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Committee created forSearsville Dam decision

UNIVERSITY

Digital town hallconnects Egypt

to scholarsBy MARWA FARAGDESK EDITOR

The Center on Democracy, Developmentand the Rule of Law (CDDRL), in partner-ship with the Cloud to Street Initiative,held adigital town hall from Cairo on Monday morn-ing. CDDRL visiting scholar Ben Rowswelldiscussed the recent Egyptian uprising withthree Egyptian activists at Tahrir Lounge inCairo,while members of the Stanford commu-nity watched through a live stream and partic-ipated in a chat and polls.

The Egyptian activists, Sabah Hamamou,Mona Shahien and Abdel Rahman Faris,wereleaders in the youth-led movement that start-ed Jan.25 in Tahrir Square,Cairo.The move-ment resulted in the resignation of 30-year

President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11. Theyhave since been involved in rebuilding Egyptspolitical system in anticipation of parliamen-tary and presidential elections later this year.

The discussion aimed to connect the ac-tivists with researchers at Stanford, Harvardand the University of British Columbia. Ac-cording to Sarina Beges, CDDRL programmanager, the discussion had 35 online partici-pants, including academics and CDDRLmembers.

Participants posted questions through alive chat,which Rowswell then posed to the ac-tivists.Topics included the impact of technolo-gy, citizen journalism, the future of Egyptianpolitics, womens roles and the ways in whichoutsiders can contribute.

We largely refuse any support from any[foreign] government whatsoever, becausegovernments have their own calculations,said Faris, a member of the Revolutionary

Youth Council that planned the initialprotests.But we count on popular support.Shahien held a similar opinion.I think there can be an exchange of infor-

mation between us and people abroad, shesaid.

[But] say to your governments:hands offthe Arab world,Shahien said.

Hamamou, Shahien and Faris emphasizedtheir desire for a secular,democratic Egypt.

Most of the people who are working in thepolitical sphere dont want a religious country;we want a civil [secular] country, saidHamamou, a deputy editor at leading statenewspaper Al-Ahram, which extensively re-ported on the protests.

The town hall idea emerged from Blogsand Bullets,a conference held by the FreemanSpogli Institute for International Studies atStanford (FSI) in February on social mediaand the struggle for political change.

[Rowswell] decided to deploy to Cairo 10

By JULIA BROWNELLSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Stanford has started assem-bling a committee for the compre-hensive study of Searsville Dam,

the contentious landmark inJasper Ridge Biological Preservewhose future has remained unde-cided for decades. According toJasper Ridge Director PhilippeCohen, the committee will decidethe fate of the dam within twoyears.

Were in the process of puttingtogether a team, Cohen said.This is the first time the Universi-ty is really trying to take a compre-hensive approach to the issue.

Searsville Dam has blockedCorte Madera Creek since its con-struction in 1891, creating theSearsville Reservoir. Initially usedfor recreation,the reservoir is nowa part of Jasper Ridge, where it isused in research and teaching.

The dam also blocked off his-torical steelhead trout habitat inthe creeks upstream. Steelheadtrout are a nationally threatenedspecies whose preservation Stan-ford had to address in its Habitat

Conservation Plan (HCP).As TheDaily reported last May, the HCPdid not take a stance on the damsfate, saying it was too complex anissue and that addressing it wouldhold up the rest of the elements of

HCP plans.Not addressing the Searsville

dam issue means that Stanford isgoing to be causing unpermitted[harm] of endangered species atthe dam, said Matt Stoecker, di-rector of the non-profit BeyondSearsville Dam Coalition.

This puts the University in vio-lation of state water regulationsand the Endangered Species Act.Now, the committee will attemptto finally address this issue apartfrom the total HCP.

Any decision about significantchanges at Searsville is going totake a long time. If the Universitywaited to finish its HCP until afterwe decided what to do atSearsville, there would be this longperiod of suspense over managingall the other habitats on campus,said professor David Freyberg,who studies sedimentation at the

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Vice Provost for Student Affairs GregBoardman declined Kappa Sigmas appealon Monday, upholding Residential Educa-tions decision to revoke the fraternityshousing for the coming academic year.Thechapter will have a chance to apply for rein-statement in January 2012 as part of a for-mal relevancy presentation to a reviewpanel.

Following Dean of Residential Educa-tion Deborah Golders March 11 decision tostrip Kappa Sigma of its housing, fraternitymembers were given approximately aweeks time to present their case for an ap-peal. Boardman stressed that the appealwas not intended to reintroduce specific in-cidents that led to Golders ruling, but to re-view the process as a whole.

The grounds for appeal were based onwhether the process was unfair or if therewere new facts to consider that werent pre-sented earlier, he said. They did not pro-vide that evidence to me to overrule DeanGolders decision.

Boardman did make one amendment toResEds initial ruling. Instead of applyingfor housing as part of a larger pool of un-housed organizations, Kappa Sigma will begiven priority,allowing the chapter to makethe necessary changes with an elevated pos-sibility of reclaiming its residence.

If they make the progress we expectthem to make,they should be given the firstopportunity to move back into their house,Boardman said. Its going to take a lot ofhard work. It also requires strong leader-ship and strong support.

When we ask them what Kappa Sigstands for,we want them to have an answerthat is robust and complex,Golder added.

The University is slated to specify theconditions on April 22.

Everyone would have liked to see a dif-ferent outcome, and we have workedtremendously hard for another one to takeplace, wrote Kappa Sigma President BrianBarnes 12 in an email to The Daily.Unfor-tunately, the University felt it was in all par-ties best interest for this hiatus to occur.

Boardmans decision came as a particu-larly strong disappointment to the youngercrop of Kappa Sigma members.

Our house has been working very hardfor the past several months to better the cul-ture of the fraternity and to take steps tocreate the house that both the Universityand the Kappa Sigma members want, saidMalcolm McGregor 13.

While members may disagree with the

Universitys ruling, they are committed to

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A student dressed as a homeless person carries on a demonstration in White Plaza to bring issues of hunger andhomelessness to light. This demonstration was sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, SPOON, STAMP and other groups.

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By ISAAC GATENO

Konstantin Guericke,co-founder of the profession-al networking site LinkedIn,kicked off the Asia-Pacif-ic Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) StanfordSummit with a keynote presentation entitled Leverag-ing Networks for Startup Success:Using LinkedIn Be-yond Hiring, Getting a Job and Reconnecting.

Guericke said he started LinkedIn to address twoproblems: the inefficiency of the labor market as awhole and the lack of a personal agent to manageeach individuals brand in the new marketplace.

Guericke explained that before the Industrial Revo-lution,each person was a business.After the revolution,however, people became more oriented toward findinga stable job in a large corporation and moving up the hi-erarchy.

For 20 years or so now,were into the InformationRevolution,Guericke said.

He explained that each professional is becoming lessa part of a large corporation and more akin to an actor

in Hollywood.Individual actors now market their ownbrands and direct their own careers.LinkedIn was envisioned as being every profes-

sionals agent, Guericke said.But these developments have their own disadvan-

tages.Though the Internet has made it easier for peopleto submit their resume to a large number of companies,recruiters must now to spend a lot more time siftingthrough the noise,he said.

