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By LAUREN TAYLORSTAFF WRITER

Despite multiple road losses this season, andfacing an opponent that has consistent home-court advantage, the Stanford mens basketballteam powered past Arizona State last night in itsfirst Pac-10 road game.With a 55-41 victory overthe Sun Devils (8-6,1-2 Pac-10), the Cardinal is ona three-game winning streak and remains unde-feated in conference play.

The win for the Card (9-4, 2-0) is particularlyimpressive because of Arizona States overwhelm-ing success on its home court in Tempe.During thepast three years,the Sun Devils have won 80 per-cent of their games in Wells Fargo Arena.This sea-son, however, the team has only competed athome six times, including its loss to the Cardinal.With such a travel-heavy schedule,Arizona Statehas had more away games than any other major-conference school so far this season.

Nonetheless, the Sun Devils lack of recenthome experience worked in Stanfords favor, asthe Card held the lead for the entire duration ofthe game,with the exception of the first three min-utes.

The game was not decided until the secondhalf, when Arizona States offense crumbled, se-verely weakened by the absence of injured seniorpoint guard Jamelle McMillan. Poor play fromboth teams marked the first half,with seven Cardi-nal turnovers and 12 from the Sun Devils. The

prospect of a Stanford victory was especially un-certain at the half because of Arizona States dom-ination on the glass,which was an unexpected sur-prise for a team that was ranked 176th in rebound-ing heading into conference play.

During the second half,however,Stanfords of-fense exploded and scored 30 points,compared to

just 18 for the Sun Devils.The Card also racked up25 rebounds and compensated for its lack of pres-ence on the boards in the first half.

By WYNDAM MAKOWSKYMANAGING EDITOR

Lets face it: Andrew Lucks decision toreturn to school does very little for his foot-ball future.Hes a finished product who wasthe guaranteed No.1 choice in 2011. Hed bea multimillionaire multiple times over comeApril.So why come back?

Its a Rorschach test for peoples valuessystem.

Thats his father, Oliver Luck, talking tothe (many, many) people who questionLucks choice. Because for his son, its not

about the millions: its about education,andits about the potential to take Stanford toheights unseen in the modern era. In an erawhere the idea of the amateur athlete is ques-tioned on a seemingly day-to-day basis,Lucks decision epitomizes the concept of thestudent-athlete. And the rub is this: its notthat surprising.His public statements hintedat him staying, and the decision fits exactlywith his humble,studious persona.

But armchair quarterbacks, wallowing intheir ignorance, will always question thatwhich they do not know. So lets break thisdown,and look at why Luck stayed.To do so,lets first look at the reasons to leave. Theynumber exactly two:money and injury risk.

To the first:the NFL is currently negotiat-ing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement(CBA),with one of the tenets being a rookiewage scale. Simply put, the idea of first-yearplayers making the most money at their posi-

tion before playing a snap is troubling tomany. When the new CBA is signed, thesalaries are expected to be far lower than

Card keeps rolling withconvincing win over ASU

FOOTBALL

For Luck,

school is theright move

By KABIR SAWHNEYMANAGING EDITOR

The picture for Stanford football in 2011became a little clearer yesterday when two ofits players announced their NFL intentions.Redshirt sophomore quarterback AndrewLuck, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy,announced his intention to return for his jun-ior season, while redshirt junior linebackerThomas Keiser declared that he will enter theNFL Draft this spring.

The big news of the day was Lucks deci-sion to pass up millions playing in the NFL to

return to the Farm. Many expected Luck toforgo his final two seasons of eligibility had he chosen to enter the draft, he wouldhave been chosen first overall by the Caroli-na Panthers.

In a statement released to the media, Lucksaid, I am committed to earning my degreein architectural design from Stanford Univer-sity and am on track to accomplish this at thecompletion of the spring quarter of 2012.Hewas not made available for interviews.

Because he redshirted his freshman year,Luck has two years of NCAA eligibility re-maining,but is currently an academic junior.

The announcement intensified the specu-lation around the future of Stanford headcoach Jim Harbaugh, who has spoken to atleast two NFL teams since the Cardinal wonthe Orange Bowl on Jan. 3.According to theSan Jose Mercury News Tim Kawakami,Stanford has offered Harbaugh an estimated

$5 million to be its head coach next season,in-cluding bonuses. Lucks return may bringHarbaugh back to the Farm as well, whichwould turn Stanford into an early contenderfor the Pac-12 title and help put it in the pre-season top 10.

The Miami Dolphins met with Harbaughyesterday in the Bay Area, but according toESPN, the team has chosen to retain TonySparano as its head coach.The San Francisco

49ers have reportedly offered Harbaugh $6million per year, including bonuses.

Impending labor action in the NFL couldalso keep Harbaugh from moving to the pros.With the leagues collective bargainingagreement with its players set to expire inMarch,the owners could lock out the players,effectively preventing the season from goingforward.

Meanwhile, Keiser became the first Stan-ford underclassman to declare for the draft.His departure means that the Cardinal will

have to replace four of its starters on the de-fensive front seven next season.

In an interview with The Daily,Keiser dis-cussed his decision to leave Stanford earlyand declare for the draft.

What it really came down to was what meand my family thought was best for me nextseason, he said. It was really where I pic-tured myself on the football field it wasntplaying for Stanford, it was playing in the

UNIVERSITY

New gym

set for W.Campus

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Board of trusteesgives concept approval

for new Roble gymBy KURT CHIRBAS

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Stanford board of trusteesgave concept approval for a new75,000-square-foot recreation centerto be built on the west end of RobleField at its December meeting.

Construction for the project, esti-

mated to cost around $30 million,willbe funded entirely by a group ofmajor donors, which currently in-cludes John Arrillaga 60 and theAvery family,among others.

The University will foot the billfor development and pay daily oper-ational costs.

Those involved with the projectsay the facility will fill a void for in-door recreational areas on the westside of campus.

The campus map speaks to thesituation, project manager MarkBonino wrote in an e-mail to TheDaily.Most of the recreation and fit-ness facilities are located around theAthletics zone in the East part of thecampus while the West part of cam-pus has few fitness facilities outside of

Tresidder, West Campus tenniscourts, and outdoor fields at Robleand Sand Hill.

Roble Gymnasium used to satisfythis need: it contained a basketballcourt,locker rooms,ping-pong tablesand a cycling area.

But when the dance divisionneeded more space, much of thegyms equipment was packed up andmoved over to the Arrillaga Centerfor Sports and Recreation,located onthe east side of campus, whichopened its doors in February 2006.

RESEARCH

Keeping abrave face

onlineStudy shows social net-

working sites can under-emphasize loneliness

By JENNY THAISTAFF WRITER

Facebook has a notorious reputa-

tion for helping college students pro-crastinate. But recent Stanford re-search suggests that social network-ing sites are toxic to more than justthe academic wellbeing of students.

