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By ANDREW VALENCIASENIOR STAFF WRITER

Growing anger and frustration with WallStreet hit a high note this month,as mass pub-lic furor with compensation in the finance sec-tor, particularly with insurance giant AIG,resulting in Congressional efforts to tax bonus-es at all companies receiving significant bailoutfunds.

But despite watching the vilification of WallStreet over the last several weeks, many busi-ness and finance students at Stanford remainoptimistic about the market they will enterafter graduation.

Those students who plan to soon enter theworld of business and finance will do so amidone of the worst economic downturns sincethe Great Depression, and in an atmosphere inwhich Federal Treasury bailouts,irresponsibleinvestment practices and CEO bonuses havefed public animosity against big business.Despite this climate, Stanford students seemlargely resilient, and even hopeful, for thefuture.

Alex Song 09, who is completing degreesin both economics and biomechanical engi-neering, is still heading to the Street aftergraduation he will be joining MorganStanleys fixed income division upon gradua-tion.

Song is hopeful about his chances of suc-ceeding during the recession;he believes that

he will have more opportunities for successthan many who were in the industry prior tothe recession.

The landscape has changed so much that,if theres any time to enter the industry, itsnow, Song said. Three or four years fromnow, people entering will have a much betteradvantage than other generations.

Evan Reas MBA 09 hasnt changed hisplans due to the current economic climate,and plans to enter the business world aftergraduation. Reas noted that the funding cru-cial for starting a new business is harder tofind than it was just a year ago,as investors aremuch less likely to trust a fledging companywith their capital.

Im looking all over the place, Reas said.You really have to show that youre makingmoney before investors will get on board.

Reas came to the GSB with the long-termplan of either founding his own business aftergraduating or joining a start-up.He has had toalter his immediate business plans somewhatas a result of the times.In response to a grow-ing reluctance toward risk within the invest-ment sector, Reas has had to look at safer,more traditional options for the company hehopes to begin.

Theres a narrower selection of ideas thatIm going after right now, he said. It makesit much tougher on which business modelsyou can go after.

The recession nonetheless could offersome benefits for Reas; layoffs, for example,could mean that he will be able to staff his

Soon-to-be grads seeopportunity amidst downturn

ASSU ELECTIONS

Senate discussesgrad role in funding

By ZOE RICHARDSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

As its term nears the end, theUndergraduate Senate discussedthe budget for the new StudentServices Division (SSD), whichwill act as an operational arm ofthe ASSU providing additionalresources for students.Among itsservices are the Green Store,

Wellness Room, Airport Shuttlesand Informational andEducational Resources (IER),which became a major source ofcontention at Tuesdays meeting.

IER would involve workshopsproposed by the GraduateStudent Council (GSC), includ-ing tax aid, legal informationalmeetings and possibly seedmoney for student projects.Senator Luukas Ilves 09, theAdministration & Rules Chair,explicitly rejected the proposi-tion for significantUndergraduate Senate fundingon the grounds that the programsprimarily serve the Graduate stu-dent community. Others dis-agreed with Ilves.

We dont want to see this becompletely nixed because it is aservice to our students, saidYvorn DocAswad-Thomas 11,who saw the mutual benefits of

tax aid and other programmingfor undergraduate students.After completing a pilot year

of the Wellness Room, the ASSUeventually hopes that it can bemoved to the Special Fees Ballot,which will open up more fundsfor other ASSU initiatives withinthe nearly $32,000 SSD budget.However, the possibility did notseem to satisfy those in theSenate who demanded that dol-lars spent by the UndergraduateSenate primarily benefit under-graduate students.

Ilves emphasized the impor-tance of sharing burdensbetween the UndergraduateSenate and GSC.

If graduate students benefit,I want them to pay somethingcommensurate to how they bene-fit,Ilves said.

The senator pointed out theimportance in ensuring that

funding for IER be financed bythe GSC and UndergraduateSenate in proportion to howundergraduates and graduatestudents benefit, with the GSCpaying more for programs thatprimarily cater to graduate stu-dents.

Until I see something reflect-ing that, Im not comfortablesigning off on it, Ilves said.

Senate Deputy Chair PatrickCordova (09) agreed and said[The GSC has] great interest toparticipate, but great hesitance tocontribute funding.

Its unfortunate and discon-

certing . . . Im losing compas-sion,he added.Vice President Fagan Harris

09 contended that because theASSU discriminates on pricingfor Airport Shuttles and GreenStore products, by charging grad-uate students more for theseservices,the Undergraduate divi-sion of the ASSU ought to makea better effort to support IERthat will help graduate andundergraduate students alike.

At the end of his term andfaced with a contentious fundingquestion, Harris did not take onhis typical role of mediationbetween the UndergraduateSenate and the GSC. Harrisremained doubtful about success-ful negotiations between the twoparties regarding proportionalshared funding for the new IER.

Im utilitarian right now and Ihate it,Harris said.

He later deemed funding forthe Green Store among the toppriorities, moving funding for IERthat primarily benefit graduatestudents to the back shelf.

The meeting concluded with adecision to write what the Senatedescribed as a friendly amend-ment to the bill, which subsidizedthe undergraduate student por-tion of IER.The Senate also madethe decision to pass the remainderof the SSD budget.

Reflecting on the dividebetween undergraduate and grad-uate interests that had dominatedthe meeting,Harris was somber.

Its going to require a culturechange, Harris said of the GSCsfeeling of separation from the restof the ASSU. Its frustrating ourefficacy.

Contact Zoe Richards at iamzoe@stanford.edu.

STUDENT LIFE

Students undeterredby Wall Street mess

CAMPAIGNWEEK TO START TONIGHTBy MARISA LANDICHO

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Tonight at 12:01 a.m. marks the officialstart of campaign week for the ASSU elec-tions, but there are already multiple storiesshaping up before the clock starts ticking forcandidates to make an impression.

Executive RaceNext weeks ASSU elections will again

feature a battle between Stanfords graduateand undergraduate populations DavidGobaud M.S.08 M.S.10, who narrowly camein second place in last years Executive elec-tion, is running again this year along with Jayde la Torre 10. Undergraduates BennettHauser 10 and Matt Sprague 10 will beGobaud-de la Torres main competition.

Last year, under the slate Go Go GobaudGoldgof, Gobaud and Greg Goldgof 08 fin-ished second out of five slates for the 2008Executive spot, earning 1880 votes to JonnyDorsey and Fagan Harris 2150 votes.