He pointed out that people are more likely to suc-ceed in getting hired when someone within the compa-ny refers them.For this reason,Guericke wanted to finda way to make it easier to find those connections andmake referrals.

We are your agent for your whole working,produc-tive lives, and that way, we make the job market moreefficient, he said.

In the second part of his talk, Guericke spoke aboutthe lessons learned from his experience as an entrepre-neur.

He emphasized, in particular, the importance of

teaching and learning entrepreneurship by exampleand encouraged attendees to critically question eachlesson.

Guericke rejected the notion that the success of acompany depends on the idea behind it. He wasadamant that execution and distribution are more im-portant.

Companies just look like overnight successes, butpeople forget about who was there before, Guerickesaid.

He noted that when LinkedIn first launched, jour-nalists compared it to Friendster.They later drew com-parisons to MySpace and now liken LinkedIn to Face-book.

Guericke argued that the reason that LinkedIn hascontinued growing,despite competition from other suc-cessful social networks, is that the company is clearlydifferentiated.

He talked about the importance of distribution andattributed success to having exposure to consumerswho wont often seek out a better product after theyhave seen or used the first one of its class.

Its not so much first to market but first to contact,Guericke said. Most consumers dont say, Heres aproduct, let me see what the top competitors are andchoose which is best.

You can add features later, but there is one productthat your friends use,he added.

That fact generates value for the product.Guericke also stressed the value of relationships,es-

pecially in a social media world where companies such

as LinkedIn enable people search.Behave like youre going to have multiple [interac-tions], he said, pointing out that search makes it easyfor potential employers to seek out past co-workers,notjust people on a list of references.

He also spoke of the competitive advantage that canbe had by finding information that is not in the publicdomain.

You have to find the person that has that informa-tion in their head,he said.

Other lessons that Guericke discussed were the im-portance of creating a brand, having a good team andhaving a little bit of luck.

Tonight,the ASES summit will feature Gordon Eu-banks, co-founder of Symantec, and Jennifer Morris,senior vice president of Conservation International.

Contact Isaac Gateno at igateno@stanford.edu.

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FACES unites Chinese,U.S. student delegates

By IVY NGUYENDESK EDITOR

Delegates from China and theU.S. will meet next week to attend afive-day conference sponsored byForum for American/Chinese Ex-change at Stanford (FACES) to dis-cuss issues in U.S. and China rela-tions.Many events during the week,which runs from Apr. 8 throughApr. 15, feature experts on U.S.-China relations from across thecountry, from fellows of the Free-man Spogli Institute to Silicon Val-ley entrepreneurs.

Twenty Chinese delegates arechosen from FACES chapters inPeking, Fudan, Remin and Zhe-jiang University, while anothertwenty come from all over the Unit-ed States,according to FACES pres-ident Daniel Braswell 11.These ap-

plicants were chosen from about500 applicants in fields rangingfrom engineering to internationalrelations. Although not all of thestudents have extensive knowledgein U.S.-China relations, Braswellsaid that the conference is intendedto expose more future leaders tothis topic.

Were looking for peoplewhose interests are more tangen-tial, and theyll take from this agreater appreciation of this rela-tionship to whatever it is theychoose to do, Braswell said. Welook for a passion in issues wehave people who are engineers,Ful-bright scholars, Marshall scholars,and so we look for peo-ple who have a dedica-tion to their passion

and who we thinkwill be leaders intheir field.

During the con-ference, delegateswill participate inseminars, panels, so-

cial events and diplomacy simula-tions, according to Autumn Carter11, vice president of programming.This years events will focus on en-trepreneurship between the U.S.and China,international security is-sues over U.S.and Chinese strategicinterests in Iran, food security andmodels of democracy in the Chi-nese world and featured speakersinclude Iranian studies professorAbbas Milani and Sil icon Valley en-trepreneur Jack Jia.

This upcoming conference willbe the first of two in October,thesame group of 40 delegates will re-convene at one of FACESs Chi-nese chapters for another round ofdiscussion and debate, Carter said.

FACES was founded in 2001after an incident in which a U.S.sur-veillance plane crashed into a Chi-nese plane and the U.S.crew was de-

tained on Chinas Hainan island,heightening tensions between thetwo countries. Following talk of apossible outbreak of war, severalStanford students founded thegroup in an effort to establish betterties between the two countries.

These two countries will havethe most important relationship inthe coming years, so wed like thatrelationship to be based on commu-nication and dialogue, rather thansuspicion and mistrust,Carter said.If we can get dialogue going at thislevel, then that relationship downthe road is going to look a lot morepositive than it has in the past.

While the topic of democracy inChina is particularly sen-

sitive several Chi-nese pro-democracy

activists have beencensored and arrest-ed Carter andBraswell feel thatsuch the conferencecan still cover thesethemes, at least fortheir conference on

Four students namedTruman scholars

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Four juniors are part of the 2011class of Truman scholars,according toa release in the Stanford Report.Thefoundation grants $30,000 graduateschool scholarships to students whopursue careers in public service. Fel-lows also receive leadership training,career and graduate school counsel-ing and internship opportunitieswithin the federal government.

One fellow,Ishan Nath 12,is dou-

ble majoring in economics and Earthsystems with a focus on energy. Nathtaught environmental science to sev-enth graders in Cambridge, Mass.,through the Breakthrough Collabo-rative and served as a senior consult-ant on the National Commission onthe Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill andOffshore Drilling.

Teryn Norris 11,who studies pub-lic policy,leads Americans for EnergyLeadership,an organization that lob-bies for federal investment in cleanenergy research. Norris served fortwo years at the Breakthrough Insti-tute,where he collaborated on a pro-posal that the Obama campaignadapted as part of its $150 billionclean energy platform.

Tenzin Seldon 12,an activist on Ti-betan issues, served as regional coor-

dinator for Students for a Free Tibet.She is currently a fellow at the Centerfor Compassion and Altruism Re-search and Education and was a keyorganizer of the Dalai Lamas visitlast October.

Michael Tubbs 12, who is major-ing in comparative studies in race andethnicity, is passionate about ending

the cradle-to-prison pipeline.Tubbsco-founded Save Our Stockton, ayouth advocacy group,and the Sum-mer Success and Leadership Acade-my at the University of the Pacific.Healso works for the Cradle-to-PrisonPipeline Campaign and travelsthroughout the nation as a motiva-tional speaker.

Stanford boasts the largest num-ber of Truman scholars of any univer-sity this year.

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Senior named Hertz

fellow

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Max Schulaker 11 has beennamed a 2011-2012 Hertz Fellow,ac-cording to a press release from theHertz Foundation.

The Hertz Foundation recognizesstudents in applied physical, biologi-cal and engineering sciences,and thefellowship provides $250,000 of sup-port over five years.The goal of thefellowship is to make fellows finan-cially independent and free from tra-ditional restrictions of their academ-ic departments in order to promoteinnovation in collaboration withleading professors in the field.

At Stanford, Schulaker studieselectrical engineering and has ex-plored alternatives to traditional sil-icon transistors, concentrating oncarbon nanotube-based transistorsand nano-electro-mechanicalswitches. He plans to continue pur-suing these and other alternatives tocurrent silicon transistors in his grad-uate studies at Stanford.

