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By MILES BENNETT-SMITHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

On a sunny afternoon in Berke-ley, Stanford battled back from anearly 1-0 deficit to tie the score be-fore halftime,but after losing a play-er to a red card, the shorthandedsquad couldnt hold off a strong Cal-ifornia side in the final game of theregular season. The No. 8 GoldenBears (12-2-3,8-1-1 Pac-10) scored apair of goals after Stanford goal-keeper Jason Dodson was ejectedhalfway through the second half andwon the match, 3-2.

Stanford (8-10-0,4-6-0) scored inthe final minute of regulation, butcouldnt overcome two outstandinggoals from little-used Cal substituteAlec Sundly.

Early on,Stanford was clearly thestronger team, and had several ex-cellent chances in the first half.Red-shirt junior midfielder Garrett Gun-ther had a chance in the 22ndminute, but his left-footed volleywent wide.

Minutes later,senior forward Do-minique Yahyavi was stopped bydiving Bear goalkeeper David Bing-ham. The junior saved the Bears allmatch long,making several difficultstops and totaling 10 saves in all.

Head coach Bret Simon was veryimpressed with Binghams play.

David played great, he reallykept them in the game,he said.

But Cal cashed in on its first goodopportunity of the half when a niftypiece of footwork by Cals Chris Or-tega on the sideline resulted in a cor-ner kick. A twisting ball off the setpiece was met by the unmarkedfreshman Sundly, who sent a headerpast the helpless Dodson for his firstcareer goal.

The large crowd of 2,415 thoughtits team might have secured thegame there, as the Golden Bear de-fense had only allowed just fivegoals in nine Pac-10 games, but theCardinal offense just had to get into

By KABIR SAWHNEY MANAGING EDITOR

Maintaining focus and intensity will be a keytheme for the Stanford football team this week,asit hits the road to face Arizona State.

The No.6 Cardinal (8-1,5-1 Pac-10) is coming off its biggest win of the season, a 42-17 undressing of then-No.15 Arizona.The victory put Stanford into thediscussion for a possible at-large berth into a BCS bowlgame and catapulted it back into the top 10 in all themajor rankings for the first time since its Oct. 2 loss tonow-No.1 Oregon.

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By CHRISTINA BROW

Its 2 a.m. on a Friday night inRicker Dining. As FroSoCostudents pass by the entrance,they take a peak inside to seewhere the music they hear is

coming from. What do they find?Clusters of Stanford studentssprawled across tables with theircomputers, snacks and Ethernetcords, gaming to their hearts con-

tent.These FroSoCo students stum-bled across the most recent of theStanford Local Area Network(LAN) parties,which offer a way forstudents to enjoy gaming in whatmight otherwise be a solo activity.

A coordinator of the party,Michael Christensen-Calvin 12 de-scribed LAN parties as, when abunch of people bring their comput-ers and games and play.

The gaming usually takes place indining halls,where students connecttheir computers and play onlinegames in teams of two to five.

Christensen-Calvin and MichaelRosenbloom 12 organize quarterlygaming parties on campus and areworking to make LAN parties an of-ficial ASSU student group.

Were trying to become anASSU-funded group, which wouldallow our ResComp LAN group tohave more than one party per term,

Christensen-Calvin said.As of right

now,we only get $100 every quarter.With more money,we could not onlyhave more parties, but also morefood and even Red Bull.

Rosenbloom described some of the other ideas that he and Chris-tensen-Calvin have considered im-plementing with more ASSU fund-ing.

With the money, we might plantournaments, he said. This wouldgive the parties a more competitiveaspect with prizes. Also, we couldraise money for Childs Play, a chari-ty that provides games for hospi-tals.

Christensen-Calvin said hespreads word about the LAN partiesby using list serves,and news of theparties spreads virally.

LAN parties are the best oppor-tunities to bring many people to-gether to play, said Melissa Suss-mann-Martinez 13.If youre on thesame team, its easier to talk to eachother in person and strategize.

Albert Lai 12 also felt that thegaming experience is enhanced by agroup environment.

When you play team games atLAN parties, you can see the otherperson face to face rather than call-ing, which makes the game morefun,Lai said.

A current gaming favorite oncampus is League of Legends, Suss-mann-Martinez said, describing thegame as similar to Defense of theAncients (DotA), a version of War-

craft III. Other popular games in-clude Halo, Super Smash Bros.,Rock Band and StarCraft.

Paisley Zelaya 13 described herfavorite game, StarCraft.

Its a real-time strategy game,she said.I started playing it in sixthgrade. Its so old, yet still cool. Imnot really into shooter games, andStarCraft is a game for everyone.

But a night of gaming isnt for thefaint of heart, as staying up to playgames often means not taking anybreaks to sleep.

This unofficial LAN part lastyear went from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.,Christensen-Calvin. It was a lot of fun.

Shannon Wong 10, consideredthe founder of LAN parties at Stan-ford, said she started organizingLAN parties two years ago in orderto make them a more regular optionon campus.She saw LAN parties asa way to bypass the need for stu-dents to have to find other gamers toplay with on their own, which cansometimes be a challenge.

I started these parties with theintention of dispelling the stigma of gaming,she said. When one thinksof gaming,one imagines a person sit-ting in his or her room in front of acomputer screen, playing a game byhim or herself.I want LAN parties tobe a social event that removes pres-sure about going to a frat party.

Rosenbloom said LAN partieshelp break down the perception of gaming as antisocial and create anopportunity for people with a com-mon interest in gaming to meet eachother.

LAN parties bring togetherpeople that usually dont get togeth-er, he said.The purpose of LANparties is to get all of the people,so-

cial and shy,to play the games.Although LAN parties can have

technical winners, Christensen-Calvin said his main goal is to simplylet students have fun.

Stephanie Young 14 said she ap-preciated the relaxed environmentat the parties.Students at Stanfordare very good at video games, buttheyre not too intense, she said.

Lai described why hthe social environmenties.

Its nice not to spetime in your dorm gamself,he said. Sometimgeek out.

Contact Christina Brow at [email protected].

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A couple weeks ago,Cornell Universi-ty President David Skorton made acall for national support for the hu-manities in light of declining funding and at-tention.I learned about his campaign when Iattended a Faculty Senate meeting lastweek, where President Hennessy whenasked by a faculty member whether hewould participate and what he might say said only that he was aware of the campaign.I imagine further words from Stanfordspresident must ultimately be coming, but Iwas a little disappointed to see no passionbubble forth when the topic arose.So maybewe really do need to ask ourselves: whatsthe use of the humanities?

Let me start with the professional world,the main focus of humanities skeptics.Hereswhere their analysis can go wrong: If wepicked out a specific professional aim andworked backward to figure out the precisesteps to lead us there, rarely would our an-swer be to read Shakespeare,to research thehistorical forces behind the fall of the Ot-toman Empire,to critically evaluate an argu-ment by Nietzsche.When we tie ourselves toa precise professional objective and lay outthe assembly line to get us there,the human-ities quickly fall by the wayside.But this is notbecause they are useless; it is because theiruse is hidden when we limit our vision to suchprecise targets.

The humanities broaden and deepen inprofound ways because they work on lesspredictable, and more foundational, humancapacities: imaginative power, empathy, in-tellectual humility, emotional intelligence,critical reading, effective writing, employinganalogies to make sense of phenomena,rea-soning outside of strict, systematic models.Developing these capacities is a dauntingproject, but the study of history, literature,philosophy, art and many other humanitiesdisciplines mold them inch by inch.

And these capacities are foundational toeverything in our society,both professionallyand in a political community. They are theway that CEOs become visionaries,that nov-

elists develop insight,that warring communi-ties begin to earnestly appreciate the histori-cal narratives that have shaped their differ-ences.Indeed, here we can see that the starklines between specialized fields are a bit arti-ficial. Humanistic capacities are involved inthe creativity engineers illustrate when theymove beyond problem sets, the human un-derstanding CS majors show when they de-sign a marketable website, the inference-making and reasoning abilities that are nec-essary at the upper limits of any field of re-search and the passion motivating produc-tive pursuits. The humanities engage thesecapacities and experiences head-on. Whencombined with the necessary training, theyplace students leaps ahead of anyone who islimited to models and mechanistic thinking.