The breakdown of first-choice votes, how-ever, revealed the divide between grads andundergrads in last years campaign.

Dorsey-Harris, with 1534 votes, had 1,000more first-choice votes from undergrads thanthe next highest slate, Gobaud-Goldgof.

However, Gobaud, the only grad studentin the Exec race, earned nearly four times asmany graduate first-choice votes than theultimate winners,Dorsey and Harris.

Gobaud is now trying to rewrite historywith current running-mate de la Torre.

This year, there is only one competitiveundergrad slate: Bennett Hauser 10 andMatt Sprague 10. Last year, the Dorsey-Harris slate split the undergraduate votebetween four other undergrad slates thistime there will be far less competition for theundergraduate vote.

Gobaud views his grad status as a strongasset.

If anything, running as a grad/undergradteam with Jay is beneficial because it allowsus to truly r epresent the entire student body,Gobaud wrote in an email to The Daily.Foryears, important issues such as grad mentalhealth, grad cost of living and the lack ofdependent health care have been ignored atthe Executive level.

Senate RaceIn the Senate, a new coalition of candi-

dates has formed. Anchored by currentSenate Chair Shelley Gao 11,Students for aBetter Stanford could change the way theSenate race is run. Ten Senate candidateshave indicated their participation inStudents for a Better Stanford.

In previous elections, endorsements, pri-marily from the Students of Color Coalition(SOCC) and The Stanford Review, have beenvery important. But with Gaos new coali-tion, the value of endorsements may change.

Campaign FinanceFinancial reforms passed by the

Undergraduate Senate and the GraduateStudent Council (GSC) will also attempt tochange the playing field this campaign sea-son.

This year, students running for Executiveare eligible to receive $750 in ASSU funds tosubsidize their campaign.Candidates accept-ing public money are required to cap theirtotal spending at $1,500.

The Gobaud-de la Torre slate has said thatthey will be accepting the public funds and

the subsequent spending limit, though theystill plan on ordering T-shirts, which typicallyrun up campaign costs.

Last year, Gobaud spent a reported totalof $3,768.55 on his campaign, including$1787.81 on shirts. The winning Dorsey-Harris slate purchased $2046.35 in shirts andspent a total of $3,597.31.

The spending limit has encouraged us touse our creativity to come up with ways ofcampaigning that arent centered aroundspending money, Gobaud said.

The Hauser-Sprague slate, on the otherhand, said they wont be taking the publicfunds.

While we value the principle of publicfinancing, we do not believe it is prudent forour slate to accept money from a weakenedASSU in this time of economic crisis,Hauser and Sprague wrote in an email to TheDaily.

However, public financing is great forthose who would otherwise be dissuadedfrom running, they added. The slate hasagreed to cap their own spending at $2,000

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Students helpout in Big Easy

By ERIC MESSINGERDESK EDITOR

Most college students heading to New Orleans forspring break used to arrive ready for a week of revelryin a bustling city with an infamously wild nightlife. Butafter Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is attracting adifferent kind of attention from college students,includ-ing those at Stanford.

Since the death and devastation left by the hurricanein 2005, New Orleans has had to weather even more

misfortune, reeling from the flight of thousands of itscitizens and slow or ineffective responses to the dam-age.A group from Stanfords Alternative Spring Breakprogram (ASB) went to the city for a busy week thatincluded meetings with local volunteers and hurricanesurvivors. Students sought primarily to gain a furtherunderstanding about the complex situation in the city,and also to assist in educational and service projects,including planting wetlands to help decrease futurestorm surges.

We wanted to get our hands dirty, said NickMcIntyre 11. We [tried] to expose ourselves to asmany of the major issues as we could.

The trip leaders were McIntyre and Jess Hawkins11, both of whom had participated in the program theprevious year and found themselves excited at theopportunity to return.

We knew there was so much more to be done,Hawkins said.When we were there, I felt there wasntenough time to explore everything.

Hawkins and McIntyre agreed that a key experiencewas tutoring for a day at the Sophie B. Wright CharterSchool.There,they were able to observe the severe gapsin learning evident in the education system,and attemptto help with fundamental skills.

It seemed like we were plugging a serious gap,McIntyre said. Instead of helping explain who [19th-century Senator] Henry Clay was,we would be showingthem how to use an index and glossary.

We put far more of a focus on how to learn,ratherthan teaching them a few facts, he added.

The ASB group prepared throughout winter quarter,enlisting both knowledgeable students and professorsto provide introductory lectures.

While the undergraduate students focused on theirefforts, Stanford GSB students also made their way toNew Orleans for a different project. Second-year MBAstudents Ashley Dayton and Luke Stewart worked withthe non-profit IDEACorps to help with local start-upFeelgoodz, which produces eco-friendly flip-flops.Dayton explained that the students focused on makingtwo main contributions to the two-man company theyaimed to assist.

We had to make sure the company had the capaci-ty to fulfill sales, and to generate demand so peopleknow this product exists, Dayton said. We ended upgiving [Feelgoodz] an action plan tactical steps theycould take.

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By JENNIFER RABEDEAUCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Weve all seen The Line.You know, the line of stu-dents camping outside ofBuilding 30 at the beginningof every quarter, vying for

one of the coveted spots in Frenlang 60D?Officially Viticulture and Oenology,

but better known among students as thewine-tasting class,this course is more thana group of alcoholic seniors looking for anexcuse to binge-drink on a weekdayevening.

Students really learn how to recognizegood wine from bad wine; thats the point,said Patricia de Castries, assistant director ofthe Stanford Language Center and facultyaffiliate for La Maison Francaise.You learnhow to drink it, sip it, enjoy it. You dontbinge.

The viticulture class was founded in 1998

by a masters student interested in teachingpeople how to appreciate wine. The classwas immediately full and has been filling upever since. Although restricted to studentsover 21 (they do check student records), theclass has remained one of Stanfords mostpopular classes.

Students cite a variety of motivations fortaking the course, but everyone wants tolearn about wine and appreciate it.

The whole purpose of the class is toenjoy wine more, said A.J. Ferrari, courseinstructor and bartender at Michael Mina inSan Francisco. Im trying to take away theanxiety surrounding wine, to demystify it.Wine is like art if you dont know any-thing about it, its hard to talk about.

Ferrari, who has spent 14 years in thewine industry, lends his many insights to theclass,condensing a year or two of experiencein the industry into the nine weeks of thecourse.

