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DOCS ROCKBand of musical neurologistsstage their once-hidden talent

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SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Panel discusses betterInternet

By ERIN INMANSTAFF WRITER

Law students proposed new solu-tions to Internet problems, from thoseas common as a forgotten password toones as high-profile as human rights ac-tivism and free speech, in Four Ideasfor a Better Internet, held Tuesdaynight at Stanford.

Co-sponsored by Stanford Centerfor Internet and Society and the Berk-man Center for Internet & Society atHarvard, the event featured four TED-style talks on cybersecurity,diplomatictransparency,crowdsourcing and priva-cy and reputation. Four student groupsfrom a collaborative three-week semi-nar between Harvard Law and Stan-ford Law attempted to address difficultproblems in cyberspace while a panel ofspecial guests in the field weighed in.

Think what you have stored online,every picture you take, every friendyouve ever had . . . but for others, the

stakes are even higher,said Zak Cox,aHarvard law student in a group propos-ing an online security council of friends.

Currently,the solution to security in-volves either a door with a bunch oflocks or a big wall,Cox said.Often, how-ever, these locks, or security ques-tions,can be answered with a quick scanof the targets public Facebook.

Instead of allowing social graphs tocompromise privacy,the group drew offSection IV of the 25th Amendment,which allows the vice president to over-

STUDENT GOVT

Special fees billreversal passed

By MARGARET RAWSONDESK EDITOR

The 12th ASSU Undergraduate Senate passedthree bills Tuesday evening,approving the reversal of aspecial fees rule enacted last year and confirming fivenominees to the Constitutional Council and judicialpanel pool.

Tuesdays special fees bill would allow studentgroups that have previously received special fees togrow their budgets by 10 percent without petitioning tobe on the special fees ballot, reverting the ASSU jointbylaws to their pre-January 2010 language.Last yearsbill required student groups to petition to increase theirbudgets by more than the inflation rate approxi-mately 3 percent.Yesterdays bill requires the approvalof the Graduate Student Council,ASSUs other legisla-tive body.

After several senators expressed concerns over alack of spending regulations,the special fees bill was al-tered after last weeks meeting to include a clause say-ing the Senate would work with other ASSU bodies toformat regulations within the coming week.

At the beginning of Tuesdays meeting, Lina Hidal-go 13 discussed the progress of the ASSU LeadershipDevelopment program,which she co-coordinates, withthe senators and Senate associates in attendance. Sen-ate associates are just beginning rotations to attendSenate committee meetings.

Vivian Wong 12,ASSU chair of disabilities and ac-cessible education, discussed the results of a campus-wide survey and the launch of a mentoring program,

Governor proposes millionsin cuts for state universitiesBy ELLORA ISRANI

STAFF WRITER

Though the budget woesof the state of California seemremote underneath the um-brella of Stanfords multibil-lion-dollar endowment, thelatest round of state budgetcuts have hit closer to home.

In a budget proposal an-nounced Jan. 10, Gov. JerryBrown slashed the stateshigher education funding by$1.4 billion, $500 million ofwhich will come from theUniversity of California (UC)system.

The move will mark thefirst time in the UC systems143-year history that revenuefrom student fees comprise ahigher proportion of the uni-versity operating budget thanfunding from the state gov-ernment, according to UCPresident Mark Yudof. The$500 million represents asixth of last years state fund-ing to the UCs. In addition tolast years 32 percent tuitionincrease, UC students willface an 8 percent hike for fall2011, bringing annual in-statetuition to $11,124.

While the UC system

copes with these changes,Stanford is facing the ideathat the cuts will inevitablychange the numerous connec-tions it shares with Califor-nias institutions of publichigher education.

Our primary concern isthat the long-term impact ofongoing budget cuts willweaken the great public uni-versities in California, andthis will be bad for the state,for the country and for highereducation in general, Stan-

ford President John Hen-nessy wrote in an e-mail toThe Daily.

For research at Stanford,the short-term concerns arelimited. The collaborative re-search done between Stan-ford and the UC system isconducted in national labsoperated and funded by thefederal government, such asSLAC National AcceleratorLaboratory and LawrenceBerkeley National Laborato-ry.

Fortunately, for the areaof research that Im workingin, theres actually quite a bitof funding going to the uni-versities now because the De-partment of Energy has beenreally successful in persuad-ing Congress that we need toput more research funds intoclean energy technology,said Sally Benson, professorof energy resources engineer-ing.

Its kind of balancedthings out, Benson contin-ued.Actually, in a lot of waysfor graduate student researchin these areas, its probablybetter now than its been in along time . . . even though yousee us struggling financially, I

think that probably has a big-ger impact on the undergrad-uate program.

In fact, Stanford may evensee short-term benefits asqualified Bay Area facultyand students could becomewary of the potential declineof the UC system and there-fore choose Stanford overpublic institutions.

The budget difficulties atUC will probably decrease

UNIVERSITY

New first-gen dean hired

By IVY NGUYENDESK EDITOR

Tommy Lee Woon,dean of multicultur-

al life at Macalester College, was recentlyappointed to fill the new position of direc-tor of diversity and first-generation pro-grams at Stanford.It i s a return to Stanford:he worked here from 1993 to 2002 as assis-

tant dean of students and multicultural ed-ucator. He has worked at several otherhigher-education institutions.

Woon corresponded with The Daily viae-mail on Tuesday to discuss his upcomingjob.An edited excerpt is below.

Stanford Daily (SD): What are thebiggest issues that first generation studentsat Stanford face,and how will you work toaddress that?

Tommy Woon (TW): Commonly, thebiggest issues include overcoming isola-tion, learning to develop the resiliency tothrive and coping with financial stress.Weknow from studies that people can flourishunder the most adverse circumstances

when they are resilient. I will work to em-power students,reduce their isolation andbuild their emotional literacy and life skillsso that they can thrive even if institutionaland cultural barriers are less than ideal.Onthe other hand, I will also raise awarenessof structural, cultural and financial condi-tions that impinge on students so we dontplace an unfair burden on them or blamethe victims when they are overwhelmed.

SD: Diversity and support for first-gen-eration students seem like very differentcategories. Why were these two groupedtogether,and how will your office divide itswork between them?