Yet it can seem pretty silly to seek to jus-tify the humanities by appealing to econom-ic and political concerns,not because the ar-guments are untrue,but because they seemto desperately devalue the humanities.When I imagine economic interests, for ex-ample,as being the only legs the humanitiesstand on, it is as if universities have em-braced King Lears description of the aimsof his final years of life, as if we are seeking(and forgive my dourness) an unburdenedcrawl toward death.

Two of a universitys most vital aims todayare relieving physical and social burdensfrom the human condition through knowl-edge creation and preparing students for fi-nancially enabled lives. But these aims aretied to a yet deeper one:of humans attaininga standard in life in which we have the chanceto live our own versions of the good life.When we remove burdens through econom-ic and social advancement,we are enliveningthose central yearnings at the heart of thehuman experience, giving ourselves a chanceto satisfy them.

To be stirred by the beautiful,to feel ful-fillment through helping another, to opennew windows of fascination,to contribute towhat we know, to live a single moment for itsown sake and reflectively embrace our lives,

to go far beyond an unburdeneward death; humanitys truest cused on these kinds of human At institutions meant to deependerstanding of life and contriworld,how can we forget the disaim at enriching our human exp

Robert Musil once describethat which sneaks off at the menbraic series. The humanities atyond those series,seeking to rethe subjective human experiealongside objective models of bphenomena.In this sense, one mthe humanities as the soul of a unwhich motivates all the rest. Mparts of the soul are getting toBut if that is true,we are r eally i

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A ctually, the news from Africa is bothgood and bad.The good news is,thereare enough people who care aboutconflicts on the continent for there to havebeen a pretty heated debate this week be-tween John Prendergast of the Enough Pro-

ject and Ugandan journalist Angelo Izama.The bad news is,there will always be a differ-ence in views between Western NGOs whobelieve in the power of popular movementsto make a difference in conflict situationsand the people living in and with the conflictswho want to make sure their opinions are in-

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sanctions on Zimbabwes government be-cause of political uncertainty, is this reallyhelping the people of Zimbabwe achievetransparent governance? Might it not precip-itate a further collapse of an economy whoseinflation reached 89 percent in 2008?

This debate can never be resolved, be-cause as of now, a tool for quantitativelymeasuring how political or military conflictsare resolved hasnt appeared on the market.We cant know for sure whether divestmentcampaigns on American campuses in the1980s really did help end apartheid in SouthAf i h th f W t

as informed as possible of your its causes before they decide on your plight. Before you donatetwo hours of your time to send ato school, or to provide mosqNigerians,lets hope youve dosearch on traditional educationBritish-ruled colonies such as Kimplications of climate on malarAs Hiyabel pointed out to mteaches us to question everythi and that should include wabout foreign conflicts, which

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In the aftermath of vicious election rheto-ric following two years of intractablegridlock,it is difficult to see anything butpolitical disagreement. But in between,there still exist several areas of ideologicaloverlap between Republicans and Democ-rats. On these issues,the next two years offera stark choice between continuing the poli-tics of gridlock and developing actual policysolutions. If governing can trump politics,here are three issues the 112th Congressshould pursue.

Energy Investment. Republicans andseveral coal-state Democrats resoundinglyshot down cap-and-trade proposals tomake dirty energy more expensive.But thenext best alternative, making clean energy

cheaper through various incentives andgreatly increased federal funding for re-search and development, might have a bet-ter chance. While this idea still has a longway to go among many Republicans, sup-port has sprouted from several sources.The conservative American Enterprise In-stitute recently released a report advocat-ing $25 billion per year in federal fundingfor clean energy development.Several Re-publican senators, including LamarAlexander of Tennessee, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Richard Lugar of Indiana and Lind-sey Graham of South Carolina have voicedsupport and introduced bills in this direc-tion, and the U.S. military has consistentlycalled for moves to clean energy. If othersvalue economic, security and climate con-cerns more than denying President Obamaa political victory, they might be willing tocome on board as well.

Tax Reform. Virtually every economistwould agree that the corporate tax code isremarkably inefficient. Despite a marginaltax rate way above the world average, theU.S. takes a far lower percentage of revenuefrom the tax due to a series of loopholes and

deductions. Removing deductions and re-ducing the marginal rate could encouragebusiness investment, improve the economyand increase tax revenues.This idea will be awin-win unless politics get in the way.

Reducing Long-Run Deficits. This onewill be tricky, but its importance cannot beoverstated. When President Obamas bipar-tisan fiscal commission releases a final list of proposed spending cuts and tax increases onDec.1, many of the provisions are likely tobe unpopular. Already, political objectionsare cropping up. Democratic groups like theProgressive Change Campaign Committeehave demonized any adjustments to SocialSecurity as a policy disaster and a monu-mental political blunder. Similarly, many

Republicans have made untenable andmathematically impossible pledges to re-duce deficits with no tax increases or cuts todefense spending.

But if a bipartisan group commissionedby a Democratic president suggests a pack-age of 75 percent spending cuts and 25 per-cent tax increases, this might be the bestchance we will get to restore our nations fis-cal health.On defense spending,several Re-publican senators, including Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Rand Paul of Kentucky, MarkKirk of Illinois, Johnny Isakson of Georgiaand Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania have fol-lowed the lead of Secretary of DefenseRobert Gates and chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff Mike Mullen in calling forsubstantial cuts of up to $100 billion peryear.On entitlements, the Democrats on thiscommission have shown flexibility andopenness to reform.With the parties split-ting power in Congress, the opportunity tomake difficult choices might never be better.

Party leaders must identify the areaswhere agreement can be reached and pushrelentlessly for compromise,because Amer-ica literally cannot afford more inaction.

OPINIONSThree things the new Congress can get done

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Likealittle.com is the new big thing onthe Virtual Stanford Scene.Its an open,anonymous missed connections forum

for all the people you lock eyes with in acrowd and lose.(Or maybe hook up with at aparty and forget the name of.) This column ismostly a defense of the fact that I peruse it.Occasionally. (Oh come on, I dont need an-other guilty pleasure.)

Its one salve for the crowded but clutteredcampus the school can be, where its easy tocollide with someone and impossible to getthem to stop and chat, let alone schedule adate.Every once in a while, it looks like twopeople actually do find each other, which ispretty delightful to witness.There are quite afew freshmen lusting after RAs, which is al-most always adorable and amusing. Andtheres lots of flirting between individuals inrelationships or near-relationships: Wereplaying Starcraft together and I just cant be-lieve how lucky I am! (More or less equiva-lent to breeding a species of albino shoutinggorilla to summit skyscrapers and bellowyour love to the city below.)

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er she walks by.My first thought:creepy.Ob- jectifying. Ugh. But then I thought, wait,theres this one person that all these peopleswoon over.And theres nothing wrong withswooning.And its kind of nice to watch themcommune over her beauty. Shes a little bitlike our Garota de Ipanema.White Plaza be-

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$500K project surveys stuBy CASSANDRA FELICIANO

DESK EDITOR

Last week, e-mail requests fromIra Friedman, director of the VadenHealth Center, hit student inboxes,asking students to answer a question-naire on relationship abuse on cam-pus.The survey, which has more than

50 questions and enters participantsinto a raffle to win an iPad,is par t of a$500K project initiated three yearsago.

The grant, from the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice, marks the secondround of funding devoted to this col-laborative effort between the Univer-sitys Health Promotion Services(HPS) and the Center for Relation-ship Abuse Awareness (CRAA), aPalo Alto-based nonprofit. The firstcycle,which lasted two years,ended in2008 and amounted to $300,000.

