience is good ex-perience, even if it was a bad experience,because you then know what you dontwant to do, Bouley said.

While Stanford has a record of nearly100 percent acceptance of its students toveterinary schools, club alumna ClaudiaChern 11, who now works as a veterinaryassistant at a San Francisco clinic, said shefound it difficult being a pre-vet student ata pre-med dominated school like Stanford.

I still think that its pretty hard to bepre-vet at Stanford because the opportuni-

ties are for human medicine, but it washelpful for Dr. Bouley to mentor us be-cause she really helps everyone find placesto get needed experience at a place whereits all human medicine, Chern said.

Hicks-Nelson said that if it werent forthe club and its connection with the De-partment of Comparative Medicine, sheprobably wouldnt have been able to attenda summer internship at the New EnglandWildlife Center. Only the Department ofComparative Medicine would pay for thenecessary rabies vaccinations that the biol-ogy department couldnt offer.

As much as I wish that there was a spe-cific animal sciences major, just being in thebiology department and being a pre-vethave been different ways of helping me

out, Hicks-Nelson said.By banding together in collaboration

with the Department of Comparative Med-icine, Stanfords small group of veterinari-an hopefuls said they have been supported

in chasing an unorthodox career path.We have had students [who] have goneon to vet school and are currently in pathol-ogy residencies [or] Ph.D. programs, andone of our alums is coming back as a lab an-imal resident, Bouley said. Its a smallgroup, but I think we have a big impact rel-ative to the numbers of people that aregoing on to these alternative types of vetcareers.

Contact Ileana Najarro at inajarro@stanford.edu.

Connecting women inthe workplace

Courtesy of Dana Maria Dean

Alexandria Hicks-Nelson, co-president of the Stanford Pre-vet Club, showed off Rascal atthe Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, where she has volunteered for the past two years.

Courtesy of Elizabeth Lippman

Amanda Pouchot and Caroline Ghosn founded the Levo League, an organiza-tion that provides a support system for women entering the business world.

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OPINIONS

When I sat down to comeup with this weeks col-umn topic, I came to a re-

alization: this was going to be mylast column. Volume 241 of TheStanford Daily was coming to anend, and I had one last chance to

put something out there beforemy weekly revelations came to anend. After today, a round ofcolumnist applications stands be-tween me and another volumesworth of my weekly thoughts(brought to you in neat little 650-800 word packages).

As I tried to come up with themost profound (and cheesiest)ending I could possibly come upwith, I realized that I did have onepiece of advice left that I wantedto shout from the rooftops, some-thing I wanted to say to every sin-gle student on Stanfords campus:

You should write a column.Yes, thats right, Im talking to

you. Granted, Im also talking toyour best friend, your roommate,

your lab partner and your signifi-cant other, but you fall into thatcategory as well. You, who are cur-rently reading this column, shouldpick up a piece of paper, a note-book, a laptop or an iPad (what-ever floats your boat) and start todraft your very own version of aweekly opinions column. Afteryou finish reading this one, ofcourse.

Now, before you roll your eyesand think, Yeah, right, hear meout.

This column youre reading ismy 15th column for The Daily.That means that over the courseof the last five months, 15 of the

many random thoughts in myhead have stopped cluttering myalready busy mind. Having a col-umn has forced me to extract oneof those thoughts each week andput it down in writing, and not inan unintelligible manner thatonly makes sense to me, but in anactual, logical format that makessense to other people when theyread it.

Not only has my columnhelped me clear my mind, buthaving a column has provided mewith a platform to interact withmany new members of the Stan-ford community. Writing a col-umn for The Daily has allowed meput my face, opinions and emailout there every week, and every

week has brought me new interac-tions with Stanford students andalumni alike. The positive emailsthat I have received have beenhelpful, the constructive criticismeven better and the anonymousnegative comments have simplyfueled my desire to make eachand every column worth reading.

Now, this column phenome-non, as I have decided to name it,

isnt limited to just me. Just askany of the columnists from thisvolume or volumes past, and Imsure theyd all agree: writing a col-umn is a surprisingly cathartic ex-perience.

So do yourself a favor andwrite a column. I promise you, thefirst time you see your column inprint, youre going to be over-come with a sense of joy and ac-complishment thats unlike anyother, and putting somethingthats on your mind out thereevery week will help lead you togreat discussions, whether its viaresponding to an email from areader or talking to your bestfriends to try to come up withyour next topic.

I cant make any promises foranyone else, but I can guaranteeyou that youll have at least onefaithful reader in me (as long asyou have a punny title)!