TW: To answer the why question first:Since I didnt create this position,I can onlyassume Stanford wanted to make supportfor first-generation college students con-cerns more explicit . . . in this regard, its

another step towards acknowledging thatdiversity is complicated. Diversity is notmerely distinct categories of people andhistories interacting with each other, butpeople with unique and fluid multiple iden-

tities that are intersecting and ebbing andflowing within and with others.

I am not expecting to divide work but toblend work with first generation and diver-sity.Conceptually,I want to put first-gener-ation college students in the center of an in-tersection. If the intersection is a rotarywith different pathways in and out, we canpromote a holistic approach for ensuringthe needs of first-generation students areaddressed while attending to all of the di-versity in a community.

SD: How will you involve students inthe creation and implementation of anyprograms or projects you will begin?

TW: I want to institutionalize student

participation and leadership so the pro-grams that my office creates reflect stu-dents sensibilities and creativity.I look for-ward to creating some structures and re-cruiting talented students to be my part-ners.I hope to hire some students,create anadvisory group with substantial studentrepresentation and use social media tocommunicate with stakeholders.

SD: What will be the first item on youragenda when you come to Stanford nextyear?

TW: Meet, greet and listen to students,particularly first generation students.Makevisible my commitment, approachabilityand accessibility to them.And make visiblemy leadership in coalescing other re-sources to support them.

SD: What are some long term projects

you have in mind,and how will those be im-plemented?

TW: A long term project is to create an

Senate confirms nominees,hears exec, disabilities updates

Law students weigh in onanonymity, cybersecurity

Chit Chat

VIVIAN WONG/The Stanford Daily

Tyler Berbert 13, left, talks with Delia Lee, who is visiting from China, as part of Lets Talk about Anything!, a campus-wide event to promote open dialogue at Stanford. Volunteers for the event were posted throughout campus Tuesday.

Courtesy of Tommy Lee Woon

Tommy Lee Woon will return to Stanfordnext year to serve as the new director of di-versity and first-gen programs. Woon pre-viously served as Stanfords multiculturaleducator.

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the competition for faculty some-what, and so in the short run bene-fit Stanford and other top researchuniversi t i es , Provost JohnEtchemendy Ph.D.82 wrote in ane-mail to The Daily. But it wouldbe very shortsighted to think that

that is a good thing. One of thethings that has made U.S. highereducation so strong is the constantcompetition between universitiesfor the very best faculty and stu-dents.

Accordingly, the cuts could havemore serious long-term ramifica-tions on the future of higher educa-tion in the Bay Area.Some at Stan-ford have worried that cuts to theUC system could affect the generalintellectual vitality of the area.

The Bay Area is such a won-derful place, and one reason is ofcourse that two of the best institu-tions are here, Stanford andBerkeley, and together they makethe Bay Area the best place tostudy, and really the best place toinnovate and also the best place toform industry,said Yi Cui, associ-ate professor of materials scienceand engineering. If the UCs arereally declining due to the budgetcuts, I think that will also reducethe competitiveness of the BayArea, which will eventually alsoaffect Stanford University in anegative way.

Bay Area universities, includ-ing Stanford and UC-Berkeley,are prime feeders into Californiasinformation-based economy,home to such international play-ers as Google in Mountain View,Apple in Cupertino and Facebookin Palo Alto. California is home to

14 percent of companies on Stan-dard & Poors 500 index.

Furthermore, UC-Berkeley the top-ranked public universityin the United States is a princi-pal feeder into graduate programsaround the country.The UCs cur-rently guarantee admission to thetop 12.5 percent of the statesgraduating high school class. How-ever,budget cuts could jeopardizethe viability of this practice, there-by excluding extremely qualifiedcandidates from undergraduateand possibly graduate education.

The UC undergraduate pro-grams in the sciences are excel-lent, and so you see a lot of goodgraduate students who come toStanford from Berkeley, Bensonsaid. And so to the extent thatthere are less students, or thosestudents dont have access to labsor resources to do the laboratoryexperiments, thats a bad thing.

Tomorrow or next month ornext year its not such a big issue,Benson added, but we do want astrong UC system as a feeder intograduate schools.

The cuts may also impact the

Bay Areas ability to remain com-petitive on an increasingly globalresearch scene. As emerging na-tions such as China and India pourfunds into their science and tech-nology-based research and highereducation, budget cuts are drivingthe United States in the oppositedirection.

The United States is actuallyin a critical time, facing interna-tional competition, Cui said.Our energy technology and even

our information technology, its areally critical time for our collabo-ration to move forward.

Moreover, the cuts effects atStanford will reach well outsidethe confines of academia. For ex-ample, UC-Berkeley eliminatedfour varsity sports teams for the2011-2012 season basebal l,mens and womens gymnasticsand womens lacrosse in an ef-fort to slash the intercollegiateathletics budget from its currentannual $12 million to $5 million by2014. Those teams, comprised ofvarsity-level athletes, could com-pete in club leagues,providing stiffcompetition for Stanford andother local schools.

However, there has been con-cern over the widely used term de-cline of the UCsto describe the ef-fects of the budget cuts. Someworry that, despite the immediatedifficulties, the phrase embellishesthe actual consequences.

The predicted decline of theUCs is much overstated, Hen-nessy said. Universities are re-silient institutions, and the UCshave an extraordinary history ofquality faculty and students. Theyhave gone through difficult budg-et situations before and have notlost their ability to compete.

Contact Ellora Israni at [email protected].

UCContinued from front page

2NWednesday, January 19, 2011 The Stanford Daily

2011 Stanford SURGE

Summer Research in Geosciences and

EngineeringResearch Experience in Earth Sciences,

Energy Sciences, and Environmental Sciences.

SURGE is a fully funded 8-week, summer residential program atStanford that combines a rigorous research assignment with a

comprehensive training and mentoring program. SURGE focuses

on preparing students for graduate school and therefore targets

sophomores, juniors and non-graduating seniors.

We encourage applications from U.S. and international citizens enrolled in U.S.

undergraduate institutions, who, by reason of their culture, class, race, ethnicity,

background and life experiences, add diversity to our graduate programs in Earth

Sciences. We especially encourage applications from African Americans, Hispanic/

Latino Americans and Native Americans.

Apply online at: http://oma.stanford.edu/surgeApplication deadline is February 1, 2011

SERENITY NGUYEN/The Stanford Daily

ecosystem at Stanford that offerssustained, visible support for firstgeneration students. This will re-quire taking inventory of existingsupport and highlighting,expandingand coalescing, and publicizingthem. I will need to work with stu-

dents,staff, faculty and alumni to dothis.

