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CARDINAL TODAY

THURSDAY Volume 238January 20, 2011 Issue 60

A n I n d e p e n d e n t P u b l i c a t i o nwww.stanforddaily.comThe Stanford Daily

Special feesbill stumbles

with grads

UNIVERSITY

Custodians arbitration underway

By ELLEN HUETMANAGING EDITOR

Stanfords transition to a new con-tractor for campus custodial services onDec.1 created complications for a smallnumber of custodial employees,who arenow scheduled to enter an arbitrationprocess through the employees unionand the new subcontractor, UGL(UNICCO).

News of the change in contractorssparked e-mail petitions throughout theschool and a lunchtime protest claimingthat employees of the previous contrac-tor,ABM, would not be guaranteed job

security or seniority in the transition.Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D. 82called those claims not accurate at anASSU joint legislative meeting on Dec.1.

UGL is required by union contract tooffer all ABM employees the chance tostay on with the same seniority, wagesand benefits they held previously. In therehiring process, however, severaldozen of the 134 ABM employees did

not initially pass the security back-ground check or the identity verificationrequired by federal law, said Stanfordspokeswoman Lisa Lapin.Since then, atleast 18 have been rehired, and the rest

are being given 120 days to obtain thenecessary documentation required towork legally in the U.S.,Lapin said.

The University re-bids the schools janitorial contract every few years, ac-cording to Etchemendy,and its not un-commonfor a new company to replacethe current one.

At the Dec. 1 meeting, Etchemendy

Stanford grad

student awardedPearl InternshipBy THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Alexandra Wexler M.A. 11has been awarded the 2011Daniel Pearl memorial journal-ism internship, which funds asummer internship in a foreignbureau of The Wall Street Jour-nal.

Wexler is a masters studentin communication with an em-phasis in journalism. She grad-uated from Duke University in2010 with a bachelors degreein political science.

The internship commemo-rates Daniel Pearl 85, a WallStreet Journal reporter whowas kidnapped and murderedin Pakistan in 2002.

A native of New York City,Wexler first became interestedin journalism her freshmanyear at Duke,when she took aninternational relations classthat required her to read TheNew York Times every day.Since then, she has had several

journalism internships, includ-ing stints at The Durham Her-ald-Sun, the broadcast stationABC Eyewitness News inDurham, N.C., and Global-Post.com.

Wexler views Pearls legacyas one of global discourse and

communication. She hopes touse the internship to promotecross-cultural understandingthrough her stories, she said.

Samantha McGirr

Council looks ahead towinter programming

By ANNA SCHUESSLERSTAFF WRITER

At Wednesdays Graduate Student Council (GSC)meeting, members welcomed a new voting member, dis-cussed winter quarter programming and voted on a billpassed by the Undergraduate Senate.

Opening the meeting was the swearing in of Fanuel

Muindi, a graduate student in biology,as a voting memberof the GSC. In previous years, Muindi has been an activeparticipant at GSC meetings, often acting as a proxy forother members. Muindi will fill a vacant seat in the votingcontingency.

Addy Satija, one of the GSCs programming coordina-tors, said the programming committee is in the process offinding a venue for the spring quarter Grad Formal. Satijainvited other members to brainstorm ideas and dates for anadditional winter quarter activity.Headed by Justin Brown,GSC co-chair and doctoral student, and Imeh Williams, ed-ucation representative, a small committee formed to planthe Pajama Jam-E Jam,a nocturnal-themed party slated forFriday, Feb. 18.

The GSC approved funding requested by the GraduateStudent Programming Board on behalf of Rains communi-ty assistants.The Rains staff hopes to extend a campus-wideinvitation to its annual Karaoke Night and has arranged tohave a higher-quality karaoke machine for the night.Aftera few brief concerns were addressed, the GSC awarded

funding to the event.Does the system have YouTube capability? askedSatija.There are always people who want Katy Perry andThe Sound of Music at the same time.This years event isscheduled for Friday, Jan.28.

In the evenings final proceedings, the council turned itsattention to a special fees bill passed by the UndergraduateSenate on Tuesday. The bill sparked a debate about theGSCs position toward special fees. Zachary Warma 11,

By NATE ADAMSDESK EDITOR

It only takes a quick glance at the

banners in Maples Pavilion to see just how much Stanford has ruledthe Pac-10 in recent years.The Car-dinals reign of continued domi-nance stretches back to 2001, and ithas won a regular season confer-

ence championship every yearsince.As the current Pac-10 seasonhits its stride,however,it seems thatadding a mark for 2010-11 mayprove to be anything but routine.