Has Ravali convinced you to be-come a columnist for Volume 242?Send her an email at ravreddy@stan-ford.edu and shell tell you how toapply!

Egg donor wanted, Bstudents need not apply

How a dirt road in Iraq

changed my life forever

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On May 18, The Daily fea-tured an ad from an alum-nus seeking a genius egg

donor who would receive excel-lent compensation. The eggdonor must be high-achieving,with high standardized test scores,several awards from high schooland college and an A grade-pointaverage. The alumnus set forth

such exacting standards hopingthat his child will eventually at-tend Stanford or another top uni-versity. The Editorial Board be-lieves that these ads have trou-bling ethical ramifications. Theydistort the appropriate financialcompensation for egg donation,thereby violating ethical guide-lines of the fertility industry, andperpetuate the gene myth thatcapacity for achievement is trans-mitted genetically.

The first issue is compensa-tion. Though the ad does not listhow much the egg donor will bepaid, only saying that she will re-ceive excellent compensation,

other ads promise compensationof up to $50,000 for well-qualified,Ivy League donors. However, theethics committee of the AmericanSociety of Reproductive Medi-cine (ASRM) argues that com-pensation should not be used asan incentive to donate, but shouldinstead cover the time, inconven-ience, and discomfort associatedwith the egg retrieval process. Ac-cording to the ASRM, donorsshould be paid $5,000 at most, andcompensation above $10,000 isexplicitly not appropriate.

Despite these guidelines, eggdonation has transformed into afree market system that threatens

to distort womens perception ofthe health risks involved in dona-tion. These risks stem from med-ication that stimulates the ovaryto produce more eggs than nor-mal and can range from moodi-ness and infection to ovarian hy-perstimulation syndrome, a seri-ous condition affecting approxi-mately 6 percent of women whotake the medication. Yet as finan-cial compensation increases,women may become more in-clined to ignore the potentialhealth ramifications of egg dona-tion. Ads that promise excellentcompensation subvert the ASRM

guidelines, which are in placepartly to ensure that women arenot financially coerced into ignor-ing these risks. Although Stanfordwomen are intelligent enough toassess these risks, even they maydiscount the future risks in favorof present reward. Sperm dona-tion, also frequently advertised inThe Daily, does not present the

same troubling mix of potentialhealth complications balancedagainst financial profit.

The second issue raised by eggdonation ads is the perpetuationof a crude view of genetics thatcontributes to scientific illiteracy.Complex traits such as intelli-gence and academic motivationare only partly explained by ge-netics. Yet ads such as these con-tribute to the notion that theideal versions of these complextraits are mostly attributable togenetic factors. While some mayargue that the May 18 advertisersmay have only wanted to increasetheir chances of having a gifted

child, the ad states that thedonors passed-on genes will en-able the couples child to have thesame special gifts that thedonor has. This cause and effectrelationship deeply simplifies anddistorts the messy reality ofhuman genetics, presenting atroubling picture of phenotypicvariation that has been chal-lenged in scientific literature sev-eral times over.

Of course, women donate eggsfor many reasons; many do so notto raise needed money, but altru-istically to help infertile couples.However, if the egg donation is al-truistic, the donor should be com-

fortable donating to a couple thatdoes not specify a stringent list ofacademic requirements and doesnot advertise excellent compen-sation. One should donate to acouple that abides by the ethicalguidelines set forth by the profes-sional societies regulating fertilityclinics; first, that payment not ex-ceed $5,000 and second, that pay-ment not vary based on oocytequality. We have long implicitlytolerated these ads, expressing be-musement at their outlandish de-mands, but it is time to take amore serious look at the troublingvalues such ads promote.

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RAVALATIONS

Why you should have a column

Freshman year is thebest time of your life,we are reminded. At

the end of high school, at NSO,every Friday. Youre only afreshman once.

This much is true. We probablyonly have one chance to makecompletely new impressions, air-dropped in late September intothis new and curious conglomer-ate of people and buildings. Andas this once-in-a-lifetime mile-stone comes to a close, perhaps itis wise to pause and reflect onhow my friends and I approacheda whirlwind year.

Some of us wish we had metmore people. My friends wish

they had been to more eventsduring NSO, gone to more clubmeetings, been more involved. I,on the other hand, cant standthat kind of surface networking.Hi, Im Edward. Im probably aPoliSci major. Im from Canada,but not the cold part. Limphandshake. Rinse, repeat.

