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By THOMAS YEHSTAFF WRITER

Students gathered in Old Union Fridayevening to listen as ASSU President JonnyDorsey 09 delivered his State of theAssociation address, an annual debriefinggiven by the student body president in aneffort to update students on the accomplish-ments and status of the ASSU.

But Dorsey and Vice President FaganHarris 09 made it clear that they arenowhere near done.

I really dont want to stand here and tellyou about all that weve done, becauseweve got a lot more to do,Dorsey began.And looking back on the previous State ofAssociation speeches, I was less and lessmotivated to try to get you guys to comehere,because they had titles like ExecutivesReflect On Previous Year and PresidentSummarizes Term in Office.

Were not done,he continued. Werenowhere near done. I dont want to givethat speech, and I dont want to see thatheadline.

Prior to the address, the audiencereceived handouts detailing the variousprojects the ASSU has already kicked intogear.After a brief overview of those printedcontents, Dorsey moved on to what hebelieved to be the more pertinent aspect ofhis address.

This is more of a recruitment speech,the President admitted.

Framing the associations goals aroundthe severity of the current budget cuts,Dorsey targeted key areas of public servicethat demanded improvement, urging forincreased involvement from the studentbody and emphasizing the positive effect alarger voice would have on identifying themost important issues.

The reason we decided to [take on theseroles] was because we were both genuinelydepressed, Dorsey said.So many studentsshowed up here wanting to have a hugeimpact on the world.

He pointed to a number of specifics thatneed addressing, including the still-preva-lent issue of sexual assault,the mental healthproblems that are plaguing the campus anda number of much-needed improvements inthe opportunities offered to Stanfordsunder-appreciated staff members.

Weve got [one of] the top businessschools and the top School of Education,Dorsey said.And yet a lot our staff dont

have any financial advice as their homes arebeing foreclosed, and their kids arent get-ting any tutoring from anyone on this cam-pus.

The president moved the crowd near theend of his speech,choking up as he recount-ed the conversations he had with a staffmember who was overwhelmed with a stackof home-foreclosure paperwork that shecouldnt understand, and who wanted noth-ing more than to have her eight-year-old sontutored by a Stanford student.

These, Dorsey insisted, were problemsthat students could address through activeinvolvement in ASSU projects.

Not only did the content of the addressdiffer from previous years, but the formatwas altered as well. Following the speech,students were allowed to speak with mem-bers of the cabinet on particular projectsthat may have sparked their interests.

Typically in the past, the speech wasoften given just to the Senate and to peoplewho were involved in the more official partsof the ASSU, said cabinet member KarenWarner 10. I think the emphasis on bring-ing members of the student body in for theaddress reflects what ASSU has really beenstressing this year,which is to try and engagethe students.

Dorsey,Harris saymore work needed

Execs discuss progress

STUDENT LIFE

Students rally Universityfor sweat-free apparel

SPEAKERS

Bill Lanespeaks onLincoln

By LIZ STARK

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Stanfords Bill Lane Center for theAmerican West played host on Friday to a dis-cussion of Abraham Lincoln and his legacy inan all-day conference at the SchwabResidential Center, featuring five of thenations preeminent Civil War-era scholars.

Fridays lectures and panel followedPulitzer Prize-winner James McPhersonskeynote address, which took place onThursday.

The series was funded by Bill Lane 42,for-mer publisher of Sunset Magazine.Lane, in hisopening speech on Friday, described the rootof his interest in Lincoln and the West.

My interest in Lincoln started very early,he said, discussing his time as a tour guide atYosemite National Park.I talked my way intobeing an intern lecturer on the [tour bus atYosemite], and I immediately started studyingLincoln.

Lane noted that the connection between

By FATIMA WAGDY

Last Friday at noon, almost 50 students,professors and union workers braved the rainto gather in White Plaza and march to theMain Quad, as the Stanford Sweat-Free

Campaign continues to urge the University totake steps to ensure that its apparel is not pro-duced in sweatshops.

The rally began with a short introductionfrom Katie Frank 09, who explained the pur-pose of the rally and the Sweat-FreeCampaign. She outlined the ideas of theDesignated Suppliers Program (DSP) andinsisted that Stanford support it.She said thatfull implementation of the program wouldstop Stanford from purchasing merchandisemade in sweatshops.

The DSP consolidates factories that manu-facture university apparel, and grantsapproved factories guaranteed contracts. Forthe last two years, the Stanford Sweat-FreeCampaign has been working with theUniversity to adopt DSP.

Susan Weinsten, director of trademarklicensing, told The Daily two weeks ago thatStanford is already actively protecting work-ers rights.

Stanford decided to implement a pro-gram that supports our belief that workers are

entitled to a healthy, safe, secure and fairworking environment, Weinstein said. Ourimplementation of this program. . . was theresult of our collaboration with the very com-mitted Coalition members to explore andunderstand the issues and our options.

The University is already a part of the FairLabor Association and the Worker RightsConsortium (WRC), and has a code of con-duct that requires companies that manufac-ture products with the Stanford brand to usefair labor practices.

But students who attended the rally wereadamant that the University take furthersteps, shouting chants through a megaphone,such as, How do you spell sweat-free?DSP! and Whos university? Our university.What do we want to be? Sweat-free.

Carrie Adams 12 spoke about themaquiladoras she visited in Tijuana and howthat experience inspired her to join the Sweat-Free Campaign. She called on students to getinvolved in the campaign.

At the rally, proponents passed around apetition for the University community to signand demonstrate that they supported fullimplementation of the DSP. According toorganizers, the group received approximately100 signatures at the rally.

There were definitely a lot of people lis-tening, although it died down later, saidIsamarie Perez 09. It probably would havebeen nicer if it wasnt rainy, but I definitelyheard them and was listening for a while.

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Washington streaks away from Card in last minutes

Great shooting liftswomen over Washington

Approx. 50 students march forworkers rights

Lane Center hosts conferenceon Lincoln and the West

By JACOB JOHNSONDESK EDITOR

Stanford mens basketball went intoSundays showdown with Washington withan impressive 11-2 record at home this sea-son.But its difficult to neglect the fact thatthe Cardinal has hit a rough patch recently,dropping three of its last four contests.

The team hoped to build on Thursdays65-54 defeat of Washington State andregain some of the momentum it had builtwith January wins over Arizona and then-No.22 Cal.

Unfortunately,Washington was comingoff three straight losses and was looking forsome momentum of its own.

The No. 22 Huskies (17-6,8-3 Pacific-10Conference) prolonged Stanfords strug-gles, defeating the Card 75-68 yesterdayafternoon at Maples Pavilion. With theloss,Stanford fell to 14-7 on the season,andis 4-7 in the Pac-10. The Cardinal has nowlost two of its last three at home.