Ferrari brings five or six different wines

for everyone to taste at the weekly classmeetings at La Maison Francaise.As studentvolunteers pour the wine,Ferrari talks abouteach label, explaining the process of makingdifferent types of wine or the flavors thatcharacterize each varietal.After inhaling thebouquet and tasting the wine, the studentsdiscuss their impressions.

Some of the course meetings have

themes, such as sparkling wines or Italianwines.These meetings allow students a morein-depth understanding of different wine-making processes and of specific regionalwines.

Ferrari also incorporates guest lecturesand a field trip into his syllabus. Last fall,Chris Benziger of Benziger Family Wineryin Sonoma came to discuss the biodynamic

process in making their wines.Students alsovisited a wine-tasting event at RosenblumCellars tasting room in Alameda, wherethey had the opportunity to try over 40wines.

By the end of the quarter, studentsunderstand the basic process of wine-mak-

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Students line up at 10 p.m. last night for a spot in Viticulture and Oenology - the popular wine-tasting class. These hopefuls have been waitingsince 1 p.m., and many more are expected to wait throughout the night.

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When I was an undergraduate at Har-vard in 1995, John Kenneth Gal-braith spoke to my introductory eco-

nomics class. Galbraith,who died in 2006 atage 98, was a leading liberal economist of the20th century. I have to admit, I dont remem-ber much from the speech, but one anecdotestands out in my memory.

Galbraith joked about the title he hadgiven to one of his books,specificall y his 1954bestseller on the 1929 stock market melt-down.Apparently, he said, the title had costhim sales in one major retail channel be-cause you cant sell a book called The GreatCrash in an airport. Well, times havechanged.I was hunting for reading material inSFO last week,and there it was, in full splen-dor,in an airport bookstore.

But what caught my attention even morewas the book sitting literally right next to it, abook that perhaps explains better than mostpundits why Galbraiths cautionary tale ofmarkets separated from reality is now makingan unfortunate comeback.

The How of Happiness, by SonjaLyubomirsky, is a truly unique work I would

recommend to almost every individual on theplanet. Lyubomirsky, who earned her PhDhere at Stanford,is a professor of psychologyat UC-Riverside.Her career has been devot-ed to studying human happiness, and herbook is a rigorously researched treatise onthe science of contentment.Transcending an-ecdotal self-help, she explains what her workand others say about what makes us happy orunhappy.

Lyubomirsky has much to say on the rela-tionship between material wealth and happi-ness. One fact shouted particularly loudly atme, given the tenor of the times. In 1967, anannual study of college freshmen reportedthat 42 percent believed its important to bevery well-off financially, while 86 percentthought it was essential to develop a mean-ingful philosophy of life.In 2005,those num-bers had swung to 71 percent and 52 percent,respectively.

This, of course, has occurred despite thefact that theres very little connection be-tween wealth and contentment. AsLyubomirsky reports, research shows that

we think money will bring lots of happinessfor a long time, and actually it brings a littlehappiness for a short time.

Moreover, longitudinal studies of college

freshmen show that those who expressed ma-terialistic goals as freshmen were less happytwo decades later than their peers.And my fa-vorite statistic:Americans earning more than10 million dollars annually report levels ofpersonal happiness only slightly greater thanblue-collar workers.

Its too bad for all of us that the executivesat Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, Citigroup,AIG and so many other financial companiesdidnt get the memo. Because the systemicdysfunction we now face results from morethan lax regulations or sub-prime mortgages.Its also the result of an unrelenting focus inthis country on material wealth at all costs.

Last week in The New York Times,colum-nist Paul Krugman remarked how,up to the1980s, the finance industry accounted forroughly four percent of GDP. In the threedecades since, that number has risen to eightpercent. According to Krugman, the explo-sion of financial wheeling and dealing set offby the deregulatory mindset of the Reaganyears attracted many of our sharpest mindsand made a select few immensely rich.

Its not surprising that given a zeitgeist that

lauds and rewards legal but incredibly riskyfinancial wizardry, our college freshmenwould show the dramatic swing in their valuesand attitudes toward money that Ly-obomirsky reports. When you couple thiswith an inviolable sense of entitlement that because Ive gone to the right schools andlanded the right job and worked hard, I de-serve this huge bonus, despite the circum-stances its easy to understand whatsgoing on.

Im not arguing that finance is evil or thatwe should all move out to the country andgrow rice in agricultural collectives. Our soci-ety needs a functioning financial system asmuch as we need a legal system or a physicalinfrastructure.And even the much-malignedderivative products weve heard so muchabout lately may have a constructive role toplay.

The problem is when these tools fall intothe hands of those who care more aboutbuilding personal wealth beyond all measurethan about building a society with solid,com-petent institutions.AIG is a perfect example.

The company consists of a number of divi-sions, many of which are solid and profitable life insurance,aircraft leasing,etc.

But incredibly risky bets made by a few

hundred people in the financial products divi-sion brought the company down.Those betsessentially involved selling vast, recklessamounts of insurance policies (called creditdefault swaps) on mortgage-backed bondsand hoping they would never need to be paid.Joseph Cassano,who led the FP group, made$280 million in the past eight years all of it,as is now apparent, pulled out of thin air.

Americas greatness was built by thosewhobuilt roads,computers,software,med-icines, companies, educational systems, non-profits in other words, goods, services orinstitutions that helped drive productivitygrowth and create real value.

Cassano and his ilk, on the other hand,abandoned value and responsibility in thename of profit. But even if they had gottenaway with it, would it be worth it? Im willingto bet that those who build who measuretheir accomplishments in lives touched, inproducts created,in infrastructure laid aremuch happier than those who measure it indollars.

David Goldbrenner has some nice credit de-

fault swaps to sell you . . . cheap. Email gold-bren@stanford.edu.

While the climate around this columnseems to be that I have a penchantfor rambling incoherence (thank

you again, Chappie),every so often, certaincampus issues are of such import that mymyriad of colloquialisms must be temporar-ily put aside.The almost total absence of stu-dent influence over campus life,though cer-tainly not a new problem, is a continuingflaw of the Farm that merits a serious discus-sion (not unlike USCs problem of havingtoo many morons).