Both phases sought to achieve thesame three goals, said HPS directorCarole Pertofsky,who also supervisesthe partnership response, trainingand education.

Several steps have already beentaken to accomplish the first twogoals. Strong ties with YWCA havebeen established, giving victims ac-cess to a campus office and a 24/7 hot-line as they decide how to approachthe situation.

Students have complete control,Pertofsky said.They decide whetherto proceed and file a Judicial Affairscharge or even file a criminal charge.

The partnership has also garneredan army of students to join the fightagainst sexual violence, including 20

student interns at CRAA to help withoutreach efforts at dorms and Greekhouses as well as a number of studentorganizations like Men AgainstAbuse Now (MAAN).

I wasnt here before the grant,said CRAA intern and two-yearMAAN president Ted Westling 12.But from what I heard, there wasnt

as much open and thoughtful discus-sions about it.There werent as manyprojects or supporting victims of vio-lence.

MAAN, a 12-member all-malegroup, meets weekly to discuss issuesand facilitates student education ef-forts by putting on events like filmscreenings and panels.

This is not to say that educationwas completely non-existent on cam-pus HPS addresses these issues inThe Real World:Stanford,a studentproduction performed during NewStudent Orientation. But theresmuch more that can be done, Pertof-sky explained.

We also realize that we dont real-ly know,we dont have good data onwhat are the beliefs and attitudes interms of the general student bodyabout sexual violence,she said.

Most of the statistics that HPS usescomes from national averages, which,according to Pertofsky, is not alwaysexemplary of campus culture becauseStanford represents a very sophisti-cated demographic. She noted thatmany students are already committedto ending sexual violence, citing thehigh attendance at Take Back theNight,the annual candlelight proces-sion in the spring.

I think what we reais to understand where education efforts, PertSo that were not talkinabout issues theyre alrebut hitting on whats [them].The purpose of threally get a very detaileding of what our campus

terms of education.One of the attitudes nership is working to chtendencies to first questvictim of sexual violencprovoke the perpetratorof the education endeavoasking that as the first start asking:he made a he made accountable foa crime, Pertofsky said

But it doesnt end forming the cultural norlarge community takes why a second round ofneeded.There are a number [ported to the Stanford year, Westling said. Opercent of sexual assaulported so there are probahappening than we havetion of.Pertofsky said HPS andlooking into establishinresources, details of whbe disclosed.But she conthough she doesnt havbers,the survey has beendesired response rate.

Contact Cassandra [email protected].

By IVY NGUYENDESK EDITOR

This report covers a selection of incidents fromNov. 5 to Nov. 8, as recorded in the Stanford Depart-ment of Public Safety Bulletin.

FRIDAY, NOV. 5I At 12:00 p.m.,the Department of Public Safety dis-

covered a possible unreported sexual assault whichoccurred sometime on Nov.1 at an unknown loca-tion in one of the Row house dormitories.

I At 12:20 a.m. a suspect was arrested in the Main

Quad, transported to San Jose Main Jail andbooked for public intoxication and criminal threats.I A person at Arrillaga Alumni Center reported that

someone sent a suspicious letter to a professor in re-sponse to an alumni solicitation for donations.Sud-denly, working a job in fundraising and develop-ment seems less appealing.

SATURDAY, NOV. 6I Between 11:00 p.m.Nov.5, and 1:00 a.m.Nov. 6,an

unlocked bike was stolen from the front of 132 Run-ning Farm Ln.

I Between 5:22 p.m. and 5:40 p.m., two people wereinvolved in a dispute at Stanford Stadium. Neitherparty requested a citizens arrest,eventually replac-ing their anger with the joy of Cardinal victory.

I At 7:14 p.m.,a stolen vehicle was recovered at ThetaDelta Chi.Authorities also reportedly found a flan-nel shirt in the back seat,closing the case.

I At 11:03 p.m.,an unknown male called in a possiblerape under the influence of drugs in the room nextto him. The call originated from Cedro in WilburHall and was thought to be a hoax.

MONDAY, NOV. 8I Between 4 p.m. Nov. 7, and 9 a.m. Nov 8, an un-

locked bike was stolen from the bike racks outsideof Terra. Lock, n. a mechanism for keeping a door,lid,etc.,fastened, typically operated only by a key of a particular form.Try one today!

Contact Ivy Nguyen at [email protected].

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that GPS units may be installed todeter theft.

Similar programs exist through-out the nation and the world inChicago and Denver, among othercities but the deployment will bethe first of its kind in California and

the largest regional effort in the na-tion,Richardson said.

That only accounts for the initialdeployment. If the pilot is success-ful, the MTC, in conjunction withthe BAAQMD, plans to expand theprogram to all nine counties in theregion.

The project will provide a rangeof lessons learned, demonstrate vi-ability of bike-sharing in the BayArea and under what conditions itcan be most successful (i.e., demo-

graphics, terrain, sizwithin each hub) that wto the region and citiesportation routes that aing bike-sharing, wrson.

The pilot program early stages,but Richarthat the bikes will be ready to ride by the end

Contact Dana Edwards a stanford.edu.

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BY BROOKE DAVISCONTRIBUTING WRITER

If you blink, you just might lose sight of the ball somewherebetween Christen Presss foot and the back of the net. Thesenior forward is Stanfords leading scorer, and is known tobe able to fire a shot from nearly anywhere on her oppo-nents half and test the keeper.

My favorite shot is a side volley that goes really low, saidPress, the nations leading scorer. But I rarely do that in games,just practice.

She may not take her favorite strike as much as shed like to,but that hasnt kept Press from pocketing ball after ball this sea-son.

Its no surprise that Press was named Pac-10 player of the year,as she has truly left her mark this season with 23 goals and sevenassists to her name. Press receives praise from awards,teammatesand coaches alike,but puts most of the pressure on herself insteadof feeling it from outside sources.

I think its safe to say that most of it comes from within,shesaid. The pressure is more just because I want to win and I wantto be successful.

Presss insatiable drive began before coming to Stanford,as a re-sult of years of competitive play and the people she met along theway.

I have a fitness coach, Ed Daniels, from my club who wastruly an inspiration to me. Press said in an e-mail to The Daily.He has a unique lifestyle that opened my eyes to the real worldof fitness.He taught me that I always have more energy and thatI can always get better,that I should never be satisfied.Those lastwords are definitely something I carry with me all the time.

Presss parents echo her intensity and remain enthusiastic sup-porters of her soccer career. Even though her parents neverplayed the game themselves, they caught the contagious soccerfever.

My parents are pretty unique soccer parents, Press said.They never played, but as soon as I took to the sport, they be-came the biggest soccer fans in America.Not just of womens col-lege soccer,but at every level. My mom is constantly sending meYouTube videos of her favorite European players.

Presss parents are also ultimate fans of their daughters soc-cer career,and more than a few of her big moments can be foundon YouTube.

My parents scream their heads off at every game,and only theLord knows that they are never satisfied, Press added.All thisis to say that my parents have had an extremely significant impact

on where I am today, from inspiration to pressure, they pick meup when I am down and are the reality check when I am up.

Although she has now made a name for herself,not only on theStanford campus, but in the nation as well, Press had to work herway up to the top, which is always a daunting experience.

My freshman year was a notably tough time, as transitioningwas extremely difficult for me,Press said.

So how did a maladjusted freshman evolve into the teamleader she is today? Press knew she wanted a challenge not onlyin soccer,but also in her life in general as well.I always say col-lege is what you make of it,Press said.I chose Stanford becauseit was a place that made the resources available to me to have agreat career here and could push me in all aspects of my life.

As time passed,Press became a comfortable member of a teamwith high goals that matched her own.

I found my place on the team through connecting with the girlson the same dream to win a national championship,she said.

Last year, the Card lost in the finals of the NCAA Tournamentto North Carolina by just one goal.Instead of letting the loss getto them, the players turned to their inner drive and kept theireyes on the prize.

Because of that loss, Press said, my team and myself goabove and beyond the call of duty to ensure that we are in the po-sition to give our best effort.