You have to be able to protect yourhome court,Stanford head coach JohnnyDawkins lamented.

It was an exciting first half that saw 10

lead changes and nine tie scores. Stanfordfirst seized the momentum about halfwayinto the period and seemed primed to blowthe game open. Senior Anthony Goodsgave Stanford the lead with a three-point-er at 10:38, and freshman Jeremy Greenrejected a shot from Washingtons MattBrian-Amaning on the next possession.Goods responded again, as he was fouledon the other end and converted both freethrows to give Stanford an 18-15 lead.

The senior guard was just one for three

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In Sundays match-up with Washington, sophomore Kayla Pedersenmarked her sixth career double-double with 13 points and 15 boards.With her help, the Cardinal extended its winning streak to six games.

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CASH FOR COLLEGEFederal stimulus plan may provide billions to ease

financial burden on college students during recession

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SPIKEDMens volleyball falls to both UCLA and

UC-Irvine on the road

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HOT SHOTS

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By ERIK ADAMSDESK EDITOR

It was nothing likethe last time they met,but the No.7 Cardinalstill rolled to a pair ofcomfortable victoriesin this weekends con-ference road tripthrough Washington.

One month afterdefeating Washingtonby 77 and WashingtonState by 49 at Maples

Pavil ion , S tanford(19-4, 10-1 Pacific-10Conference) deliv-ered another sweep,this time winning 76-46 against theCougars on Fridayand 76-54 over theHuskies on Sunday.The sweep stretchedthe Cards winningstreak to six games,and Stanford has nowwon 11 of its last 12.

Junior center Jayne Appel led the Cardinal with41 points and 18 rebounds on the weekend, despiteplaying a total of only 47 minutes.

Jayne is really special, head coach TaraVanDerveer said.She has a great feel for the gameand she finishes. Shes a big target to pass to, and sheruns the court very well.

Appel has performed well all season for Stanford;she leads the team in points and rebounds, and is aclose second in assists.

In Fridays game against Washington State (9-13,

2-9), Stanford played sloppy at times and had troubleholding on to the ball.But, the Card still managed to

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GAME NOTES: Stanford gets a secondshot at the Golden Bears on

Valentines Day after handily defeatingthe Washington schools on the road.

Cal handed the Cardinal its only con-

ference loss on Jan. 18, but Stanford

hopes a home court advantage willgive it the edge this time around.

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HOUSING

Ceiling fallson head ofresident

By LIZ STARKSENIOR STAFF WRITER

On Friday, a piece of ceiling plaster col-lapsed in a third-floor dorm room of HausMitteleuropa (Haus Mitt), according toResidential Assistant Abby Williams 09.

At approximately 1:50 P.M., the piecefell onto one of the rooms residents,LauraStampler 10, who was sitting on her bed.

I heard a noise and all of a sudden,before I knew it, a very large portion of myceiling fell on my head,Stampler said.

Stampler visited the Emergency Roomat Stanford Hospital following the incident,but did not sustain any injuries.

According to Williams,the official causeof the collapse is still unknown and pend-ing the results of further investigation.

Williams said that, though there is noofficial cause at this time, Student Housingis in the process of repairing a leak in theroof of Haus Mitt following the ceiling col-lapse.

Stampler also reported that a structuralengineer visited the house over the week-end to investigate the site of the collapse.

Housing has covered the hole with ply-wood, but Stampler and her roommate,Dana Sherne 10, were told that it wasntsafe for [them] to live in.

The two were relocated by Housing tothe guest cottages behind Lagunita for thetime being.

According to Stampler, Housing hasindicated that repairs to the room will takebetween five and 14 days.

Sherne added that the ceiling of theirroom will be re-plastered in the interim,and Stampler said that the two roommatesare in the process of moving their belong-ings out of the room.

[Housing] offered to move our stuff forus, but the fact is we dont know yet whatwe need to do,Sherne said.

Both roommates expressed interest inlearning what caused the collapse.

Its just a little bit strange, Stamplersaid. Im still waiting to hear what hap-pened.

Contact Liz Stark at [email protected].

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WORLD&NATION2NMonday, February 9, 2009 The Stanford Daily

The World

This Week

Australian fire zone a crime sceneSuspicions that the worst wildfires ever to strike Australia

were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes Mondayin towns incinerated by blazes,while investigators moving intothe charred landscape discovered more bodies. The death tollstood at 130.

Officials believe arson may be behind at least some of themore than 400 fires that tore a destructive path across a vastswath of southern Victoria state over the weekend.Prime Min-ister Kevin Rudd,visibly upset during a television interview, re-flected national disgust at the idea.

What do you say about anyone like that? Rudd said.Theres no words to describe it,other than its mass murder.

Former reformist Iranian president to run againFormer Iranian President Mohammed Khatami declared Sun-

day he would run again for president,setting the stage for a majorpolitical showdown in coming months between the popular re-formist leader who made dialogue with the West a centerpieceof his eight years in office and the countrys ruling hard-liners.

Khatamis candidacy poses a serious challenge to PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad,whose mixture of anti-Western rheto-ric and fiery nationalism sharply contrasts with Khatamis tem-pered tones and appeals for global dialogue.

I seriously announce my candidacy in the next (presiden-tial) election,Khatami announced Sunday after a meeting withhis supporters.

Kansas Gov. near top of list for health postKansas Gov.Kathleen Sebelius was near the top of President

Barack Obamas list of candidates to head the Health andHuman Services Department, a senior administration officialsaid Saturday.

The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity to dis-cuss private administration deliberations, said no decision wasimminent and that other candidates remain in the mix. But theofficial added the former Kansas insurance commissioner wasrising as Obama considers prospective candidates, in no smallpart on the strength of her close relationship with the president.

Sebelius would be Obamas second choice for the slot. For-mer Sen.Tom Daschle had to withdraw his name amid an admis-sion he had not paid taxes on a car and driver since leaving Con-gress as a Democratic leader.

Source:The Associated Press

Congress may give billions to collegesJUSTIN POPE

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The stimulus plan emerging in Wash-ington could offer an unprecedented,multibillion-dollar boost in financialhelp for college students trying to pur-sue a degree while they ride out the re-cession.

It could also hand out billions to thestates to kick-start idled campus con-struction projects and help prevent tu-ition increases at a time when familiescan least afford them.

But cuts of $40 billion for state andlocal governments in the Senate versionwere a big disappointment for collegeleaders.House-Senate negotiations willdetermine whether education aid to thestates is relatively modest or massive and how much gets directed to high-need institutions for building projects,versus elite universities that would ben-efit if the final package spends more of

the money on scientific research.Students are big winners. Both theHouse and Senate bills call for thelargest-ever funding increase for PellGrants, the governments chief collegeaid program for low-income students.