I remember sitting on my bedin September skipping meals be-cause I hated meeting people somuch. But perhaps wrongly I dont consider myself antisocial.

Unlike some of my friends, Idont wish I had met more people.I wish I knew people better.

Take just one example. Id con-sider myself pretty close with myPHE, Mona, but I only asked her

about where she was from lastweek. Not whereshe was from her nametag will tell you that but about where she was from.Important difference.

And so we launched into a dis-cussion about race in urban cen-ters, changing demographics, po-litical implications, all based onwhat was happening on theground in D.C., Monas home-town. A real, interesting, mutual-ly educational conversation be-tween an urban studies major anda sweaty, post-workout, protein-chugging freshman.

When I went to bed that night,

the difference between Whereare you from? and Whatshome like? became starkly ap-parent to me. Too often, it seems,freshmen forget to ask the secondquestion.

Some of my friends wish theyhad taken harder classes, moreunits, worked harder in general.They swore they would keep fit,pick up a hobby or learn a new

language.Not me. By the end of June I

will have taken more than 60 unitsof coursework, be really into ifnot too great at beach volley-ball and be learning Chinese.

But like them, I wish I hadchallenged myself more. Maybe Ishouldve gone to dinner with thedorm at NSO. I shouldve goneout with the rest of the third floorto play IM softball. Ive only beento Terra Happy Hour once, liter-ally picked up a drink and thenleft to hang out on Wilbur Field. Iprobably shouldve stayed andschmoozed. But it wasnt reallymy (our) element, so I (we) left.What a shame.

Finally, I wish I didnt hear

every waking moment how muchfun I was supposed to be having.Ive commented at length beforeon how happy this campus is, orseems to be. Thats a good thing.But what if this general happiness

jus t makes those who are ntdoing so hot feel worse? What ifwe feel we have an obligation tobe happy here (we are so blessed,after all) and we dont have anoutlet for our frustrations?

We all go through some not-so-great times. Some bad momentsare just due to unfortunate circum-stances, but some might be becauseof deeply-held problems we have

with ourselves: insecurity, commit-ment problems, being scared ofbeing away from home for the firsttime. And freshman year is thetime you figure it all out.

But Stanford students dont re-ally like to figure our lives out, atleast not in groups. We dont like totalk about what keeps us up atnight; we prefer to force ourselvesto sleep by inhaling shots of hardliquor.

As a result, some of my friendsare taking their search to otherplaces. Theyre transferring, tak-ing years off, joining the military.Good on them. Freshman yearhas shown them where they needwork, whether that work is aca-

demic, athletic, artistic or social.Freshman year at Stanford hasshown many of us how we mustimprove ourselves and, simulta-neously, how Stanford is not theplace to do it.

There is little else we can askof our education.

Freshman year has undoubt-edly had a steep learning curvethat has been a great pleasure toslide down. And in trying to makethe most of it, I wish I had donethree things. I wish I had gotten toknow people better. I wish I hadchallenged myself more. And Iwish most of all that I had under-stood that were all here on un-even footing. Some of us havenever been away from home be-

fore. Some of us have just brokeup with a dear companion. Someof us are intimidated, unprepared,scared. Autumn wounds do not al-ways scab with the spring bloom.

Every fresh face has a differ-ent story. And until we are atpeace with our own stories andidentities, its probably difficultfor us to really enjoy ourselves,comfortable in our own skins.

A shame, really, because fresh-man year is the best time of yourlife.

Tell Ed all about your freshmanyear at edngai@stanford.edu.

BURSTING THE BUBBLE

OP-ED

Making freshman year better

RavaliReddy

EdwardNgai

Nothing is certain in war.The night-vision gogglescast the road in a soft green

glow, a familiar view of Iraq. To 26Recon Marines, its just an ordi-nary dirt road, marked by a fewpotholes, weaving its way to a vil-lage. Inside the armored vehicles,we sit cramped and drenched insweat, wishing for even the slight-est breeze.

We are a special operationsunit, sent on a reconnaissancemission into unfriendly territory. Icant help but think back to theyear before. Will we see as muchcombat? During our briefings, wewere told that the insurgency had

subsided. But nothing is certain inwar.

With every rock and potholethe Humvee hits, I bang againstthe metal armor surrounding me.The 100 pounds of gear and am-munition that I carry weigh moreheavily as the hours pass. TheM249 squad automatic weaponbetween my legs adds to my claus-trophobia.

I scan ahead and to our flank,my vision limited by a dirty, bullet-proof window. I cant see much,but we have escaped death beforebecause one person spottedsomething out of place.