Id like to use a process calledAppreciative Inquiry to generateideas and action plans. Its a processthat invites people to do strengthanalysis,to gather and connect ideasfrom successful personal experi-ences to co-create a blue print forchange.

Contact Ivy Nguyen at [email protected].

WOONContinued from front page

NEWS BRIEFS

Ed Macaulay,voice of

Stanford Stadium,

dies at 91

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Ed Macaulay, a longtime public-address announcer for Stanford ath-letics,died Friday at his home in SanMateo following a stroke at the ageof 91.

Macaulays career spanned from1952 to 1990,when Stanford admin-istrators replaced him before the1991 season.After fans protested the

decision with a letter-writing cam-paign asking to have him reinstated,he returned for one final season in1992. In his 40 seasons at the job,Macaulay missed only one gameduring a bout with laryngitis.

From his perch in the press box,Macaulay presided over Stanfords

change in mascot from the Indians tothe Cardinal.Highlights from his ca-reer include announcing the Cardi-nals upset against No. 1-rankedWashington in 1942 as well as yearsof alternately winning and losing theAxe at the annual Big Game.

In addition to announcing foot-ball games, Macaulay was also apresence at several historic sportingevents at Stanford, including the U.S.Olympic Track and Field trials in1960 and the U.S.-vs.-U.S.S.R. trackmeet in 1963, at the height of ColdWar tensions between the two coun-tries.

Following his retirement,Macaulay worked to establish theStanford University Athletics Hallof Fame, where he regularly servedas docent.

A memorial service is plannedfor March 27 at Valley PresbyterianChurch.

Ivy Nguyen

open to all students,to promote a di-alogue about life on campus for stu-dents with disabilities. (Wong is themanaging editor of photos for TheDaily.)

Among nominees, the Senateapproved Brianna Pang 13 to serveon the Constitutional Council.(Pang is a Daily writer.) The Senatealso confirmed four nominees forthe judicial panel pool: Sjoerd deRidder, a graduate student in geo-

physics,and juniors Reagan Thomp-son, Tara Guarino and ElizabethRasmussen.

ASSU President Angelina Car-dona 11 praised Wongs work in herupdate to the senators.She also dis-cussed the recent ROTC town halland ASSU wellness chair Taylor

Winfields proposal for a wellnesscenter on the first floor of StanfordDinings newest dining hall,to openthis coming fall.Cardona also men-tioned plans for a more structuredVCI action grants program, whichshe hopes will offer resources to stu-dents without traditional sources offunding capital for their ideas onwellness, sustainability, domestic vi-olence awareness and other topics.

On previous notice for nextweek are two bills by Senator WillSeaton 13 to alter the method ofrecording senator student-groupmembership and to include tech-nology in the title and mission of theSenates Communication Commit-

tee, which he currently chairs.All funding bills for the eveningwere passed, including a budgetmodification for Stanford Out-doors.

Contact Margaret Rawson [email protected].

SENATEContinued from front page

Correction

In Break-ins prompt security in-crease (Jan. 18), The Daily incor-rectly reported that Housing haddiscovered the defective door inBob, the Mayfield Avenue resi-dence. In fact, residents discoveredthe doors defect and notified Hous-ing of the problem.

ride the president, in proposing astructure where your friends haveyour back, he said. The idea relieson a friend-based social cabinet ca-

pable of stepping in to preserve theonline identity of a friend in dangerof compromise.

Under this proposal, appointedtrustees would monitor suspiciousactivity on a users account.

The proposed model could solveproblems as trivial as requesting apassword change to problems aslife-threatening as disclosing a cap-tured human rights activists valu-able online accounts, said Harvardstudent Heather Casteel, a memberof the same group.

There havent been manyways for people to take privacyinto their own hands other thanchanging privacy settings, saidcommunication major CrystalNwaneri 13. By going to friendsto develop a social cabinet, theyre

giving people a chance to makesure theres others looking out forthe online presence that wereslowly developing.

Another group attempted to ad-dress preserving anonymity in ahuman rights context with an organ-ization that would enable, protectand promote human-rights media.Although video has unparalleled

ability to create progress in humanrights, its capacity is limited by theability to safely and securely uploadsaid videos, said Stanford law stu-dent Camille Fletcher.

While many videos of humanrights injustices have gone viral onmediums such as YouTube, thegroup argued that the Internet lacksa non-hierarchical organization re-sistant to pressure.

Their platform would be a non-profit immune to pressure and capa-ble of maintaining source anonymi-ty. The organization would receivevideos and either publish them inde-pendently or contact an affiliatemedia group.

Contact Erin Inman at [email protected].

WEBContinued from front page

This is the watch Stephen Hollingshead, Jr. was

wearing when he encountered a drunk driver.

Time of death 6:55pm.

Friends Dont Let Friends Drive Drunk.

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By HELEN ANDERSON

Music can have a powerfuleffect on our brains, re-cent research has shown,and it doesnt take a pro-fessor to prove it.But, as

the HyperTonics a rock band com-posed entirely of members of the Schoolof Medicines neurology departmentknow, sometimes even researchers haveto set down their lab notebooks,shed thewhite coats, pick up guitars and learnfrom experience.

Neurology and neurological sciencesprofessor and HyperTonics lead singerChristanne Wijman said the idea for theband first occurred to her when she saw agroup of neurocritical care doctors play-ing music at a medical conference. She

thought,I could get away with that kindof stuff. It would be so cool to have aband.

It just so happened that Wijman hadcolleagues who were also musicians, andgatherings at her house tended to culmi-nate in spontaneous jam sessions.

I happened to be over here anywayand there was a keyboard, so Id startplaying and shed start singing and Gregwould play the guitar, said neurologyand neurological sciences professorFrank Longo, referring to colleagueGreg Albers.

Now, the HyperTonics are the onesplaying at neurology conferences. Theywill also be performing as the openingevent for the Caregivers Concert series,aproject funded by an anonymous donorwhere nurses, therapists and physicians

and other caregivers will perform livemusic. The first show will take placeThursday at 7:30 p.m. in the ArrillagaAlumni Center.

Wijman saw this as the perfect op-portunity for us to play here at Stanford,because we had not played at Stanford it-self.