It will take much of the proposed$15.6 billion increase in the House ver-sion (slightly less in the Senate) just toerase the existing funding shortfall andmeet the surging demand as the econo-my sours and more students enroll.

But the package would also increasenext years maximum award by up to$500,to $5,350, starting July 1.Thats thebiggest increase in history and wouldcover three-quarters of the cost of theaverage public four-year college.

Most Pell recipients come from fam-ilies earning less than $40,000.And sup-porters note the new Pell dollars wouldbe spent almost immediately stu-dents cant save them while also pay-ing off down the road.

Long-term, if we want a better

economy,we need more people going to

college, Education Arne Duncan toldThe Associated Press last week.

College leaders meeting in Washing-ton this week for the American Councilon Educations annual meeting will begrateful for the student aid boost. Buttheyll be closely watching how Con-gress bridges the huge gaps betweenhow much the House and Senate ver-sions propose spending to bail out statebudgets and prevent drastic educationcuts.

The House bills calls for $79 billionto prevent cuts to local school districtsand public higher education.But its notyet clear how the money might be divid-ed between K-12 and higher education,and a portion could go to things besideseducation.The Senate version calls for$39 billion.

Meanwhile,colleges are hoping Con-gress will agree restarting idled buildingprojects is an efficient short- and long-term investment.As they lose revenues

from state support,endowments and tu-ition, hundreds of projects are on holdnationwide, from a library extension atFresno State to new dorms at Washing-ton University in St.Louis and a biologylab at Yale.

The California State University sys-tem alone has halted 130 projects,whichit values at $850 million and says ac-count for 13,000 jobs. Meanwhile, thesystem may have to cut 10,000 enroll-ment slots.

The House bill has $6 billion for s uchprojects,while the Senate has none.

Also helping students, the Houseand Senate both call for expanding theHope tuition tax credit from $1,800 to$2,500 and making it partly refundable.Now, almost half of families with chil-dren pay no income tax, so the currenttuition tax-credit system doesnt helpthem (the full benefit kicks in for fami-lies earning at least $43,000).

The Center on Budget and PolicyPriorities estimates the change could

help 3.8 million students.

STIMULUS PLANCOULD PROVIDE FUNDS FORCONSTRUCTION, FINANCIAL AID

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Economic Recovery Advisory BoardChair Paul Volcker, speaks in the East Room of the White House on Friday while in-troducing members of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.


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The Stanford Daily Monday, February 9, 2009N 3

News keeps pouring in about how bad

its getting. Amidst the news that theeconomy shed nearly 600,000 jobs inJanuary, newly out-of-work Americans weremet with the image of a defiant and unrepen-tant John Thain. The former Merrill LynchCEO defended nearly $1 million dollars of re-cent office redecorating, even as PresidentObama sought to put a $500,000 cap on exec-utive pay at bailed-out institutions.

What does this all mean, as 1,600 otherseniors and I stare down the real world,looming only four months away? To me,theworst thing that weve lost in all this isnt a

job market or trust funds or even the overallsense of security and entitlement that sur-viving four years of the Stanford gauntlet issupposed to give us.Its respect and trust forour elders.

Let me explain.Start with the founding ofAmerica, the Declaration of Independence.The Founding Fathers signed that documentknowing they all would become marked menfor the rest of their lives.They saw somethingfar beyond themselves and made sacrifices inorder to leave their children with somethingbetter. In turn, future generations took thenation they had inherited and worked to im-prove it,even if these changes came throughviolent protests and relinquishment of theirparents beliefs and values (ending slavery orextending voting rights to all Americans, forexample).

Theres always been a basic expectation inAmerica that each generation lays a solidgroundwork for the next.Its not easy to comeup with a universal set of American idealsgiven our nations vast diversity, but the ideaof leaving this world a better place might bethe closest thing we have to a true national be-lief.

Fast forward to 2009 and consider the sinsof our fathers.The most influential and power-ful people in the world the ones weve al-ways been taught to respect and revere have absolutely laid waste to it.The captainsof industry outright destroyed our environ-ment,doing more damage in 50 years than canlikely be repaired in 500.

Bankers gutted our financial system, withthe top few pulling wool over the eyes of themany they lent money for homes and cars

people couldnt afford and put the middleclass at the mercy of a financial system theycouldnt even begin to understand (God,

could anyone?). The only president we have

known during our formative years, save forthe last few weeks, turned America into acurse word in foreign lands, leaving usashamed and embarrassed to be proud of whowe are.

What it comes down to, I think,is a trulymonstrous act of selfishness for a genera-tion now, and maybe two, the leaders of fi-nance and industry and government have be-haved in such a fundamentally short-sighted,reprehensible way that they have left us withvirtually nothing for which to praise or respectthem. Its a shame, too, because history mayeventually judge the whole of the generationbefore us one I know to be replete withwonderful, compassionate individuals asthe biggest bunch of screw-ups in Americanhistory.

So what do we,a few months from enter ingthe real world, do when those who have beenits caretakers have left us with nothing to be-lieve in? You know,I used to get pretty frus-trated that so many of my good friends herewere headed for careers in high finance They have such dynamic minds! They could bedoing more valuable work than this! but Idont anymore. Instead, Im just so gratefulthat its my friends who are going to inherit thecontrol of my livelihood and my childrenslivelihoods rather than the careless, senselesshedonists that let billions of dollars simplyevaporate under their watch.

Look at where our countrys financial sys-tem is, and suddenly investment bankingmight just start to look like public service, solong as you enter it with a good conscienceand an eye on never repeating the mistakes ofthe past. Our fathers (and mothers) truly didleave us with a whole mess of problems, butthey also left us with a remarkable opportuni-ty to rebuild the world as a better,fairer andmore inclusive place.

It can be terrifying to think about graduat-ing into a society that seems to be closing itsdoors everywhere, but even a glance at thechanges made during our new presidents firstthree weeks in office should be enough torenew the hope that there is a path out of thisdesolation, and that we have the unique op-portunity to forge it. Maybe where men likeGeorge Bush and Bernie Madoff close a door,

Barack Obama opens a window.

Contact Matt at [email protected].

OPINIONS

Every year on this fine campus, theresan inevitable large to-do about Valen-tines Day.As with any event at Stan-

ford, it quickly clogs my email inbox. Manystudent groups use this holiday as an op-portunity to be clever entrepreneurs. SYZ,asorority, is offering chocolates for sale.Sever-al a capella groups give you the opportunity toembarrass your significant other or worse,some unsuspecting crush by surprising (orhorrifying) them with a set of songs. Stan-Shakes will perform a Shakespearian sonnetfor your mortified loved one. Spoken Wordwill write a piece to rap/perform/whatever it isthey do.Even The Daily is in on the action,of-fering a classified ad in this Fridays editionof the paper.This admirable entrepreneurshipis not limited to Stanford. Southwest offerscheap flights, or something,ostensibly to visityour loved one? I dont think they sell any-thing else.