Around 2:00 a.m., we dis-mount at a house on the outskirtsof a village. We sleep in shifts untildawn and then begin a day of pa-trols and knock-and-talks togain a feel for the locals. Theyrepolite, but hardly forthcoming. Bynightfall, we pack up to leave withno new intel on insurgent activityin the area.

As my eyes again adjust to thenight-vision goggles, Iraq turns aneerie green. Leaving the village,we round a small bend that wasntentirely visible from our vantagepoint the night before.

First theres a blinding flash,then a deafening sound. My heart

jumps to my throat, and in thatsplit-second I know: A roadsidebomb. A pressure-plated IEDthat, somehow, four vehiclespassed without detonating. Vehi-cle Five, about 15 feet behind us, ishit hard, its entire front end gone.

Gunny, our platoon sergeant,lies in a crater the size of a Volk-swagen, his legs blown apart.Flesh and blood are scatteredacross the road and paint the in-side of the wrecked vehicle.

Dazed Marines stumblethrough the smoke and dust, un-

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Mens golf tied for 13th afterfirst round of NCAAs

The Stanford mens golf teamshot a 293 (+9) on Tuesday, plac-ing it in a tie for 13th with KentState after the first day of theNCAA Championships at theRiviera Country Club in PacificPalisades, Calif. The Cardinal iseight strokes behind currentleader Alabama (285) and justthree strokes away from the

eighth place spot, which is thecutoff for teams to advance tomatch play.

The NCAA tournament con-sists of three rounds of strokeplay before the 30-team field istrimmed to eight teams, whichthen compete against one anoth-er in a match play tournament.

Freshman Patrick Rodgerswas the only Cardinal player tobreak par on the day, shooting a69 (-2) in the first round to puthim in a six-way tie for fourth

place and two strokes behind theleader, UCLAs Anton Arbolei-da. Rodgers, who was ranked No.3 entering the tournament,recorded four birdies against twobogeys. Juniors Andrew Yun andSteven Kearney both shot open-ing rounds of 74 (+3) to tie for62nd. Freshman Patrick Grimesshot a 75 (+5) and sophomoreCameron Wilson shot a 79 (+8)

Today, the Cardinal wil l again

SPORTS BRIEFS

JACK MOSBACHER

STAFF WRITER

Jack Mosbacher was a member of the Stan-ford baseball team from 2008-2011. Eachweek, he takes a look at the Cardinals ups anddowns on its road to the College World Series.

For nearly a year, Stanford junior and

starting pitcher Mark Appel has been listedamong the elite prospects in this years MajorLeague Baseball draft, which will begin onJune 4. Based on his overpowering stuff, pro-totypical build and strong performance whilewearing the red, white and blue for TeamUSA this past summer, Appel is one of themost sought-after athletes in the amateurbaseball ranks. Come draft day, he is sure tohear his name called early perhaps as earlyas first overall.

This year, the coveted number one pick inthe draft belongs to Appels hometown team,the Houston Astros. Im not normally big inthe prediction business, but I feel comfortablemaking one here: if the Astros dont take MarkAppel, theyll be making a huge mistake.

Some experiences have a way of solidify-ing a place in your mind, and I will never for-

get the first time I saw Mark Appel throw abaseball. To be clear, I had seen a few guysthrow as hard, but never before had I seensuch fluidity and grace coupled with suchpower and torque. It was simply spectacular.

That, I remember thinking, is how it issupposed to be done.

All scouts agree that Appel has the stuffto make it to the big leagues, matching a

dominant fastball with a devastating sliderand quality changeup. More importantly,Mark has never been injured a huge ad-vantage in a market that depends uponshoulder and elbow health. Based on hisstuff and stamina, few doubt that he will be-come, at the least, a quality starter for aMajor League team.

That said, Appels stuff alone al-though undeniably impressive has notconclusively separated him from the rest ofthe pack in his draft class. Admittedly, he stillhas several areas in which he needs to im-prove. In my opinion, he needs to work a littlemore deception into his uber-smooth motionand make better use of his overpowering stuffin two-strike counts. Unlike the drafts of thelast two years, in which the Washington Na-tionals Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper

were obvious runaways for the top pick, thisyears draft has no clear favorite. Some scoutsarent even convinced that Appel is the bestpitcher in the college ranks, listing LouisianaState Universitys Kevin Gausman and Uni-versity of San Franciscos Kyle Zimmer as histop competitors.