Stanford professors BenoitMonin, Carol Dweck and JamesGross and doctoral student Alex Jor-dan found in their December paperthat underestimating the unhappi-ness of others correlates with loneli-ness.

Inspired by the phenomenon ofsocial networking websites such asFacebook,the research was conduct-ed in four distinct studies, drawnfrom a sample of around 460 first-year Stanford undergraduates.

College students are a goodpopulation to work with, Moninsaid. We can circumscribe who the

other people the [individual] is inter-acting with [are], such as peers,friends and roommates.

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PRODUCT REALIZATION

ANDREW LUCKTO RETURN

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Orange Bowl MVP Andrew Luck, left, said Thursday he intends to stay at Stanford next yearto earn his degree. The announcement intensified speculation around the future of Stanfordhead coach Jim Harbaugh, right, who has spoken to at least two NFL teams since Jan. 3.

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OUR LUCKY DAY

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Jarrett Mann, above, was a big factor for theblossoming Cardinal offense last night, going 3 for5 from the field and 5 for 7 from the line en route to11 points, second best for either team.

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One contributing factor to this self-induced melancholy is the contrastinglevels of transparency regarding thesocial norms of displaying happiness insocial situations.

In the first study, participants gen-erally reported that their negativeemotional experiences tended to hap-pen in private settings.

When youre at home watchingTV, theres no one who can see you,said Benoit Monin, professor of psy-chology. All you see are the peopledressed up to go to parties very vis-ible things. You dont see the lonelypeople.

The transparency of seeing peoplehaving fun leads to pluralistic igno-rance,or the situation where a majori-ty of group members secretly rejectwhat they perceive to be a social norm,but erringly assume that most othersaccept it.

We hide our negative emotions,Monin said. You dont tell yourfriends about how miserable you arebecause that wouldnt be cool. Youonly tell them the good events of yourday and as a result,you perceive yourpeers lives as better off.You think that

youre unique,that youre the only onewho is suffering.Social networking websites,such as

Facebook, create virtual socializingspacesthat connect friends with eachother.However,mimicking socially ac-tive environments also invites a similarenforcement of the social norm of hap-piness.The knowledge that ones on-line profile is open to others leads toself-censorship of negative thoughtsand a steady flow of positive contentand photos.

People are really unlikely tosay on Facebook thattheyre depressed orlonely, said SarahSterman 13. Face-book is your so-cial persona

and you dont want people to thinkyoure generally a depressed person.

The subsequent studies investigat-ed the relationship between lonelinessand the social misperception that oneis alone in feeling miserable. Studyfindings revealed that loneliness has apositive correlation with the underesti-mation of the unhappiness of others.The more we underestimate the sad-ness of others, the lonelier and morealienated we feel. Interestinglyenough,the number of confidants onehas appears to do little in avoiding mis-perception.

In the study, it was surprising tofind how even close friends and room-mates still overestimate each othershappiness, said Monin. This studydidnt find the cause of loneliness butjust the correlation.

Fortunately,the solution to alleviat-ing loneliness may not be quite as elu-sive. Being aware of the problem is amajor step in resolving it.

Its not that Facebook is bad,butwe should realize that the photo of [thefriend] parachuting off the Eiffel towerdoes not mean he or she has no boringmoments,Monin said.Peoples liveshave highs and lows. Understandingthat one is not unique in ones unhap-piness should make one feel closer toother people.

Additionally, Monin proposedopening the communication lines,

both in the private and public spheres.Were not saying that you shouldgo crying to everyone about how mis-erable you are, Monin said. But ifpeople can at least open up a bit more,youd feel better.The Internet also hasanonymous support groups to helppeople dealing with these things findsolace.

Contact Jenny Thai at [email protected].

SADNESSContinued from front page

LOCAL

Caltrain debuts new weekend bullet service

RESEARCH

Zimbardo begins Heroic Imagination ProjectBy ELLORA ISRANI

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Three decades after his infamousStanford Prison Experiment provedthat terrifyingly normalindividualscan commit alarming atrocities,PhilipZimbardo, professor emeritus in psy-chology, has set out to communicatethe opposite: that in all situations,these same people can speak outagainst evil and become heroes.

Zimbardo has substantiated thisnotion through the inception of theHeroic Imagination Project. Theproject, which currently includes acomprehensive website as well as ed-ucation programs for high schoolsstudents, seeks to publicize the termheroic imagination,referring to the

idea that anyone can become a heroby utilizing his or her imagination.

He intends to democratize theconcept of heroismand erase the no-tion that heroes are extraordinarypeople. He explains them instead asordinary people who in a particularsituation do an extraordinary thing.

Although the project was original-ly a collaboration between a numberof unpaid individuals, funding has re-cently come from a number of indi-viduals and foundations.This moneyhas been used to set up a small officein San Franciscos Presidio districtand expand the website to include acomprehensive explanation of theheroic imagination.

The Heroic Imagination Projectspilot program began last Septemberat two local high schools: ARISEHigh School in Oakland,which has a

mostly low-income, minority studentbody, and Foothill Middle College in

Los Altos, a more middle-class envi-ronment.

Students spent the fall semesterlearning the principles of social psy-chology that relate to heroism. Theywatched videos of such famous ex-periments as Stanley Milgrams 1963study on obedience to authority andZimbardos own prison study.Through a basic knowledge of psy-chology, students gained an under-standing of the power of the situationover their own behavior as well ashow to surpass these influences andact heroically regardless.

I came up with the idea thattheres kind of a pause button, said

Clint Wilkins,the projects director ofeducation. What we hope to teachkids is to push that pause button intheir soundtrack and have some ofthe lessons from social psychologyseep in and,in psychological terms,fillthat space between stimulus and re-sponse.

Zimbardo says the initial impetusfor the project came from his own ex-periences while writing his 2007 bookThe Lucifer Effect: UnderstandingHow Good People Turn Evil and apersonal realization that the psycho-logical mechanisms mediating evil

By NARDOS GIRMA

Despite several service cuts in the past year asCaltrain struggles to overcome a $2.3 millionbudget deficit, the rail agency rang in 2011 test-running a new weekend baby-bullet service onJan. 1, part of an effort to revive its plummetingridership.

The three-month pilot program stems fromCaltrains commitment, approved in 2010, toservice reductions, fare increases and revenue-generating strategies. Ticket prices went up 25cents for each zone on New Years Day

Were in the business of providing customerservice, said Caltrain spokeswoman ChristineDunn. So we look for things that will attractriders.

This new service, which already existed on

weekdays, stops at seven stations instead of 22,bringing commuters from San Jose to San Fran-cisco in a third of the time and arriving at the Cal-train station on King Street in San Francisco inlittle more than an hour.

Keeping with its goal for cost-efficiency, onlyone crew will run the programs four trains. Infact, the seven stations where the baby bulletstops were strategically chosen based on theirproximity to locations that attracted more foottraffic.Mountain View, for example,is just blocksaway from the San Antonio Shopping Center

and Millbrae is a principal point of transfer toother public transportation, such as BART.