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Konstantin Guericke, co-founder of LinkedIn.com,opens the Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society(ASES) Stanford Summit Monday evening with a talkabout his companys success.

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Guericke shares startup experience

days ago to interview activists on theground, Beges said. Hes had over50 conversations with activists andwas particularly taken by these

three.Rowswell,a Canadian diplomat,is

exploring launching projects aboutbuilding democratic practices inEgypt. The use and impact of socialmedia in this sphere is of particular in-terest.

Hamamou, Shahien and Faris allused social media,in some capacity,tocarry their voices.While they credited

video footage of the protests withmoving people from their computerscreens to Tahrir Square, they alsogave traditional social mobilizationstrategies their due.

The idea itself is not a solution,Faris said,acknowledging the value ofsocial media in spreading ideas.There must be planning on Earth.

Shahien concluded the discussion

with a strong appeal to the U.S., inlight of the current unrest in Syria,Bahrain,Yemen and Libya.

If you [America] want freedomfor all people, you must accept free-dom for the Arab world, Shahiensaid.

Contact Marwa Farag mfarag@stan-ford.edu.

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By MARWA FARAGDESK EDITOR

Go out and raise hell may seemlike unlikely parting advice froma Stanford professor, but it ishow consulting professor inhuman biology William Abrams

concluded his winter quarter sophomore Introduc-tory Seminar, Injustice, Advocacy and Courage:The Path of Everyday Heroes.

Students in the class grappled with the idea ofcourage throughout the course of the quarter,consid-ering figures from Obama to a man who killed a doc-tor who performed abortions to protest the practice.

The idea was to consider courage and how peo-ple do things that are courageous,Abrams said.Itgoes beyond bravery . . . Its the notion of a persontaking a stand, extending themselves,putting them-selves at risk and doing that because of a belief thatsomething is right.

Studying real-life situations was critical to this ex-ploration of courage.Professor Abrams saw value inhaving students personally connect with the peopleinvolved in the topics they were studying.

A few weeks into the quarter, an opportunityarose for students to do exactly that when protestsbroke out in Egypt on Jan. 25. Young Egyptianscalled for the fall of then-President HosniMubaraks regime, practicing nonviolent resist-ance,sometimes at great personal costs.

Abrams assigned a presentation in which allthe students in the seminar would work to-gether to explore how Egyptians demon-strated courage.

You dont have to study this in a histo-ry book,Abrams said.You dont have toread about it in a newspaper; you can get indirect contact with the people involved.

The IntroSem students interviewed Egyptianstudents at Stanford and conducted a live Skype in-terview with an Egyptian protestor who claimed hewas pelted with tear gas in the initial days of the up-rising.

What we had in mind was to build a better Egypt. . . to stand up for our rights, he said when asked

what motivated his group to risk protesting.Though some demonstrations of courage,such as

braving physical attack, are easy to identify, the pre-senters delved into more complex questions,askingif the use of social media, for example, was coura-geous.

A lot of times, maybe from the media, you getonly one side of courage,and its kind of one-dimen-sional, said Karl Kumodzi 14. This class reexam-

ined courage from a lot of different viewpoints.Others questions included the role of the am-

biguous concept of courage, courage as a catalystand the idea of a broken fear barrier.

Our aim was not to answer these questions somuch as to raise them, said Tyrone McGraw 11.

The point of the project,however,was not simplyintellectual hypothesizing.The students were able toconstruct for themselves a tangible example ofcourage.

The students looked at what their counterparts,

kids the same age,were doing in Egypt and . . . whywas that courageous? Would they do things similarhere? Would they speak out? Would they put them-selves at risk?Abrams said.

The students were responsive to this goal, findinginspiration in the acts of the protestors they studied.Many students were struck by the variety of formscourage could take.

Although this is the first year this seminar hasbeen taught, some of Abrams past students havestarted projects such as FACE AIDS and the Glob-al Health Corps, as well as a cell phone network inAfrica that enabled physicians in rural areas to com-municate with hospitals.

I want students to dare to do things . . . whetherits challenge a corrupt dictator or challenge an un-just policy or improve the health care system, wewant people to be daring,and thats what I mean by

raising hell, he said.

Contact Marwa Farag atmfarag@stanford.edu.

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COURAGE IN EGYPT

By ERIKA ALVERO KOSKISTAFF WRITER

The lights dim and the seaof gaily and outlandishlyclad audience membersseated in the rows on ei-ther side of a sprawling

runway looks expectantly toward thegiant screen.

They are not disappointed: a mo-ment later,a tall,willowy model in a tie-dye, batik, robe-like dress struts outfrom behind the scenes. She does notbreak pace as she emerges from thebackstage haven, but steps forwardbriskly with confidence, only pausingto pose for the conglomerate of pho-tographers clustered at the end of therunway before she glides back up theaisle.

She disappears backstage again,where a gaggle of makeup artists andhairstylists speedily adapt her DiscoGlamourlook into Ladylike 50sorperhaps Traveling Nomad.

We work to create a cohesivestory with our makeup, said MegWehe,a makeup artist from the BlushSchool of Makeup, the organizationresponsible for coloring and paintingthe faces of the models present.Theartists move quickly to circulatethrough all the models and presentthem on time,and backstage is a hec-tic scramble of people.

Charity Fashion Show (CFS) hasnot always been such a mega event.Just three years ago,CFS took place in

the Oak Room at Tresidder with onlya small group of Stanford-affiliatedmodels and designers.

Current Producer and Director ofPublic Relations Thom Scher 11 re-calls the original CFS, in 2007, as acompletely different performance.

I came up here,and I met WayneHwang,Scher recalled.He was pro-ducing this really small event calledthe Charity Fashion Show, which hadbeen around since the 90s but in acompletely different form.

I met Wayne through a mutualfriend,and we really hit it off.And itbecame really clear that if I was man-aging all of the business and he wasmanaging all of the creative side, wecould make Charity Fashion Showhuge,he added.

The charity component of theshow was one of the founding princi-ples, implemented by the AsianAmerican Student Association(AASA) at Stanford, and carriedthrough to make CFS what it is today.

Charity Fashion Show evolvedfrom AASAs Sweat-Free LaborShow, so the idea of benefitting thecommunity came somewhat natural-ly, CFS Director of DevelopmentStephanie Werner 11 wrote in anemail to The Daily.

Especially because we dont rep-resent a particular design house, wefeel that it is of the utmost importanceto have a social cause,to use our brandrecognition to benefit those who per-haps couldnt afford a ticket to CFS,Werner said.

From Tresidder,the show migratedto a tent in Roble Field,which was astep of grand proportions.

It was actually a huge improve-ment, said Ariana Afshan 11, whohas modeled for CFS since her fresh-man year. I was so excited, soshocked.And then now,San Francis-co.

Charity Fashion Show 2010 madeit apparent that a different venuewould be necessary if the show was tofollow the trajectory it had set for it-self.Last year,CFS faced serious eco-nomic problems, simply because thescope of the show had exceeded thatof most other student groups on theStanford campus.

These troubles were largely tied to

fundraising policies enforced by theUniversity that are set forth for goodreason,Scher said.