Im not here to argue that Marks stuff issuperior to Gausmans or Zimmers Ive

only seen Gausman on TV and have neverseen Zimmers stuff. However, I have one ad-vantage over all of the scouts: I know bothMark Appel the pitcher and Mark Appel theperson, and when it comes to the latter, he issimply peerless.

Mark Appel the person is a mixture ofseemingly contradictory elements. He is aman of strong faith and unshakable competi-tiveness. He is a relentlessly aggressive ath-lete with an unfailingly warm heart. Hes farfrom perfect but perfectly honest about hisown faults. Simply put, hes an A-plus humanbeing.

And that is why I think that the Astroswould regret not making Mark Appel the firstpick next Monday. The organization has theopportunity to bring back a hometown kid Mark spent most of his childhood in Houston

before moving to the Bay Area and havethe type of player that most teams can onlydream about: a star player that children willadore and fans will love to root for. Hes awinner, a competitor and a class act. Ofcourse, I am not writing from an unbiased po-sition as I consider Mark, a former teammate,one of my best friends.

With that said, I feel obligated to warn the

Astros of Marks one glaring flaw as a base-ball player: he is, without question, the worsthitter I have ever seen. Playing in the Nation-al League, he will eventually have to hit forhimself if (and when) he makes it to the Ma-

jors. Honestly, there is a conceivable chancethat hell never get a hit.

So, let this be a formal endorsement ofMark Appel by one member of the Stanfordcommunity. The only reason I dont wantMark to go number one overall is that Stan-ford will miss him so much on the Farm forone more year. But if Mark is called first onJune 4, as I think he should be, hopefully hiscareer as a Cardinal can end a few weeks laterin Omaha with a title trophy in his hands.

Contact Jack Mosbacher at jackmos@stan-ford.edu.

Ive told the story a hundredtimes. Applying to college inthe fall of 2007 with the limit-ed guidance of an over-worked public school coun-

selor, I decided to make a funny andconclude my paragraph on why

Stanford was the right fit for me bysaying, I fully support any schoolthat embarrasses USC on the foot-ball field. I like to think I made it inbecause Dick Shaw has an incredi-ble sense of humor.

In truth, my application was any-thing but conventional or ideal. Butthe way I answered that final ques-tion was representative of every-thing listed on that digital form. Iwas being completely honest. Stan-ford was my top choice for a millionreasons, but mostly because it hadkickass sports. Other highly regard-ed academic institutions didnt.

Fast-forward to the present.After following Cardinal sports forfour years, this is my final column.Ive been a writer and a fan, an eter-

nal optimist and a remote-throwingpessimist, a student who has rou-tinely delayed last-minute assign-ments to attend early-season gamesagainst mid-major schools that I stillcant locate on a labeled map.

In a few weeks, Ill be graduatingwith perhaps the greatest collegequarterback of all time; the nationsbiggest number of past, present andfuture Olympians; dozens of nation-al champions; and the smartest fanbase in the country. Weve all en-dured our fair share of disappoint-ment wide lefts, rebuildingyears, losses to Cal, etc. but itwould be a crime to say were leav-ing disappointed.

If not for any other reason, Improud of the way things have beenaccomplished. In the current colle-giate athletics climate, going fouryears without any sort of relevantcontroversy is praiseworthy in itself.Doing it while maintaining the topall-around program in the nationputs Stanford in a league of its own.Every school has its imperfections,some more public than others, butthe fact that there hasnt even beena hint of significant negative specu-lation for a school that undoubtedlyhas a target on its back is truly re-markable.

I shouldnt use what few words Ihave left to convince you to enjoysports on the Farm as much as I do.Im crazy. I wouldnt be able to prop-erly survive at some D-III schoolthat arrogantly boasts three confer-ence championships in ice hockeysince 2003. I laugh at that. Stanfordhas turned me into a sports elitist,and a damn proud one at that.

What I can do is relay stories offriends who came to Palo Alto with-out a clue that a football had lacesand now exit as diehard opponentsof the Wildcat formation. Sports at

this institution serve several purpos-es, but none more important than asrefuge from the frightening realiza-tion that were being counted on asthe future of this planet. Its a taskmost of us are aware of and relish,but its also one that can get a bitoverwhelming. Theres nothing bet-ter than knowing that when life iskicking your butt, you can head overto the southeast corner of campusand watch your team kick someoneelses.

The incoming freshmen willgraduate from Stanford with a com-pletely different sports landscape

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Junior pitcher Mark Appel is one of the top prospects in the upcoming Major League Baseball draft. Former teammate Jack Mosbacher makes the case for why he should go No. 1.