Were relying on ridership . . . to have fulltrains [750 people] and a lot of people using theservice to make this worthwhile,Dunn said,not-ing that the future of the service depends heavilyon its ability to bring in new riders.

According to Dunn,the total cost for the pilotproject is estimated at $107,000; however, Cal-train expects ticket sales to offset this amount by$82,620,leaving a total net cost of $24,380,whichit will shoulder using savings in fuel costs accrued

in the first six months of the 2010-2011 fiscal year.While Caltrain has not yet evaluated last

weekends debut, Dunn says the general re-sponse in anticipation of the new service wasnothing short of positive.

But the project still has its skeptics, includingat Stanford.

Some, like Jujhaar Singh 14, dont think that20 minutes makes that much of a difference.

I take the weekday bullet train to San Mateoa lot and Ive been planning on going to SanFrancisco this quarter so it will be super benefi-cial, said Ana Rosa 14, a Caltrain regular.[But] it only stops a few times,so it is still a lit-tle limited.

The weekend bullet service only makes tworound-trips,offering a run in the morning and an-other in the afternoon for each direction a

drastic change from the regular service, whichstops at its destinations every hour.

Although she maintained that conclusive evi-dence on the success of the weekend baby bulletis yet to be determined, Dunn is not worried.

When we introduced [the baby bullet serv-ice] on the weekdays, our ridership increased by40 percent, she said. Were very hopeful andoptimistic that the same thing will happen on theweekends.

Contact Nardos Girma at [email protected].

Obama administrationaims to get moreAsians in business

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

President Obamas AdvisoryCommission on Asian Americansand Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)kicked off a campaign today topromote entrepreneurial growthamong AAPIs.The 9 a.m. summit,held on the Microsoft campus inMountain View, is part of theWhite House Initiative on AsianAmericans and Pacific Islanders.

The Initiative was createdunder the Clinton administrationas a response to grassroots effortsto address health disparity issues,a problem that the advisory com-mission is still working to address,said commission chair DaphneKwok.

Since then, the project has ex-panded to address other problemslike bullying and the model mi-nority myth.

While the need for more Asianentrepreneurs may not makesense in Silicon Valley, where alarge majority of the tech compa-ny bigwigs come from this demo-graphic group, Kwok said AAPIsstill face obstacles, especially inplaces outside of the Valley.

There are many parts of thecommunity with huge drop-outrates and high poverty rates,

Kwok said. We need to makesure [AAPIs] have access to poli-cies and programs, and that wereincluded in their development.

In fact, Kwok added, mostAAPI business owners, who rep-resent 10 percent of the countrysentrepreneurs, do not have accessto loan contracts or capital.

The advisory commission,which is expecting a full crowd fortoday, will use the four-hour longevent to guide their plan of actionfor the rest of this campaign.

Cassandra Feliciano

2N Friday, January 7,2011 The Stanford Daily

NEWS


Caltrain, after prolonged budget difficulties, isadding weekend bullet train service, which willrun with fewer stops and a shorter travel time in anattempt to bring in new ridership.

NEWS BRIEFS

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By YIBAISHU

For Ankur Shah 11, a me-chanical engineering stu-dent, the Product Realiza-tion Lab has been the breadand butterof his time on the

Farm.Shah started working in the labduring his junior year, but continuesto work on projects in the lab on a reg-ular basis.

A lot of my project classes tookplace in the lab, Shah said. Some-times I went there at the end of thequarter for projects.Sometimes I hadto spend much more time on it forexample,when I was taking ME 203,Manufacturing and Design. But I to-tally loved it.

The lab is housed in MechanicalEngineering 610, conveniently locat-

ed just across the street from the Axeand Palm.At the lab,a light is almost

always on.People swirl in and out ofthe building and the noise of buzzingmachines reverberates throughout.

Professor of mechanical engineer-ing David Beach,a co-director of thelab who has been working at Stanfordfor 39 years,described the lab as oneof the most unique teaching projectsin the world.

Most engineering students havesome experience taking courses in thelab, such as Manufacturing and De-sign, Medical Devices Design andComputer-Aided Product Creation.But the lab is much more than a placefor students to do coursework.

Students can pay $184 a quarterfor access to the lab facilities from 8a.m.to 11 p.m., 15 hours a day, sevendays a week. Most choose to spend

more time in the lab than their classesrequire.

Under the philosophy that Stan-ford graduates should not only begood citizens but also excel in a pro-fession,making thingshas been animportant part of a Stanford engi-neering education,Beach said.

Every year more than 500 stu-dents,from freshmen to doctoral stu-dents, use the lab. Two thirds of thepeople who use the lab are under-graduates. Sign-up is simple, and theshop-license fee is relatively afford-able,given the array of high-tech ma-chines and equipment available,Beach said.

Students from any major at Stan-ford, whether mechanical engineer-ing, material science, product designor even English can pursue projects atthe lab.Final products can range fromskateboards, guitars and golf puttersto complex machines.

While many of the projects are re-lated to students research, some aresimply an extension of students hob-bies.

We dont tell people what to dohere,said Craig Milroy,professor ofmechanical engineering and associatedirector of the lab.We help them dowhat they want to do.

Milroy described how his mechan-ical-device design class uses the lab.

For the course, Milroy brought in

doctors to work with 10 different stu-dent teams on developing medical de-vices.For example,one team workedwith a physician to develop new toolsfor tonsil removal operations.

For many students, one of thebiggest perks of the lab is access to itsmachinery.

The cool thing is that we havestandard equipments, and we have[the] best equipments in the world,said Peter Miller,a graduate studentin mechanical engineering and ateaching assistant for ME 203. Someof the labs cutting-edge machineshave even won world competitions.

For example,the laser CAMM canbe programmed to cut out any shapein a wide range of materials,from fruitto plastic. The lab also features oneHaas 3-Axis VF-0 machine. Appleuses 4,000 of these machines to makeiPods, iPhones and all the Macbookmodels.

Collectively,the labs machines arecapable of producing almost anythingthat could be manufactured in a realfactory.

The lab has often served as a step-ping-stone for students interested ininnovative entrepreneurship. Stu-dents sometimes get patents for proj-ects they worked on in the lab.Othersgenerated ideas and found team-mates while working in the lab withwhom they later worked to build their

own enterprises.Most importantly, students have

been using the knowledge and experi-ence they gained to benefit peoplearound the world,particularly in de-veloping countries.

Weve got two teaching assistantsworking on a device for children fromCambodia as a foot replacement,Milroy said.

A course named EntrepreneurialDesign for Extreme Affordabilityoften receives attention for its socialentrepreneurship projects.It is a grad-uate-level project course where stu-dents design solutions to challengesfaced by the worlds poor.

Some of the successful projects,such as Mighty Light, have beenused worldwide and have beenhelping people in countries such asIndia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Pana-ma,Guatemala,Rwanda and SouthAfrica. The the lab can claim muchof the credit for several of thoseprojects.