These policies, outlined in the ViceProvost for Student Affairs (VPSA)regulations on student group funding,made it difficult for CFS to capitalizeon sponsorships.CFS therefore faced atough decision this year: either main-tain its Stanford connections anddownsize considerably or officially dis-connect from the University. Theychose the latter.

As thats changed, I think wevebrought on some way larger names,Scher said.Weve got Verizon Wirelesspresenting as a sponsor and key spon-sors of Pigment Cosmetics, UmbrellaSalon and Vitamin Water Zero.

This years charity was the PrincessProject, an organization that donatesprom dresses to underprivileged girls.

The Princess Project also emphasizesdiversity of all types, a vital compo-nent of Charity Fashion Show au-dience members could not help butnotice the aesthetic variety of models.

Charity Fashion Show puts mod-

els of all different colors, shapes andsizes on our runway,because we valueethnic diversity and a positive bodyimage, Werner said. By showinggirls in attendance that you dont haveto fit in a mold to be beautiful,we aimto increase their self-confidence andself-worth, counteracting negative in-dustry stereotypes.

Diversity not only includes differ-ent body types and ethnicities,but alsoexperience levels and ages. Modelsranged from a Hillsdale High Schoolstudent, Cora Kammeyer, who hadnever modeled before, to JessicaHavlak 10, who had previously par-ticipated in Charity Fashion Show,toTy Olsen14, a model signed with anagency in San Francisco.

They all shared the same nervous

energy before going on the runway,and they all went through the process

of learning how to walkand devel-op their own style.

Youre allowed to have your ownunique style, as long as its not reallystrange,Afshar said.

And unique walking styles there

were,as models jauntily shimmied toKaty Perry, sauntered languidly andmarched stiffly down the runway.Their expressions varied as well, withsmoky glares from some,subtle poutsfrom others and traces of smiles play-ing on the lips of a few.The works of 40designers were displayed in sets orpockets, each themed after a cer-tain decade as the show traveledthrough time from the 50s to the mod-ern day.

I think that our move to San Fran-cisco means that we have been able tocapitalize on a really huge community the arts community in San Francis-co is amazing, Scher said, smiling.Thats something that I personallycherish, and I love working there.

Contact Erika Alvero Koski at erikaa1@stanford.edu.

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Some of you have probably seenthat photo of a thick, python-like, Pepto Bismol-tinted coil

of mechanically separated meatbeing scraped off into a cardboardbox. Its some freaky stuff, andwhen I first saw it, attached to thetitle Pre-Chicken Nugget MeatPaste, a.k.a. Mechanically Separat-ed Poultry, any cravings I had forChicken McNuggets disappeared.Understandably.

This was distressing, because Ilike Chicken McNuggets. ChickenMcNuggets remind me of being akid, of stopping at McDonalds on

road trips with my family, of onlyever getting sweet and sour sauce todip the McNuggets in, becausethats what my parents always got.Theyre also just plain good, fromtime to time. Dont get me wrong;Im all for eating fresh, seasonal,local and all that other good stuff,but the couple of times a year I get acraving for a Chicken McNugget,

theres no substitute for the realthing.That crispy coating thats notlike any other breading in theworld, the smooth and juicy whitemeat inside (although I think wecan all agree that they used to bebetter when they had dark meat),

following each bite with one or twoof those bangin fries . . .

Thinking that Id ruined ChickenMcNuggets for myself forever byseeing that box of pink meat slurry,I instantly regretted caving to mycuriosity and clicking on the link.Luckily, I stayed calm enough to doa little sleuthing and found thatChicken McNuggets dont actually

contain any mechanically separatedchicken anymore. Crisis averted.

I was reminded by this almostdisastrous episode when I went outto dinner with a friend last quarter.I was trying to convince her that wedont want to know everythingabout our friends, but after wrap-ping up one last point,my friend justsort of mm-hmmed and wentback to her duck.

My friend may have been moreinterested in her duck (it was prettytasty) than in my amateur socialtheorizing, but that duck itselfdemonstrates why we really dont

want to know everything abouteverything in our lives. My friendprobably didnt want to knowwhere her duck had come from orhow it had gotten to her plate forthe same reasons that I was almostput off Chicken McNuggets by thatawful picture. And for those same

April is here, and with it, oneseason has ended and an-other has begun.No, Im not

talking about spring. On its way outis admission season, along with itspell-mell uncertainty for those whoonce visualized the word Stan-ford as part of their futures. On itsway in is the triumphal procession,or the newly admitted members ofthe class of 2015,many of whom willvisit campus in a few weeks forAdmit Weekend.The analogy,how-ever, goes a bit further: dependingon specific admission outcomes forthese current high school seniors,this time is either the closing of onedoor or the opening of another.

As someone with a sibling whoapplied to Stanford this year, I findthe end of this admissions cycle morethought-provoking than it has beensince I emerged from it three yearsago. I find myself once again ques-tioning, this time on a more philo-sophical than personal level,exactlywhat entitles our inclusion into aschool like Stanford in the first place.

Moreover, I find myself questioningthe relationship that our admissionhas to our future success. If weachieve milestones in our futurelives, is it because we are the types ofpeople who would have succeededanyway? Or is it because the goodfortune we had of getting into Stan-ford opened up those horizons forus? Most troublesomely, does thefact that I find myself dwelling onsuch questions reflect the depth ofmy Stanford-indoctrinated elitism?

I suspect that many of us, onceweve gotten into Stanford, stopquestioning the factors that wentinto our admission. And with goodreason.Once weve gotten into Stan-ford, it is time to stop speculatingabout which factors could have influ-enced that outcome, about why wemade it and other people didnt.Even University administrators em-phasize this outlook during the be-ginning weeks of freshman year.I re-member being told, in those firstgatherings full of shouting andschool spirit, to dismiss whatever

doubts I encountered about whetherI belonged at Stanford. You got in,that says it allwas the message I got.Now move on and take advantage of

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Displaying poise,passion anda platform as inspiring asthe diverse backgrounds

from which they hail, Tenzin Sel-don 12 and Joe Vasquez 11 haveearned The Stanford Daily Editor-ial Boards endorsement for ASSU

Executive. They represent a wideswath of campus and blend insiderexperience with newcomer enthu-siasm; they are also well attuned tothe unique levers at the commandof the Executive position anddemonstrated their resolve to bro-ker compromise between students,faculty and administrators.

The Board drew three conclu-sions from the interview process.First, Tenzin-Vasquez hold thegreatest promise to broaden theappeal of the ASSU and advocateeffectively for students at all levelsof University governance. Second,despite ASSU Vice President andPresidential candidate MichaelCruzs extensive ASSU experi-ence,his underwhelming responsesto basic inquiries from this Boardraised serious doubts about hisability to fully leverage the influ-ence of the Executive. Third, andmost importantly, both Tenzin-Vasquez and Cruz & Macgregor-Dennis would benefit from adopt-ing the strengths of the other slate,a testament to the caliber of all can-didates and to the educational po-tential of election season.

Tenzin-Vasquez shone whendiscussing their central platformpoints of diversity, transparency,wellness and mental health.Whilewe cautioned voters yesterday topush candidates to provide well-

conceived implementation plansfor popular platitudes, Tenzin-Vasquez proactively offered de-tails.They intend to broaden classselection offerings on mentalhealth, pursue concerted aware-ness campaigns for the Acts of In-tolerance Protocol and physicallyinterface with their constituencyhouse by house, door by door, toengage a general audience on tradi-tionally niche issues.