Facing what may be its toughest

obstacle to that goal, the No.4 Cardi-nal (14-2, 5-0 Pac-10) battles for theoutright conference lead as it hosts avastly improved UCLA teamtonight. The Bruins (15-1, 5-0) ownthe conferences only other undefeat-

ed record and are hot off a sweep ofthe Oregon schools, clocking in withthe nations No.8 overall ranking.

Theyre athletic and theyre ag-gressive, said Stanford head coachTara VanDerveer. They get their

hands on balls,and they disrupt you.You cant just come into the gymand stroll along and run your of-fense anyway you want.

The Bruins may be athletic, buttheyre also experienced. Four

UCLA upperclassmen JasmineDixon, Darxia Morris, DoreenaCampbell and Rebecca Gardner average between 20 and 30 minutesper game.Dixon and Morris are themost dangerous of that group, each

averaging 11.6 points per game.Against Oregon State last Saturday,Dixon went 5-for-6 from the floorwith 11 points in just 15 minutes.

Move to new contractortriggers process

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RISKING PERFECTION

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The Stanford womens basketball team will take on its toughest opponent since UConn when it faces UCLA tonight.The Cardinal and Bruins own perfect 5-0 records in the Pac-10 and currently share the conference lead.

Marching to Their Own Beat

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Members of Stanford Taiko perform at the groups debut show in Wilbur dining on Wednesday.

WOMENS BASKETBALL1/16 vs. WASHINGTON

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GAME NOTES: Stanford and UCLA are theonly remaining teams in the Pac-10 with

perfect conference records. The Cardinal

has won its last two games by a combined

73 points. Stanford has beaten UCLA in

eight of the last nine meetings between the

two teams.

Card, Bruinsface off forPac-10 lead

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who is also the Daily editorialboard chair, attended the meetingto persuade the council to voteagainst the bill, which would allowstudent groups that have receivedspecial fees in the year prior to the

election to grow their budgets by 10percent without petitioning to geton the ballot.Passing the bill wouldundo a measure approved by theUndergraduate Senate last year,when Warma was a senator.

To be perfectly honest, its analmost 100-percent undergradissue that this bill was trying to ad-dress, said Krystal St. Julien,GSCfunding committee chair.Since itssuch an undergrad issue, I would

just say that we should supportwhat the Undergraduate Senateneeds. If they believe that enactingthis bill is the right thing to do,thenthats where I put my support.

But eventually, seven votingmembers voted in favor of the bill,four voted against it and two ab-stained from voting.The bill did not

receive the two-thirds majority re-quired for approval by the GSC.

Contact Anna Schuessler [email protected].

GSCContinued from front page

Dance the Night Away

JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily

Eager learners participate in salsa lessons at the Axe and Palm on Wednesday. Los Salseros offer lessons every Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

said 19 employees still had prob-lems with their identification. Jus-tine Griffin, a UGL spokeswoman,said less than 20 percent of the134 employees still have problemsand are going through an arbitra-tion process to resolve their identi-

fication issues.All employees goingthrough arbitration remain em-ployed in the meantime, Griffinsaid.

The arbitration process,accord-ing to union agreement, is workedout between the union and UGLand brings in a third party. Griffinsaid the process should be resolvedby late April or early May.

Contact Ellen Huet at [email protected].

CUSTODIANSContinued from front page

Correction

In Panel discusses better In-ternet (Jan. 19), The Daily mis-spelled the name of Zac Cox J.D.

11 and incorrectly reported that hewas a Harvard law student.

Small Town, Big Drug Problems

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Paul Costello and Nick Reding, author of the best-seller Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town,

discuss the growing methamphetamine epidemic in small-town America. The talk, held at the Li Ka Shing Center at theMedical School on Wednesday, is part of the ongoing Health Policy Forum Series. Read more at stanforddaily.com.

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FEATURES

By KELSEY GEISER

If you could take 15 minutes out of your day to help save a life,would you do it? Efforts are underway on campus to use so-cial media to make that answer a yes and provide hope for

the 3,000 U.S.patients who every day are in need of life-savingbone marrow transplants.The National Marrow Donor Program, through its Be The

Matchregistry,has assembled more than 9 million possible donors,resulting in more than 43,000 transplants since its creationin 1987.Although there is no guarantee of survival if a pa-tient finds a match, it is the first and often the only step to-ward a chance at life.

According to the New York Blood Center,while about 80percent of Caucasians who require transplants are able tofind a match in the donor registry,the chances for minoritiesare far slimmer.The 100K Cheeks website reports that a per-son of South Asian descent in need of a transplant has a 1-in-20,000 chance of finding a match.