Another successful project incu-bated in the lab is Driptech, an ex-tremely low-cost water-efficient irri-gation system for small-plot farmersin developing nations. Its low-techdesign eliminates about 90 percentof all the parts of a traditional drip-per system.

FEATURES

Design comes to life at the Product

Realization Lab

online

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Each year more than 500 undergraduate and graduate Stanford stu-dents work on innovative projects at the state-of-the-art Product Realiza-tion Lab located in Mechanical Engineering 160.

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OH! SWEET NUTHIN

In Albert Camuss The Plague,Dr. Rieux and Tarrou develop aclose bond with each other

while working tirelessly to combatthe spreading disease in their town.At the end of a long day, they find

themselves alone together on anempty terrace and Tarrou asksRieux: Rieux, have you nevertried to find out who I am? Do yousee me as a friend? Rieux re-sponds saying yes, they are friends,but amid all their work they havenot yet had time to better under-stand each other.Tarrou asks, then,that they make this time on the ter-race their hour of friendship. Heproceeds to tell Rieux his life story,emphasizing the experiences thatled him to this town and motivatehim to combat the plague. For onefleeting hour,he tries to beseen byhis friend.

Deep friendship, most wouldagree, is an extremely importantsource of meaning and support inour lives. It is something to betreasured. In college especially,when we have been plucked fromour home environments andplaced in a strange new world, wewant to be understood. In thissense, college students emblemizethe basic human desire to connectwith others.

Stanford students are lucky tobe at a very friendly place.Campusis, in general, a congenial atmos-phere, and within a week at Stan-ford many of us make friendshipsthat last four years and beyond.Yetdespite being at a place that is con-ducive to friendship,students oftenfeel alone. We see expressions ofthis in discussions in our housesand dorms,in mental health aware-ness efforts or perhaps when a

friend unexpectedly takes a breakfrom school.When I try to reconcile this par-

adox between friendliness andfeelings of isolation on campus, afew observations stand out: Stu-dents are extremely busy and ourhyper-intensive lives can make itdifficult to go beyond the surface incultivating friendships. Studentsare also not very eager to share thedifficulties we are facing with our

friends: we are unused to failure,and often the last thing we want toacknowledge is having fallen shortof expectations. But it also seemstrue that the tremendous diversityon campus poses an extra chal-lenge for cultivating deep friend-ships.

This point is highlighted for mewhen I think of the experience Ihad during the summer after myfreshman year volunteering in twovillages in western Hungary. Afterthree weeks in a village called Soj-tor, I was in love with a place and apeople. Part of me wanted to staythere, to belong.Why? One reason,I thought, was that Sojtor was atight-knit community with a sharedsense of identity,a place where mu-

tual understanding developed or-ganically. Through intimate con-nection in a rooted environment,my friends there found rich sourcesof meaning in their lives. Closenesscame easily.

I found myself envying peoplewho were materially less fortunate.Friends who have volunteered inremote places in other parts of theworld from Papua New Guineato Ghana to Ecuador have told

me similar stories of communitieswith fewer iPods but,in my friendseyes, more meaning. I suspectmany students can find similar ex-amples even at home.To the extentthat a diverse campus can feel iso-

lating, returns home over winterbreak to families and communitieswith a common cultural identity re-mind us of what closeness withouteffort is like.When basic values areshared,mutual understanding doesnot require explicit curiosity andexchange.

Going to a school that aspires tobe a microcosm of the world makesachieving deep friendships toughwork. In this spiritual melting pot,knowing and being known isnteasy. But the rewards of such inti-macy are far greater.When we de-velop deep friendships with thosewho are different, we experiencean irreplaceable exchange: we fa-cilitate anothers growth and ourown world is expanded. Sometimesthis expansion comes when our un-conscious prejudices are chal-lenged.Sometimes it comes when afriend illustrates a preferable set ofvalues or helps us shift our aspira-tions. In whatever form, these ex-changes help us become our betterselves. Deep friendship in the con-text of diversity is the richest, mostrewarding kind.

But it usually takes more thanan hour of friendship. In a di-verse environment, the truest offriendships require trusting andsharing to be implicit and perenni-al.Whether we are happy or down-trodden, liberals or conservatives,privileged or from disadvantagedbackgrounds, in all these ways andmany more, meaningful bonds re-quire being ourselves, and being

seen.This kind of friendship is thechallenge Stanford poses to uswhen it deliberately admits a di-verse class and deliberately diver-sifies our dorms and classrooms.For our own sakes, we need to con-sciously take that challenge up.

Send Aysha your comments [email protected].

Unfinished Business

So much has been writtenabout Andrew Luck in thepast few weeks speculating

about his future, but it appears tohave all been for naught. Luck an-nounced that [he is] committed toearning [his] degree in architectur-al design from Stanford Universityand [is] on track to accomplish thisat the completion of the springquarter of 2012. The EditorialBoard would like to take this op-portunity to say what every Stan-ford Football fan is thinking:

THANK GOD.We applaud Luck for makingthe decision to emphasize the stu-dentin student-athlete and for up-holding the spirit of college athlet-ics that is, the emphasis on theteam and the university. He for-went millions of dollars to play an-other season with his teammatesand to finish his studies. In a yearwhen some of college footballsbrightest stars and most storiedprograms have been marred by themorally ambiguous actions of play-ers, boosters and family members,Luck has been the rarest of things:a morally upright, likable footballstar.Girls think hes cute;guys wantto have a beer with him.His humil-

ity can lead to less-than-riveting in-terviews,but that is not a legitimatefault. Both on the field and in theclassroom, Luck has been an elo-quent spokesman for the greatvirtues of this university.The Edito-rial Board is proud to have AndrewLuck represent Stanford to sportsfans across the country.

Now the other question re-mains: What will Jim Harbaughdo? Reports of Harbaughs depar-ture have been consistently circu-lating since last season with each

expert being surer than the last.There are also reports of a new con-tract offered by Stanford athleticdirector Bob Bowlsby that wouldsubstantially increase Harbaughscompensation, although Stanfordcannot compete with the pay armsrace that is the NFL. Stanford is aworld-renowned university for itsacademics, and it has a history ofexcelling in sports, albeit typicallynot in football. Given such prece-dent, fan expectations are general-ly not high,and we would not try to

run him out of town for losing a fewgames here and there, leeway hewould not get at most other univer-sities or professional jobs. Har-baugh has the option to build a dy-nasty of his own making at Stan-ford and we at the Editorial Boardhope he chooses to do so.