Despite its seemingly natural begin-nings about two and a half years ago, theband took its current form piece bypiece. The original three members Wijman,Albers and Longo convincedneurocritical care fellow Charlene Chen,a classically trained violinist, to jointhem,even though shes way out of ourleague,Albers said.

I call her our secret weapon becauseshe makes our band so different, differ-ent than anybody elses band, Wijmansaid.

To incorporate the electric violin andput their own spin on classic songs, theHyperTonics often substitute a violinsolo for the traditional electric guitarsolo.

Its one of the reasons Ants March-ing just kind of fell into our lap, saiddrummer and professor of medicinePaul Singh, the newest member of thegroup. Its a great violin part. Its a

good band song.After Chen, clinical assistant profes-

sor Viet Nguyen joined. Nguyen playselectric guitar, trades off playing basswith Albers and sometimes sings for thegroup. Hes also part of a local bandcalled Robustitron,for which he writesoriginal songs.

Nguyen got sucked in gradually overtime. Initially he was only going to playfor our gigs, and then he started practic-ing with us, and then we started doingnew songs and now hes running thewhole band,Wijman laughed.

Singh completed the group. Afterplaying drums with a series of bands inhigh school and college, he switchedgears and began to write songs for guitarand bass.

I did the singer-songwriter thing forfour years or so,Singh said. And then I

never thought I was going to play again.Then,they had a group,and the opportu-nity presented itself.

Finding Singh was a fortuitous eventfor the HyperTonics, who had embarkedon an agonizing search for a drummer.

It was really like a miracle,Wijmansaid. So [you have] the three youngerkids in the band,who are really talentedand actually musically trained, and thenyou have the three older people.Weresomewhat trained, but were sort of thehomegrown part of the band.

This age discrepancy contributed to ashift in repertoire for the group.

We were doing Hotel California,The Who, Creedence, but now we dosome more modern things, Albers said.We did more faculty parties or birthdayparties.We didnt have the bass,we didnthave the drums, so we were doing lightrock, mellow stuff. But now its differ-ent.

Their program for the CaregiversConcert still includes classics like Be-

hind Blue Eyes,but added to those arecontemporary hits like Apologize andHey There Delilah.

The addition of the newer membersalso meant a change of venue.

Weve outgrown birthday parties.We dont fit in the house anymore,Wij-man said. Were too loud and too big.Now were playing at conferences.

Their first big show took place in Sep-tember at a club in San Francisco as partof a neurocritical care meeting.They arealso scheduled for gigs at two upcomingconferences, Los Angeles in Februaryand Honolulu in April.

Professional to Personal

A group of neurologists might not bethe first thing that comes to mind at themention of the words rock band,but allof the HyperTonics agree that playingmusic together has strengthened theirformerly professional relationships.

Its something completely differentthan what we do at work, Longo said.Its more expressive and artistic. Al-though in research you try to be creative,this is sort of a different outlet for beingcreative.

Its nice to leave work behind andhave something thats a diversion, Al-bers added.Work is really busy.We havefairly demanding jobs,particularly theseguys [Chen and Singh].Theyre on call al-most every other night.We always havesomebody in the band on call. Often twopeople at once. Were trying to practiceand the beepers are going off we loseour drummer for a couple songs becausehes dealing with a stroke code.

But the experience of playing music

together is more than worth the struggleto fit band practice into the membershectic schedules.

My fathers not a musician himself,but he always said, Whats better thanplaying in a band with your friends?Wijman said.He said it many times. Henever did it himself.But now Im doing it,and its too bad hes not around to watchit, because he would have loved it.

If band practice could be consideredresearch, the HyperTonics have madesome important discoveries.

Making music puts me in a totallydifferent mental state, Wijman said.Truly. Its like a drug, almost. A gooddrug.

If happiness can be found anywhere,its here in the ambient glow of Wijmansliving room, where Singhs drum set re-places a coffee table on the alphabet-pat-

terned rug, the laughter of some of themembers children bubbles in from anadjacent room and, amid the sporadicpiano chords and cymbal taps, Alberssguitar riff from All Right Now carriesthrough the glass walls and winds downMayfield Ave.

Contact Helen Anderson at [email protected].

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FEATURES

It just so happened that

Wijman had colleagues

who were musicians,and

gatherings at her

house tended to culminate

in spontaneousjam sessions.

By ZAHRA TAJI

At Stanfords last commencement,President Hennessy spoke of thechallenge of balancing the old andnew, the innovative and the tradi-tional.

Today, about 20 percent of Stanfords re-search is conducted in interdisciplinary andmultidisciplinary programs. Such programscross the hard and fast boundaries that tradi-tionally defined academic disciplines. Thetransition is not about breaking walls, butrather about building bridges for interdiscipli-nary dialogue.

The transition to interdisciplinary pro-grams and research has not always beensmooth,because some departments dont wanttheir faculty to spend the time outside the de-partment or use grants with such programs.Education professor Myra Strober has dealtwith these obstacles as the founding director ofthe Stanford Center for Research on Women(now the Clayman Institute for Gender Re-search) in 1974.The institute has been interdis-ciplinary from the beginning and draws uponvarious departments, including economics,his-tory and sociology.

I think one of the things that PresidentHennessy has been working on quite success-fully, she said in a phone interview with TheDaily, is getting departments to realize thatthis is, after all, a university, and if the facultywants to collaborate outside the department,thats a good thing.

These days, as people become more and

more specialized within their fields, what com-promises are required of these experts whentaking part in interdisciplinary research?

You could think about people coming to-gether with their expertise, Strober said.Itsthat expertise that everybody wants.

Dean of Research Ann Arvin described in-terdisciplinary research as bringing togetheryour expertise with the goal of adding value,adding knowledge.

We always need the disciplines, sheadded.There is no interdisciplinary researchif we dont have well-defined disciplines.

Arvin went on to highlight the unique histo-ry of interdisciplinary research at Stanford.While most universities do not have pro-grams like that that are specifically designatedto be interdisciplinary, Stanford has struc-tures where people from different schools anddisciplines come together to share their re-search interests.

That is the long-standing thing at Stan-ford,she added,and [it] is unusual in terms oforganizational structure.

While interdisciplinary research is going innew directions all the time and more institu-tions are being founded with the purpose of in-tegrating disciplines, such institutions are partof Stanford culture.