Now,Stanfords own 100K Cheeks campaign hopes to im-prove those odds and hopefully ease the pain for thousands offamilies by using social media to increase the number of bonemarrow registries, with an emphasis on those of South Asian de-scent.

The campaign recently joined forces with the CureSonia cam-paign for its first bone marrow registry drive, which is set to take

place on Jan.20 in White Plaza and the Graduate Community Cen-ter Havana Room.

The CureSonia campaign shares the goal of 100K Cheeks, butwith more urgency and focus on donors of South Asian and Asiandecent. It is looking for a transplant match for SoniaRai,who has been diagnosed with acute myeloge-nous leukemia (AML),a cancer of the blood.

Kamini Rai Cormier, Sonias first cousinand an active participant in the CureSoniacampaign,said she has found that for success-ful drives, the more volunteers, the morepeople we are able to register.The CureSo-nia campaign has 50 bone marrow drivesplanned in the next two weeks alone.

By combining the resources of the HaasCenter and the National Marrow Donor Pro-gram with the outreach efforts of 100K Cheeksand CureSonia, the groups hope to achieve a largeincrease in the registry.

100K Cheeks, which was launched in November2010,has the goal of registering 100,000 people,at least80 percent of whom are of South Asian decent, within ayear. Joining the registry requires one to fill out paper-work and provide a cheek swab.The option of ordering anat-home bone marrow donor registration kit further easesthe process.

As Vineet Singal 12, co-executive director of the cam-paign, noted,The only obstacle is that enough people arenot registered. It seems like something that is very solv-able.

The idea behind the 100K Cheeks campaign came frombusiness professor Jennifer Aaker. Her two former stu-dents and friends, Sameer Bhatia and VinayChakravarthy,were diagnosed with leukemia and decid-

ed to take action and actively seek potential bonemarrow donors.

Theirf r i e n d s

began acampaign to

add 25,000people to the

registry. Oncethey reached this

goa l, however,the first words out

of their mouthswere, Lets double

that,Aaker said.Despite finding

matches, both Bhatia andChakravarthy passed away. In

their honor,Aaker had the idea to notonly fulfill their wishes, but also exceed

them by striving for 100,000 registries.What we wanted to do was double

the 25,000 and then double it again,in honorof both of them, she said.

Bhatia and Chakravarthys strugglesinspired Aaker to write a book, called TheDragonfly Effect, with her husband AndySmith,an tech marketer.The book addresseshow individuals or groups can effectively usesocial media for a greater cause.

It focuses on the four wingsof iden-tifying and attaining focus, grabbing atten-tion, engaging an audience through story-telling and enabling others to take action.

Aaker outlined a strategy for the100K Cheeks campaign around this modeland joined with Thomas Schnaubelt,the ex-ecutive director of the Haas Center for Pub-lic Service. Their intent was to find eagerstudents and begin to make an impactthrough the CommonWealth Challenge, anew initiative through the Haas Centerthat works with faculty to identify one spe-

cific goal and recruits ambitious students.Schnaubelt described the Common-

Wealth Challenge as a project to see how thesestudents would self-organize and network giventhe goal. Aaker and Schnaubelt both agreedthat 100K Cheeks campaign would be an idealvehicle for the challenge and eventually assem-bled a team of eight undergraduate students andtwo graduate students.Although Schnaubelt and Aaker have acted as

advisers and periodically help the students,they seethe campaign as a student-driven endeavor.

Donovan Barfield 12, co-executive director of thecampaign, believes that personal storytelling is effectivein recruiting the target audience because it makes it allthe more rewarding to know that when you donate, youare actually saving a life as opposed to contributing andbeing a statistic within the donor bank.

The campaign has YouTube,Twitter and Facebook ac-counts,a website and an e-mail campaign to nearly every

dorm and group on campus. The campaign has alsobegun a friendly inter-collegiate competition, mainlywith USC,to see which campus can get more registries.

Cormier believes that the biggest thing that preventspeople [from registering] is fear.With more educa-tion on the process,the campaign has the potential tomake more people feel comfortable and eventuallyachieve more registries.

The 100K Cheeks campaign does not plan tostop at 100,000 registries it hopes to achieve more

than a million and eventually bring a convenientbone marrow registry to India, where the

registry is costly to join.For now, however, the campaigns

main focus is achieving its 100,000 cheekswabs.As Barfield said,If we save onelife, we could save a thousand lives.

Contact Kelsey Geiser at [email protected].

Today in White Plaza,a bone marrow registration drive hopes to save lives

A person of South

Asian descent in

need of a transplant

has a 1-in-20,000

chance of finding a

match.