So what lies ahead for thesetwo? Unfinished business. Luck isinstantly a preseason favorite forthe Heisman Trophy,and Stanfordshould begin the season nationallyranked.The Pac-12 will play its firstseason and will be Harbaughs bestchance to deliver the first of multi-ple conference championships,one of the goals he laid out at his in-troductory press conference four

years ago. Four years ago no onebelieved that an FCS coach couldtake a 1-11 football team and turn itinto a BCS bowl-winning team infour years.We want to see what hewould do with a fifth year.Regard-less of Harbaughs decision,Lucksdecision is a breath of fresh air forcollege athletics. The 2010 seasonwas nothing short of historic (2011Orange Bowl Champions!), butshould Coach Harbaugh returnnext season, everything would in-deed be All Right Now!

So much to be proud of

Dear Editor,As a Stanford alum (Class of

1952) who has always been proud ofour universitys achievements andhigh standards, I am really struttingtoday thanks to Andrew Lucksstellar decision to continue his edu-cation. What a role model he is inthis time of value only by dollar.Congratulations to him for his wis-dom and to his family for anchoringhim.

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Classic rock.Think about it.TheBritish have the Beatles andthe Who.

The Stones feel like they should

be American because theyre bluesy.But theyre not.

Led Zeppelin. . . is also British.Pink Floyd? Nope.Cream! Why not Cream?!It took me this long to hit The

Doors and Jefferson Airplane, whoare American Bands through andthrough.And theyre good,but by nomeans better than Zeppelin, (orCream or Pink Floyd).And even thesecond tier/generation of GoodRock Bands is pretty dominated byNon-Americans. AC/DCs Aus-tralian. Motorhead. The Sex Pistols.Black Sabbath.

And I think of rock and roll assuch an American sound! I mean,weinvented it, in the sense that our po-litical system treated a certain race ofpeople badly enough they had to singthe blues, which, when combinedwith enough sex,drugs and electrici-ty,turned into rock and roll (an apoc-ryphal history).It should be ours!

The Solo Act seems to be the keyfigure in American Rock. ChuckBerry, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens,Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan,Jim Morri-son, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, EricClapton.In fact, Id venture to say wedominate here.Meatloaf? Weve gotMeatloaf, guys. A lot of frontmenoutshine their bands. Buddy Hollyhad the Crickets. Hendrix had TheExperience.And Kurt Cobain was inNirvana, remember? Gwen Stefanihad . . . who again? I think theBritish phenomenon is separate, butit doesnt seem far fetched to specu-late that there might something in

the Psyche of American Rock hostileto The Band,(folk, and theyre Cana-dian, (along with Steppenwolf andthe Guess Who (famous for the hit,American Woman))),as a concept.

It makes some sense.The popu-larity of foreign bands on theAmerican scene shows this is not aquestion of what The People want.Its a question about the IndividualAmerican Genius and how it be-

haves. It seems like talent, here, ismore likely to strike out on its own,(or just be at a total loss to hold anykind of close relationship togetherfor very long). Maybe were un-compromisingly individualistic. Itseems like a pretty American thingto be.

Speaking as an American, collab-orative creative projects are hard. Ifyouve taken an art or design class,you might know what I mean. Hell,creative projects are hard in general.You have to give up so much (any)control! Hard to imagine Dylanbeing Dylan without the ability toramble alone. If he had to square itwith his bandmates before decidingto Go Electric.And maybe this com-fort with working alone has some-thing to do with The Culture.We suredo like our heroes here.

But, if you look at those bands,that is some really great music.Quitearguably on average higher qualitythan our solo acts.The solo acts werevisionaries,were tragic romances,butthey were short-lived or just hope-lessly, hopelessly . . . solo. It doesntmatter if its Dylan singing gospel orDylan singing pop: its still just BobDylan. He needs to bring someoneelse in to achieve a certain volume ofsound. And when those peopleyouve brought in were actually thereall along, are very talented fellowartists, coauthored the song, under-

stand the vision, contribute theirown, care, its not hard to see howsomething like The Wall, whichstretches my mind to its absolute lim-its,is possible.

Thats the sound of synergy, peo-ple. (The soul being greater than thesum of its parts.) I encourage it.

Want to harmonize? Ive got rhythm.Contact me at [email protected].

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behavior are far better researchedthan those regarding good behav-ior.

The book is fifteen chapters of

grim,grim,grim,and I was up to herein evil, Zimbardo said. And I feltthat I needed a respite and the read-er would too. So the last chapter isessentially about goodness. [The]first part of it is, how do you resistthese powerful forces that I hadhelped create dehumanization,deindividualization, obedience ofauthority,diffusion of responsibility.. . . and then I realized,during the lit-erature search, we know almostnothing about heroism. Theres nosystematic research.

This spring,students will developtheir own service projects in order toexercise their heroic imaginations.They plan to identify those ordinaryindividuals around them who havecommitted heroic deeds and to docu-ment their stories.

Furthermore,the project has part-nered students from Woodside HighSchool with residents at Palo AltosSunrise Senior Living in the Tech-Heroesprogram, in which studentshelp the elderly use technology to im-prove their quality of life and archivetheir wealth of knowledge.

Theres an old Indian saying Ilove to quote.I dont know who saidit,but I love what it means,said JennyDonegan, manager of the Tech-Heroes Project.It says that when anold person dies,a library burns.So oneof the beautiful things about everyparticipant in the TechHeroes pro-gram is that they have opportunitiesto become heroes in their own storiesand in the stories of others.

Zimbardo hopes to bring the con-cept of heroism a concept whichhe believes has diminished over thelast decades to the forefront ofworldwide thought.

Heroes were always male war-riors Achilles, Agamemnon,Odysseus,Zimbardo said.It elimi-

nates women, it eliminates youngpeople.These are male,adult killers,essentially.

In fact, Zimbardo adds that evenmodern heroes, like Mother Teresa,Nelson Mandela, Martin LutherKing,Jr. and even Gandhi,in a wayare wrong heroes for the averagepeople.

They organized their entire life

around service to humanity.For mostpeople,thats too much of a sacrifice .. . step one is to change the concep-tion of heroes,he said.

Zimbardo also mentioned anumber of future initiatives,includ-ing a partnership with one ofChinas top science and technologyschools, whose position as a feederschool to the Chinese technologyindustry could potentially produceadditional funding, and an onlineHeropedia of individuals whohave come to embody the HeroicImagination Projects ideals.He hasalready received commitments tohelp build the site from individualsat Google and Jimmy Wales,founder of Wikipedia.

The ultimate goal, Zimbardosaid, is to make as many people aspossible, in every city and every stateand every nation,to fit our definitionof heroes.

Contact Ellora Israni at [email protected].

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By IVY NGUYENDESK EDITOR

This report covers a selectionof incidents from Dec. 15, 2010to Jan. 5, 2011 as recorded in theStanford Department of PublicSafety bulletin.

A series of car and residentialbreak-ins occurred during thisperiod.Several of the residentialbreak-ins occurred while thecampus was closed for winterbreak.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15IBetween 3 p.m.on Dec.14 and

10:30 a.m. on Dec. 15, an un-known suspect pried a win-dow open and entered theKappa Alpha Theta house. Itwas unclear if anything wasstolen.