For all those and there are many ofyou who have ever had a valid complaintignored or disregarded by a University de-partment,it is all too apparent that StanfordUniversity does not value or prioritize stu-dent input, consultation, advising hell,even a shred of student autonomy.While Iam not asking for students to manage the en-dowment or beginning architecture studentsto build the next material sciences building,Ido not believe it is unreasonable for such atalented and engaged population to havesome influence over our student life.

And given that so often the decisionsmade by administrators affect students inless than positive manners (White Plazas$4,000,000 price tag, anyone?),it takes littlethought to realize we have a giant issue.Themost recent act of top-down imbecility hasbeen delivered to us, courtesy of Housingand Residential and Dining Enterprises.

Swirling around the co-ops has been theproposed plan to re-do priority. The sys-tem,which is used by themed houses and co-ops to make the residences accessible tothose interested in their respective benefits,is going to be revamped such that co-opstaffs will be allotted half of the availableslots to choose whom they wish (see: theirfriends), both dashing away the preferredtwo-tiered priority system and adding tothe nepotism and muddled joyousness thatcurrently dominates Mayfield Avenue.Andfor the grimly unsurprising,but nonethelessdisturbing kicker:Other than the incrediblyrepresentative contingent of three or so stu-dents on the Draw Reform Board, THEREWAS NO REAL STUDENT CONSULTA-TION THAT WENT INTO THE DECI-SION-MAKING PROCESS!

Housings edict is merely another act ofbureaucratic closed-mindedness that short-changes the undergraduate population. I

think there is not a single undergrad thatdoes not realize their peers are some of themore engaging, innovative and dynamicpeople they have yet come upon in life.But

for some reason, our administration does notseem to truly appreciate our capacity tomake informed decisions that affect ourtime at Stanford.

In no way do I mean to insinuate thatthere is a vast conspiracy to subjugate thestudent body being perpetrated by GregBoardman or Chris Griffith, because thisschool does employ some pretty spectacularadministrators.

While we do live in virtual paradise,ourEden is one where any semblance of deci-sion-making power is decidedly out of ourreach. Dining monopolizes our dining op-tions and limits/hinders the proliferation ofindependent retailers (Fraiche no longertakes dining hall meal points as of two daysago, for example). The OSA tells us howmany damn sober monitors and EANABsour parties must have, lest the VSO foreverfall out of favor with the current regime.

And if you care to raise a legitimate issue,your options consist of a) ignored emails; b)sitting on a Nominations Commission-ap-pointed board whose power and effective-ness is non-existent;or, my personal favorite,c) callous indignation from particular stu-dent affairs administrators.In short,what weare left with is a gargantuan bureaucracythat does not want our input and providesminimal avenues for students to effectivelyarticulate their beliefs.

This column may very well be written offas some needless whining on the part of anoverly pampered brat,that my concerns arebeyond trivial, and that my time ragingagainst the man is misguided and misplaced.I am not trying to fool myself;I realize theseindividual concerns are essentially meaning-less once you step onto University Avenueand out into the real world.

But I will not shy away from these issues,because they speak to a culture of blind sub-mission, of unwillingness to stand up to re-strictive forces, regardless of their benevo-lence,and make a case against them.If Stan-ford is,as our hired propagandists make theworld believe,filled with the future leadersof the free world,yet we cannot argue for ourbeliefs and concerns,then perhaps the god-damned plane has indeed crashed into themountain.

Zack wants to see students installed on theBoard of Trustees with full voting rights,and a

student review board for the OSA.Any otherideas for making the University administra-tion less controlling? Email Zack at zwar-ma@stanford.edu.

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The New York Times printed an article afew weeks ago on the need to retrainbusiness schools and instill responsible

management and values in business students,especially in light of the failures of so manyMBA-holding financial executives that led usinto the current financial disaster.

The Times description of the failures ofbusiness executives to conduct moral reason-ing or consider their responsibility when mak-ing financial decisions was reminiscent of MittRomneys performance during his presiden-tial run,which in many ways illustrated the po-tential drawbacks of the business educationsystem and business reasoning. Few coulddeny that Romney who earned joint lawand business degrees from Harvard, graduat-ed in the top five percent of his business schoolclass and amassed a fortune of several hun-

dred million dollars as a consultant is a verysmart guy. But Romneys business abilitiesseemed to have left him short-handed as apublic servant during the presidential cam-paign and reflected the deep and entrenchedfailings of American business reasoning.

People can and often do change their mindon many policy questions, but Romneyseemed to display no moral base at all hebecame notorious during the campaign forflip-flops on positions from abortion to gayrights to gun control. What he did display,however, is the thinking of a business execu-tive: he sized up the situation, calculated thepositions most likely to help him win the elec-tion,and adopted them. Just as the businessworld typically requires no normative ques-tions of its CEOs only empirical questionsabout how to maximize efficiency and attainnarrowly defined corporate goals Romneyseemed unable to ask himself normative ques-tions about what was realistic, good and hu-mane policy.

The business executives brought on the fi-nancial crisis with their overly-risky maneu-

vers when they proved unable to ask ques-tions beyond how best to maximize efficiencyand make money.The editorial board does not

wish to assert that every leader in the businesscommunity is morally corrupt, but there wasclearly some deep failing in the reasoning ofmany of our nations business leaders.

While infusing the business world with astronger sense of responsibility could prove adifficult task,we believe that a renewed focuson the humanities in both business schoolsand undergraduate institutions might be ben-eficial.

Recently,a broad discussion has emergedon the fate of the humanities, particularly asthe financial crisis has seemed to have a dis-proportionate and dire effect on the humani-ties departments at many schools when com-pared to departments seen as more pre-pro-fessional. Stanford, for example, cut fundingfor its Interdisciplinary Studies in the Human-ities program last month. In such moments of

economic crisis,perhaps it would be useful toconsider what the humanities can offer thebusiness world.What could a little more nor-mative and ethical reasoning a subtle skillhoned best through the study of moral ques-tions and gray-area dilemmas characteristic ofthe humanities have done for the manybusiness executives who recklessly disregard-ed the risks they were taking in the market-place?

Rethinking the business school curricu-lum, perhaps by introducing social and envi-ronmental issues, as well as interdisciplinaryperspectives on complex problems, is neces-sary in light of the great ethical failures someof our MBA-holders have committed in the fi-nancial sector. But this failure in ethical disci-pline also points to a more far-reaching imper-ative: to emphasize a foundation of normativethinking in every discipline through fundingthe humanities and increasing the interactionbetween the humanities and the more pre-professional disciplines.