This last point resonated partic-ularly with the Board,which foundcompelling the assertion that aTown Hall on an issue like ROTCreinstatement only mobilizes stu-dents already invested in the issue.

The dedication implicit in Tenzin-Vasquezs promise to educate andgalvanize uninvolved students toparticipate in the campus dialoguewas backed by their strong recordof community involvement both

through and independently of theASSU.Vasquez, a versatile studentgroup leader, demonstrated hisability to merge disparate commu-nities just earlier that day by spear-heading the Kappa Sigma Field ofDreams event for disabled chil-

dren. Seldon, the ASSU DiversityChair, has proven her ability tosample a wide assortment of stu-dent views on diversity and intoler-ance and translate that data intotangible progress through collabo-ration with the Administration.

The Board felt that Tenzin-Vasquez truly appreciated theunique role that the Executiveplays as the preferred representa-tive of the student body to the Ad-ministration. The candidates re-peatedly cited constructive rela-tionships and compromise with ad-ministrators as the most powerfulaspects of the ASSU executive arse-nal, allowing the Exec to transcendthe limited scope of influence thatASSU Senators and other studentshave on student life and academicpolicy. While Stewart Macgregor-Dennis 13 recited a laundry list ofsix potential levers that the Exechad at its disposal,none invoked thepowerful stature that successfulExecs have parlayed into advocacyon University finances, academicpolicy and student life.

The Board was gravely disap-pointed by the interview perform-ance of Michael Cruz 12, who ap-peared to defer to Macgregor-Dennis on most issues,did not cor-rectly match his statements to theplatform points listed on the slateswebsite, and gave indirect answers

to straightforward questions. Hispersonal growth in the ASSU while admirable is not an ap-propriate response to an inquiryabout the policy levers at theExecs disposal under all but themost strained interpretation of thequestion. When the next clash be-tween the best interests of studentsand administrators arises, and thetime comes for the ASSU Presi-dent to confront the University bu-reaucracy as has been the caseevery year in recent memory this Board is not confident thatCruz would acquit himself and hisconstituents well. Similarly, hisbland promises to extend the

ASSUs reach ring hollow consid-ering students persistent disinter-est in the ASSU over his threeyears of service.

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Chicken McNuggets

I HAVE TWO HEADS

FRESHLY BAKED

EDITORIAL

Me, Myself and Stanford

Editorial Board endorsesTenzin-Vasquez

for ASSU Executive

Rachel

Kolb

Tim

Moon

How many times have youheard these words utteredon campus:I feel like were

disjointed! or Theres just notenough unity on campus? Despiteall the efforts of student groups andtheir leaders, there remains an un-derlying feeling that we are not theunited Stanford that we want to be.It is daunting to hear how often thissentiment is expressed.

There is something each andevery one of us can do, though.Blessed with the opportunity to at-tend a university rich with diversity,

we should make our Stanford expe-rience whole by learning from thelives of our fellow students. To notdo so is to squander the rare oppor-tunity to revel in true diversity. TheStudents of Color Coalition(SOCC) sees this challenge and or-ganizes around it.

Comprised of the Asian Ameri-can Students Association (AASA),

the Black Student Union (BSU),Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanode Aztlan (MEChA), the MuslimStudent Awareness Network(MSAN), the National Associationfor the Advancement of ColoredPeople (NAACP) and the StanfordAmerican Indian Organization(SAIO), the leaders of our groupsknow what it means to learn fromand through diversity. To us, thestrength and sovereignty of ourcommunities is essential, as diversi-ty is impossible to have if every par-ticipant forfeits his or her own ideas.

But we not only maintain our indi-vidual identities, promoting under-standing and unity from within eachof our communities we alsowork together to combat injusticesand advocate for social change.

SOCC realizes the strength andvalue of unity. Originally founded

OP-ED

Once weve gotten into

Stanford,it is time to

stop speculating aboutwhy we made it and

other people didnt.

Please seeSOCC, page 5

Please seeEDITORIAL,page 5

Please seeMOON,page 5

Please seeKOLB,page 5

To Build Coalition:The Cause of SOCC

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the experience.In many ways, this advice is wise.

Life moves on, and whether or notStanford is part of the equation,weneed to make the most of the oppor-tunities we do have. Regardless ofwhether we are the lucky ones ornot. With an admission rate nowhovering at around 7 percent,though, how could we notbe a littlebit lucky? Believing otherwise, be-lieving that there wasnt some unex-plained factor that made each of usstand out on our applications,wouldjust be conceited.We already live inan academic environment that seeksto assure us that we are exceptional,sometimes to troublesome levels,but we cannot lose sight of the factthat we are not the only ones whocould succeed in a University likethis.So what has brought us,and notothers,here?

Before I go any further, let mebacktrack and clarify:I do not mean

that any one of us survived the ad-mission process based on luck alone.That certainly isnt true,for the moreI interact with other Stanford stu-dents, the more I marvel at theuniqueness, passion and promisethat each of them has.This sense ofappreciation seems to increase inproportion with my own maturity,suggesting that perhaps I am grow-ing into Stanford more than Stan-ford is growing into me.The qualitiesI brought to the table three yearsago, combined with Stanfords aca-demic and extracurricular opportu-nities, have led me not only to thismaturity but also to a heightened re-alization of how fortunate I am.

The question over which Impondering seems to be a variant ofthe old nature-versus-nurture,chicken-versus-egg debate. In lifebeyond Stanford, which makes themost difference internal qualitiesor environmental factors? As al-ways, theres no way to place one ir-revocably over the other.Its proba-bly a little bit of both, and this real-ization should be both empoweringand humbling. Empowering be-cause we recognize that we march

forth into the world equipped withthe inner qualities to overcome ob-stacles more daunting than anIHUM paper.Humbling because weshould never lose sight of the factthat our circumstances have allowedus to become the person who can doexactly that.

Education is a peculiar combina-tion of these internal and externalfactors, and I dont think we shouldlose sight of either. The old adagesays that education is one thingthey cant take away from you, butit is a gift rather than a birthright. Inthe future, our Stanford educationsmay pull us through some roughspots, but why should we and notother, equally qualified students bethe ones to receive that education inthe first place? Luck, opportunity,blessings, good fortune? I dontknow, but its something outside ofour control and the sense of per-spective that comes with that real-ization is something no amount ofelitism can penetrate.

Which came first: the chicken or theegg? Send Rachel your thoughts atrkolb@stanford.edu.

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reasons, we probably dont want toknow about all the skeletons in ourfriends closets, about how manypeople our significant other hasbeen with, about what people havesaid about us.

I have another friend, Britta,whos pretty much a walking,talkingmechanically separated meat photo every time we catch up and Imention someone that we both hap-pen to know, Britta drops somebomb about that person that joltsmy image of them. Thankfully, itsnever quite as dramatic as theChicken McNugget episode, but itsstill remarkable how her image-jolt-ing bomb dropping is like clock-work. Heck, just last week, eventhough Ive stopped bringing peopleup in our conversations out of fear ofher talent, Britta somehow me-chanically separated meat photo-edsomeone who I didnt even bring up.Unstoppable,that one.