Valentines Day is one of those holidaysthat seems to be almost entirely the product ofthe consumer industry. If we were not told tobuy gifts for our significant other,would we doit? What would happen if Valentines Day dis-appeared? Would anyone care? Hallmarkmight, but I wouldnt. It does not seem thatanyone enjoys the pantomime and theater ofthis holiday.

Most execrable about this so-called holi-day is the way that gender roles are con-structed.The dominant narrative is as follows:clueless, boorish, pathetic males are told tobuy tacky, flashy gifts in a very narrow band

(cho co lates , f lo wers) for the irgirlfriends/wives. In return,there is an impliedsecond component where the attention ofmales the only day they have to do this will be rewarded by their thrilledgirlfriends/wives.

This simultaneously lowers the expecta-tions for males other than this holiday andperhaps Mothers Day,they do not have to paymuch attention to their girlfriends. At thesame time,expectations are raised for females.If they are not amenable on Valentines Day,

or expect more than a large red box of choco-lates, they are considered unappreciativeora bad girlfriend.

In this way, it has become acceptable formales to rely on holidays such as ValentinesDay to show their affection, usually in indus-try-approved red packaging.But it has also be-come acceptable for females to simply be con-tent to receive on holidays such as this.There is something terrible about the idea thatone has to earn affectionon one very partic-ular day in a relationship.

We seem to be engaged in celebrating aholiday that no one particularly likes. In the

medias construction of heterosexual relation-ships, males dread it because its a high-riskscenario: If they succeed in picking somethingtolerable, they pass. But if they spectacular-ly fail, then it might have dire consequences.Females dread being embarrassed by maleswho have the outrageous expectations of themedia override their better instinct. The re-ward of a box of chocolates bigger than yourroommates cannot possibly be worth it.

Does he really love you if he picks up aTeddy bear from the Bookstore? Is she reallyhappy if you paid Mariachi to invade her din-ing hall? There really does seem to be a strongincentive to do something that is within the es-tablished confines of acceptability whichwere of course formed by the chocolate,greet-ing-card and flower industries themselves.There is something very contradictory aboutcelebrating a holiday ostensibly about onesloved one in a very rote and formulaic way.

Despite all of this, I intend to celebrate thisholiday.Feb.14 is a day to remember why youlove your boyfriend,girlfriend or yourself,justlike any other day.You dont have to fatten thecoffers of Hallmark,1-800-Flowers or South-west Airlines or pull out all the stops on thisone day to do something meaningful, affec-tionate and personal.

Stuart Baimel is dreading a StanShakes-Spo-ken Word-Mariachi trifecta embarrassment.Toall my admirers:Please dont do it.Please. Sendhim your overblown Valentines Day schemesat [email protected].

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I might as well

LI K E A ROC K

Last Friday,over 40 students,Sweat-FreeCoalition members and union mem-bers from the United Stanford Work-

ers took a stand against injustice and rallied umbrellas in hand to ensure that work-ers in factories are given the basic humanrights to which they are entitled.

Why would we give up an hour of ourFriday afternoon and trudge through rain?We do it because even after two years ofrallies, sit-ins, sew-ins and informationalworkshops, Stanford apparel is still beingproduced in sweatshops where workerssuffer from inhumane working hours,health and safety problems and unjustwages. Even after hundreds of hours dedi-cated to compiling detailed reports of theeconomic and practical feasibility of theWorker Rights Consortium (WRC) and theDesignated Suppliers Program (DSP) for

meetings with the administration, we stillcare because exploitation of workers andviolations of basic human rights still exists,branded into every shirt or jacket thatbears the Stanford insignia.

After the first part of our campaign in2007, Stanford agreed to join the WorkerRights Consortium and adopted a Code ofConduct.Stanford apparel is currently pro-duced by over 1700 factories in the UnitedStates alone,and over 3400 factories world-wide. Under the current system, the WRCacts as an independent monitoring organiza-tion that performs unannounced investiga-tions of these factories and notifies Stanfordwhenever they find violations of workingconditions. However, there is no guaranteethat Stanford will make any changes as a re-sult of these reports.The WRC recently re-leased a report of 35 investigations of facto-ries around the United States.All 35 facto-ries that were visited had some sort ofhuman rights violation, and seven weremakers of Stanford University apparel.

Clearly,monitoring is not enough without

a plan of remediation.Under the DSP, facto-ries that produce university apparel wouldhave to go through a factory certificationprogram that ensures that workers rights arerepresented. The DSP would also help toconsolidate the number of factories thatStanford sources from, making monitoringviolations more feasible and giving the Uni-versity more leverage in ensuring that itspolicies reflect its values.Fourty-four univer-

sities have already signed on to the DSP, in-cluding Brown, Columbia, Georgetown,Cornell, Duke and the entire UC system.Support from these institutions for the DSPnot only shows that it has merit as a well-es-tablished program,but highlights the unfor-tunate and conspicuous absence of Stanford.

Despite adopting the WRC,Stanford hasstalled in joining the DSP in the past, essen-tially crippling the effectiveness that theseprograms have towards correcting known vi-olations in sweatshops. The WRC and DSPgo hand in hand, and Stanfords support ofone without the other shows a lack of gen-uine commitment to changing the status quo.Stanford has stated its belief that workersare entitled to a healthy, safe,secure and fairworking environment [see Students rallyfor sweat-freein todays issue of The Daily]numerous times in the past.However sincere

its intention, though, its moral integrity is jeopardized by practices that contribute tothe inhumane treatment of workers.

By joining the list of other schools whohave already adopted the DSP, Stanfordwould be standing in solidarity with a dreamthat can very much be made a reality.Actionon the university level, however,is only pos-sible through widespread support from itsstudent population.

As students at Stanford University,one ofthe leading colleges in the nation,we shouldhave the motivation to put our efforts to en-suring the human rights of those we can af-fect, if only because we can make a change.We have the means of ensuring that workershave living wages,reasonable hours,the rightto unionize and a safe environment, freefrom harassment and intimidation. Frankly,we should care because it is simply irrespon-sible not to.

Part of being a Stanford student meanshaving a social consciousness that recognizesinjustice and feels the overwhelming drive tochange it. By supporting or joining the

Sweat-Free Campaign, each and every stu-dent can be a representative voice for thoseafraid or unable to speak out for themselves.As students, we have the opportunity andpower to influence the world around us andto see that human rights violations do notoccur in Stanfords name.