Interdisciplinary research is very impor-tant for Stanfords goal of finding solutions,Arvin said.If you look at complicated prob-lems that we face right now, its not likely thatone discipline will have all the answers . . .which is why we are doing this,now in particu-lar.

As a researcher and economist,Strober hascollaborated with historians and social scien-tists to share ideas and methodologies.Such ef-forts have helped all of them reach a much bet-ter understanding than they could have

achieved on their own. Strober sees such col-laboration as a chance to listen to other voicesand learn things you would not have otherwiseconsidered.

When people come together, Strober said,they can learn new things . . . put their brainstogether, and eventually, possibly come upwith some new way of thinking about a prob-lem or solving a problem that they hadnt be-fore . . . because whatever problems we have climate problems, water problems, povertyproblems those problems dont care aboutwhat discipline people are in.

Contact Zahra Taji at [email protected].

Interdisciplinary

programs form a

fundamental part of

Stanford culture

Outside the operating room,Stanford docs find a new gig

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Though Ive now been in class for twoweeks since Mid Year Convocation,I feeleven more nervous and even less certain

about how the rest of the quarter and the rest ofmy freshman year will pan out.

I loved freshman fall being surroundedby the most diverse group of people (ethnical-ly, geographically, interest- and belief-wise)Ive ever been around; being constantly

amazed at the beauty of Stanfords campusand marveling at my presence in such a fortu-nate community;and witnessing the most suc-cessful football season in school history, cul-minating in my taking a trip down to Miamifor the Orange Bowl.

I am 100 percent happy with my choice to at-tend Stanford and could not have any morelove for the people,the place, its values,etc.

Yet,despite these experiences and feelings,Ihave some moments of trepidation, whichbegan over winter break as I started to thinkabout the coming months.

If last quarter was characterized by a senseof empowerment and endless opportunities forsuccess,this one is marked by a sense of uncer-tainty and a fear of failure.These feelings arecarrying over into the present.

My fall quarter grades were the best Iveever had and one of my papers was nominatedfor a writing award,which gave me and my fam-ily large reasons to celebrate.Yet,I tried (and tosome degree still try) to discredit myself Ihad only taken 14 units, I didnt take any mathor science classes,there were plenty of smarterkids than I; I had simply gotten lucky.

Deep inside I know that my family andfriends are not expecting me to maintain suchhigh standards my grandmother told me soover the phone Monday afternoon,saying thatall she and my family want is for me to try my

best.I also know that my fall quarter success was-

nt an accident. In fact, I attribute part of theoutcome to a moment of enlightenment I hadin October,when Vice Provost Elam addressedthe Black Student Union at its convocation.

He spoke about the notion of stereotypethreat as an issue among black students.Stereotype threat is a phenomenon in which an

individual internalizes a negative stereotype as-sociated with a group to which he belongs, inturn actualizing the stereotype and performingto a lesser degree than he otherwise could andis something I believe I experienced,with stan-dardized testing and math and science classesin high school.

Hearing that I should view Stanford as aplace where I belonged and where I had the po-tential to succeed in many capacities gave methe empowerment I needed, right as I was be-ginning to doubt my place at Stanford.

Regardless of these feelings, somethingwithin me is afraid to try afraid to take on 18units,afraid to confront a new quarter of SLE,with more reading,writing that is more inten-sive and higher expectations for the quality ofmy work.

Were already in the third week of the quar-ter and I feel time rushing by faster than it al-ready has. Shopping classes was stressful, as Ijoined a four-unit class during its fifth meeting.And being one step closer to having to choosea major has made me worry about being able toexplore my options in time to make the rightchoice, not to mention worry about when Imgoing to figure out what I want to do with mylife after college.

This general uncertainty has been unpro-ductive.My assignments are very physically infront of me,as are the words on the pages when

I open the assignments up,but I havent workedup the determination to catch up,and eventual-ly get ahead,in my work.

My purpose is not to create a cause forworry among my family or friends;it is to hope-fully give other freshmen who are feeling simi-larly an opportunity to create a dialogue.

The tone of Mid Year Convocation seemedto suggest that nervousness and uncertainty are

common for some,if not many,freshmen at thistime of the year.And the messages relayed byConvocation and The Resilience Project,whichwas introduced at the conclusion of the event

that failure is not the end of the world andhas made University alumni and leaders muchstronger resonate especially well.

This is the most Ive sat down to concentrateand write all quarter.I think my tone may comeoff in a gloomier manner than I would desire;either that,or Im in denial about what I actual-ly feel.

Regardless, expressing these thoughts is the

first step toward breaking through this block.

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Do your work in the car.Mostlikely the car assignment israndom and you dont really

know anyone else riding in it, andmost Stanford kids suck at long car

ride conversations anyway. I knowthat you brought work; youre aStanford student, but youre notgoing to do it in any significantquantity, not while youre there.You dont really want to be thatlame. Remember, its not just SkiTrips job to entertain you.You alsohave to bring something to thetable, because if you care at allabout your social circles, then SkiTrip, while predictable, tedious,pointless, unnecessary, classist anddisappointing, is all that you have.

First off,despite how your fresh-man RAs may have sold it, unlessyou are planning an acid-fueledcoke binge for the weekend,it is notSnow Trip. Its Ski Trip. I understandthat this rebranding may be an at-tempt to disassociate Ski Trip from

skiing and all its exclusionary whiteupper-class trappings, but calling itSnow Trip reinforces everything Ihate about California.Even thoughIve never actually skied/boardedon Ski Trip, since having learned toski in Ohio has made me afraid ofanything resembling a real moun-tain,I still refuse to believe that any-one paid $50 and drove eight hours just to pretend that theyre in theWinter 2011 edition of the LandsEnd catalog. Its just snow, people.Its really not that exciting.Also,hottubs are overrated and cause peoplewith body image issues to feel evenmore insecure.

That said,I do have to hand it tothe concept of Ski Trip for makingLake Tahoe egalitarian.I imagine inother,more Kal-like schools, all the

rich kids take off for weekends dur-ing the winter because, you know,

their parents have a little place up inTahoe, which is really beautiful inthe winter,and if you want to see ityou have to kiss their asses through-out all of fall.Instead,everyone getsa chance to see what the Tahoe hub-bub is all about with only minimalplanning involved.In that sense,SkiTrip is unmistakably Stanford: Atradition that tries really hard to beradically inclusive but cant shakeits privileged roots and ends up re-vealing them by accident.