ZachZimmermanDishing the Rock

THE PITCHER AND

THE PERSON

A columnfour years inthe making

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sure if theyre hit. Doc, our corps-man, is tying tourniquets toGunnys mangled legs as theground around them turns darker.

I run my teams trauma packto Doc and hear Gunny, his facetwisted in unimaginable pain, askDoc to kill him.

There should be shock andemotion. I am staring at a mannear death, the corpsman whotends him kneels on a gruesomecomposite of turned earth andflesh. No mind should take insuch horror. But in war, cruelty iscommonplace. There is calmnessin our movements. We have tofocus on staying alive. I join myfellow Marines on security, as aradioman requests an immediatecasualty evacuation.

The chopper arrives. We loadGunny into the chopper, and thebird takes off.

I dig in on the side of the road.Through a sleepless night, I againwatch Iraq basked in a surrealgreen. Marines about me quietlyshift their weapons and whisperinto radios. There is no movementin the desert.

At daybreak it starts up again.First come the mortar rounds and50 cal. sniper fire, then the crack-ing of AK-47s. I again wonder if Iwill live to see the next day.

But I did, and so did Gunny.Gunny was there to meet us whenthe teams deployment was upfive months later, already mobile

on his new prosthetics.That was five years ago. Now

Im a senior at Stanford, studyingpolitical science. There arentmany veterans here, but there area few of us. They all have memo-ries like mine of Humvees andcraters and worse things. Whenwe talk about Iraq andAfghanistan in class, we have adifferent perspective from moststudents.

As the wars draw down, moreand more young people returnhome with memories like these.We study, work, hang out withfriends and talk about politics likeeveryone else. But we always re-member one thing, which sets usapart: nothing is certain in war.Not even an ordinary dirt road.

Sergeant Chris Clark 12 servedtwo tours in Iraq ending in 2007 asa member of the Marine CorpsReconnaissance Unit.

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I run my teams

trauma pack to

Doc and hear

Gunny ask Doc

to kill him.

than we have today. Players will bepaid, conferences will be condensedand admission standards across thecountry will continue to decrease.Its a sick and twisted reality that

has been a long time coming, butone that will hit the Farm long aftersome of the more controversial uni-versities.

My only hope is that when thattime does come, this athletics pro-gram will still have enough appreci-ation from the student body tothrive. I pray that kids leave theiriPhone apps and CS assignmentsfor a few hours a week to check outany of the world-class athletes this

campus has to offer. Regardless ofwhether you care at all about sports,you must have admiration for peo-ple who have become the best onthe globe at what they do.

Ive tried for years not to be toomuch of a homer, to criticize Stan-ford athletics when appropriate andto remain objective in my analysis.That doesnt mean I havent passion-ately rooted for the Cardinal during

every single play of my undergradu-ate career. Whether you have lovedor hated what Ive had to say overthe years, thank you so much forreading my column. I hope we beatthe hell out of USC on Sept. 15.

Despite this sappy farewell, ZachZimmerman wants to stay in touch.Check up on him at zachz@stan-ford.edu or follow him on Twitter@Zach_Zimmerman.

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be paired with conference foesWashington and Oregon in thesecond day of the NCAA Cham-pionships.

Caroline Caselli

Womens golf finishes 24th atNCAA Championships

The Stanford womens golfteam wrapped up its 2012 seasonon May 25, finishing in 24th placeat the NCAA Championships atthe Vanderbilt Legends Club inFranklin, Tenn. The Card shot1216 (+64) as a team in the 72-hole event.

The Cardinal struggled on the

first day, shooting a 309 (+21) toput it 23 strokes behind Alabama,the eventual title winner. Despite

showing marginal improvementover the next two days, postingscores of 304 and 307 beforeshooting 296 on Friday, Stanfordwas unable to recover any

ground, finishing two strokes be-hind Arkansas and five strokesbehind Ohio State.

Freshman Mariko Tumanganrecorded the best individual per-formance for the team, shootingrounds of 71-75-79-72 to finishwith a final score of 297 (+9) andearn a tie for 38th. Junior SallyWatson shot a 301 (+13) to tie for63rd, and senior Sydney Burlisonand sophomore Marissa Mar tiedfor 106th place at 310 (+22).

Alabama won the team cham-pionship with a score of 1171(+19), narrowly edging out USC(1172) and Louisiana State Uni-versity (1173). Oklahoma sopho-more Chirapat Jao-Javanil tookhome the individual title with a

final score of 282 (-6).

Caroline Caselli

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