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The Stanford mens volleyball team re-mains in search of its first conference roadvictory after returning from last weeks two-match road trip.Despite strong individual ef-forts across the whole team,the Cardinal wasunable to overcome No.3 UC-Irvine and No.8 UCLA, dropping its road record againstranked conference teams to 0-4.

No.6 Stanford (7-5, 3-4 Mountain PacificSports Federation) kicked off its SouthernCalifornia excursion by visiting UCLA onThursday.The Cardinals performance wasboosted by a season-high 28 kills from jun-ior outside hitter Evan Romero and a ca-reer-high 70 assists contributed by junior

setter Kawika Shoji.But the team was stillunable to overcome the Bruins, eventuallyfalling in five sets to lose 34-36,26-30, 30-21,30-27,15-11.

Stanford was given an opportunity for thewin in the fourth set, when an opponent at-tack error put the Cardinal up 26-24. UCLA,however, took advantage of a shift in mo-mentum to end the set with a 6-1 run, withfour points coming off Bruin blocks. In all,the Bruins had 19 team blocks to Stanfordsfive.

We had opportunities to win, but didnttake care of business, head coach JohnKosty said.We let it slip away.

Offensively, Stanford matched up wellwith UCLA,responding to the Bruins .357team hitting percentage with a strong .329hitting of its own.Sophomore outsider hitterSpencer McLaughlin hit a solid .429 to tie his

collegiate best of 22 kills,and freshman out-side hitter Brad Lawson, last weeks MPSFco-Player of the Week, contributed another19 kills.

Kosty, however,believes that serving andpassing are the keys to winning in volleyball.In particular,he pointed to Stanfords serv-ing falters after the first two sets as a key fac-tor in Thursday nights loss.

Overall,UCLA had 13 service errors andfour service aces to Stanfords 25 service er-rors and two service aces.

Friday night saw Stanford at UC-Irvine,where poor hitting by the Cardinal playersgave the Anteaters a 30-25,30-23, 30-22 win,extending UC-Irvines winning streak tofive games. Lawson led Stanford with 12kills,followed closely by Romeros 11 kills,but Stanford remained plagued with .164team hitting,and was unable to offer an ad-equate response to UC-Irvines 11 blocksand .317 hitting.

Freshman setter Evan Barry made his

second collegiate start this season and put up26 assists to bolster Stanfords 40 kills, butnumerous hitting errors by the team shiftedthe momentum overwhelmingly in UC-Irvines favor.With the exception of the be-ginning of the third set, Stanford never ledthroughout the entire match.

This weekend, Stanford will be hostingNo. 2 Pepperdine and No. 5 USC. Pepper-dine has recently extended its winning streakto six and remains undefeated in conferencematches. USC,after a tough, five-set victoryover BYU, has racked up three more winssince its last encounter with Stanford.

The Cardinal will play Pepperdine atMaples Pavilion on Friday at 7 p.m.,and willface USC at the same time on Saturday inLos Angeles.

Contact Jeff Lu at [email protected].

Mens volleyball comes up shortin back-to-back road games

MBBALL Continued from front pagein the first period,but he was able to penetrate andget to the line often he hit five of six free throwsand finished with eight points in the half. Greensunk a three with just under nine minutes to play,giving Stanford a 10-point advantage.

But Washington fought back. As soon as theCardinal stretched its lead to double digits, theHuskies went on an 8-0 run.Freshman guard Isa-iah Thomas contributed six scores over the stretch,and junior Quincy Poindexter added two of his 20.The momentum had swung back to the visitors,and Stanford went to the break down one.

This game is made of runs,junior Landry Fieldssaid.When we were up 10 in the first half and theycame back,that was theirs.

Unfortunately for Stanford,Washingtons runcontinued into the second half. The Cardinalcame out flat, shooting just 2-12 from the fieldover the first eight minutes of the second period.Washington knocked down four of five to startthe half, and the Cardinal suddenly found itself

in a 10-point hole.I felt like we got some good shots that didntgo,Dawkins said. They made their first four outof five or something like that, and we didnt re-spond.

We were getting decent shots, Goods added,they just werent falling.

Senior Kenny Brown hit a three to narrow thedeficit to single digits at the 12:08 mark, but Wash-ington pushed back and led by 15 with just under 11minutes to play.

Then it was Stanfords turn to chip away at thelead.The Cardinal went on a 7-2 run from 10:19 to8:33, and the game continued to see-saw back andforth.Fields found a streaking Owens with just overfour minutes to play, and the athletic sophomoresent the crowd into a frenzy with a high-flying,right-handed jam. The dunk cut the Washingtonlead to just four,and Fields baseline fade-away at2:18 made the score 63-66.

We made a run late,Dawkins said,and to ourguys credit,they kept playing.

But that was as close as Stanford would get.Washingtons Thomas hit a jumper to make thelead five, and Fields and Johnson missed shots on

the other end.Jeremy Green picked up two fouls inthe final two minutes his fourth and fifth,foulinghim out of the game. Husky forward Justin Dent-mon converted both free throws, and in the final

1:15, Stanford missed three shots and turned theball over.Washington walked out of Maples with a75-68 win.

Stanfords MVP was Fields he led the teamin scoring and rebounds with 22 and 10,respective-ly. The junior also added three assists and twoblocks.

Landry was terrific, Dawkins said.He did a

lot for us,he kept us in the game.In the end,however, there were more blemish-es than bright spots for the Cardinal.The team wasa pedestrian 9-17 from the free-throw line (52.9percent) and turned the ball over 16 times.

Were a better free throw-shooting team thanthat, Dawkins said.I dont know if it [was] thephysicality or emotion . . . We just have to com-plete the plays.

For me, definitely its very frustrating, saidFields, who made just 50 percent of his free throwsagainst Washington.Weve just got to step up tothe line,be poised and knock them down.

The Cardinal had trouble stopping Thomas (17points) and Poindexter (20 points, six rebounds in

just 27 minutes).Sophomore guard Venoy Overtonalso burned the Cardinal with 11 points and five as-sists, and senior Jon Brockman pulled down agame-high 12 rebounds.

I thought they played very well,Dawkins saidof Sundays visitors.

When asked how he felt about the season so far,Goods struggled to find the words.

Just frustrating,he said.Stanford will have a chance to recover on Tues-

day,when the Cardinal hosts Cal State-Bakersfield.Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.

Contact Jacob Johnson at [email protected].

SPORTS BRIEFS

Mens soccer signs nations toprecruit in Class of 2013

By JACOB JOHNSONDESK EDITOR

Soccer season is a long way off,but theStanford mens team got some good newslast week: the top recruit in the nation iscoming to the Farm.

Dersu Abolfathi,a midfielder/forward,is ranked No. 1 among U.S. soccerprospects by topdrawersoccer.com. TheIrvine,Calif. product heads a strong classfor the Cardinal that includes two otherplayers ranked in the top-100 in the na-tion. In total, six high school seniorssigned letters of intent to play for Stan-ford.