Because though skiing at Kirk-wood (only losers go to Heavenly)is usually not billed as the main at-traction, its pretty much the only

thing to do during the day, and itsthat revelation, which usuallycomes around 11 a.m., that makesall the non-skiers question whytheyre even here in the first place.For the houses/groups that suck, theday usually consists of a series ofhalf-hearted attempts to have fununtil night when everyone whobrought alcohol can start drinking.If youre lucky, enough people willwant to watch the NFL playoffs.

For Ski Trips where people ac-tually like each other, though, theweekend is a chance to confirm ordeny stereotypes, for each groupto impose its own vision of an en-tire weekend of fun without thespecter of administrative over-sight. Synergy gets naked, fratshold epic Beirut matches for allthe Tostitos, Phi Psi brings a killerXBOX 360 set-up, Kairos believes

theyve already done everythinginteresting, certain unnamedplaces are taking shrooms,the coolfreshman dorms have been drink-ing all weekend and the Earth Sci-

ences people explore the wilder-ness and actually know whattheyre doing. Its kind of a prettyaccurate snapshot of the variousscenes on campus at the pinnacleof their debauchery.

But theres a dark side to thosepeoples Ski Trips as well, becausenow their Ski Trip has the burden ofexpectations. All of a sudden, SkiTrip is supposed to be the time forthat magical bonding thats sup-posed to occur, or its the perfecttime to make a move on that personyouve been eyeing or for one ofthose epic college stories that youllremember for years to come to hap-pen.You can at the very least assertyourself as one of those cool, hipcollege students to whom mar-keters dream about catering. In

pretty much all of the items on thatcheck list, Ski Trip usually disap-points, but not always.

If everyone involved brings theirpartying A-game and is determinedto have fun for the weekend then,assuming an adequate supply of al-cohol,you just might have a Ski Tripworthy of making T-shirts. Howev-er, were still at school,and some ofyou have midterms and stuff com-ing up, even the people on whomyou can usually count to make par-ties fun. They may think that theycant spend a weekend away fromcampus, because they have eight-hour problem sets to do. Oh wait,thats the length of the car ride.Youcan do your work in the car.

Was my assessment of your Ski Trip

fallacious? E-mail [email protected].

Mid-Year Evaluation

Ialways wonder how we can possi-bly know anybody else,especial-ly since we never stop getting to

know ourselves. When I was muchyounger, this was my first crazyphilosophical puzzle: that a certainme was inexplicably bound insidethis walking, talking container of athing,and everyone else was suppos-edly in the same position. It boggledmy mind. No one could ever reallyreach the mental interior goings-onof anyone else. (Sometimes I alsothought: how did I know that every-one else was actually nota robot!?)

I still get totally caught up in thatyouthful quandary. Nowadays,

though, the question has translateditself into one of perception: theways people figure each other out,and the ways we do it incorrectly.You already know the endless ex-amples. A friend of mine had a badfreshman experience pursuing aguy friend of hers, realizing laterthat it was caused only by her ownhigh school dream of college rela-tionships rather than his person.Another of my friends is/was datinga guy whose transcript blatantly ex-hibits a superficial pattern of pre-ferred types, though he somehowseems unaware. As for me, reflect-ing on the guys who have shown in-terest in me before, I find myselfgrowing increasingly suspiciousthat quite a few of them never gen-

uinely knew me. What they didknow was the pleasant side of meand an overall, filled-inidea.

Whether for being in love or forhate, were always explaining thereasons why.As we try to justify ouremotions, we presume we know theothers character type enough topinpoint their highlights or flaws.But it must be so much more arbi-trary than we think.Otherwise,howcould a personality trait that startsoff so attractive in the beginning be-come such a turn-off? Youve surelyexperienced the speed at whichsomeones initially funny habitturns into an intolerably obnoxiousone. It calls into question whether,when we find ourselves drawn tosomeone, we are truly drawn tothem . . . or to the idea weve creat-

ed of them.People are creative, ourminds take flight and we are entire-ly capable of drawing up the reali-ties we live in.This means, however,that sometimes what we think wesee in someone has more to do withour own situation than theirs.

It seems that inevitably,unknow-ingly and intricately we label ourpeers in one way or another. Hu-mans are natural organizers.This iswhy stereotypes and judgmentsexist they are the conscious andsubconscious categories useful in anunpredictable world. And Im be-ginning to see how easy it is for ini-tial impressions to become perma-nent conclusions that dont quite fit.Most of the time, its only in retro-spect that we realize how mistaken-ly we interpreted a personality, or

how forcefully we imposed our ownideals on it.

This unintended artificiality ofmany relationships is a reality intowhich we step neatly throughoutour college walk.Here,its very pos-sible to see only one side of some-one, all the time next to them inclass twice a week,down the hall be-cause youre dormmates, at thenight meetings of your studentgroup. In all of these situations, itsalmost frightening how unaware wecan be of someones total personsimply because we see them only inone setting. Its such a supremelysimple thing to settle our definitionof someone after single-context ex-posures. But people are cryptickaleidoscope puzzles.When we for-get that, we take single facets andmake masterpieces out of them.Like I said, we all have an amazingcreative capacity, a natural talentwe use to color the characters ofthose around us.

Its just that Ive been thinkinglately about the minority group ofpeople in my life who know me.Theyre the friends with whom lifecatch-ups are never wholly neces-sary, and the family whos grownwith me and beside me. Theyre theones who not only see,but also hon-estly accept the parts of me of which

Im not proud.And Ive even beenlucky enough to meet some of thesepeople here on this campus, too.

I dont want to take it for grant-ed. Its so unique to connect withsomeone deeply enough that youbegin to see them clearly, evenwhen youre not with them all thetime.In that same vein, though,Ivealso realized how often I assumeIve figured out a person and howoften they obviously think theyvedone the same about me. But formost of these individuals whoselives have spontaneously, unexpect-edly come into contact with ourown, that is a bit much to assume,isnt it?

Are you a stranger? Maybe you donthave to be! Find Nina at ninamc@

stanford.edu, where shes ready foryour thoughts on whatever.

GUEST COLUMN

Do You Know Me?