She never loses sight of her ultimate goal, which shes workedfor since her start.All of my dreams have come true here, except for the one that

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Aftercruising through the 2010 season withoutdropping a single contest,its never been more im-portant for Stanford to keep that streak alive.TheCardinal (18-0-2, 9-0 Pac-10) enters the NCAATournament on the heels of its second consecutiveperfect Pac-10 season and stands as the unani-mous No.1 team in the country. One of four topseeds in the 64-team field, Stanford will play hostto the opening two rounds this weekend.

Stanford kicks off the tournament on Friday at7 p.m., taking on the 16th-seeded SacramentoState Hornets (9-9-1).The winner of that match

will survive to play on Sunday afternoon againsteither Santa Clara (12-6-2) or Long Beach State(14-5-2), who face each other at Laird Q. CaganStadium on Friday at 4:30 p.m.

The Cardinal is no stranger to the NCAATournament.The team is making its 13th consec-utive appearance in the Big Dance and has ad-vanced past the first round in each of its past fourtries. In its two most recent appearances, it gotmuch further than that, reaching the Final Fourbefore being eliminated in 2008,the team lostin the semifinals to Notre Dame, and last seasonthe Cardinal dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker in thetitle game to North Carolina after entering thematch with a perfect record.

While theres always a certain amount of frus-tration that goes along with coming so close to achampionship only to fall short at the finish,Stan-ford head coach Paul Ratcliffe says the experiencefrom those near-misses is invaluable.

It certainly gives you added confidence, thatyouve been through the experience before and

SPORTS BRIEFS

Cross country set for NCAA Regionals

Fresh off the Pac-10 Champi-onships two weeks ago,the Stanfordmens and womens cross countryteams will continue down the homestretch on Saturday as they head toEugene, Ore. for the NCAA WestRegional. The ultimate goal of themeet will be qualification for theNCAA Championships, which arescheduled for Nov. 22 in Terre Haute,Ind.

The mens team will rely on theveteran trio of Elliott Heath, JakeRiley and Chris Derrick again in Eu-gene.The runners took the top threespots at the Pac-10 8,000-meter titlerace.

Despite its strong showing at Pac-10s,the mens team fell from the No.1 overall ranking in the nation. Stan-ford is now ranked second behindOklahoma State, which won the Big12 title on Oct.30.

Meanwhile, the success of thewomens team against the confer-ences best was recognized in therankings, as the Card shot up fromNo. 9 to No. 4. Sophomore KathyKroeger will again lead the Stanfordwomen as they try to shore up quali-fication for the NCAA Champi-onships.

Wrestling opens Pac-10 season inBakersfield

In an early start to conferencecompetition, the Stanford wrestlingteam (0-1) will head to Bakersfield,Calif.,for its first Pac-10 dual againstCal State Bakersfield on Saturday.

All-American NickAmuchastegui will headline the Car-

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In his third season as head coachof Stanford mens basketball, headcoach Johnny Dawkins is attemptingto defy the odds and accomplish avery overdue goal bringingMaples Pavilion, and Cardinal bas-ketball,back to life.

Stanford has gone without anNCAA Tournament appearancesince 2008,a season that ended witha devastating loss to Texas in theSweet 16 and the departure of twocampus icons,the 7-foot twins Brookand Robin Lopez, along with head

coach Trent Johnson.Now,one yearremoved from any postseason com-petition (the Card earned a CBIberth in 2009), the Cardinal will relyon just a handful of returning playersand a slew of promising freshmen inhopes of making March memorableagain.

Leading the team this year will be junior shooting guard JeremyGreen. Playing second fiddle tothen-senior and current NBA starterLandry Fields, Green quietly aver-aged 16.6 points and 3.8 rebounds

per game and earned a place on theAll-Pac-10 second team. However,he hit just 38 percent of his fieldgoals,a number that will undoubted-ly need to rise if the Cardinal hopesto succeed.

Center Jack Trotter and pointguard Jarrett Mann,also juniors,joinGreen as the teams only returningstarters. Trotter, while still over-matched against strong and skilledpost men, played with far greatercomfort and confidence than waspresent in his freshman year.He fin-ished the season averaging sevenpoints and 4.5 rebounds per game,and was second to Fields in total

blocks.Mann, meanwhile, continued tostruggle with his shot,but grew intohis role as a facilitator and wasamong the conferences leaders inassists per game with 4.5. However,he averaged nearly one turnover forevery assist and will need to work onhis decision-making and jump shotin order to play a key role in thestarting rotation.

Fans from 2008 will see a familiarface in the lineup this year,as juniorand fan favorite Josh Owens makes

his comeback after missing all of lastseason with an undisclosed heart ail-ment. Owens will provide muchneeded frontcourt depth and athleti-cism,and despite the inevitable rustthat comes with injury,he should re-ceive serious playing time at thepower forward position.

Junior Andrew Zimmermann,who is entering his second year inCardinal red after transferring fromSanta Clara, will share these min-utes. He is regarded highly byDawkins, and has been named ateam captain alongside Green andOwens. Zimmermann is a grittyplayer that thrives as a rebounder

and post-defender,but is continuingto develop an outside game.Stanfords returners will un-

doubtedly need to step their gameup a notch for the Card to make itout of the Pac-10 cellar,but perhapsthe most important component of this years squad is the top-20 re-cruiting class that Dawkins lured tothe Farm.

The freshman bunch,ranked No.16 by Rivals, spans four positionsand should make an immediate im-pact.

Dwight Powell, a 6-foot-11 Cana-dian import, leads the group. Thepower forward is a highly touted re-cruit whose highlight reel has hadStanford fans eagerly awaiting his ar-rival. He has the ability to play as atraditional four with his knack forscoring in the low post.He also excels

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DYLAN PLOFKER/The Stanford DailyJunior Jack Trotter, one of threereturning starters for the Card thisseason, showed a lot of growth lastyear as he posted seven points and4.5 assists per game.

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24-hour window to enjoy any givenwin,said senior center Chase Beeler.After that point, you have to lockright back in and you have to jumpright back on preparing like youhavent done anything,like its the firstweek of the season.

Though it isnt among the Pac-10selite teams, Arizona States sub-.500record can be partially attributed tosimple bad luck.The Sun Devils havetwice lost a game by a single point.OnSept.18,they fell 20-19 to Wisconsin ona blocked extra point with four min-utes left in the fourth quarter.

Last weekend against USC,ArizonaState was again the victim of special-teams miscues the Trojans firstblocked an extra point and returned itto the end zone (which is worth twopoints), then ASU kicker ThomasWeber missed a 41-yard field goal with1:34 left in the game that would havegiven his team a 36-34 lead.

The Sun Devils possess a strongpassing attack that should allow themto compete against any team in theconference. Led by quarterbackSteven Threet, Arizona State has the16th-best passing offense in the nationand is 37th in scoring offense.Threet,atransfer from Michigan, has playedwell in his first season as head coachDennis Ericksons starter, sitting atsecond in the conference in passing

yards per game. Compared to otherPac-10 schools,Arizona States passingoffense has certainly been impressive despite a plethora of strong-armedquarterbacks,the Sun Devil passing at-tack is currently rated second in thePac-10.

However, Arizona State lacks astrong rushing game to complementThreet.The Sun Devils are eighth inthe conference in rushing offense their top backfield threat, freshmanDeantre Lewis, is only gaining 57.3yards per game on the ground, goodfor 10th in the conference.

ASU should provide another solidtest for a rejuvenated Stanford de-

fense,which has put up very good per-formances in its last two outings.Twoweeks ago,the Cardinal went to Seat-tle and shut out Washington,41-0, be-fore holding highly touted quarter-back Nick Foles and Arizona to 17points last weekend.