Im very pleased with this class, saidhead coach Bret Simon,adding that theincoming group will improve the team in

areas we really needed help in.The 2008 Cardinal squad was compet-

itive in almost every game,but goals were

hard to come by.The team lost nine gamesby one goal and scored only .78 goals pergame. Improving the offense was one ofSimons goals for this off-season, and hesucceeded in bringing in a number ofplayers who can help in that department.

Abolfathi, for one,should be able tomake a difference for the Cardinal of-fense right away.According to a press re-lease from the Stanford Athletics Depart-ment,he has extensive experience playingon U.S. youth national teams, includingmore than a year with [the] U.S.under-17residency program. He currently playsfor the L.A. Galaxys under-18 Academyteam.

Stanford will have another offensiveweapon in the form of local product EricAnderson. Simon raved about the SanFrancisco natives great speed and one-versus-one ability. Though Anderson isnot as highly ranked as a prospect,he is aregional Olympic Development Pro-gram player and could be an explosive

threat for the Stanford offense.Rounding out the class are defender

Hunter Gorskie (Marlboro Township,

N.J.), ranked No.30 in the nation by top-drawersoccer.com; forward Adam Jahn(El Macero, Calif.), ranked as the No. 63prospect; goalkeeper Galen Perkins(Westbrook, Maine); and goalkeeperJason Dodson (Lake Oswego, Ore.).Dodson attended Lakeridge HighSchool, the same school that producedStanford womens soccer great MarisaAbegg and Cardinal womens basketballstar Jillian Harmon.

Though he looks forward to workingwith the new crop of players, Simon isvery pleased with the progress of his cur-rent footballers.

Theyve really embraced the oppor-tunity to get better [this off-season], hesaid.

With a little help from the Class of 2013,the Stanford men will look to improve onlast years 4-11-3 finish.

Contact Jacob Johnson at [email protected].

By DANIEL BOHMSTAFF WRITER

The Stanford softball team opened its season this weekend bywinning four of five games at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe,Ariz.

The event was highlighted by a 13-run first inning in the Cardi-nals opening game against McNeese State on Friday, and seniorMissy Pennas fifth career no-hitter Saturday against Kansas.

The Cardinal season started off with a bang Friday when it put13 runs on the board before its opponent even had a chance to cometo bat.Freshman shortstop Ashley Hansen began the scoring by hit-ting a two-run homerun in her first collegiate at-bat.Stanford thenpatiently drew eight walks before junior third baseman Shannon

Koplitz blasted a grand slam to left field to cap the scoring.Stanford would go on to defeat McNeese State by run-rule,15-

2 in five innings. Sophomore pitcher Ashley Chinn picked up thewin in the circle,going the distance by allowing just two runs on fourhits.

The offensive explosion did not carry over to Stanfords secondgame on Friday,however.The Cardinal was unable to muster anysort of attack against Oklahoma State pitcher Anna Whiddon,andthe team fell 1-0,despite a great outing by Penna.

Stanford managed just three hits for the game,and strandedeight runners on base.The Cardinals best chance to score came inthe top of the first inning when junior Alissa Haber reached thirdbase on a single,a stolen base and a throwing error with nobody out.But consecutive strikeouts of Hansen and senior Maddy Coon,aswell as a groundout by Koplitz,stymied the rally.

The Cowgirls pushed their lone run across in the bottom of thefifth on a wild pitch by the otherwise-brilliant Penna.The four-yearstarter allowed just two hits and did not walk a batter,despite tak-ing the loss.

Stanford got back to its winning ways on Saturday,taking a pairof games against Big-12 opponents,defeating Texas Tech 6-1 andKansas 11-0.

Junior catcher Rosey Neill homered twice and provided fourRBIs in the Texas Tech game to lead the Stanford offense, whilePenna struck out 13 Red Raider batters.

It was much of the same in the second game of the day,as Penna fol-lowed up her dominant performance by no-hitting the Jayhawks.She struck out 13 again in the five-inning run-rule victory,and in theend,all but two of the games outs came via the strikeout.

Neill hit her third homerun of the day to lead the Stanford of-fense,while Hansen had a pair of hits and three RBIs.

The Cardinal picked up where it left off on Sunday,closing outthe weekend with a 12-0 run-rule victory over Wagner College.

Stanford took on Wagner instead of Central Florida who theCardinal was originally scheduled to play because bad weatherforced game delays that interfered with the Knights travel plans.

Penna was once again outstanding, holding the Wagner offenseto just two hits while striking out nine.Stanford, in turn,carved upSeahawk pitching by scoring six runs in both the second and thirdinnings,blowing the game out of reach for Wagner.

Both Haber and sophomore first baseman Melissa Koutz went2-2 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored.Koplitz also added atwo-run homer in the third inning.

Through the first five games of the season,the Cardinal offenselooks like quite a force.The third and fourth hitters,Coon and Neill,are both hitting .500,while Haber is hitting .467 at the leadoff slot.Eight starters are hitting .300 or above.Hansen,meanwhile, leadsthe team with eight RBIs.

Stanford looks to keep mashing up opponents when it travels toSan Diego to take part in the Campbell/Cartier Classic next week-

end,beginning Thursday at 4:30 p.m.against UC-Santa Barbara.The team could not be reached for comment for this article.

Contact Dan Bohm at [email protected].

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SPORTS

Theres noneed for

roid rage

On Saturday,I was basking inthe glow of the soon-to-be-returning season of our na-tional pastime at Giants

FanFest at AT&T Park in San Francis-co.For a baseball fanatic, it was a lot offun to be able to return to the scene ofall those sun-speckled afternoons ofmemories and sporting moments past.With just a few short days until pitchers

and catchers report to spring trainingsites in Florida and Arizona, its com-forting to know that even in the midst ofwinter (albeit a softened,Northern Cal-ifornia version) the return of the Boysof Summer is just around the corner.

It wasnt until the drive home that Iheard the bombshell news that shookthe sporting world to its core for-mer MVP and perennial All-Star AlexRodriguez of the New York Yankeestested positive for anabolic steroidsduring the 2003 season.

And suddenly, all hell has brokenloose as the media laments the death ofthe American pastime at the hands ofthe steroid crisis . . . again.

To be sure, this is a big deal. Butprobably not in the way you think.Ro-driguez was sort of the average fansand medias last hope at a cleanrecord.The thinking went that A-Rod who will turn 33 this season and al-ready has 553 career home runswould stand a legitimate chance of

breaking Barry Bonds career mark of762.Bonds had famously broken HankAarons record of 755 under the im-mense national scrutiny spurred on byhis own suspected steroid use. Ro-driguez, it was thought, could breakBonds record and remove the tainthe put upon the games history.