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Wrestling finds stride atLone Star Duals

The No. 23 Stanford wrestling team experi-enced success at the Lone Star Duals in Texas lastSaturday, with victories over The Citadel, Brownand Harvard and a single loss to No.17 Nebraska.The Card (7-6) was led by dominant performanc-es from senior Zack Giesen, junior NickAmuchastegui, redshirt sophomore TimmyBoone, sophomore Ryan Mango and freshmanDan Schere,all of whom went undefeated on theday.

Stanford opened the competition with a 23-12decision over The Citadel followed by a 26-12 win

over Brown, taking seven of the 10 bouts in eachdual. The Card narrowly lost a close dual to theNebraska squad, 19-17, with both teams takingfive bouts apiece. In its last matchup of the day,the Cardinal bounced back with a 35-10 rout ofHarvard to go 3-1 on the day.

Giesen,who went 4-0 in the duals and remainsperfect on the season at 13-0, recorded his 100thcareer win by pinning Harvards Bryan Panzanoin a mere 27 seconds. The senior currentlyranked 10th in the nation in the 197-poundweight class is only the sixth wrestler in Stan-ford history to reach the 100-win mark. Giesentallied a 9-5 win over The Citadels Kelby Smith,a 10-4 edge over Nebraskas Andy Johnson and a

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The Stanford wrestling team went 3-1 last Saturday at the Lone Star Duals in Texas. With wins in all fourof his duals, senior Zack Giesen became only the sixth Card wrestler ever to earn 100 career wins.


By JESSICA YUSTAFF WRITER

In its first official competition of the season,the No.1 Stanford mens gymnastics team fellto No.5 California,349.650-348.700, in front ofa packed crowd at Burnham Pavilion on Fri-day evening.

The Cardinal found itself with an early leadafter the first rotation.Competing on floor ex-ercise, senior Josh Dixon demonstrated hisability and reliability on the apparatus with ascore of 15.0 while freshman Cale Robinson in-

troduced himself to Cardinal fans with a scoreof 14.9.These scores afforded Stanford a teamtotal of 58.7 and a lead of 2.1 as the men read-ied themselves for their next event.

On pommel horse, traditionally the Cardi-nals weakest event, the Stanford men strug-gled. Sophomore Jason Stevens and redshirtsophomore John Martin posted the teams topscores with a 13.95 each, but Stanfords leadover Cal dwindled to just 1.6 points.

The meet looked optimistic once again forthe Card after still rings,a solid and strong eventfor Stanford. Senior co-captain Tim Gentryposted an impressive 15.4, while senior RyanLieberman and redshirt senior Nicholas Nooneposted scores of 14.85 and 14.5, respectively.

After the Cardinals fourth rotation onvault, Stanfords chances were looking evenbetter. Dixon and senior Alex Buscaglia satatop Stanfords leaderboard with identical

scores of 15.8. Stevens added a 15.65 andLieberman contributed a 15.5, giving the Car-dinal a team total of 62.75 and a 3.5-point leadover the Golden Bears.

However, the success was short-livedafter the Cardinals turn on parallel bars, theoutlook again turned sour. Lieberman, the2010 NCAA parallel bars champion, fell dur-ing his routine, as did two-time All-AmericanNoone.After Cal aced several routines on thehigh bar, the Bears took over a 3.0-point leadover the Cardinal.

And although Stanford finishing with gustoon high bar with impressive scores fromDixon and Buscaglia at 15.05 and 14.95, re-spectively Stanfords fate was sealed. Calperformed well on parallel bars, hanging on toits lead and sealing the competition.

Volunteer assistant coach Greg Ter-Za-khariants put a positive spin on the loss,notingthat Fridays defeat may be useful for the team

in the long run.In 2009, [Stanford] did not win a singlemeet until the NCAA Championship,he said.In 2010,we won almost every single meet ex-cept the NCAA Championship.Were revert-ing back to our 2009 strategy to get ready forApril.

But despite Ter-Zakhariants optimism, theStanford men are not complacent after theloss.

After last years second-place finish, we re-alized we have to leave no room for question,said head coach Thom Glielmi.

The Cardinal will face Cal again next Satur-day at 7 p.m.in Burnham Pavilion.

Contact Jessica Yu at [email protected].

An ode toStanfordathletics

Coachingdiversity

a must

As Stanfords football

program continues itstransition into theDavid Shaw era, aninteresting factoid

came to my attention yesterday.Stanford is now the only BCS-con-ference school to have a black headcoach in both football and mens bas-ketball, the two most prominentsports in collegiate athletics. To becompletely honest,I find it surprisingthat this fact hasnt been more wide-ly publicized, as it points towardStanfords progressive outlook andthe hurdles that minorities continueto face in the coaching ranks.

Before I continue, let me clarifymy own viewpoint on the issue of mi-nority head coaches in college sports,including at Stanford. I know thatthere are plenty of qualified minority

coaches out there,but I would neveradvocate for any sort of quota interms of how many programs musthave minority coaches at the helm.Ifa program is looking for a new coach,it can and should hire whoever givesit the best chance to win,regardless ofethnicity.

This is my last hurrah of sortsbefore I take a five-month

hiatus to fulfill my role aseditor in chief. Writing aweekly sports column has

become a staple of my life, and with-out getting too romantic,its gonna bemissed.

Sports played a significant role inmy Stanford experience long beforemy coast-to-coast flight toucheddown at SFO in 2008.Contrary to theadvice of college counselors aroundthe nation,my choice of where to at-tend school was based largely on thestrength of the athletics program andthe absurdity of the student section(this was the one time where theTrees arrest for public intoxicationpositively influenced a young personsfuture).

And believe it or not, for the finalquestion on the application of why I

wanted to attend Stanford, I an-swered, in slightly more eloquentterms,that,I fully support any schoolthat wipes the smug look off the faceof the USC football program.

It was truly a match made in heav-en.I could attend one of the most illus-trious academic institutions in theworld while studying in the presenceof first-round draft picks, Olympicgold medalists and Hall of Famecoaches. I mean,at what other schoolcan you legitimately say that a Heis-man Trophy runner-up sat in front ofyou in lecture for a complicated com-puter science course? Toby Gerhartmay not be getting too many toucheson the Vikings behind All-Pro AdrianPeterson, but I guarantee you hesmore familiar with Java than any of histeammates.