The defenses performance on thestat sheet wasnt spectacular againstthe Wildcats, as Arizona was able togain 428 yards for the game.However,Stanford killed three Arizona driveswith clutch plays an interception bysenior cornerback Richard Sherman,asack that knocked Arizona out of fieldgoal range to force a punt and a passdeflection on fourth-and-goal at theStanford five-yard line.Wildcat punterKeenyn Crier was kept busy,with fivepunts throughout the game.

Stanford will also rely on its offenseto generate a lot of points, as it has allseason. Led by redshirt sophomorequarterback Andrew Luck, the offensehas been remarkably consistent, scor-ing between 37 and 42 points over itslast four games.The Cardinal currentlyranks fifth nationally in scoring offense,and should be able to move the ballagainst a Sun Devil defense that ranksin the middle of the Pac-10 in most sta-tistical categories.

Lucks performances over the pastfew weeks have begun to generatesome Heisman buzz as well,a fact that

his teammates are aware of.We knew he was that Heisman-caliber player all along,so it doesnt re-ally change our thought process ormentality, Beeler said.Well protectfor him well see to it that he goesuntouched,regardless of how hes per-forming.

Beeler and the rest of Stanfords of-fensive line have certainly done theirpart this season for the Cardinal.Luckhas been sacked just three timesthrough nine games, and was notsacked against Arizona,which featuresone of the conferences best defensivelines.

Stanfords rushing attack has also

been strong this season,helped by thesuccess of the offensive line. Sopho-more running back Stepfan Taylor,who has emerged as Stanfords featureback, is currently fifth in the confer-ence in rushing with 90 yards per game.

However,Harbaugh said he is stillopen to employing a rotation of backs,which the Card used to open the sea-son. Last weekend against Arizona,sophomore Tyler Gaffney and truefreshman Anthony Wilkerson bothsaw significant playing time.

Theres definitely a healthy com-petition going on, for touches, carriesand playing time, Harbaugh said.How they practice determines a lot of that,and its also determined on Satur-day,by whos got the hot hand.

Saturdays game has bowl implica-tions for both teams.Arizona State isfighting to keep its postseason hopesalive, since a loss would technicallyeliminate the team from bowl eligibili-ty. However,ASU would still have achance at a bowl game even with sixwins,since it could be granted a waiverif there are not enough eligible teamsto fill the 35 bowls.

Meanwhile, Stanford needs to winout to keep its BCS bowl hopes alive.With an 8-1 overall record,the Cardi-nal is already assured of its secondstraight bowl game, but has its sightsset on the Rose Bowl or another pres-

tigious postseason game.Despite the Cards lofty ranking,itcould take a little more to push it into aBCS at-large berth,since Stanford hasa reputation for not being able to trav-el well and send a lot of fans to games.

Harbaugh has no plans to persuadethe football powers to put his team intoa BCS game.

Were not in the campaigningbusiness,he said.

Stanford will take on Arizona Statein Tempe on Saturday.Kickoff is sched-uled for 4:30 p.m.PST.

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FOOTBALL| Stakes high for Devils, Card WOMENS BASKETBALL

Title hunt beginsBy NATE ADAMS

DESK EDITOR

After 10 straight regular season Pac-10 titles and threeconsecutive Final Four appearances, the expectations forthis years Cardinal women couldnt be much higher.Stanford enters the season ranked at No. 2 and No.3 inthe AP and coaches polls, respectively, and was unani-mously voted by Pac-10 coaches as the conferences topteam.

If its first two preseason games are any indication, theteam is on track to impress once again.Stanford routedVanguard, 116-65, and UC-San Diego,100-52, in exhibi-tion play earlier this week, seeing huge contributionsfrom new and old players alike.The Cardinal will kick off its regular season at home this Sunday when it takes onRutgers at 2 p.m.

The Cardinal boasts 11 returners from last years na-tional runner-up team,which lost to Connecticut,53-47,inthe finals. Among the teams veterans are three of lastyears go-to starters, all of whom head coach Tara Van-Derveer put in the opening lineup in that loss against theHuskies. Together with the other returning players andthe teams incoming freshmen,theyll have to fill the voidleft by the departure of former starters Jayne Appel andRosalyn Gold-Onwude. Appel scored 13.2 points pergame last season and is Stanfords all-time leader in re-

bounds, while Gold-Onwude was a leader at the pointguard position and boasted 33 percent shooting from be-yond the arc.

Obviously we had great success last year, and we domiss all the players that arent playing this year, Van-Derveer said.They left some big shoes to fill,but thank-fully weve got some big feet.

Returner and All-American Nnemkadi Ogwumike ledthe team in points per game last season with 18.5 and wasnamed the Pac-10 player of the year for her efforts.The

junior forward has been limited to just 13 minutes of playover the teams two exhibition matches due to a sore leftankle, but managed to go 4-for-4 from the field and pulldown three rebounds.

Joining Ogwumike as returning starters are seniors

Kayla Pedersen and Jeanette Pohlen, both of wnamed to the All-Pac-10 first team last season4,Pedersen is a powerful presence in the forwaand has already put up big numbers this scored a game-high 25 points against Vangua13 shooting, including 2-for-2 on three-poinputting up 13 points in just 20 minutes agaiDiego three days later.

Pohlen, stepping in as the teams most guard, has had a pair of solid outings as well.Stotal of 25 points over 42 minutes in both gameby her 5-for-6 shooting for threes.Adding to hetions in the first two contests,Pohlen posted foeach game.

Im really excited with how our team starthe exhibition games,and how our team is comer,Pohlen said.We have a lot of different linow,and I could be playing the two-guard thisbit too,which is nice. We just have a lot of peovery versatile.As far as a leadership role,Im vto step up and show some leadership my senio

Eight other members of last years squad wCardinals three returning starters. Among thshirt sophomore Sarah Boothe,who missed allson with a foot ailment, but started in both ofexhibition games and scored a total of 24 pointutes. Another player to watch is sophomoJoslyn Tinkle, who started against Vanguard antotal of 24 points in 47 minutes across both gwith a total of 14 rebounds.

Rounding out the roster for this years Cardof talented freshmen.Toni Kokenis, a guard Brook,Ill., has already impressed this year witand athleticism.Against UC-San Diego, she the Cardinal offense with a steal and a layup bon to post three assists and four points. Guard Sa California native,posted 16 points in the win aguard,including a 4-for-7 effort from beyond th

Perhaps this years biggest addition to troster,however,comes in the form of Chiney OThe younger sibling of Nnemkadi,Chiney hasing but impress this year,posting a pair of 24-pin both exhibition contests in a total of 48 mguard,a product of Cypress,Tex.,like her olderrecorded game highs in rebounds during bwith 16 against Vanguard and eight againDiego.

With its talented additions and experienceincluding a healthy Boothe, the Cardinstrength this season may be its versatility.

Its really just a puzzle in figuring out whtogether,VanDerveer said about the depth of hItll just take some time through practice how people do in games,and well have someally quickly. We have a lot of different optionsee how different peoples roles are solidifiedwe dont have a completely set starting lineup

The Cardinals first regular season matchuthis Sunday, when it takes on Rutgers at 2 p.mlet Knights hosted Stanford in their home season,falling 81-66. The teams offense is sby redshirt junior Khadijah Rushdan, a presBig East honorable mention who led her teamlast season with 116 and steals with 56. Rcoach C. Vivian Stringer is third on the NCAmost career wins and last year was named to thMemorial Basketball Hall of Fame. TogetheDerveer, who is fifth on the list,the pair has a1,636 victories.

We go way back,VanDerveer said of Stria fabulous coach and an even better person.Wnot playing them, Im rooting for her.

The rest of Stanfords nonconference seaprove to be a tough test,with games scheduled17 Texas and No.5 Xavier, before finishing odar year at home against No.1 Connecticut on

We have the anti-cupcake schedule, Vsaid. We are playing everybody and anybodyConnecticut and Xavier [are tough]. Rutgerteam to start with,and theyre an excellent pro

Despite the relentless schedule,VanDerveethat her team will play strong and win over nfans alike this season.