Well, so much for that idea. Whowants to start the countdown for RyanBraun? At his current pace,hes just 20or so years away maybe he can savebaseball from the evil touch of per-formance-enhancing drugs.

Seriously,though,its probably timefor all of us to take a serious look at theproblem and reevaluate how we viewthe steroid era because it isnt goingaway.Fans and the media tried to de-lude themselves that it was just a fewbad apples spoiling the whole bunch that Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco,

SERVED UP

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GAME NOTES: Stanford split last weeks home games, beatingWashington State 65-54, but was then unable to find repeat

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SOFTBALL

Card leads offin Ariz. tourney

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Junior Evan Romero offered the Cardinal a career-high 28 kills in its meeting with UCLA onThursday, but Stanford was still unable to outlast the Bruins, losing in five sets.

Softball wins four of five in Arizona

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Junior Landry Fields posted a double-double against Washington, in-cluding a career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds. Stanford couldnthandle the Husky offense, though, in the last four minutes of play.

Denis

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Sammy Sosa,Rafael Palmeiro and es-pecially that living, breathing devil,Barry Bonds, were responsible for allthe sins of the game.If baseball couldonly move on and forget about them,then everything would be okay.

Apparently, thats not working outso well.Because every time we look up,someone new is being added to the listof sinners Andy Pettite, RogerClemens and now Rodriguez.Yankees

all,but dont think that theres any fran-chise out there that is without sin.Ro-driguez was just one of 104 players whotested positive in 2003,according to thestory that was broken by Sports Illus-trated over the weekend.The list of thesainted,it seems, is getting shorter andshorter, while the list of the damnedcontinues to grow.

But at this juncture,I think its fairto ask a simple question once more:Why,exactly,are we as a culture so de-termined to weed out the bad applesof baseball? Indeed,why are we so de-termined to even categorize playersone way or another? We say that base-ball is a sport steeped in history,reliant

upon the numbers and records thatmake each modern achievement allthe more marvelous.And to an extentthis is true.But its a philosophy thatsgone too far.

When Bonds broke Aarons record,the public outcry was that Bonds wastainting Aarons legacy and that ofbaseball by allegedly using steroids andother illegal performance enhancers toinflate his statistics. But really,no mat-ter how many home runs Bonds hits,hewould never be able to taint Aaronslegacy.Whether a player is born tomor-row who hits 1,000 home runs some-day, or Aarons record had stood foranother 100 years,he will always have

755 home runs to his name.Thats a lot.An incredible number,

really, when we take into account theera in which he played.And the won-derful thing about achievements is thatno matter what someone else does,youstill have yours and Hank still has his.IfHank Aaron is your favorite player,Im guessing hes still your favoriteplayer today, regardless of who holdsthe official record.Maybe the number755 isnt quite as important as it was afew years ago,but thats just a number.The man who put it up cant be broughtdown by anyone but himself.

The point is this: A-Rods demise?Probably just another in what is sure to

be a long, long list of revelations thatthe casual fan wont like to hear. Buthonestly,its probably time for us to justgrow up and deal with it.

On my way home from AT&TPark, I listened to some sports talkradio personalities discuss the AlexRodriguez situation. One talkedabout how he was sad for the sake ofhis son, who doesnt look at baseballplayers with the same starry-eyedgaze that the commentator himselfonce had. This, one presumes, heviewed as a true tragedy.

But is it really so bad that children,along with all the rest of us, view lifewithout rose-colored glasses? Is it real-

ly so bad that theyre seeing the goodand the bad of sports?

Judging by the number of kids I sawat AT&T, wearing Lincecum jerseysand Giants hats,the love of the game isstill there for Americas youth,and forus all,even in one of the stadiums mostassociated with the steroid era (thanksto Bonds career).The sooner we real-ize that baseball will go on and that thelegends of the past will still be leg-endary, no matter who used steroidswhen,the better off we all will be.

Denis Griffin was wearing his Bonds jer- sey while writing this column. Hecklehim at [email protected].

GRIFFINContinued from page 4

sink half of its shots (31-for-62) andkept the Cougars from ever putting arun together.

However, the game was not with-out flaws: Stanford turned the ballover 16 times in the contest, andmade only three shots from beyondthe arc. Luckily for the Cardinal,Washington State was hardly anybetter, committing 15 turnovers of itsown and managing a shooting per-

centage of just 24.6 for the game.Thats disappointing, said

Washington State head coach JuneDaugherty. Weve been workinghard on our front-line play.

Appel finished with 25 points andnine rebounds, and senior forwardJillian Harmon added another 13points and eight rebounds. BecauseStanford held a 21-point lead at thebreak which only grew early inthe second half the Cardinalbench was able to see significantminutes.

Freshman center Sarah Boothemade six baskets for 13 points in thesecond half,and redshirt sophomoreguard Melanie Murphy grabbed fiverebounds in just 15 minutes.

That was me my freshman year,Appel said. I had two seniors whowere starters in front of me [BrookeSmith and Kristin Newlin,both 07],so I know that now Im the one inthat role trying to help the younger

players get some playing time andimprove.With the win,Stanford moved to a

perfect 48-0 against WashingtonState since the two schools beganplaying each other in 1983.

The first 20 minutes of Sundaysmeeting with Washington (5-16, 1-10) were marked by a similar mixtureof sloppy ball control and hot shoot-ing. After committing 11 turnovers,but shooting 56 percent before thebreak, the Cardinal headed to thelocker room with a 38-31 lead.

Stanford had opened a 26-14 leadat one point, but Washingtons SamiWhitcomb scored 10 points in thefinal 6:45 of the half to keep theHuskies within reach.

Stanford responded early in thesecond half and rebuilt the Cardi-nals cushion.Appel scored seven ofher 16 points early in the period,and

the defense held Whitcomb to justone field goal and six points the restof the way.

Appel finished with nine re-bounds, but sophomores JeanettePohlen and Kayla Pedersen out-shone even her stellar numbers.Pohlen led both teams in scoring with19 points including four three-pointers and Pedersen tagged on13 points and a game-high 15 re-bounds, just one shy of her careerbest. Harmon added another 10points and redshirt junior RosalynGold-Onwude notched a game-highsix assists.

The loss was the 10th straight forWashington,extending the worst los-ing streak in team history.

Stanford now has almost a fullweek off before hosting the final in-stallment of the Battle of the Bayagainst Cal, this Saturday at Maples.Tip-off for the game is scheduled for8 p.m. The Cardinal is prefect at

home this season, and five of itsseven remaining games will be atMaples.

Contact Erik Adams at [email protected].

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Eric Chamberlain 09, chair ofStudent Outreach, agreed.