We may not want to know every-thing about everyone in our lives or

about everything that we eat, butthings seem to be changing. Food-wise, theres an increasing push toknow the provenance of our food,whether animals have been hu-manely treated, whether fair laborpractices are being used, andtheres even the new trend of beingan ethical carnivore by con-fronting where ones meat comesfrom. And in our interpersonal re-lations, were sharing more and

more online, telling people whowere dating and letting everyoneknow when we break up, tellingeveryone where we are now, post-ing pictures of what weve done.

This is good, right? If you learnsomething awful aboutsomeone/about Chicken Mc-Nuggets and you still love them justthe same, that means the relation-ships stronger, no? I suppose theideas good, but . . . I dont know. Istill think theres something to besaid for pulling back and not dig-ging too deep all the time. Some-

times,you just have to enjoy peopleor things for how they are to you,not for what theyve been or wheretheyve come from.

Especially Chicken McNuggets.You really dont want to think toohard about those.

Tim feels good to have gotten hisChicken McNuggets guilty pleasureoff his chest.Tell him one of yours attimmoon@stanford.edu.

MOONContinued from page 4

Macgregor-Dennis dominatedthe interview, giving several wellthought out and technically im-pressive initiatives. However, hecould not answer why fundamen-tally the Executive position wasthe right position for him to trotout his iPhone apps and web ana-lytic data analysis.As ASSU Tech-nology Chair, Macgregor-Denniswould have similar latitude to in-novate and build the ASSUs techpresence; this Board urges him toconsider that alternative, notingthat his recommendations arestrong.On balance,however, Mac-gregor-Dennis alone cannot runthe Executive office.

The position of Exec should be

filled by visionary individuals whorepresent the full range of Stan-fords talent and will broaden theappeal of the ASSU to the alarm-ingly large apathetic segment ofstudents and advocate on behalf of

students with passion. Tenzin andVasquez, a Tibetan refugee and afirst-generation, low-income serv-ice advocate, meet all of these re-quirements. They exude naturalleadership and represent distinct

communities. Their platformwould benefit from the detail ofthe prolific Cruz & Macgregor-Dennis platform, but we are fullyconfident that Tenzin-Vasquez willchoose an experienced cabinet.This Board urges you to vote forTenzin-Vasquez to guaranteestrong ASSU leadership.

The Stanford Daily EditorialBoard is chaired by Adam Creas-man 11. He is joined by sevenmembers: Stephanie Garrett 12,Nick Baldo 12,Ada Kulenovic 11,Cyrus Navabi 11, Varun Sivaram11,Tiq Chapa 11 and Andy Park-er 11.Members Chapa and Parker

recused themselves from theBoards endorsement process be-cause of their affiliations with theendorsements of Students of ColorCoalition and Stanford Democrats,respectively.

EDITORIALContinued from page 4

as the Rainbow Coalition in 1987,during a time when cultural andethnic diversity seemed a low prior-ity, SOCC has worked to protectand promote the values of students

of color on campus. Since then, wehave naturally expanded our mis-sion to advocate for campus diver-sity of every nature diversity ofthought, socioeconomic back-ground,sexual orientation,politicalideology,geographic origins and re-ligious beliefs. SOCC representsthe continuation of a long traditionof student leaders and their com-munities fighting for systematicchanges that allow all studentgroups to provide the program-ming and support they need to con-tinually strengthen our vibrantcommunities.

In the larger scheme of things,ASSU elections seem like an ob-scure way to effect such a change,but year after year,we engage withthe ASSU, the elections and itsleaders because these are the mostdirect ways of strengthening Stan-fords diversity and protecting theinterests of student organizationsacross campus.Who better than ourelected leaders to forge a voice forall voices,give a face to all peoplesand make a space for everyone atthe table? SOCC understands thevalue in bringing people togethernot to exclude,but to edify all asso-ciated students of our dear almamater.

There is strength in peoplesunited. There is value in student

leaders thinking critically abouthow to truly engage the incrediblydiverse life experiences and sourcesof wisdom that exist within us all.This is why we build coalitions.Thisis why we invite you to join in ourcoalition.This year, SOCC endors-es 15 Senate candidates and one ex-ecutive slate who we believedemonstrate the greatest commit-ment, knowledge and passion

about student body issues and willfully represent the richness of Stan-ford.

This election cycle, let us doaway with sayings like our campusis fragmented. As you look to-wards the upcoming April 7 and 8elections, please recall SOCCscommitment to service, leadership,student advocacy and community.A vote for SOCC is a vote for you.

TINA DUONG,ASIAN AMERICAN

STUDENTS ASSOCIATION COM-

MUNITY LIAISON;JUSTIN LAM,

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AS-

SOCIATION COMMUNITY LIAISON;

VAN ANH TRAN,ASIAN AMERICAN

STUDENTS ASSOCIATION FINAN-

CIAL OFFICER;YVORN ASWAD-

THOMAS,BLACK STUDENT UNION

CO-PRESIDENT;ALRYL KOROMA,

BLACK STUDENT UNION CO-PRES-

IDENT;INGRID HERNANDEZ,

MOVIMIENTO ESTUDIANTIL CHI-

CANO DE AZTLAN CO-CHAIR;

ARACELY MONDRAGON,

MOVIMIENTO ESTUDIANTIL CHI-

CANO DE AZTLAN CO-CHAIR;MAI

EL-SADANY,MUSLIM STUDENT

AWARENESS NETWORK PRESI-

DENT;NAVID CHOWDHURY, MUS-

LIM STUDENT AWARENESS NET-

WORK VICE PRESIDENT;MATT

MILLER, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COL-

ORED PEOPLE CO-PRESIDENT;AU-

TUMN WILLIAMS,NATIONAL ASSO-

CIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT

OF COLORED PEOPLE CO-PRESI-

DENT;LIA ABEITA-SANCHEZ,STANFORD AMERICAN INDIAN

ORGANIZATION CO-CHAIR; JANET

BILL, STANFORD AMERICAN INDI-

AN ORGANIZATION CO-CHAIR;

MILTON ACHELPOHL,STUDENTS

OF COLOR COALITION LIAISON;

TIQ CHAPA,STUDENTS OF COLOR

COALITION LIAISON;MINH DAN

VUONG,STUDENTS OF COLOR

COALITION LIAISON

SOCCContinued from page 4

Chicken McNuggets

dont actually contain

any mechanically

separated chicken

anymore.Crisis averted.

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SPORTS BRIEFS

SPORTS

Still no parity inwomens basketball

For the first time since 1994, the womensbasketball championship game will bebetween two non-No. 1 seeds. Tonightsgame features a pair of No.2 teams thateach had to knock off back-to-back No.1

squads in order to reach the final. Impressive. Farmore so than the general reaction to the outcome ofthe semifinals:namely, that these results prove thatthere is (finally!) parity in womens basketball.