THURSDAY, DEC. 16IBetween 8 p.m.on Dec.15 and

10 a.m. on Dec. 16, unknownsuspects broke a bathroomwindow in Anderson House.

MONDAY, DEC. 20IBetween 6 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.,

unknown suspects broke intothe victims car parked nearthe Sunken Diamond andstole a computer and othermiscellaneous items.

SATURDAY, DEC. 25IA man was arrested and trans-

ported to the San Jose mainjail. He was booked for evad-ing police officers and for anoutstanding warrant in SantaClara County.

IBetween 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.,an unknown suspect stole avictims unattended guitarfrom White Plaza, creatingdiscord.

THURSDAY, DEC. 30IAllied Barton Security con-

tacted Palo Alto dispatch re-porting that unknown sus-pects had entered the Pi BetaPhi house. It is unclearwhether any items werestolen.

FRIDAY, DEC. 31IAt 10:42 p.m. a mans New

Years Eve celebrations wereput on hold when he was citedat the corner of Cowell Laneand Campus Drive East forpossession of marijuana.

SATURDAY, JAN. 1IAnother New Years celebra-

tion was put on hold when anindividual at 618 Mirada Av-enue was cited for providingalcoholic beverages to mi-nors.

SUNDAY, JAN. 2IBetween Dec. 14 and Jan. 2,

someone broke into the vic-tims locker in Wilbur dininghall and kitchen and stole histoolbox, which contained sev-eral expensive knives, timersand thermometers for cook-ing.

IAt 8:15 a.m., two stolen utilityvehicles were discovered atArrillaga Plaza.

MONDAY, JAN. 3IBetween Dec. 17 and Jan. 3,

unknown suspects vandal-ized a SUDPS digital mes-sage board located at Cam-pus Drive and Lane B by cut-ting the air valves on bothtires.

IAt 6:37 p.m.,an unknown sus-pect grabbed the victim by thearm.He fled when she tried tobite his hand.She escaped anddialed 911 from a nearbyemergency tower.

IAt 11:45 p.m., someone atTheta Delta Chi was trans-ported to the San Jose main

jail and booked for public in-toxication.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5IAt 1:30 a.m.,a fire occurred in

an Alondra dorm room, caus-ing damage to an ottoman andthe carpet. No injuries werereported.

Contact Ivy Nguyen at [email protected].

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Teen dies in Caltrain

accident

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

A southbound Caltrain killed a19-year-old Palo Alto man less thanhalf a mile north of the CaliforniaAvenue station at about 1:20 a.m. onThursday. According to a statementfrom Caltrain spokeswoman Chris-

tine Dunn, preliminary investiga-tions suggest that it was an inten-tional act, as there is no vehicle orpedestrian crossing area at the acci-dent site and fences surround thetrain tracks.

The man was former Berkeleyresident Kyle Hodder-Hastorf, theSan Jose Mercury News reported.

This marks the first Caltrain fatal-ity in 2011.There were 11 deaths in2010 and 19 in 2009. Although thevictim was a resident of Palo Alto,hedid not attend a Palo Alto highschool,according to Caltrain.

No one else was injured and nor-mal service will resume this morning.

Cassandra Feliciano

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By JACK BLANCHAT andNATE ADAMS

Continuing a streak of impressive play,the Cardinal womens basketball teamdusted off a feisty Arizona team with asecond-half run to pull away for an 87-54victory.

No.4 Stanford (11-2,2-0 Pac-10) openedup strong, and junior guard Lindy LaRocques three pointer made the score 9-0after four minutes. The Cardinal was con-tent to let Arizona fire up outside shotswhile the Card used its imposing size ad-

vantage to take control of the game earlyon.

Arizona (11-3, 2-1) went halfwaythrough the first half making only one ofits first eight attempts from beyond thearc. Despite a solid start from Stanfordstriangle offense,the Wildcats stuck to theirplayer-to-player defense, leading to threeCardinal players cruising to layups onthree separate occasions.

The Wildcats made a push halfwaythrough the first half,making a few outsideshots and causing the Cardinal to commitfouls,and with 7:43 left in the first half,theCardinals lead had shrunk to five points.

The lead remained five throughout thefirst half,as Stanfords defense on the blockwas susceptible to Arizonas quick pick-and-roll offense.With 3:51 to play in the firsthalf,the Cardinals lead was still only five.

A late Nnemkadi Ogwumike layuppushed the lead to seven,and the Cardinalcarried a 40-33 at halftime. Even thoughthe Card had a 31-17 rebounding advan-tage at halftime, head coach Tara Van-Derveer said her team came out sluggish.

VanDerveer said she called her teamout to play better at halftime,and the Car-dinal responded.

Stanford came out playing tough de-fense in the second half, feeding Nnemka-di Ogwumike the ball early and often,let-ting her attack the left block. She respond-ed by shaking her defender for two easylayups and a crisp fadeaway jumper, help-ing Stanford go on a 13-0 run to start thesecond period.

I met with [senior forward] Kayla Ped-


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The Cardinal offense put on a show against the Wildcats last night, with Nnemkadi Ogwumike(30), posting eight rebounds and a game-high 24 points. She was 12 for 17 from the field.

OUSTING ARIZONA

they are now that is to say, SamBradfords $50 million in guaranteedmoney is a thing of that past.But not

so fast: the CBA discussions are heat-ed, and a lockout is entirely possible.If that happens,a draft will still occur,but no scale will be implemented. Ifthat is the case,then Luck would haveone shot to make a dramatic sum ofmoney off the bat.

By 2012, a scale will be in place,and hell stand to make tens of mil-lions of dollars less.But Luck comesfrom a financially secure back-ground, and has made it clear overand over that money is not an object

for him; his fathers comments con-firm it. Even if the wage scale lowershis earning power to about three mil-lion a year Peter Kings projection hes still in the top two percent ofwage earners in the United States.More than enough to live comfort-ably,and if he really is as good as hesprojected to be,hell make his tens of

millions on his next deal.To the second:Luck is the guaran-

teed No. 1 pick in 2011.He is also allbut guaranteed No. 1 in 2012. Anyscout from coast to coast will tell youthat he is a historically giftedprospect;some say hes the best sincePeyton Manning, while others sayhes the best since John Elway. Noplayer will supplant him if he stayshealthy. (Perish any Jake Lockercomparisons one guy is a quarter-back; the other is a superior athlete

who throws the ball occasionally.)Manning was projected No.1 after his junior year, remained in school, andwent No. 1 after his senior season. Ifhes injured, its still unlikely, unlessits (knock furiously on wood) career-ending.Bradford was projected to gofirst overall in 2009, went back toschool,got injured and barely played,

then still went No.1 in 2010.That is tosay, Luck is almost certainly going tobe the first person walking across thestage in New York in April 2012,evenif his arm is in a sling. Hes not exact-ly hurting his draft stock by staying.