The investment we make in humanitiestraining for our next generation of leaders

could pay off several-fold if it serves to avertanother economic crisis precipitated bymorally questionable practices.

Fostering corporate ethicsthrough the humanities

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This past weekend,the Stanford mens vol-leyball team reached new heights in its pursuitof the national championship.In spite of havingits historic, six-game winning streak abruptlysnapped by Cal Baptist,the Cardinal proved it-self unwavering in its determination to engi-neer a late-season surge: The men swept twomore conference opponents, No. 2 Cal StateNorthridge and No. 12 UC-Santa Barbara, intwo of their strongest offensive performancesthus far.

Two Saturdays ago, Stanfords hopes of ex-tending its winning streak of six games itslongest in 11 years were cut short by a 30-27,30-26, 30-28 loss to the NAIAs (National Asso-ciation of Intercollegiate Athletics) top-rankedCal Baptist. Despite a strong effort by No. 5Stanford (16-8, 9-6 Mountain Pacific SportsFederation), the Cardinal had no effective re-sponse to the 23 kills put up by the Lancers out-side hitter, Adiel Tiedjop, and the 10 teamblocks put up by the Cal Baptist players.

What may have been a disastrous blow toStanfords momentum, however, turned outonly to be a lull in fortune. On Friday, the Car-

dinal faced Northridge for the third time thisseason,with both past encounters having endedin 3-1 losses for Stanford.A huge defensive ef-fort by the Cardinal players helped turn the ta-bles as the men edged the Matadors 30-27, 34-32,30-32, 30-22,bagging their second victory ofthe season over a second-ranked team.

Freshman outside hitter Brad Lawson ledStanford with 18 kills, supported by junior set-ter Kawika Shoji,who totaled 43 assists.Sopho-more outside hitter Spencer McLaughlin alsochipped in 12 kills.

Junior outside hitter Evan Romero knockedin 17 kills against Northridge to set a schoolrecord for career kills,moving him into first on

Stanfords all-time list in the rally-scoring era(since 2001). Romeros 1,155 career kills edgesout Curt Toppels 1,143, set in 2003.

Im honored, Romero said.I came herenot knowing what I was doing, but what Ivedone is a testament to the team. [Setter] Kawi-ka Shoji helped me, [assistant coach] AlShibuya got on me all the time, and Coach[John] Kosty gave me the confidence to learn.

Evans just a good physical player, andthats what you need at the opposite position,Kosty said.

Despite Romeros record-breaking per-formance, it was the Stanford teams defensiveeffort that helped absorb Northridges line of

big hitters and gave the Cardinal the breathingroom it needed to convert its offensive play intoa victory. Overall, Stanford put up 13 teamblocks to the Matadors five, with six blockscoming off of Romero and five off of freshmanmiddle blocker Gus Ellis.Together they helpedlimit Northridge opposite hitters Nua Tannerand All-American Eric Vance to a .229 hittingpercentage for the night.

We worked on stopping their outsides,said junior middle blocker Garrett Werner,whocontributed four blocks of his own.

On Saturday,Stanford completed its week-

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MENS TENNIS

Cardinalmen sufferspring slump

By DANNY BELCHSTAFF WRITER

Spring break wasnt kind to the Stan-ford mens tennis team, as the Cardinallost three matches in the past week, all tohighly ranked teams and all by scores of 4-3. The team did bounce back yesterdaythough,beating Cal Poly 6-1.

A week ago, No. 8 Stanford (13-4, 0-2Pacific-10 Conference) traveled to Waco,Texas to play No.10 Baylor.The match wastight the whole way through, with Baylorcapturing the doubles point,but Stanfordfighting back in singles. After No.13 AlexClaytons loss to Baylors sixth-rankedDenes Lukacs at No. 1 singles, it camedown to senior Blake Muller at No. 6 sin-gles, with the match tied 3-3. Muller lostthe first set,7-6, but came back to win thesecond set,6-4. But Muller was not as for-tunate in the third set, falling 6-1.Baylor isthe only team that Stanford has neverbeaten in its long history.

Over last weekend,the Cardinal hostedNo. 11 UCLA and No. 8 USC in confer-ence matches. Again, Stanford playedtough both matches, but could not come

away with wins,falling 4-3 in both.Against UCLA, the doubles point was

tightly contested.After a loss at No.3 dou-bles, Stanford rallied hard to win at No. 1and 2 doubles to capture the first point.After trading off victories in singles play,the match again was tied 3-3 with the No. 6singles match yet to be decided.This time,it was sophomore Greg Hirshman takingon UCLAs Amit Inbar. Hirshman won thefirst set 7-6 and lost the second set 6-3. Inthe final set, Inbar clinched the overall winfor the Bruins with a 6-4 victory.

We could not pull out three singlesmatches, something weve been doing allyear long, head coach John Whitlingersaid.

On Saturday against USC,it was yet an-other nail-biter. The Trojans captured thedoubles point with a clean sweep of thethree spots.Stanford suffered a bit of badluck when Clayton rolled his ankle duringhis singles match against USCs Jaak Pold-ma. After taking a medical timeout, Clay-ton elected to continue playing,but could

not perform at his best and lost the match.Freshman Bradley Klahn won his

3/31 Pacific W 3-0

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UC-SAN DIEGO4/3 Long Beach4/4 San Diego

GAME NOTES: The mens volleyball team will take its lastroad trip of the season this weekend as it travels down to

Southern California to take on No. 7 Cal State-LongBeach and No. 10 UC-San Diego. The Card is on a

three-game winning streak after defeating Cal State-

Northridge and UC-Santa Barbara, both by a score of 3-

1, and then sweeping Pacific 3-0 yesterday at Maples.

SPORTS

By ANARGHYA VARDHANASTAFF WRITER

After a successful indoor season, the Stan-ford mens and womens track and field teamsreturned to action this past weekend, racing onhome turf for the first time this year.

Freshman Chris Derrick highlighted theCardinal performance at the NCAA NationalIndoor Championships in College Station,Texas,with a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 me-ters.His finish,with a time of 13:48.26,providedDerrick with his second All-American titleafter earning the first one during the fall crosscountry season. Redshirt freshman ElliotHeath also displayed his prowess in the dis-tance events, placing third in the 3,000 meterswith a time of 7:54.59 and earning his first ca-reer All-American.