No,no they do not.Having seven of the top eight seeds reach the

quarterfinals is not parity. Its the status quo,and itfits with what we have seen for much of the pastdecade:the cream of the crop can knock each otheroff,but outside of the top schools, few have much ofa chance.This years lone exception No.11 Gon-zaga was a low-seeded team whose run everyoneand their mother saw coming.Three of ESPNs fourwomens basketball experts picked the Zags astheir Cinderella choice; Tara VanDerveer pointedthem out in her pre-tournament press conference.

And with good reason: if you have a superstar(Courtney Vandersloot) surrounded by a crop ofabove-average starters, you are generally going tofind success.Its a basic formula that works through-out all levels of basketball and for both men andwomen; the distinction is that such a compilation isharder to come by in the womens game.There is amore limited pool of talent to choose from,and the

big schools are pretty good at hoarding the bestplayers.Whereas the men have excellent talent atthe mid-major level Shelvin Mack,Jimmer Fre-dette, Kawhi Leonard, Justin Harper and so on their female counterparts are left looking for nee-dles in the haystacks. Simply put, there arentenough Vandersloots to go around, and when youhave one, its not hard to predict accomplishment,which the Zags had both before and after their run.Gonzagas low ranking was a result of being crimi-

WyndamMakowskyBetween the lines

Softball swept by Arizona

The Stanford softball team didntstart Pac-10 play the way it wanted to,dropping three straight at home to Ari-zona.The No. 7 Wildcats (32-6, 3-0 Pac-10) completely stifled the Cardinal of-fense, holding Stanford to one run allweekend while tallying 16 against Cardi-nal pitching.

On Friday night,No. 12 Stanford (24-7, 0-3) sent sophomore pitcher TeaganGerhart to the hill to take on ArizonasKenzie Fowler.The Wildcats got to Ger-hart immediately, scoring three runs inthe first inning on a hit batter,a walk anda passed ball after loading the bases.Ari-zona added a run each in the second andthird innings and three more in thefourth to make the score 8-0. Mean-while,Stanford mustered just a hit and awalk with Fowler on the mound beforethe game was called due to the run ruleafter five innings.

Senior pitcher Ashley Chinn startedthe second game of the series for Stan-ford and picked up her first loss of theseason despite a strong outing. Chinn,who came into the game with a perfect11-0 record, went the distance and al-lowed only two earned runs to Arizona.However,the Stanford defense commit-ted two costly errors that led to four un-earned runs for the Wildcats,and the sixruns were more than enough for Ari-

zonas starter Shelby Babcock. After al-lowing a run on two singles and twowalks in the first inning, Babcock settleddown to hold Stanford scoreless through

the next 2.2 innings.Fowler then came inand closed out the 6-1 win for Arizonawith 3.1 shutout frames.

Sundays series finale saw the bestpitching performance of the weekendfor Stanford, but yet again, Gerhart wasoutdueled by Fowler.With the game stillscoreless in the fourth, Arizona manu-factured an unearned run following anerror by sophomore first baseman AlixVan Zandt.A home run by Wildcat thirdbaseman Brigette Del Ponte to lead offthe sixth inning was the only other runGerhart allowed,but Fowler once againshut the door on the Cardinal offense.Stanford could only manage leadoff sin-gles in the fourth and fifth by junior cen-ter fielder Sarah Hassman and freshmanpinch hitter Jamie Millwood,respective-ly,while Fowler fanned 10 Cardinal bat-ters en route to her second shutout of the

weekend and her 20th win of the season.After the disappointing series, Stan-

ford will hit the road for the first time inconference play with a three-game set inLos Angeles against No.13 UCLA (26-5,3-0), which is coming off a three-gamesweep of Oregon State. The games willtake place Friday at 7 p.m.,Saturday at 6p.m.and Sunday at noon.

Jacob Jaffe

Flynn sets record in lacrosse routStanford lacrosse tightened its grasp of

the conference lead last Sunday, cruisingpast Saint Marys in a 20-7 road win. Se-nior attacker Sarah Flynn matched the en-tire Gaels squad with a school-recordseven goals in the victory,which continuedan undefeated season for Stanford (11-1,3-0 MPSF) in the Mountain Pacific SportsFederation.

Flynn and the Cardinal jumped onSaint Marys (2-8, 1-3) right out of thegate, going up 6-1 barely 10 minutes intothe game. Just eight minutes in, Flynn al-ready had a hat trick.Stanford outshot theGaels in the half, 28-10, and went into thebreak with a comfortable 12-4 lead.

Senior goalkeeper Annie Readstepped out for freshman Lyndsey Munoz

after making three saves in the half. Readgot the win for her contributions, her 11thof the season.

Flynns historic second goal was no doubtthe highlight of the second half, but that ac-complishment overshadowed another,smaller one in the games final minutes:freshman attacker Annie Anton, earningextra playing time with the sizeable Stanfordlead,knocked in her first collegiate goal.

The Cardinal tallied 46 shots on thegame and won 19 of 27 draw controls.Fiveof those came from senior midfielderLeslie Foard.

Stanford will return home this week-end to face conference rival Denver onFriday at 6 p.m.The Pioneers beat the Car-dinal last year to cost Stanford the MPSFregular season title, but fell to Stanford inthe MPSF tournament.

Nate Adams

JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily

Stanford softball had a weekend to forget, losing all three of its games against No. 7Arizona to open Pac-10 play. The Cardinal managed only one run in the series.

IAN GARCIA-DOTY/The Stanford Daily

Senior attacker Sarah Flynn set a school record with seven goals in Stanfords 20-7 rout of Saint Mary s. The Cardinal led 12-4 at halftime and never

looked back, overmatching the Gaels on both offense and defense, despite playing on the Gaels home field. Stanford is now 3-0 in MPSF play.

Please seeMAKOWSKY, page 8

Having seven of the

top eight seeds reach

the quarterfinals isnot parity.

HALL OF FAMER

Stanford Daily File Photo

Stanford womens basketball head coach Tara VanDerveer (in stripes) was named to the NaismithMemorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday as part of the Class of 2011, which also includes NBAstandouts Dennis Rodman and Chris Mullin. VanDerveer has a career record of 826-198 in 32 years.

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site and sits on the Jasper RidgeAdvisory Committee.

The committee will be com-prised of Stanford faculty and ad-ministrators familiar with the issue.Cohen hopes that they will come upwith one or two preferred optionsand some clear, strategic plans forthe site.

Were taking a very multidisci-plinary perspective, Cohen said.Were going to be looking at eco-logical,hydrological, economic andpolitical all of the different is-sues that come to bear on what wedo with the dam . . . at this point,noissues have been removed from thetable.

A position paper put out by thecommittee in Oct. 2007 outlinesmany of those options including al-lowing the lake to naturally fill withsediment, dredging some of thesediment from the lake but keepingthe dam,dredging and lowering thedam, or removing the dam alto-gether. Other considerations in-clude adding a fish ladder for steel-head trout or creating an off-stream

reserve for Stanford to maintain itswater supply.

A collection of community in-terests have pushed for removal of

the dam for many years. While Iapplaud Stanford for forming acommittee, American Rivers andBeyond Searsville Dam coalitionhave been asking Stanford to ad-dress the Searsville problem for adecade, said Steve Rothert, Cali-fornia director of American Rivers.