Whats more beautiful is that Car-dinal athletes arent placed on a glori-fied pedestal for us average folk toogle at. No.We live,eat, socialize andlearn together.On the first day of NewStudent Orientation,I walked into mytwo-room triple in Branner to find amom putting the final touches on hersons setup.Seeing a few ribbons andother running memorabilia,I asked ifher son was a runner.She said yes,andthat he was currently at cross countrypractice.

What happened next is somethingI will never forget.I made some sort ofsmartass remark like, He must befast! That was before I GoogledChris Derrick.

Ive always been a sports fan and Icant even begin to recount all of the

ways that Ive been impacted, bothpositively and negatively, by Stanfordathletics.However, sometimes its dif-ficult to understand the value of sportson a campus that is brimming with in-tellectual power and technological in-novation. Why should we invest ourtime and money into games that dontprovide any clear long-term benefitsfor the world? Its a question that, attimes, Ive struggled to answer andone that resonates throughout theschool.

But if youve been to any sportingevent and seen your classmates work-ing their tails off on the field, youknow why.This university may not beHarvard in terms of tear-producing,heart-wrenching competition, butStanford is no field of daisies.Its a cut-throat environment.We are constant-

ly challenging one another for job op-portunities and academic recognition,sometimes to the extent that we arentproud of our actions.Its a tough real-ity to deal with.

Thats where sports come in. Atfootball games, the Red Zone takesthe Saturday off and forgets about the4.0s and the problem sets.For supern-erds, we get a little wild. Bodies arepainted, flasks are snuck in and cama-raderie is everywhere. Bottom line,kids are genuinely happy.

Happiness is all it comes down to,and its what I believe justifies thehuge presence of sports on this cam-pus.Sure, you can point to the finan-cial benefits, community interactionand dozens of other reasons,but at theend of the day,this whole college ex-periencewould absolutely stink if wewere miserable people.

Sports are,have been and will for-ever be my release.Embrace Stanfordathletics, and Stanford athletics willembrace you.

Zach is going to miss seeing his photoin the paper every week. Wish himluck on his upcoming role [email protected].

Top-ranked Stanford falls to Cal in close contest

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Senior Josh Dixon, above, helped the Stanford mens gymnastics team to an early lead in its meetagainst California last Friday with a strong floor exercise. The Cardinal held a 2.1-point lead overthe Golden Bears after the opening event but was unable to maintain its edge as the day wore on.

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Senior Ryan Lieberman, above, gave an impressive performance for theCardinal on still rings, posting a score of 14.85. Later in the day, however,

the 2010 NCAA parallel bars champion struggled in his marquee event.

However,the main issue with mi-nority candidates is one of access head-coaching vacancies are oftenfilled through coaching networks,which can be hard for minorities tobreak into. After all, head-coachingopenings arent exactly listed on Ca-reerBuilder.com athletic direc-tors have significant discretion inconducting a search and choosingwho they would like to lead the pro-gram.

With this reality in mind,Stanfordshould become a leader in helpingminority coaches around the NCAAgain access to coaching and adminis-trative positions. Stanfords sterlingreputation in the athletic communitywould lend weight and credibility toany push for change at the confer-ence and national level.

The lack of minorities in the FBShead-coaching ranks has been well-documented,and out of the 120 FBSschools,fewer than 15 currently haveblack head coaches.

Stanford also has a track record ofhiring minority coaches with greatsuccess our last Rose Bowl ap-pearance came with Tyrone Willing-ham leading the program,and he wassubsequently hired away by storiedNotre Dame.

On the basketball front,Stanfordhas seen steady improvement underhead coach Johnny Dawkins. Theteam is off to a strong start this sea-son,and Dawkins has proven to be atop-notch recruiter this yearsfreshman class has already had a sig-nificant impact on the team.

But beyond simply advocatingfor increased access, how can Stan-ford go about securing expanded op-portunities for minority coaches?

One model is the NFLs RooneyRule, which mandates that teams

with head coach and GM vacancies

interview at least one minority can-didate before making any contractoffers. Ive had my issues with therule in the past since it encouragestoken interviews of minoritycandidates who have no realchance of getting the job. Never-theless,it is better than nothing andwould be a positive step toward en-suring a fair opportunity for allqualified coaches.

While its unlikely that anythingof this sort could get accomplishedat the NCAA level (heck, I donteven know if the NCAA has thatkind of power), a good start wouldbe to see if the member schools ofthe Pac-12 could voluntarily agree to

submit themselves to such a policy.After all, at the end of the day, thistype of requirement would not inter-fere in any way with the athletic di-rectors ability to choose whichevercandidate he felt was best for the job.

Another possibility is for Shaw tobecome college footballs version ofTony Dungy,the former Indianapo-lis Colts head coach who was the firstblack coach to win a Super Bowl.Dungy is extremely well-respectedaround the NFL,and his success andwell-documented community in-volvement paved the way for otherblack coaches to make their mark inthe pros.There is no comparable fig-ure in college football, and Shaw,who is young and charismatic, couldfollow in that mold.

Of course, that is contingent on

Stanford football maintaining its cur-

rent position as a national power,and keeping that status is Shaws firstpriority. Indeed, success is probablythe best thing that anyone can do topromote minority coaches,as a high-ly visible example of success will per-suade other athletic directors andprograms to follow in Stanfordsfootsteps.

Just last week,Kabir devoted an entirecolumn to why the Rooney Rule needsto be reevaluated.Ask him which sidehes really on at [email protected].

SAWHNEYContinued from page 6

win by forfeit against Brown.Ranked sixth in the nation at

125 pounds,Mango also went 4-0 inSaturdays event. Mango postedfour victories by large margins,winning 12-5, 16-5, 20-5 and 15-4against The Citadel, Brown, Ne-braska and Harvard,respectively.

The Cardinal will face Pac-10

opponent Oregon State on Sunday,Jan. 23 in Corvallis at 2 p.m.

Caroline Caselli

BRIEFContinued from page 6

Stanford is now the

only BCS school to

have a black head

coach in both football

and mens basketball.

Correction

The Daily mistakenly printed theNov. 19, 2010, womens basketballstory yesterday. In its place shouldhave been a recap of Stanfords se-ries in Washington last weekend,which it swept. Stanford (14-2, 5-0Pac-10) defeated the UW Huskies,80-51, on Friday,before traveling toPullman to take on the WashingtonState Cougars, whom it cruised pastby a score of 94-50.The Cardinal willhost UCLA at 7 p.m. this Thursdayand USC at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The

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