Championship meets are where you seeamazing performances.I know well have manyamazing performances this weekend,said sen-ior team captain Myles Bradley prior to themeet. His prediction did indeed hold true.

Bradley was the only representative forStanford in the sprints.The Stanford hurdling

record holder held true to his title and had twofast runs, securing his first All-American title.Bradley competed in the 110 meter hurdles andwon his heat during prelims,entering the nextdays finals as the No.2 seed and placing fifth inthe event with a t ime of 7.58 seconds.

The women were led by the All-Americantitle-winning distance medley relay consistingof seniors Alicia Follmar,Idara Otu and LaurenCentrowitz, as well as freshman Mia Lattanzi.The team finished fourth with a school recordtime of 10:58.49.

Centrowitz returned the next day to com-pete in the 3,000 meters,along with Follmar andfreshman Laurynne Chetelat. Centrowitz fin-ished third with a time of 9:14.35,earning her aseventh All-American title. Chetelat finishedseventh with a time of 9:16.12, earning her firstAll-American, and was closely followed byFollmar, who finished eighth with 9:16.48, se-curing her fourth All-American title.

The final top finish for the Cardinal womenwas provided by sophomore Whitney Liehr,who set the school record 4,063 points in thepentathlon. Liehr finished in 10th place,earn-

ing her first All-American title.The track and field teams barely had time to

rest, as they were immediately thrown into theexciting beginning of an outdoor season.The

Cardinal faced off against numerous teamsfrom all over the country this past Friday andSaturday,offering several spectacular perform-ances.

The Stanford invite was littered with a lotof personal records and great performances,said one of the senior team captains, KyleDavis-Hammerquist. It was an excellent op-portunity for Stanford Track and Field to show-case not only the new facilities,but also the ex-cellent outdoor coaching staff and young fresh

outdoor team.Several Stanford athletes qualified for re-

gionals, but the distance runners truly set thepace for the Cardinals performances on the

first day of competition. Chetelat, fresh off asuccessful indoor season, placed fourth in the5,000 meters with a regional qualifying time of15:43.31, putting her in the sixth fastest all-timefor Stanford and second fastest all-time forfreshmen. Other female distance runners whoearned regional marks were freshman GeorgiaGriffin, freshman Emilie Amaro, sophomoreStephanie Marcy, sophomore MadelineDuhon, Centrowitz and also middle distancerunner redshirt senior Claire Cormier Thielke.

All in all, it was a fantastic meet, saidCormier Thielke.We had more than 10 region-

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Freshman Josefine Kvist competes in the hurdles for the Stanford track and field team last week-end. The Cardinal competed in the National Indoor Championships in mid-March.

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Junior outside hitter Evan Romero rises for a kill against the Pacific Tigers in yesterdays match. Romero, now the school record-holder for careerkills in the rally-scoring era, helped Stanford sweep Pacific 30-22, 30-23, 30-18 to bring the teams current win streak to three.

TrackswitchesgearsTeam finishes indoorseason, begins outdoors

Men drop three matchesin a row, all 4-3

Dont sleep

on Appel,

Cardinal

It would seem almost criminal towrite about anything other thanJayne Appel and the Stanford

womens basketball team this week.After all,riding the junior center,theCardinal is headed back to its secondconsecutive Final Four in search of aNational Championship.

But that isnt even what makes

this so special. The performanceAppel put on during the champi-onship game of the Berkeley Re-gional on Monday against Iowa Statewas truly legendary.The Pac-10 play-er of the year scored 46 points,grabbed 16 rebounds and blockedthree shots in her herculean effort.

The numbers alone dont do theperformance just i ce . Appeloutscored the entire Iowa State teamin the first half, 27-25. The gamemarked the third-highest scoringperformance by a player in NCAAtournament history, and the mostever by a Stanford player.

Iowa State head coach Bill Fen-nelly opted to single-cover the sec-ond team All-American throughoutthe game, a bold strategy that didntexactly play out well for him.Whenthe two teams met earlier in the sea-son,double and triple teaming Appelonly led to her kicking the ball out toopen three point shooters, whichkilled the Cyclones.

You would think that after Appelscored 15 points in the first 7:44 ofthe game,Fennelly might have givenother Stanford players a chance tobeat the Cyclones. Instead, the Car-dinal supporting cast was left feedingAppel, who consistently establishedgreat position,leading to a barrage oflayups and hook shots.

The Stanford win has deeper im-plications for both Appel and theteam. This was the juniors comingout party. For two years, Appel wasgreat for the Cardinal,yet often over-looked. Coming off the bench as afreshman and then starting as a soph-omore,Appel was always a solid con-tributor, but was often times stuck inthe shadow of hallowed Stanfordgreat Candice Wiggins.

This year has been Appels timeto shine, and Monday night sheshowed the world that she is one ofthe best players in the game, andthat Stanford has the ability to beatanyone.

Speaking of beating anyone,Stan-fords next opponent, the Connecti-cut Huskies, hasnt lost since Stan-ford beat them in the Final Four ayear ago. Not only that, but UConnhas won all of its games this season bydouble digits and has been anointedby many as the greatest womens col-lege basketball team ever.

Maybe,just maybe,Appels gameon Monday will strike some fear intothe Huskies and the Cardinal will beable to be the David to UConns Go-liath this coming weekend.

If Stanford wins its first game, itwill have a chance to do what it fellone game short doing last yearwin a National Championship. TheCardinal has unfinished business inthe Final Four, but the way the teamhas played in the tournament, itlooks very determined to sew up oldwounds.

If it is able to win the national title,

the womens basketball team will beovercoming a hump that has hauntedStanford sports teams all year.

The womens volleyball, soccer,synchronized swimming and menswater polo teams have all come with-in a breath of a national champi-onship year,but each has fallen onegame or two short of eternal glory.The womens basketball team couldbe poised to stop that trend.

After all, this team has continual-ly been overlooked, yet still exceed-ed expectations. Despite beingranked second in the country beforethe tournament, Stanford was notgiven a number one seed, eventhough it played one of the most dif-ficult schedules in the country.

With Wiggins graduation lastspring,nobody expected Stanford tobe where it is today,but as we all sawMonday night, Appel stepped intoWiggins very big shoes,and Stanfordis headed back to the Final Four.

Dan Bohm does not fear UConn. Lethim know if you share his confidenceat bohmd@stanford.edu.

Daniel

Bohm

On My MindSURGING INTO HOME STRETCH

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Dayton observed that NewOrleans is providing many opportu-nities for new businesses.