TROY OXFORD/MCT


4/8

After arriving in Madrid withonly 1.5 hours of uncomfort-able airplane sleep, navigat-

ing through Barajas airport, with-drawing, ever so painfully, 80 Eurosto hopefully last me more than oneday, and getting a cab into town, Iarrived with a friend at the Francis-co I Hotel where orientation wasscheduled to begin. I had alreadybeen jaded by Europe after spend-ing fall quarter in the expensive andinefficient city some like to callParis. Like a true snob, I was lessthan excited to be back in Europefor another quarter.

The famous blue Madrid sky wascovered by grey overbearing

clouds, seemingly ready to spraydown at any hint of irritation. Thehotel, under construction, was lo-cated in the heart of the old city cen-tre on Calle Arenal, just off CalleMayor,one of the biggest,most cen-tral streets in Madrid. After someawkward introductions with peoplefrom the program, a margheritapizza and a Fanta naranja, orienta-

tion began. We were promptly toldour living situations and that thenext day at 9 a.m. wed be shippingoff to the province of Andaluciauntil Tuesday night, with stops inGranada,Nerja, Cordoba and Tole-do.

The Spanish-only pledge was infull effect the next day,and we werepacked onto a surprisingly comfort-able bus for the six-hour trip toGranada, stopping at an even-more- surprisingly nice service sta-tion for lunch.Soon after our depar-ture from the service station, Ibegan to notice a change in archi-tecture. The houses and rest stopson the side of the road began to

seem less Roman and Western-in-fluenced and more Middle Eastern.Restaurants began to have bilingualSpanish/Arabic signs, and the ter-rain changed to resemble more of adesert.We were approaching.

We arrived at the Alhambra inGranada around mid-afternoonand proceeded on our tour with oneof the staff, who was unbelievably

knowledgeable and gave us anamazing historical account of thesignificance of everything, some ofwhich was sacrificed in order totake an inordinate amount of pic-tures to inevitably end up on Face-book. Before we had time to evenprocess what we were seeing (orlook at our newly taken pictures),we were on top of a tower with a360-degree view of Granada, theAlhambra,the snow-covered SierraNevada mountains and the distantMediterranean, with Spanish, Por-tuguese and EU flags flying proud-ly in the wind atop the tower. In-credible. It was literally like being inthree different countries at once.

One part Spain, one part ancientRome, one part Middle East. Thiswas a recurring theme for the rest ofthe orientation trip along withthe tinyfeeling that accompaniesvisiting any kind of site with struc-tures and history older than can ac-curately be measured.

That night we arrived in Nerja,atown I had never heard of before,

but which would quickly becomeone of my favorite places Ive evervisited. Our hotel was located ontop of a cliff overlooking theMediterranean Sea with our ownprivate inlet beach below us (in fact,if you Wikipedia the town of Nerja,the photo of the beach is taken fromthe cliff beside our hotel).The nextday, sunny and warm, was spentlounging and tanning,wasting awayour parents tuition money on aMediterranean beach in the middleof January. I dont think anyonewould have protested if we hadspent the rest of orientation there,but alas we had more to learn aboutSpain,and more places to visit.

The next day we headed to Cor-doba, once home of both Romanand Islamic empires.We visited oneof the most immensely beautifulbuildings the Great Mosque ofCordoba built originally as amosque,converted into a cathedralby the Roman Empire and locatedin the Jewish quarter. It had beenmentioned offhand by one of the

program coordinators when we ar-rived that Spain was a country fullof contradictions, but it wasnt ap-parent to me how beautifully truethe sentiment was until we reachedCordoba.The belittling and agelessbeauty of Cordoba was enough tosilence even the rowdiest of fratboys during our tour of the GreatMosque.

As if we hadnt seen enoughmindboggling architecture over thepast three days, we managed tosqueeze in a day-trip to Toledo,alsoa mixed hub of Muslim, Christianand Jewish culture. We skippedfrom a cathedral over to a mosque-cathedral hybrid to a synagogue-

cathedral hybrid before arrivingback on the bus, exhausted. Back tothe airport to fly back to Stanford,right? Nope. Back to Madrid for 10more weeks.It was inconceivable tothink that we had only just begunour adventures in Spain.

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Ibet you tweet, too.I hear those five words ut-tered all the time by my

friends.Usually, theyre in some dis-dainful tone.Its like using Twitter issome sort of uber-hipster thing todo.Id like to think that Stanford isthe worlds most technologicallykeyed-in campus, so I often cantbelieve that people think usingTwitter has some social stigma at-tached.Look, if its good enough to

be a source of breaking world newsand facilitate political revolutionsin Iran, Moldova and Tunisia, Ithink its good enough for all of us,okay?