We feel like one of the biggestproblems weve had this year is thatthere hasnt been the type of commu-nication we need between the studentbody and the ASSU, Chamberlain

said.We wanted to frame the speech

as an opportunity to let people knowwhat the ASSU is doing, but evenmore so, to get them involved.

For audience member SakshiAgarwal 12,that goal was achieved.

I thought his speech was reallygood, and it made me want to getinvolved, she said.

Hes making a real attempt, andstudents should come to hear it,added Peter Tu 10.

The take-home message in theaddress was made very clear, accord-

ing to Harris.

Given the constraint that wewere constitutionally mandated to doa State of the Association address, itmade more sense for us to say that somuch of what were doing is ongoing,that so much of what were doingrequires student input and participa-tion,the vice president said.Why doa swan song when we can do a call toaction? Were really just getting start-ed.

Contact Thomas Yeh at thomasy@stan-

ford.edu.

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As the rally moved to the Quad,the group had dwindled to around20 students, who headed to a meet-ing in Bldg. 170 with Weinstein. Atthe meeting, the students discussedthe issues at hand.

We presented a case for theDSP and addressed [Weinsteins]questions about the program, saidTheresa Zhen 09.

During the meeting, Weinstein

reported on a task force that she hasworked on, which included sending

questionnaires to licensees.Members of the student group askedWeinstein to post Stanfords Code ofConduct for factories online,and sheagreed.

Weinstein also presented herconcerns about the feasibility andcosts of such a program, and pointedto her task force as a solution. Shewas hesitant to issue a public state-ment in support of the DSP becauseshe disagreed with the solution pro-posed by the DSP. Both the studentsand Weinstein do support fair laborpractices, but they are yet to agreeon how to get there.

We believed that the task force

created by [Weinstein], which reliesheavily on self-reported levels of

compliance by licensees and compa-nies, is a fundamentally flawed andinadequate approach to the problemof sweatshops, Zhen said.Companies need to be heldaccountable through independentmeans,and the DSP is the only solu-tion on the table which offers thisindependent mechanism throughfactory certification, long-term con-tracts,a fair price requirement.

The students commended theUniversity for demonstrating itscommitment to the sweat-free cam-paign by stating support for aKnights Apparel factory inHonduras, which is a certified sweat-

free factory by the WRC, whichoversees the DSP.

However,the group was still con-cerned that human rights abuseswould occur if Stanford did not jointhe entire DSP.

The rally ended with a unityclap in which the participants gath-ered in a circle and clapped togetherin a certain pattern to show solidari-ty with the factory workers they sup-port.

Following the rally, students com-mented on how they were glad thatthere was an ongoing discussionabout sweatshop labor.

I was really happy seeing stu-dents, workers, and teachers cometogether for worker rights, saidMark Liu 07.I think its an impor-tant issue, and its more than over-due for Stanford to adopt the DSP.

Pahua Cha 10 agreed andexplained that their activism doesnot end with a rally.

I think the rally went well. Therain kept some people from comingout, but we still had a good turnout,Cha said.I dont think the rallys themost important part though; I thinkthe important thing is to start a dia-logue with the administration again.

Contact Fatima Wagdy at [email protected].

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Lincoln and University founderLeland Stanford furthered his inter-est.

Lincolns partnership with, andadmiration of, the first governor ofCalifornia, Leland Stanford, was oneof the reasons I was so interested inthis topic, he said. Lincoln got[Stanford] to agree to take over themanagement of Yosemite.

Lane told The Daily that he

developed the idea for the confer-ence with History Professors DavidKennedy and Richard White, bothprogram directors at the LaneCenter.

Kennedy was pleased with thegroup of scholars who addressed theconference.

Theres a relatively small andpretty well-known set of people whowork in this area who are the leadingLincoln and Civil War scholars,Kennedy said of the selectionprocess.The scholars and their aimssuggested themselves.

Following Lanes speech, PattyLimerick, faculty director of theCenter for the American West at theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder,spoke with humor on the problemof patronage and political appoint-ment in the territories.

When have you secured loyaltyand how do you know when youvesecured it?she asked the attendees.

That gets very complicated on theground, and it is hard to appointpeople you can fully trust when youare, as Lincoln was, having to usethose jobs as rewards for people whohave been good to you.

Limerick spoke specifically ofNew Mexico and Utah, two territo-ries that, according to her, weregoing to be tough to try to pursue

[Lincolns] goals of loyalty and apeaceful West.

Limericks sense of humor res-onated well with audience, drawinglaughs with lines such as, the terri-tories of Montana exploded in crab-biness. She also used many storiesof colorful episodes in the territo-ries to illustrate that there is [theCivil War] on, and yet these people[in the territories] are behaving as ifthey are the center of the universe.

She attributed this to what shecalled a general psychological prob-lem in such a crisis, territoriesare the first to suffer,as they are thechildren of the federal government.

Following Limericks speech wasa panel discussion titled, LincolnsWar and Lincolns West: Ante,Bellum, and Post. The three panelmembers included Director of theHuntington-USC Institute onCalifornia Prof. William Deverell83, former visiting associate profes-sor at Stanford Glenna Matthewsand Chief Historian for San JuanIsland National Historical ParkMichael Vouri.

The conference concluded with aspeech by Elliott West, alumni dis-tinguished professor of history at theUniversity of Arkansas. West saidthe events surrounding the Civil Warand the West were tied together bythree factors:size,authority and cit-izenship, going on to note that theissues of citizenship were the mostintriguing and disturbing.

The government set out to maketwo groups of citizens who hadnever been citizens before: freed

people in the South and Indians inthe West, West said. The federalgovernment set out to use preciselythe same specific methods to incor-porate these people into the nation:Christian mission . . . and educationnot only in language and skills but inpatriotic belief.

The reception of these efforts bythe government, however, varied

between the two groups, accordingto West.

The freed people said great,andsome Indians said fine, but otherssaid no thank you, he explained.What they were told was,you dontunderstand. This is not an offer; thisis an order.

West concluded that, with anexamination of Lincoln in the West,were going to have to face the factthat the Lincoln years have a darkertone to them.

We look at the West and we seethat this remaking of America in theLincoln years was one of conquest,West said.The Lincoln years began

with the war of conquest against ourneighbor to the South, and endedwith a war against the Indians.

Zach Warma 11, a Daily colum-nist and one of the few students inattendance among a largely olderaudience,was glad to have attended.

An incredibly fascinating pointwas raised. . . that you so often rele-gate Lincoln to a very specific area,and the West doesnt get talkedabout a whole lot, Warma said.Yes,a good amount of it was aboutLincoln, but the great deal of it wastrying to contextualize the West andCalifornia in U.S. history.

Contact Liz Stark at [email protected].

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