This is a really exciting time right now fothe Giants doing so well,our football team doand obviously womens volleyball, all tsports,she said.We just want to be part of thapeople to come and see our team and say,Wospecial team.

Stanford will kick off its regular season agathis Sunday.The game is scheduled for 2 p.mPavilion.

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DYLAN PLOFKER/The Stanford DailyNnemkadi Ogwumike, No. 30 above, soared above thecompetition in her second year with the Cardinal. The jun-ior forward averaged 18.5 points per game last season.

After losing in the NCAA final last year,the Card has plenty to aim for in 2010

you know what to expect, Ratcliffesaid. But it still takes looking at itgame by game. You need to look ateach game and play your hardest andput out a good effort.

Rather than any specific advice,Ratcliffe says the biggest inspirationthe younger players are taking fromtheir experienced teammates is theirattitude in postseason practice.

Its really just their intensity inpreparation, he said.Weve trainedhard this week and the team is lookingsharp,and for me its just that intensitythat the younger players can learnfrom them.

Among the freshmen learningfrom the teams postseason veterans isgoalkeeper Emily Oliver. With sixshutouts and the nations third-bestgoals-against average at 0.299,she hasbeen a key part of Stanfords successand has earned her place as the teamsgo-to starter in lieu of senior KiraMaker. In her most recent outing,

Oliver shut out Oregon State to seal ashare of the Pac-10 title.Emily had a fantastic perform-

ance against Oregon State,which wasone of our stronger opponents,so shereally separated herself that shes thebest goalkeeper for me right now,Ratcliffe said. But in saying that, if there are any concerns, Kira filled inon Senior Day [against Oregon] andhad a fantastic performance as well,so

we really have a luxury right now inthat we have some really good goal-keepers.

Ratcliffe may be happy with hiskeepers on the defensive side, butStanfords most prominent player thisseason is no doubt on offense.Seniorforward Christen Press enters thetournament leading the nation inpoints per game (2.65),goals (23) andtotal points (53).With 39 assists,shesalso just one away from Stanfords all-time record of 40,set by MarcieWardin 2004.In recognition of her incredibleseason, Press was named the Pac-10player of the year earlier this week.Inthe same release, the conference alsonamed Ratcliffe as the Pac-10 coach of the year for the third consecutive sea-son.

As the Cardinals first opponent inthe tournament,the Hornets are ridinghigh after defeating top-seeded North-ern Arizona, 1-0, to win the Big SkyConference Tournament. Senior for-ward Leah Larot, a San Jose native,leads Sacramento States offense with10 goals and 21 points as her teamheads for the second NCAA Tourna-ment appearance in program history.

Sacramento State is a good team,

Ratcliffe said.The key is that we haveto jump out on them early and be ag-gressive, but I dont expect to blowthem out.Its a game that well have toearn the victory and prove that werethe better team.

The Hornets last appearance in theNCAAs came in 2007,when they alsoplayed the Cardinal in the first round.Stanford won the game handily,defeat-ing Sacramento State 7-0.

This years Stanford squad has ex-perience against other teams in thetournament as well.The Cardinal hasplayed 13 of the 64 teams in the tourna-ment field this season, going a com-bined 11-0-2. The two draws cameagainst Boston College and North Car-olina,a pair of teams that were in thetop five at the time.

After watching the Broncos and49ers square off at 4:30 p.m.,Stanfordwill open up its postseason run againstSacramento State at 7 p.m.tonight.Thewinners of the doubleheader will thenface each other on Sunday at 1 p.m.Allgames will take place at Laird Q.Cagan Stadium.

Contact Nate Adams at nbadams@stanford.edu.

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matters most: winning a nationalchampionship, she said. Hope-fully, its our year.

After this year,Press will gradu-ate, leaving her legacy and her in-spiration behind for her team tocontinue on.

To my team for future sea sons,bring passion, she said. Pushyourself to be greater, and dontforget to enjoy the journey.

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they will almost certainly do so at the samecost.American football will no longer beAmerican.

The NBA could find itself no longerthe premier league in world basketball,with the most talented American playersinstead moving perhaps to play in EasternEurope. The Commissioners Trophy,awarded to the winner of the World Series,might find a home away from Americanshores for many seasons at a time.And if the NFL succeeded in setting up franchis-es overseas, the American national an-them,a centerpiece of American sportingtradition, would surely not be heard be-fore games played abroad.

As someone from a small islandwhose sports have managed to make thatleap from domestic to global standing,Idont want to make it seem like this is a badthing.That soccer,cricket,rugby and manymore British pastimes are now games of worldwide significance is a pretty awe-some thing.

But sometimes its tough,too.Englandhasnt even come close to winning or host-ing the soccer World Cup for far longerthan Ive been alive.Our national sportsteams are known more for consistent fail-ure and underachievement than successin games we literally wrote the rulebooksfor.

So if you chase your global ambitionsand show us how to win,dont be too sur-prised or upset when we take the prize fromyou.

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Stanfords own The Sea Peoplerock out Elliott ProgrammingCenter, above, during Saturdaynights Arts Party, put on by theStudent Organizing Committeefor the Arts (SOCA). Other stu-dent performers included theband Nimbleweed, the danceensemble DV8, guitaristStephen Henderson 11 and theduo known as Sex Ray Vision.Students were encouraged tocontribute to the arts atmos-phere, at left.

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Saturday night was a seductiveevening for anyone flirtingwith the arts scene at

Stanford, as Student OrganizingCommittee for the Arts (SOCA)threw the ubiquitously named ArtsParty at Elliott ProgrammingCenter. In a gently lit room thatsmelled of boxed wine, artsy typesmingled to the stellar sounds of some of Stanfords best studentbands. Nimbleweed performedfolksy,acoustic covers of classicparty songs, from AC/DCs YouShook Me All Night Long to FloRidas Club Cant Even HandleMe, as students swayed back in

forth holding plastic cups filledwith homemade sangria. On eitherside of the room, partygoers gottheir hands dirty with art.

At one table, crafty studentseagerly popped open the providedshaving cream and paints to makescraps of marbled paper. On theopposite end of the room stood alarge poster board with a sign thatread Paint me! and several tookup the chance to contribute theirbrushstrokes to the communalpainting. One girl,dolled up indark purple beret, sat before thepainting for half an hour, painstak-ingly adding a Tempera face to theboard. As Nimbleweed closed outtheir set and the next band pre-pared for theirs, Vampire Weekendblasted out of the speakers. Thesmartly dressed crowd filledwith girls in vintage dresses andboys in fashionable shoes collec-tively bobbed their heads to thebeat, and some wandered over tothe snacks table to nibble on cher-ries and slices of brie.

The Elliott ProgrammingCenter, located on Lake Lag,was afitting venue for the night, justlarge enough for the crowd butsmall enough to foster the kind of

intimacy necessary for conversa-tion, with bright white Christmaslights softly illuminating the logcabin-esque room. Next up to per-form was well-loved campus bandThe Sea People, and the crowdgathered close as they rocked out to

the fast-paced set. The Sea Penergy was crazy-high; theirtarist whipped his floppy dar and the crowd into a frand the lead singer swayed band forth as she sang prettilythe microphone. The pleasurtheir performance was simpltagious, and partygoers begadance around the room. In ocorner danced a boy in suspeglasses and checkered Vans aanother with sagging pants agold chain; elsewhere, a tall vintage dress was spun arounan equally stylish friend cladblack. The crowd was a mot

crew and a breath of fresh aithe homogenous, scantily-clamasses that tend to dominateStanfords Saturday-night soscene.