Thats not to say Twitter doesnthave its share of inanity. Ill admit,among others, I follow Taylor Swift,Katy Perry,The Stanford Daily andKe$ha. Can you really blame me,though? I guarantee you thatKe$has tweets about not knowingher dads identity or her sexual es-capades are infinitely more enter-

taining than anything that couldpossibly pop up on my Facebooknews feed. (The lone exception:photos of babies of my high schoolclassmates that always serves tohelp me feel better.) In fact, its theinanity that keeps me coming backto Twitter. I can read party tipsstraight from the King of Partyinghimself, Andrew W.K. Verbatim ex-ample: PARTY TIP: Blacking outis a great way to relax. Most of the

Row is probably nodding in agree-ment after this three-day weekend.Honestly though, you havent

experienced Twitter until you stum-ble across the feed of one Mr.Kanye West. I could write an entirecolumn about his tweets alone.Takethis tweet from July 29th:I specifi-cally ordered Persian rugs withcherub imagery!!! What do I haveto do to get a simple Persian rugwith cherub imagery uuuuugh. Orthis one from August 28th:Do youknow where to find marble confer-

ence tables? Im looking to have aconference . . . not until I get thetable though.This is the part whereIm supposed to include a joke orsome witty retort,but I think Kanyehas me beat on this one. I mean,what am I supposed to say? This guyis vainer than most Thetas andthats saying something.

Twitter is also a place thats al-lowed me to talk to some (relative-ly) famous people. Does Facebook

let you do that? My favorite celebri-ty Twitter conversation thus far wasone I had with Christopher Chu,lead singer of The Morning Ben-ders, an awesome indie band. Wediscussed the notion of arrangedmarriage in Taylor Swifts LoveStory and how it made the songseem pretty sad in the end. Im stillnot sure if that conversation was se-rious or sarcastic, but you cantmake this stuff up.

However,my best celebrity Twit-ter coup will forever go down in the

annals of history. This summer, Iwanted to see Keane live,but ticketsfor their concert were somethinglike $60 each. Being a poor collegestudent,that wasnt working for me.So I tweeted Richard Hughes, thedrummer of Keane. He promptlyreplied back to tell me that he hadtwo tickets reserved for me onKeanesguest listfor their show inPhiladelphia. Its been six monthsand I still cant believe that actually

happened.Do you want to continueto tell me that Twitter is stupid? Ididnt think so.

Trust me, it is Twitters absoluteinanity that will keep you comingback.Sure,Twitter is definitely yourbest place for up-to-the-minutenews.How did I follow every singletwist of the Jim Harbaugh saga on asecond-by-second basis? Twitter.But after a while, you can get thatnews anywhere. More than any-thing, Twitter is a place that allowsyou to get unfiltered access to peo-

ple who fascinate you. Its pure fri-volity in its concept,but pure geniusin its execution.

A sample tweet to illustrate thatlast point:i love my ipod touch,but8GB really just doesnt allow me themusical diversity i desire some-times.#firstworldproblems

Okay,that one was from me.

Follow Shane on Twitter: @ssavitsky.Still not convinced? Then just e-mailhim at [email protected].

Spain,Country of Contradictions

First point: trees fall in forests.Sometimes people hear them.Stop, for a few seconds, and

imagine the sound of a tree fallingin a forest . . . The loud cracking ofbranches, the cacophonous rustlingof the leaves against the otherplants.Some kind of thud.No treejust fell,but did you hear a sound inyour head?

Second point: in a previous col-umn, I encouraged people to playmusic at random times and in ran-dom places because its alwayspleasing to run into live music unex-pectedly.

Third point: modern composi-tion often involves strange musicalinstruments, and even stranger no-tation. Regular sheet music isnt al-ways necessary.

Based on these three points, Imgoing to turn this column intomusic.Right here, right now.

Dont worry; Im not going toask you to perform anything outloud.Though if you are inspired tosing a song all of a sudden, then byall means feel free.But in the sameway that Beethoven heard hiscompositions in his head after helost his hearing,this piece of musicwill take place entirely in yourhead.

This is how its going to work.Anewspaper will be the imaginary in-strument.It will be used to produce

four distinct, imagined sounds.Oneis the sound of ripping the paper inhalf.The second is crumpling it upinto a ball. The third is shaking itlike a sheet, and the fourth is nosound at all - a stationary newspa-per. So instead of little filled-innotes, I will write, rip crumpleshakeand none.