With those two concerns aside,why go? If there is indeed an NFLlockout, he wont be able to partici-pate in mini-camps and might have tomiss part of the season.Luck is a foot-ball player;he doesnt want to sit onthe sideline.The team hed be going

to, the Carolina Panthers, is notori-ously cheap to the point where it re-fuses to sign free agents.Its not exact-ly the best situation.

But forget the NFL. Luck, a highschool valedictorian and a dedicatedstudent in a time-intensive engineer-ing degree program,gets a chance tofinish his degree. In its press release,

Stanford made that seem like his pri-mary reason for staying.

In a football sense, with Luckunder center,Stanford is a legitimatenational title contender next season,even with the team hemorrhagingseniors. And, in terms of Jim Har-baugh, lets not overlook the timingof this announcement from thetime Luck came out with his decisionuntil The Dailys print deadline,Stan-fords chances of keeping its coachhave seemingly risen dramatically,

with the Miami Dolphins droppingout and the Cardinal reportedlymatching San Franciscos offer. Luckgives Harbaugh an incentive to staywhen 24 hours prior, it seemed likeHarbaugh had one foot out the door.

Finally, if he cared about individ-ual accomplishments he doesnt,but everyone else does Luck is the

clear Heisman favorite going into2011 and almost surely a consensuspreseason first team All-American.

Which is all to say:the chance for atitle,the ability to complete his under-graduate academic career and theknowledge that hes practically guar-anteed to be the top pick in 2012means theres more than enough rea-son to stay in school.

Contact Wyndam Makowsky [email protected].

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Its a high-pressure year forStanford mens gymnastics.After adisappointing loss to Michigan atlast years NCAA Championshipsin West Point, N.Y., the Cardinalenters the 2011 season as the top-ranked team in the nation andhopes to retain that honor throughApril at this years championshipin Colorado Springs, Colo. Theroad starts with an intrasquadcompetition on Friday evening. Atthe same time that the Cardinalworks to uphold Stanfords pro-

gram, it also works to uphold thetradition of mens gymnastics as awhole.

Earlier this year, the UC-Berkeley Chancellor Robert Bir-geneau announced that the schoolwould be dropping five of its ath-letic programs at the end of the2010-11 season; among these pro-grams were mens and womensgymnastics.

Only 15 schools have mensgymnastics programs that com-pete in the NCAA, and the pro-grams at Cal and Stanford are theonly ones in California. The an-nouncement affects the futures ofboth Stanford and mens gymnas-tics. Cal and Stanford have longhad a feisty and friendly rivalry in

their academic and athletic arenas and mens gymnastics is cer-tainly no exception.

Each year, for example, the twoschools come together for the BigFlip Off, their head-to-head com-petition that has been a source ofgreat pride, competitive spirit andhumor for both programs. Thisyears Flip Off will be a bittersweetevent for both teams as they bidfarewell to their competitive inti-macy.

Stanford head coach ThomGlielmi said he was both saddenedand surprised by Cals decision todrop mens gymnastics.

[The Cal men] have had atremendous impact on the sportnot just in the Bay Area, but in thecountry, he said. What doesnt

make sense to me is that mensgymnastics has been one of Calsmost successful varsity programsboth in the athletic arena and class-room.

Furthermore, Glielmi notesthat losing Cal is potentially a signof the weakening popularity of

mens gymnastics. Both Stanfordand Cal have traditionally recruit-ed some of the nations most tal-ented high school athletes andseen their gymnasts move from thecollegiate arena to the nationalarena, earning spots on the U.S.Se-nior National Team, World Teamand even Olympic Team.

Beyond the Stanford-Cal ri-valry, we lose a great source ofgymnastics and a program that hasallowed junior gymnasts to contin-ue in their chosen sport on the col-legiate level,he said.

Reflecting on the past fewmonths and looking towards the

current season, Glielmi believeshis team is hungrier for successthan ever.After last years second-place finish and 2009s first-place finish his gymnasts are ex-tremely motivated to bring thechampionship back to Stanford.

His athletes certainly have thetalent to win. In past years,individ-uals such as seniors Alex Buscagliaand Tim Gentry have been peggedas the Cardinals most talented be-cause of their national rankings,but this year the entire team isready for competition.Fans can geta glimpse of this during Fridays in-trasquad, where the Cardinal willdisplay its dynamic, exciting andhighly difficult routines in front of acrowd for the first time this season.

There are several guys that aredynamic on the events they com-pete, and there is not one specificathlete that can win this champi-onship for Stanford, Gliemli said.

He adds, though,that his seniors Buscaglia, Gentry, Josh Dixon,Ryan Lieberman, Abhinav Ra-mani and redshirt senior NicholasNoone have emerged as lead-ers, taking ownership of the train-ing and success of their team.

Assistant coach Brett McClureagreed.

The big players of this team aredefinitely the entire senior class,hesaid. They have really taken con-trol and instilled the Stanford phi-losophy on work ethic and expecta-tions.

Senior Ryan Lieberman echoed

that sentiment.The senior class turned into theclass we knew we could be,he said.

This Fridays intrasquad will beheld at 7 p.m. in Burnham Pavilion.

Contact Jessica Yu at [email protected].

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Senior Alex Buscaglia, above, has been a bright spot for Stanford andmens gymnastics as a whole in an uncertain time for the sport.


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NFL.When it was all said and done,it

seemed like that was the path thatwas laid out for me,he added.

Keiser also said that the NFLevaluated him the league assess-es the draft prospects of collegeplayers on request. The NFL toldhim that he would be drafted, but,according to Keiser,they dont re-ally know where right now.

The speculation surroundingHarbaughs return did not play abig role in Keisers decision,either.

This was a decision based per-sonally off of what I felt was best fornext season,he said.It was sort ofindependent of [Harbaughs deci-sion].

Though Keiser will leave Stan-

ford for winter quarter to preparefor the scouting combine, he plansto return to school for the springquarter, and will need only onemore quarter after that to completehis degree.

Contact Kabir Sawhney at [email protected].

RETURNContinued from front page


We kind of lost a foothold forrecreational activity,deputy directorof athletics Ray Purpur said, andweve had a lot of comments and a lotof feedback over the five years thattheres just no indoor recreationareas on that side of campus.

The buildings location has alsobeen chosen to account for futureUniversity expansion. According tothe Universitys master plan, therewill be future development of resi-dential halls on that side of campus.

With campus developmentheading west, Bonino said, theresan increasing demand for these facil-ities.

And while a general lack of fund-ing and limitations under StanfordsGeneral Use Permit have posed ob-stacles in the past, the financial sup-port of donors as well as new Uni-versity-wide initiatives emphasizingfitness and wellness have finallymade the project a reality.

The center will include basketball

courts, fitness and recreation studios,a rock-climbing wall and a new out-

door 50-meter swimming pool. Incoming up with the design of the facil-ity, Purpur said they looked at feed-back left on comment cards at exist-ing campus recreation centers to getinput from students.