I would say theres a burgeon-ing community, Dayton said. Itsreally supporting businesses, mak-ing sure that its easy for entrepre-neurs. Right now its still a chal-lenge,but its getting better.

Stewart emphasized that busi-nesses face significant challenges

operating out of New Orleans.There is not a lot of the infra-

structure, both on the capital sideand the legal side, to build a bigbusiness, Stewart said.

Stanford students from NewOrleans have kept an eye towardsthe volunteer efforts, both those oftheir classmates and the larger vol-

unteer network present in the city.I think its exciting, said

Richard Futrell 10. I really do feellike these college and religiousgroups are doing unequivocallygood work.

I sometimes feel like the city isbeing rebuilt by volunteers, headded.

Sarah Woodward 09 added thatthe volunteers provide a much-needed energy to the citys efforts torecover from the tragedies of 2005and beyond.

Its a hard thing for the city,where there are only pockets ofleadership, Woodward said.Theres a lot of pessimism on thepart of many of the people, whereits hard to persist.

Hawkins felt that the people shemet within the city were, in theirown right, an inspiration for volun-teer efforts.

Outside of New Orleans a lot ofpeople have given up, Hawkins

said. People see it as destined forfailure.

But people really are invested,she added. A huge majority of thecity doesnt feel like the rest of theworld.They want to rebuild.

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company much more cheaply byoffering lower wages. Reas hopes tobe able to capitalize on these kinds ofeffects. Those starting businesses atthis time, he said, have the potentialto wind up on top when the economyrecovers.

Even with their optimism for the

future, both Reas and Song notedthat these are undoubtedly riskytimes for those entering business andfinance. Song also added that, onWall Street, the demand for finance

jobs right now greatly surpasses theactual supply available. Yet both feltcomparatively secure taking theirfirst steps in their respective sectors,and for the same reason they willhave Stanford degrees.

According to Reas, having aStanford MBA means that theopportunity cost of starting a newbusiness from scratch will be betterfor him than for other young entre-preneurs. For one thing, he willalready have an impressive contactnetwork of fellow GSB graduates,which could make it easier for him tofind funding sources. Song believesthat his degrees will help to make animpression on Wall Street.

In New York, theres not actual-

ly that many people from the WestCoast, he said.I think coming fromStanford gives me the advantage ofsetting me apart from the Harvardand Princeton [crowd].

Alex Wu 09 is also confident thathis Stanford economics degree willgive him an advantage over manyothers.

Being at a place like Stanford,there is still going to be a demand foryou,Wu said.

It remains to be seen how muchtheir degrees will wind up helping

those students entering the businessworld after graduation. What doesseem to be clear is that,for many stu-dents at Stanford, the recession doesnot present a hardship so much as anopportunity for analysis and futuregain.

Its rare that you actually get tolive through an economic downside ofthis magnitude, Wu said.Its been areally great learning environment.

Contact Andrew Valencia at andrewv1@stanford.edu.

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and have taken steps to limit theirexpenditures, such as spray-paint-ing the designs onto their campaignshirts.

As the rules stand, there are nospending caps for the class presidentraces or the Senate race. Althoughthe Elections CommissionHandbook recommends candidatesto limit themselves to certainamounts ($1500 for Executive, $200for class president slates and $150for Senate candidates),the amountsare not enforced.

One sophomore class slate,Hardcore as a Sophomore, attempt-

ed to establish their own spendingcap in early March, but no consen-sus was ever reached between thethree slates running and the planfizzled.

Some senators have expressedworries that the lack of a cap willresult in an explosion of spendingduring this election season.

Hardcore as a Sophomore, lack-ing a spending cap,said they wouldspend around $800 on their cam-paign depending on the actions ofother slates, far exceeding the $200guideline advised by the ElectionsCommission.

The Daily will have completecoverage of the 2009 ASSU Electionsthroughout campaign week.

Contact Marisa Landicho at landi-cho@stanford.edu.

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By CLAUDIA PRECIADOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

In an impressive showing by theStanford synchronized swimmingteam at Collegiate Nationals, theCardinal placed second amongst 23teams, finishing on a strong notefrom a previously undefeated sea-son.

This past weekend in San Anto-nio, Texas proved to be a nail-biterfor the Cardinal, as it competedagainst every collegiate synchro-nized swimming team in the nation.Having defeated Florida, Arizonaand the University of the IncarnateWord previously, the Cards maincompetition came from Ohio State,which boasted three Olympiansfrom Beijing.

The Buckeyes took the overallwin on 98 points. Stanford came insecond with 80 points, followed byCanisius College with 76.5.

I feel really happy and proudabout the way we performed, said

junior captain Taylor Durand.Every time we went out and swam,we did the best we have all year.Atthis point,I am really proud that weplaced second.

In the A Elements portion of thecompetition,Canisius College sweptfirst and second place, while Incar-nate Word placed third. Stanfords

elements were led by junior DebbieChen, who placed eighth with ascore of 82.986. Senior Erin Bellplaced 11th at 82.209, and Durandtook 12th with a score of 81.659.Sophomore Corinne Smith closedout the Stanford scoring in 17th with80.816.

In B Figures, Stanford climbedto the top, with all of its swimmersplacing in the top 10. FreshmanOlivia Morgan was crowned the BFigures champion with the highestscore, 72.033. Teammate and fellowfreshman Maria Koroleva helpedkeep Stanford on top with her sec-ond-place finish (71.981). AlthoughIncarnate Word took third, Cardinalswimmers sophomore MichelleMoore, freshman Koko Urata andfreshman Alex Bollaidlaw placedfourth, seventh and eighth withscores of 70.576, 70.184 and 69.705respectively.

Canisius College triumphed inthe solo competition with a 95.000.Stanford, however, did not swim inthe solo competition.

In duets, Stanfords veteran duoof Chen and Durand performed anexceptionally artistic routine to takethird place,scoring a 93.167.Morgan

and Koroleva first-time duet per-formers at collegiate nationals gave an enthusiastic and strong per-formance, putting them in the fifthspot with a 92.000.

It was really tough to competeagainst Olympians, but another yearof experience will help us learn andknow what were competingagainst, Durand said. I think wecan improve on our swims for nextyear, but each Stanford duet per-formed their best.