To denote time, or rhythm,I willdemarcate each quarter-note beatwith a period. When there are twohyphenated words before a period,they will be eighth notes, like this:Rip-Rip. Ill write four beats to aline, like a regular 4/4 measure. Thetempo and the dynamics (loudness),I leave up to your interpretation.

Youll notice that when you firstplay through the piece, you mighthear the sound of the word in addi-tion to the sound it represents. Tryto remove the sound of the word,and just hear the sound, but keepreading along with the music.

Here goes:

Rip.Rip. Rip.Rip.Rip.Rip. Rip.Rip.Rip.Crumple.Rip.Rip.Rip-Rip. Crumple. Rip.Rip.

Rip.Shake. Rip-Rip. Rip.Rip.Shake. Rip-Rip. None.Rip.Shake. Rip-Rip. Rip.Rip.Shake.None.Crumple.

Shake-Shake.Crumple.Rip-Rip.Rip.Shake-Shake.Crumple.Rip-Rip.Rip.Rip-Shake.Crumple-Rip.None.Rip.Rip.None. None. Crumple.

(End)

Its pretty short.Not too compli-cated. Clearly not something youlllisten to over and over again,since it lacks the usual fun parts likemelody and harmony.

But how did it go? Did you findyourself miming along with theverbs? Was it difficult to hear? Tryaccenting some beats, or see whatits like to increase the volume inyour own head.You could also per-form it in real life with a couple peo-ple and some newspaper to seewhat it really sounds like, but Ithink thats against the spirit of thepiece.

Because even though its all inyour head, that doesnt mean itsnot real.

Or tell Lucas hes a crackpot at [email protected].

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Global Utopias

JIN ZHU/The Stanford Daily

Global Utopias of Futures Past, a site-specific wall painting by Yulia Pinkusevich, is part of a first-year MFA exhibition in Thomas Welton gallery called Heretical Hierarchy.

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.

PhotobyMichaelMazzeo


6/8

Marecic, Fua selected for SeniorBowl

Stanford football seniorsOwen Marecic and Sione Fua,twoof the teams standouts,were invit-ed to the 62nd Annual SeniorBowl.The two are among 13 play-ers that will represent the Pac-10in the Jan.29 game.

Marecic received significantnational attention this year for hisrole as a dual-threat player. In hiscareer as a fullback, Marecic, a

first-team All-American andfirst-team All-Pac-10 member,has blocked for the likes of TobyGerhart and Stepfan Taylor, both1,000-yard rushers. He alsotacked on five rushing touch-

downs in his senior campaign.Deemed the perfect football

playerby former head coach JimHarbaugh, Marecic also playedmiddle linebacker for the Cardi-nal. He was fifth on the team intackles and recorded two inter-ceptions, one of which he re-turned for a touchdown againstNotre Dame.

Fua,a nose tackle,was a stapleof Stanfords new 3-4 defense.The second-team All-Pac-10 starrecorded 4.5 sacks on 23 tackles.

The Senior Bowl is an oppor-tunity for collegiate seniors toshowcase their talents before theNFL Draft.The game is tradition-ally held in Mobile,Ala.

Zach Zimmerman


If you ask VanDerveer, though, UCLAs expe-rience is a double-edged sword.

I think a good thing for us is that we haveplayed against all of these kids time and time again,so I dont know that were going to be surprised,she said.I know Darxia Morris is an outstandingplayer, as is Doreena Campbell, and [Jasmine]Dixon.We know what theyre capable of.

Looking at recent history, Stanford certainlyhas UCLAs number. The Cardinal has faced offwith the Bruins three times in each of the past threeseasons,and owns an 8-1 record in that timeframe.Stanfords most recent victory was one of the mostemphatic, a 70-46 finish in the final game of lastyears Pac-10 Tournament.

Tonights matchup looks to be more closelycontested, though, and regardless of the outcome,that marks a bit of a change for the Pac-10s com-petitive dynamic. In a sport that isnt known for itsparity, tonights match will mark the first time inhistory that conference rivals Stanford and UCLAhave faced each other with mutual top-10 rankings.

I think its great.We need it,VanDerveer said.We need more than two,we need three and evenfour in the top 25, Id say. Especially next year,when well have 12 teams,we want to get the atten-tion of the East Coast and the Midwest and say

Hey,we play basketball out here,too.While VanDerveer gives credit to UCLAsdisruptive defense this season, the Stanfordcoach has more options than ever to counter it.The Cardinal is nothing if not versatile this sea-son, with eight players averaging 16 or moreminutes per game.Jeanette Pohlen is establish-ing dominance as a shooting guard in her senioryear with 27 steals and 16.4 points per game,while forwards Nnemkadi Ogwumike (16.4points and 8.5 rebounds per game) and KaylaPedersen (11.1 points and 8.1 rebounds pergame) provide power in the paint. Nnemkadisyounger sister,freshman forward Chiney Ogwu-mike,rounds out the teams top scorers with 10.6points per game and could make a major differ-ence against a UCLA team thats never sharedthe court with her.