Cohen outlined that the com-mittee will be a largely internal af-fair made up of faculty membersand Stanford administrators.Publicnegotiation will take place afterthey come up with preferred op-tions in the best interest of the Uni-versity.Im not sure how [the Uni-versity is] going to engage the com-munity, but I know theyre commit-ted to doing that. There has to besome internal clarity about wherewe would like to go before we startnegotiating with other groups, hesaid.

Stoecker expressed regret thatthe committee will be purely inter-nal and not address stakeholderconcerns.

Stanford cant on its own de-cide what to do in a process that in-volves people upstream and down-stream as well. Its a very complexproject thats going to need to in-volve all these different stakehold-ers, Stoeker said. Just becausetheyre going to form a committeedoesnt mean that anythings goingto come of it.

A number of issues beyondsteelhead trout complicate the dis-cussion, including sedimentbuildup and water use.

Over its 120-year life, Searsvillehas also filled to between 90 and 95percent of its capacity with sedi-ment, according to Freyberg. Onaverage, the equivalent of 10 stan-dard dump trucks per day accumu-late in the reservoir,with most com-ing in severe weather or geologicalevents. The variable depositionmeans that it could completely fillup with sediment next year if therewas a large earthquake and heavyrainfall, or take up to 50 years at aslower rate.

When the reservoir fills, the en-tire ecosystem will change,creatingwetlands above the dam with aSearsville waterfall as opposed to aSearsville dam. The sediment willalso begin to move downstreamand will affect the channel of San

Francisquito Creek to the bay.Searsville Dam also provides

water to irrigate Stanford grounds.Tom Zigterman, associate directorand civil infrastructure manager atFacilities Operations, who handlesthe hydraulic aspects of the dam,said that the water source is impor-tant to Stanford, providing hun-dreds of acre-feet of water per year.

We take a sustainable watermanagement approach at Stan-ford,he said. Its in Stanfords in-terests to preserve all its water sup-plies.

I want to be as open minded aspossible about what makes themost sense. I think theres a reallygreat opportunity here for Stanfordto make a really important land useand research contribution, becausethis is an issue whose going to re-peat itself many thousands of timesacross the country in the comingdecades, Cohen said. Im hopingthat whatever we do provides a realtemplate for how to successfully ap-proach the issue.

Contact Julia Brownell at juliabr@stanford.edu.

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working wholeheartedly toprove that the fraternity shouldeventually return to its house, Mc-Gregor said.

Kappa Sigmas current resi-dence will be used as a Row housein the 2011-12 academic year,opening up approximately 55 newspaces for upperclassmen, the ma-jority of which will be consideredpreferred slots. According toGolder, members of Kappa Sigmawill be prohibited from drawinginto the facility.

The converted house will takeon the name 1025 CampusDrive, indicative of its street ad-dress. Staffing positions will befilled using this years unmatchedapplicants.

We have vacancies that pop upall the time, so well go back to thelist of folks that applied, and welluse that to drive and define ourprocess, Golder said. We havetons and tons of people that aregreat applicants, but there justwerent enough jobs to goaround.

Even with short-term plans inplace following Kappa Sigmas re-moval, members of the fraternityare optimistic they will return after

a one-year hiatus. Barnes said hewas confident that the chaptercould successfully work with Res-idential Education to meet theirproposed criteria to regain theirhouse in the fall of 2012.

The beginnings of such an efforthave already been in the works.

As part of the appeal that wesubmitted, we laid out severalthings that weve already done toimprove the culture of the house,McGregor said.

Moving forward, Kappa Sigmawill look to foster a sense of com-mon identity.

In our Kappa Sigma chapterbylaws, we have a mission state-ment and part of that missionstatement is to further scholarship,leadership,community service, thedevelopment of social graces andthe development of culturalawareness, McGregor said.Thats something that has alwaysbeen there, but in recent years, wemay have lost sight of that.

I think in our future actionsnext year, the things that weredoing are upholding those goals,he added.

Barnes echoed these senti-ments, stating that current frater-nity members look forward to ex-ceeding the Universitys expecta-

tions as they strive to regain theirhouse.

Contact An Le Nguyen at lenguyen@stanford.edu and Zach Zimmermanat zachz@stanford.edu.

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Stanford campus.Theres a question of whether

the Chinese delegates would becomfortable, but in our experience,weve discussed these issues beforeand weve found that Chinese dele-gates are more than willing to ex-press their opinions on how theyfeel about this issue,Braswell said.

The reason why this organiza-tion exists is for us to engage in crit-ical, thoughtful,engaging dialogue,dialogue that is going to push peo-ples assumption from both coun-tries, Carter added.

As much as it is that there willbe disagreements, you might find

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nally underrated solely because itplayed in a weaker conference. Itwasnt because the team was lacklus-ter until the tournament the Zagsentered March Madness with justfour losses, two of which were to

Final Four teams (Stanford andNotre Dame).This, again, is not parity, even

from a historical perspective.Though its been nearly 20 yearssince two non-No. 1s played for thetitle, it is routine to have teamswithout top billing reach the cham-pionship game. Last year was thefirst since 2003 to feature two No.1splaying in the finals during thatsix-season stretch, it was always aNo.1 against a lower-ranked squad.We were seven seconds away fromseeing a similar scenario unfold in2011.

Perhaps it is relative.Connecticuthas had such a stranglehold on thesport for the past few seasons thatseeing anyone, even a two-seed, inthe championship game instead of

the Huskies is reason enough to re-joice at the leveling of the playingfield. Its not an absurd idea, but itsalso no secret that the Huskieswerent as strong this year as theywere in their past campaigns afterlosing to Stanford in December,their cloak of invincibility seeminglyvanished. Geno Auriemmas state-ments in light of that defeat said asmuch. And besides, even if UConnwas as strong as it was in 2010, a de-

feat, particularly in the Final Four,does not demonstrate a seismic shift.It shows what we already knowabout March Madness:that even in asport with clear divisions in talent,nearly anything can happen in a sin-gle game.

This is not a criticism of the sport frankly,because there is such a di-vision between the top-tier teamsand everybody else,when two good-but-not-great squads match up,it can

generally be counted on to be prettyeven,which makes for more excitinggames. Its only when those squadscome into contact with the top dogsthat the underdogs chances dropsignificantly. Womens basketball isnot at a place where it can replicatethe bedlam seen in the mens tourna-ment. And thats okay: it can getthere. Gary Blair, coach of TexasA&M, recognized these ideas afterdowning Stanford on Sunday.

Sometimes, you have to gothrough growing pains to get towhere we want to be, parity, wherepeople would be excited where aButler and a VCU are playing for thenational championship on the mensside. We need that on the womensside as well,he said.

Its no secret that womens basket-

ball is growing as a youth sport, andthat talent pools are increasing as a re-sult. Noting and continuing thatprogress is a worthwhile endeavor,one far better than preemptively de-claring the arrival of parity to thegame when thats simply not the case.

Wyndam Makowsky thinks parity isgreat, but hed still rather have a cer-tain No.1 team in the final. Commis-erate at makowsky@stanford.edu.

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Freshman second baseman Lonnie Kauppila was named NationalPlayer of the Week by Collegiate Baseball after going 15-for-20 infour games against Saint Marys and Washington State. Kauppila hadeight runs, six RBI and no strikeouts during the four-game stretch.