After The Sea Peoples performance, the evenings cnators shuffled the crowd to side of the room,clearing oufor dance ensemble DV8 to pform a hot routine to a mix ofamiliar frat party hip-hop. Tevening then took on a coffevibe as dreamy-eyed soloistStephen Henderson 11 sangstrummed an acoustic cover Buckleys haunting Halleluj

The nights closing act walways kick-ass duo Sex RayOnce again, the crowd went dancing freely with hearts thbing and temples sweating, awhen charismatic r apper Bri11 announced they were docrowd begged for one more was the mark of a killer partone wanted it to end. The ArParty was a smash success, aful night full of creativity, coand first-class performances left everyone asking for an e

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Night out:SOCA Arts Party

This years first Four MinuteReading , held in theUjamaa lounge on Monday,

was a wonderful opportunity fordeveloped and developing

Stanford authors to showcase fourminutes of their writing. A crowdof students, a sprinkling of creativewriting teachers and a fewintrigued passersby snacked onample food and drink as they patiently awaited the performers.

The evening started off strong, with renowned SpokenWord poet Jamaica Osorio per-forming first. She originally planned to read four minutes of her short story about teen suicides,but she decided that would be a bittoo depressing. Instead, she per-formed a piece about racial insen-sitivity, with controlled gesturesand flawless intonation. Althoughnot exactly cheery, her readingproved intensely captivating andrendered the audience breathless.

Next up was Samantha Toh11,a writer for The Daily,whoread an empowering poem aboutself-awareness and acceptance.Shedescribed her physical features,denying them generic qualities andgifting them unique beauties.

Then Gabrielle Gulo 12 read

some of her short story,a devastat-ing account of a girl learningabout the death of her friendsmother through a letter. Anotheremotionally charged reading,by

Miranda Mammen 14, followed,with a first-person account by adaughter describing her mothersappearance after a car accident,vividly detailing what she imag-ined the wrecked car must havelooked like on the freeway, with itssmashed groceries and responsibil-ities left undone.

In the interest of a goodlaugh, or a good dozen laughs,Claire Woodard 12 read a poemthat explored the moans andgroans of next-door neighborshaving acoustically driven sex.With a reference to John LennonsCome Together, and a climaxdetailing the divine lovemaking of an abbot, Woodard took her seatwith a satisfied audience.

Willys Devoll 13 read a snip-pet of his short story about acrazed writer and his confusedprotge discussing aesthetics anddefecation during lunchtime.Itwas a thoughtful and humorousanalysis of the written word andthe dark corners it can lead oneinto. Helena Bonde 11 read a mix-

ture of poetry and narrative aboutan elf lost and disoriented on anisland, employing beautifulimagery while showcasing rhyth-mic prowess.

Frank Rodriguez 12 gave us afour-minute glimpse into his shortstory, a work based on Jack Kirby,the comic book artist behindCaptain America. His descriptions,particularly of a loaded and omi-nous gun,were simply gut-wrenching. Chris Rurik 11 fol-lowed with a piece that he hadworked on just that day, on thesubway, and a quick excerpt from amore developed work of fiction.

The event concluded with thebeginning,The Fall, a poemabout Adam and Eve by JenniferSchaffer 14, also a writer for TheDaily.Her piece created a minia-ture Garden of Eden between twolovers, suspended in ecstatic lovethe morning after, eventually wrenched back to reality with theirritating cry of an alarm clock.And with that, the transcendentevening came to an end.

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Over-sexed, over the top and over-whelming to the uninitiated, Gaieties isready to make its rude (and lewd) jab

at UC-Berkeley.Beginning Wednesday,Nov. 17,Gaieties 2010: The Last Temptation of Calpromises to top the Dalai Lama, if its trailer is tobe believed.

The posters for this years show ominously read,Blood in the fountains, but otherwise theplot details have been kept secret,as is custom-ary.But from Intermissions sneak peek of theshow,we can say that The Last Temptation of Cal lives up to its raunchy reputation.

Put on by the Rams Head TheatricalSociety,the student-written, student-performedcomedic musical dates back to 1911.Known forits winking insanity and unabashed nudity,Gaieties has made its bawdy skewering of Cal,

and Stanford itself,a Big Game week tradition.The plot generally follows some version ofbadCal seizing, destroying and/or attackingStanford,though each year the production triesto one-up itself in absurdity levels.

Particularly impressive this year is thecomedic timing of the cast,starring Chris Lang11,Geffan Pearlson 14, Phillip Bowen 11,AlexWalker 13 and Mary Beth Corbett 12.Theshow is stocked with lines like,I was taking abreak from IHUM to, you know,save Stanford,which land with precise delivery.The question-able accents and physical humor will winlaughs,provided the blink-and-you-may-miss-itzingers dont get swallowed by MemorialAuditorium.

Gaieties,however, would be nothing with-out its script (just try and keep a straight facewhen one character muses, Thats why my iPadpussy app was going wonkers.). Gaietiesall-student writing staff of 10, led by head writerNick DeWilde 10, began writing this yearsshow last spring,while producer Rachel Lindee12 and director Emily Goldwyn 11 made their

edits through the summer.As of Tuesdaysrehearsal, lines were still being refined.As usual,student groups, pop culture and

Stanford quirks provide fodder for Gaietiesfast-paced dialogue, with Greek organizationsand a cappella groups bearing the brunt of the jokes this year.The production is one big inside joke, chock full of references to dining hall food,freshmen,chat lists, CoHo stink and those

pesky abbreviations.And many of the charac-ters are based on true stories,so if one of thoseactors looks familiar on stage, you know why.

The show itself is an exercise in attentionsplitting,as often the background hijinks arefunnier than the main action.Rather than ageneric chorus, the performers take on differentcampus characters during each scene for hilari-ous results.Are you nursing? Keep that, I love

that, said director Goldwyn to one pair oindustrious actors during rehearsal.A show highlight,the requisite frat p

scene is brilliantly choreographed.Its wogoing to multiple showings just to see whentire cast gets up to on stage.

Yes, the show is offensive. Gaieties

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This past Saturday, nine Stanford stu-dent and staff members took to thestage to deliver heartfelt, meaningful

monologues on the experiences of thehijabi, a Muslim woman who chooses towear the traditional headscarf, the hijab.Unusually, these were not personal experi-ences of the students, though their convic-tion and emotional intensity never revealedthis fact. Stanford Theatre ActivistMobilization Projects (STAMP) productionof the Hijabi Monologues , in conjunctionwith the Muslim Student Awareness Network(MSAN), departed from STAMPs usualtrend of drawing material from Stanford stu-dents and their experiences.

STAMP has done several differentmonologue projects in the past . . . however,in the Hijabi Monologues the script itself isnot native to Stanford,said Heidi Thorsen12, STAMPs producer of the show.Themonologues are not, for the most part, acompilation of different individuals stories,but rather the work of one writer, SaharUllah.

As STAMP focuses on social theater rele-vant to the Stanford community, Thorsensaid, There was a much greater concern andemphasis on how we would make these sto-ries our own.The production team also had

the unique experience of working directly with the author of the monologues, SaharUllah, who participated in a panel discussionafter the show on Saturday.

We were under a legal obligation tokeep the monologues already in the script,though we could add monologues of ourown if they were approved, said AdityaSingh 13,one of the two directors of theshow.While we did have some extra mono-logues initially,we eventually discarded themas they were too tangential and we wanted tokeep the script coherent.

In the panel discussion, Ullah explainedthat even the official canon of theMonologuesexpands organically as she dis-covers new stories that can be well-incorpo-rated into the show. Nor does the show sufferfrom a lack of diversity in its content.Attimes, drastically different consecutive mono-logues nearly gave me whiplash with theirabrupt change of tone, yet I found this styleeffective in driving home the huge variationin the experiences of the hijabis who tell theirstories.

Starting with a short monologue,ImTired, Kate Hyder 11 talked about the con-stant pressure to represent an entire worldreligion, to deal with people insisting shemust be oppressed by her choice of clothing.

The monologues soon spiraled into nartives that were at times hear tbreaking ahilarious, shocking and relatable.