In a season thats already had plenty of heroes,one of the most recent players to step up is LindyLa Rocque. After overcoming some injury con-

cerns early in the season,the junior point guard hasearned her way into the starting lineup with soliddefense and ball control.Against Washington Statelast Sunday, she was second on the team in totalminutes with 29.Following her performance in thatgame,La Rocque leads the team with a 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio.

When Im out on the court,its about bringingenergy,playing defense,and doing my job,whetherits knocking down an open shot or passing it down

to the post players,she said.I think were playingwell because everyone is focusing on what theyneed to do,and thats why the ball is rolling rightnow and were playing some good basketball.

VanDerveer wasnt expecting such immediateoutput from plugging in La Rocque as a starter,butshes certainly happy with the result.

We went with some different people and whenwe felt like we needed some stability in the lineup,

we went with Lindy,she said.Its the kind of thingwhere we were like,She knows what were doing,well just give her a shot.

La Rocque and the rest of the Cardinal will tipoff with UCLA at 7 p.m. tonight in Maples Pavil-ion.The weekend series will wrap up on Saturdaywhen Stanford hosts USC at 2 p.m.

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Sports fans,dont passjudgment

At any given time,there are far toomany sports going on

in the world, or even just on campus, to

keep track of. I mean, right nowweve got NFL playoffs,AustralianOpen, NBA, NHL and college bas-ketball, all in full swing in the nation-al media. Thats not even countingthe endless offseason chatter aboutother sports, and of course all thesports that dont reach the samelevel of fame on American sportsnetworks.

So with all these different sportsvying for your attention,along with

all the Stanford teams competing inthe winter, what should you focuson? So often this question is an-swered with the authors preferencefor what you should be watching.But the answer is far more obvious.

Whatever the hell you want.Youre the one watching, so

watch what you like. I mean, sure,Ican point out games that have par-ticularly interesting backstories orare particularly meaningful for theteams involved.But at the end of theday,youre the one thats going to beexperiencing it, so do what youwant. Its the same reason I havesoundtracks to Wicked and Hair-spray on my iPod and more albumsby John Williams than by anyoneelse.Its my music, and Im going tolisten to what I want.

Why cant it be the same way forsports? Im all about watching foot-ball and will probably be that wayfor the rest of my life. I encourageevery Stanford student to go to thefootball games for the entire experi-ence of the Red Zone. But I knowplenty of people who just cant getinto football, and at some point weall just have to respect that.

For some people its football, butfor others its baseball or water poloor cricket or sailing or any numberof things. Just because some aremore popular does not mean theyare more valid. People have thou-sands of reasons to prefer the sportsthey do. Maybe you grew up doinggymnastics. Maybe your best friendruns track.Maybe that cute girl fromyour psych section is on the squashteam and you want her to notice youcheering her on.Whos to say what alegitimatereason is for watching asport?

Im the kind of person that willturn on the vast majority of sportsand just watch to enjoy the game it-self.It can be bowling or Aussie rulesfootball or golf or the NBA Finals.To me, most sports are fun to watch

just because of what they are. Butmost people arent like me. Mostpeople do other things with theirlives than watch first-round cover-age of the Australian Open andSWAC college basketball. If it getspeople involved in sports andwatching them,Im all for it.Even ifyoure really just there because youlike Tom Bradys haircut (theres

probablysomeone in the world thatdoes) or because your friend went tothe same high school as Andy Rod-dick and can dish the dirt on howhes always been a douche bag.

Sometimes, personal connec-tions can make watching sports thatmuch more special.Any proud par-

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TROYAWAITSCardinal looks to rightthe ship in Los Angeles

By ZACH ZIMMERMANDESK EDITOR

The Stanford mens basketball team beginsone of its toughest road trips of the seasontonight when it heads to Los Angeles to take onUSC.

The Cardinal (10-6, 3-2 Pac-10) is looking tocontinue a surprisingly strong start to its season.

The team, which now sits in fourth place in theconference standings, is fresh off a weekendsplit at home, in which it narrowly defeatedthen-No. 17 Washington and lost to WashingtonState.

In the defeat, Stanford head coach JohnnyDawkins had no excuse for his teams first homeloss for the year.