The trio competition proved tobe intense,yet Stanford placed thirdand fourth. The Cardinals Durand,Koroleva and Morgan scored 93.500with their high-energy routine. Be-hind them were teammates Bell,Chen and Moore,whose strong rou-tine scored a 91.833. Ohio Statestrios tied for first with a score of94.667.

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al qualifiers on the womens side,which is super exciting consideringthat this is our real season opener.This means that were ready to fly andwill be in excellent position cominginto Pac-10s and regionals later in theseason.

The men were led by an interest-ing and exciting race between theHeath brothers, redshirt senior Gar-rett and redshirt freshman Elliot in

the 5,000 meters.The brothers beganthe race together,but Elliot soon tookthe lead and began to push the pace inthe next few laps. Despite Elliotslead, experience and seniority tookover as Garrett overtook him at the

last minute to edge out his youngerbrother at the finish. Both had per-sonal bests Elliot ran a 13:42.59and Garrett finished millisecondsearlier at 13:42.27.

In the field events, the men wereled by Davis-Hammerquist, who fin-ished second in the discus with a tossof 159-10. Junior Carter Wells placed

third in the hammer throw with a re-gional qualifying mark of 188-1.

A particularly heated event for themen was the 4x400 A relay.The relay,consisting of junior Zach Chandy,sophomore Andrew Dargie, fresh-

man Amaechi Morton and juniorDurell Coleman was an exciting butheart-wrenching race.Chandy got theteam off to a good start,followed by apowerful run by Dargie.

Morton, the third runner,grabbedthe baton in a close second or thirdplace,but was pushed by another run-ner upon receiving the pass. Regard-

less of the minor squabble, Mortonprovided an incredible race, overtak-ing the other teams on the first turn ofthe 400 and easily striding way aheadof the competition.

Seizing the baton as the last and

final runner, Coleman easily main-tained the lead, even increasing it.Unfortunately, as Coleman turnedright before the last 100 meters to thefinish, he stumbled to a stop as hishamstring cramped painfully.

The Stanford crowd moaned indisappointment, but applauded asColeman was able to hobble off thetrack assisted by his teammates. Still,the race proved that the team has theability to outdistance its opponentsand provide excellent times in up-coming meets.

The Cardinal will be sending asmall group of runners to Texas thisupcoming weekend for the Texas Re-

lays,where the 4x400 and other relayteams will have the opportunity toprove themselves once again.

Contact Anarghya Vardhana at vard-hana@stanford.edu.

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Women win silver atCollegiate Nationals

... it was a fantastic meet

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appears in the paperninth match in a row at No. 2 sin-gles, and senior Matt Bruch ralliedfrom behind in the third set to win7-5 and win his match.But USC hadan answer to the Cardinal tough-ness,ca pturing the match when Ab-dullah Magdas outlasted freshmanRyan Thacher at No. 3 singles, 7-6,6-7,7-5.

Its just the way its going to bethis year, Whitlinger said of the

three close losses.We just came upon the wrong end.

All of them [were] winnablematches, he continued. We hadchances and couldnt quite pull itout.

Though losses are tough to han-dle,the Cardinal battled throughoutevery match and was in a position to

win every single one. Matches likethis, early in the season, are neces-sary if the team is going to make adeep run in the NCAA Tournament.The two home matches againstUCLA and USC were highly at-tended, and the crowd provided agreat tennis atmosphere.

It was so much fun to be a partof,Whitlinger said.The crowd re-ally helped the team.

Stanford returned to the courtyesterday, getting off the losingtrack by beating Cal Poly. Stanfordswept the doubles matches andKlahn made his first appearance atNo. 1 singles, earning a straight-set

victory for his 10th straight win.With a win back under them, theCardinal men will trave l to Tucson,Ariz. this weekend to take on theNo. 20 Arizona Wildcats in anotherPac-10 match.

Contact Danny Belch at dbelch1@stanford.edu.

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end sweep by beating UC-Santa Bar-bara, 30-27, 30-19, 23-30, 30-24, andextending its conference winningstreak to five. Four Cardinal playersreached double-digit kills on KawikaShojis 57 assists, with Romeros 19leading the pack. McLaughlin andLawson contributed 12 kills apiece,and Werner chipped in another 11.

Romeros .359 hitting helpedbump his overall career hitting per-

centage to .272,which began the sea-son at .191.This incredible improve-ment is undoubtedly a result of the.310 average hitting Romero hasmaintained throughout the previousnine matches, eight of which Stan-ford has won.

Any time your opposite hits .300,youre scoring a lot of points,Kostysaid.Thats what were looking for.

On the defensive end, Stanfordput up nine team blocks to the Gau-chos five, and freshman libero ErikShoji picked up 21 digs to give theCardinal 47 digs for the night.

With expectations mounting,Stanford moves into the final sevenmatches of the season, all of whichare to be played against conferenceopponents. Yesterday, the Cardinalswept Pacific at home,winning 30-22,30-23,30-18.This weekend,the teamwill take its last road trip of the sea-son,where it will visit No.7 Cal State-Long Beach and No. 10 UC-San

Diego.

Contact Jeff Lu at jjlu@stanford.edu.

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Lastly, in the team competition,Stanford performed a captivatinglyoriginal routine that should havebeen worthy of first place. Swim-mers Bell, Bollaidlaw, Chen, Du-rand,Koroleva, Moore,Morgan andSmith swam hard to score a 96.333.

The scoring placed them in second,however, once again behind OhioState.Ohio State also entered a sec-ond team, which took third place.

It was definitely our best one sofar, Durand said of the meet.Thewhole team felt very confident;everyone was on the same page as towhere we needed to be. We all feltthe trust that everyone was going todo their part,and thats exactly whathappened.We were very consistentand composed under press ure.

In the prelims of the team com-petition, our music shut off halfwaythrough our routine,so the amazingpart was that nobody was shaken byit, she continued. We just got outof the pool and were ready to goagain.We still felt confident that wewere going to do our best.We werementally prepared for this competi-tion.

Stanford synchronized swim-ming looks to defend its piece of the

U.S. National Title from April 29 toMay 2, as it hosts both club and col-legiate teams from around the na-tion.Last year, Stanford became thefirst collegiate team to take home anational title after it tied for No. 1with the Santa Clara Aquamaids.

Im definitely looking forwardto another month of training withsuch a great meet behind us, Du-rand said. The collegiate nationalshave given our team more confi-dence and more fire for training.

Contact Claudia Preciado at claudi-ap@stanford.edu.

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