Monologues like Knock on the Dabout a young Muslim American womafathers wrongful arrest after 9/11 and Sons Wedding, a mothers lament at hsons premature death, dealt with extredifficult experiences, whether specific Muslim women or universal. There wemonologues as well, for instance aboumany pickup lines hijabis are likely to

Perhaps the most fun and a perfecpenultimate monologue to the much mserious final monologue,The HijabiProtectorsexcellently acted by Hana AHenaid 14, is Ullahs own story of thenerdy boys of her senior class in high who decided to take it upon themselveher hijabi protectors and keep other bofrom touching her. This monologue, likearlier one where she describes trying a place to pray during a football game,light and entertaining, but also feels asingly real and normal, a simple slice ofor a young woman.

Ullah said in the panel that this is the goal of the monologues, to show th

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The cast of Gaieties 2010: The Last Temptation of Cal runs through the show iTuesday evening rehearsal. At left, David Havens 12 commits to his character.

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For their fall show, theStanford student sketchcomedy group Robber

Barons has opted to tackle thetragedies of a more obscureminority group: the few, theproud and the whiny that suffer asprivileged youth. In First WorldProblems, the Robber Baronsexcel at highlighting the absurdi-ties of the socioeconomically secure, only falling flat when they stray too far from the theme.

The topic is a smart choice, asno generation likes to hear aboutitself quite as much as ours. Oneposter proclaims the harrowing

truth, Some people still have touse the iPhone 3G. Anothermourns the fact that Every fiveminutes, a child goes withoutdessert.

They may seem fortunate,announced a deadpan LaurenKelly 13 at the top of the show,but unfortunately they dont feelthat way. From the openinginfomercial to the closing groupnumber that puts every Gleeending to shame, the comedy group takes on cell reception,theme houses,blogging and built-to-fail relationships all topicsthat the student body can relate toand laugh over.

The best skits stick to thefamiliar: Sophie Carter-Kahn 13

and Kelly are memorable as aspacey blogger and reluctant wit-ness, respectively, aided by fast-paced writing that spawns one of the most hilariously tragicacronyms. The writers earn laughsagain with devilishly upbeat SamCorrao Clanon 13, who pulls outa perfect radio voice for a split-personality performance.

Even the more outlandishsetups are reined in by everyday

characters. The tribute to 2001: ASpace Odysseyhas the men of Robber Barons (clad in . . . youreally need to just see for yourself)return to the middle-schoolmindset in an alpha-male display.On a similarly fanciful premise,the Ancient Greek theme houseskit is anchored by the dude-ish yet naive characters played by Carlo Pasco 13 and Alex Connolly 11, who evoke overeager fresh-men all across campus.

The Robber Barons fare less

well at portraying couples either together or in the midst of anasty divorce.Often the marriedlife skits become too abstractedfrom an audience that is, for themost part, sans-wedding ring.Those first world problemshavent yet hit the student popula-tion, so the comedy doesnt hithome as much as, say,a texting- your-mom joke.

In terms of physical comedy,director Connolly and head writerCameron Poter 11 stand out inFirst World Problemsfor theirtiming and facial expressions.

And while they arent an a

cappella group, the Robber Baronsare nonetheless charming in theirresounding musical finish, withthe off-key yet soulful chorus. We are first world/We are rich chil-dren/We are the ones who like tohoard the worlds resources.

Experience First WorldProblems Friday, Nov. 12 andSaturday, Nov.13 at 7:30 p.m. and9:30 p.m. in the Nitery. Admissionis free for students with SUID, $10for everyone else. Reservationsmay be made online at robber-baronscomedy.com.

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Robber Barons explorefirst-world angst

Stanford, Cal ball-room teams kick off Big Game week

itself on its political incorrectness andThe Last Temptation of Cal, is noexception. The racist jokes fly throughout the show (Now go domath p-sets or take pictures in front

of MemChu, or whatever your peoplelike to do, says one actor to his Asianaccomplice). Consider it a mark of prominence if you or your studentgroup is mentioned in Gaieties.

And then theres the nudity. Forfirst-timers,the show is eye-openingin its rowdiness.At one point inrehearsal,Goldwyn sternly directed,

We need to have a make-out ctition and you need to all win iSuffice to say, the cast is prepatake gold.

Catch the intellectual hedo

of Gaieties 2010:The LastTemptation of CalNov. 17-19p.m.Tickets are $10 for studen$20 for adults.

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Robber Barons Catherine Lowell 11, John Pluvinage 14 and Ellen Cerf 11 face first world horrors.

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have to use theiPhone 3G.

Next week,Stanford and Calwill face off on the footballfield, but tonight, they meet

on the dance floor as friendly foes.The two schoolsballroom teams will jumpstart the countdown to nextSaturdays game at Allegro Ballroomin Emeryville for the first ever Cal-Stanford Big Dance (not to be con-fused with Stanfords annual all-nightBig Dance in the spring). Potentially the first of many such gatherings, this years inaugural event stands to beincorporated into the decades-longtradition of rivalry and gaiety associ-ated with Big Game week.

The Cal-Stanford Big Dancewas conceived and planned by thestaff of Allegro Ballroom,a non-prof-

it dance studio and special-eventvenue,in conjunction with theStanford Ballroom Dance Team andthe UC-Berkeley Ballroom Dancers.Though the two teams frequently cross paths at competitions, tonightsproceedings are meant to bring themtogether to mix,mingle and be merry in a laid-back and convivial atmos-phere, and to promote ballroomdancing on both campuses.

The evening will consist of socialdancing,school spirit and,of course,some friendly competition: teammembers will participate in thestraight-leg cha-cha while attemptingto keep a straight face,lest they bedisqualified for cracking a smile; andwomen will take the lead and sweepthe men off their feet in the role-reversal rumba.

A comic spin on ballroom clas-sics, this repertoire offun dancesonthe docket for tonight is a lightheart-ed and good-humored take on con-

ventional competition pieces. Iof strict technique and meticulpartnership,couples will focusand be judged accordingly on propensity for parody and abilthink outside the ballroom box

Sprinkled in among the fdances, both teams will have opportunity to put on mini shoes to highlight the best dancerboth sides of the Bay. One succase will even feature a mixedwhen a Stanford lead and Berkfollow pair up for a joint perfoance,Tony and Maria style.

The evenings victor, to bdeclared by the judges of AlleBallroom,will return to its rescampus bearing a trophy. It wi

theirs to display proudly until tteams reconvene for another ro jovial competition in honor ofnext Big Game week.

Book-ended by general dand festivities,the event is opestudents,alumni and the local munity, be they social dance enasts or curious spectators. Thebe ample opportunity for inspaudience members to break ouown moves following the main

Tickets can be purchased door tonight at Allegro BallroEmeryville, $5 for ballroom temembers,$9 for non-memberSchool spirit is encouraged, soto leave all blue and gold attirhome and represent with someCardinal red.

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With Thanksgiving break and the firstinstallment of Harry Potter and the

Deathly Hallowshitting theatersNov.19,there are bound to be some folks flyingout to the magical lands ofOrlando to check outThe Wizarding World ofHarry Potter .To prepfor that,Intermission has kindly provided anofficial breakdown ofwhat could very well be thegreatest experience of any true Potterfans life.

Entering Hogsmeade is guaranteed the clos-est we Muggles will ever get to experiencing themagical world ofHarry,Hermione and Co.Itstruly magical.The rooftops are perpetually cov-ered in snow.The Hogwar ts Express toots a wel-

come while blasting steam,and,like the realHogsmeade, its constant-ly bustling with hordes of people.Shopping-wise,the first stores you hit

are Zonkos,the toy shopand Honeydukes,the candy store,which

are connected. Zonkos carries various memora-bilia and wizard toys mentioned in the novelsas well as more common,v intage-looking toyslike a tin robot or wooden duck.If you lookup while you cross into Honeydukes,youllsee extendable ears dangling from the ceiling.The colors in the candy shop are as vibrantand delicious as the goodies it sells.Here youcan get your Cauldron Cakes, treacle tarts,

Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans andChocolate Frogs which natu-

rally come with a holo-graphic trading card.

For more standard

souvenirs, theres Filchs Emporium nestled inthe base of the Hogwarts castle and De

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