They were long and tough to defend, hesaid of the Cougars.We got beat.

Dawkins and his young squad must regroupimmediately and will undoubtedly rely on vet-eran leadership to overcome early troubles onthe road.

One of those upperclassmen,redshirt juniorJosh Owens, has come on strong of late and hasbrought his per-game season averages up to 12.1points and 6.5 rebounds. Owens,who missed allof the 2009-10 campaign due to an undisclosedinjury, should come out with a vengeance inSoCal after missing a game-tying free throw inthe closing seconds of Stanfords matchup with

Wazzu.Josh is improving and he has been working

very hard, Dawkins said.I think hes startingto get his timing back. Hes rounding into bas-ketball shape and were excited.

Were happy he has the opportunity tocome back and do something he loves, he

added.Junior guard Jeremy Green has emerged as

the go-to guy for the Cardinal, but has seen hisscoring average drop to 15.5 points per gamedue to a cold shooting streak and heighteneddefensive pressure.

The Trojans (10-8, 2-3) have had their waywith Green in their four meetings,holding him to

just seven points per game.Starting junior guard

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WBBALL|VanDerveer confident in historically deep roster

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Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer has plenty of flexibility this season when choosing her line-ups. The Cardinal is loaded with talent at all positions and has a strong frontcourt presence thatincludes Joslyn Tinkle, above. The team will be tested tonight against a similarly deep UCLA squad.

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Redshirt junior forward Josh Owens, above, will be called upon for his veteran leadership tonightwhen Stanford travels south to battle USC. The Cardinal has struggled on the road this season andfaces one of its biggest challenges thus far against an unpredictable and dynamic Trojans squad.

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Stanford seniors Owen Marecic, right, and Sione Fua will participate inthis years Senior Bowl, an annual tradition for graduating players.

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Jarrett Mann has also struggled of-fensively against the team, failing torecord a field goal in just 10 shot at-tempts against USC.

That said, this Trojans team re-mains an enigma. Despite eightlosses and a sub-.500 conferencerecord, the squad has recordedmarquee wins against Texas andTennessee, two clubs almost as-sured a spot in the NCAA Tourna-ment come March. USCs strengthlies in its defense, which gives up

just 63.3 points per game on 40.9-percent shooting.

However,Stanford is even moredominant on the defensive end,tied

at No.19 in the nation in scoring de-fense. The team is holding oppo-nents to 59.8 points per gamethrough 16 appearances.

The Cardinals defensive front-court will have its hands full tonightagainst USC 6-foot-10 junior for-ward Nikola Vucevic. Vucevic hasbeen a double-double machine thisseason, posting averages of 16.4points and 10.1 rebounds per game.His presence on the boards couldprove costly for an undersizedStanford squad that has been rid-dled by rebounding difficulties.

The Cardinal and Trojans have

one of the closest historical recordsin the nation, with USC posting a119-118 advantage in the teams237 meetings.The squads are 5-5 intheir last 10 matchups with the Tro-

jans notching a five-point victorythe last time the two met in L.A.

Stanford will look to even up theseries tonight when it visits theGalen Center.Tipoff is set for 7:30p.m.

Contact Zach Zimmerman [email protected].

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GAME NOTES: Stanford and USC have eachwon five of their last 10 matchups. The Tro-

jans, despite an average record, have de-

feated powerhouses Tennessee and Texas

this season. The Cardinal is giving up just

59.8 points per game to opponents, good

enough for 19th in the nation in scoring

defense.

ent can tell you what it means to seelittle Billy out there winning the biggame.For me, one of the highlightsof my time at Stanford was watchingmy good friend Chris Derrick set anAmerican Junior record in the 5,000meters. I knew nothing about trackcoming in,but the goosebumps I gotas he staggered down the finalstraightaway with a chance to breakthe record will stand up there withany Ive had in my life.

I also had the good fortune offorming a connection with the mensvolleyball team. With no back-ground in volleyball (and being sev-eral inches shorter than even the

liberos),I had no clue what I was get-

ting into when I was assigned tocover the team as a freshman.Aftertwo seasons of watching these guysplay,I was so hooked that watchingthe teams national championshipvictory in a packed Maples Pavilionstill rates among my top five sportsmoments ever.

But thats just me. For you itcould be rowing or figure skating orequestrian. This is what people atthe Capital One Cup dont under-stand:sports are all great, regardlessof the amount of media hype ormoney involved. Passion makessports passion from the athletesand passion from the fans.

Support the sports you love,andtry some new ones.You never knowwhen youll get hooked.

Jacob Jaffe is simply a man of passion.Connect with him at jwjaffe@stanford.

edu.

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