One of our common feedbacks isthat the rock-climbing wall [at Arril-laga] is very inadequate, Purpursaid.So we are going to be putting ina new rock-climbing wall in the newbuilding.

The facility will not only be thesame size as the current ArrillagaCenter.It will also look the same.

We love the look of that build-ing, Purpur said,so we are going tocopy it.

The difference, Bonino said, willbe on the inside.

There will be more studio spaceto house a variety of different well-ness and fitness programs, and ofcourse, the swimming pool provideswater fitness to match the recreationpool at the Avery Aquatics Center,Bonino said,and we will have lock-ers and showers, which are not pres-ent in the Arrillaga Center.

To make room for construction,an existing swimming pool by RobleField and a group of temporary build-

ings will be removed,and the lockerrooms behind the pool will be con-

verted into another space.However, there are no plans to

alter any existing campus recreationcenters.

The Department of Athletics willmonitor the usage of the gym atTresidder Union which opened in1995 and is the site in closest compe-tition with the new facility to see ifattendance decreases as a result. Ifthis is the case, the gym may be re-moved, but Purpur does not expectthis to be the case.

I think theyll augment eachother,Purpur said.

This week, the Department ofLand,Buildings & Real Estate planson submitting its first entitlements forarchitecture and site approval.With-in the next couple of months,buildingpermits will be submitted as well.

While no timeline has been setyet, construction is anticipated tobegin in the summer of 2011 withcompletion estimated by late 2012.

I think this will bring a new desti-nation to the community, Purpursaid.It will be a recreation destina-tion where you can jog, swim andtake a shower after you work out onthat side of campus.

Contact Kurt Chirbas at [email protected].

GYMContinued from front page

ersen and [senior guard] JeanettePohlen,I told them they needed todo their job better, and it showswhat kind of leaders they are that Ican get on them and they can re-spond in a positive way, Van-Derveer said.

Arizona broke its scoringdrought with 13:48 left in the gamewhen forward Ify Ibekwe hit alayup, but the damage was alreadydone. The two Ogwumike sisterswere far too busy putting on a clinic.

In the first 10 minutes of the sec-ond half, older sister NnemkadiOgwumike had 10 points, three re-bounds and two blocks, andyounger sister Chiney Ogwumikehad four points, three rebounds,one block and one steal.

Pohlen said the super sisterswere the missing piece in the slug-gish first half.

[VanDerveer] knows our po-tential, and weve shown the wholecountry now what we can do, shesaid. She made us focus on run-ning more . . . to push it and to getthe ball to Nneka on the block.

Bolstered by her strong secondhalf, Nnemkadi Ogwumike led theway for the Cardinal with 24 pointsand eight rebounds. Pohlen fin-

ished with 13 points, and Pedersenand Chiney Ogwumike finishedwith identical 11-point,11-reboundgames.Freshman guard Sara James

also added seven points in the sec-ond half.

Recovering from a two-gameskid in mid-December, Stanfordwill have an opportunity to extendits winning streak to seven when ithosts Arizona State on Saturday.

The Sun Devils (10-3,2-1) coast-ed through their non-conferenceschedule and opened Pac-10 playwith a sweep of the Oregonschools.The latter feat was particu-larly impressive, as ASU was ableto hold the Ducks offense to just67 points.Oregon had been leadingthe conference with 89 points pergame going into the contest.

The Sun Devils hit a bit of astumbling block last night, though,falling to Cal, 67-55. Stanford de-feated Berkeley convincingly lastweekend,78-45.

Recent history certainly favorsthe Cardinal, but things look goodfor Stanford even if you go fartherback the Cardinal cruised pastASU, 62-43 in Tempe in their mostrecent meeting, last February.

Stanford will tip off against thevisiting Sun Devils in Maples Pavil-ion tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Contact Jack Blanchat at [email protected] and Nate Adams [email protected].

WBBALLContinued from page 6

Junior forward Josh Owens was akey contributor to Stanfords win,leading the team with 15 points and11 rebounds.

Trent Lockett, Ruslan Pateevand Carrick Felix had 10 points eachfor Arizona State.The teams overalloffensive effort was weak, scoringonly one of 14 from the three-pointrange.

Hoping to tack on a third consec-utive Pac-10 win, Stanford nowheads to Tucson to face Arizona (13-3,2-1).The Wildcats have won five oftheir last six games, including lastnights 73-71 win over California,and have not been defeated in back-to-back games so far this season.TheCats lead the Pac-10 in field goalshooting percentage and average78.5 points per game, posing a seri-ous challenge to the Cardinal de-fense.

Derrick Williams (18.6 points pergame), Solomon Hill (53.2-percent

field-goal shooting) and LamontJones (8.1 ppg, 81.8-percent free-throw shooting) are expected to leadArizonas offensive effort. Stanfordintends to counter this trio by utiliz-ing junior guard Jeremy Green,whohas been very effective in his four ca-reer games against the Wildcats.Green has averaged 16.5 pointsagainst Arizona,with 24 total buck-ets and 66 total points, more thanagainst any other Pac-10 team. Ju-nior guard Jarrett Mann has also ex-perienced significant success whenfacing the Wildcats, having madeeight of his 11 attempts from thefield and averaging 7.3 points in histhree career matchups with Arizona.

But even with these offensivecontributions, Stanfords ability toknock down perimeter shots andremain strong on the defensive end

will be the key to success againstArizona.The Card currently allows

just 61.0 points per game, a figurethat leads the Pac-10 and was essen-tial in its wins over Yale and Cal. Infact, Stanford has held four oppo-nents to fewer than 50 points thisseason and has also held the edgeon the glass, averaging 34.9 re-bounds per game.

The continuation of this defen-sive dominance, coupled with themomentum from the current winstreak, should help Stanford as ithopes to head home after the week-end with a sweep in the Southwestand a perfect Pac-10 record.

Tipoff on Saturday is scheduledfor 3:30 p.m. PST in Tucson.

Contact Lauren Taylor at [email protected].

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Many Stanford graduates fromthe lab go on to work in highly inno-vative engineering teams after grad-uation. According to Beach, about40 percent of the engineering staffat Tesla Motors are lab alums. Bothof the co-founders of Icon Aircraftsare,too.

The labs success has inspired theformation of similar creative work-spaces in other Stanford engineer-ing buildings, such as Room 36 inHuang Engineering Center,as wellas commercial workshops beyond

campus in Oakland and MenloPark.

Although many universitieshave created similar labs,the caliberof Stanfords remains unrivaled,Beach said,noting that the numberof students who use the lab and thedegree of integration between de-sign and manufacturing.

Beach said that the emphasis onconstructing actual projects as op-posed to only conceptualizing de-signs on a computer screen is whatmakes Stanfords product realiza-tion lab so special.

Engineers and designers aremuch more powerful if they havebuilt things,he said.

Contact Yibai Shu at [email protected].

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