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By IVY NGUYEN andSAMANTHA MCGIRR

The Stanford School of Medi-cine ushered in a new era onWednesday with the opening of theLi Ka Shing Center for Learningand Knowledge, expected to helptransform the way in which physi-cians are trained at the school.

About 300 people attended thededication ceremony on AlumniGreen, adjacent to the new build-ing. A $90 million project, it facesCampus Drive,nes tled between theBeckman Center and FairchildBuilding in the medical school com-plex.

Philip Pizzo, dean of the Schoolof Medicine, said on his first visit toStanford to interview for the deansposition, none of the cab drivers he

asked knew where on campus theMedical School was. The 120,000-square-feet Li Ka Shing Centerraises the schools physical profile.

In their remarks,Pizzo,Universi-ty President John Hennessy anddonor Li Ka-Shing extolled thevirtues of the five-story building,which features an array of interac-tive and technologically advancedteaching tools for doctors.

It is not only the building of t hefuture,Pizzo said. It is an identityfor the School of Me dicine.

The center will serve as the hubof educational activities for medicalstudents and experienced clinicians

alike who want to undertake expe-riential and team-based approachesto learning.

The ground floor houses the28,000-square-foot Hon Mai andJoseph Goodman Center for Simu-lation and Immersive Learning.Thefacility features a fully simulatedhospital with programmable man-nequins that bleed, breathe andtalk. Physicians can use these man-nequins, as well as individual simu-lation devices,t o test their manage-ment of almost any clinical condi-tion.

Li Ka-Shing, the buildings pri-mary benefactor, is a Hong Kongentrepreneur and philanthropist.He is also the chairman of the Li KaShing Foundation, which had con-tributed $37 million to medical re-search and programs at Stanford

since 1983 before building the cen-ter.The center represents the thirdmajor collaboration between thefoundation and the University.

Li, whose second son attendedStanford as an undergraduate, ex-pressed his fondness for the Uni-versity in his speech, translatedfrom Chinese by an interpreter.

Lives have been enriched here,ennobled with a sense of service,Li said.Today, with the dedicationof this building, I am now a part ofthis university. For that I am mosthappy and very honored.

Finding New Roots

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A construction crane lowers a palm tree into the front yard of Casa Italiana on Wednesday. Aftercompleting a capital improvement project at the Mayfield Avenue house, crews are now land-scaping its surrounding yard. Neighboring houses Bob and Storey also underwent renovations.

HEALTH

At ERs,a dose of prevention

By JULIA BROWNELLSENIOR STAFF WRITER

A recent study from Stanford School of Medicinehas found that during a trip to the emergency room,you may very well receive a dose of preventive medi-cine.

Offering the first comprehensive picture of pre-ventive care in U.S.emergency departments,the studyrevealed that a striking 90 percent of emergency de-partments (EDs) offer such ser vices.

Lead author Mucio Kit Delgado, M.D., a post-doctoral scholar at Stanfords Center for PrimaryCare and Outcomes Research, views this high per-centage as a symptom of a deeper problem within theU.S. healthcare system: lack of access to primary careservices.

[The findings] point to the fact that we need toimprove our health care system so that patients can

get primary care in other places,Delgado, who is alsoan emergency room physician at Stanford Hospital,said.Its a symptom that things arent working out asthey should.

The study surveyed the directors of 350 randomly

selected emergency departments around the countryon the services offered in their ED and their per-ceived barriers to offering preventive care.

The most common service provided is screeningfor domestic violence,offered at 66 percent of hospi-tals.Delgado noted that this finding is actually discon-certing, considering that the accrediting agency forU.S. hospitals mandates that emergency rooms offerthis service.

Other services commonly available included in-fluenza and pneumococcus vaccines, tobacco and al-cohol addiction counseling and screening for dia-betes, hypertension and HIV. The study asked about11 different services in total.

The least commonly offered service is HIV screen-ing,only available at 19 percent of hospitals,despite aCDC recommendation for testing at all emergencydepartments. Delgado suggested that the low accessrate was due to the high cost of implementing thescreening.

Thats not surprising because it does take a hugeamount of effort to be able to do that [HIV screening]effectively, he said.

ED directors saw cost, increased length of patientstay and lack of follow-up as the top barriers to offer-ing preventive care services in their ED. Almost 75

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Olmsted Terracewelcomes homefaculty families

SPEAKERS & EVENTS

Friedman talkssustainability,energy sources

STUDENT GOVT

Grad Student Council weighs Dinings apartment meal plan

By TYLER BROWNDESK EDITOR

Author and New York Times columnist Thomas Fried-man called for technological innovation and governmentregulations that support global clean energy whilelamenting a values breakdown in both the market and inMother Nature over the last decade. He spoke onWednesday at the second and final day of the StanfordGlobal Climate and Energy Projects (GCEP) researchsymposium.

Our country is still exploding with innovative prom-ise . . . but somehow were not getting the most out of it,Friedman said.

More than 500 individuals in academia,venture capi-tal and industry registered for the conference.Organizersinvited Friedman because of his expertise in the global

By KELSEY KING

After four years of planning and a year and a half of con-struction, all the houses of the new Olmsted Terrace devel-opment have been sold and the first faculty residents havemoved in.

The development,located on Stanford Avenue betweenEscondido and El Camino Real,has six completed and oc-cupied homes.An additional five homes are set to be com-pleted each month until April 2011 for a total of 39 houses,said Tiffany Griego, associate director of real estate forStanfords Office of Real Estate.

Stanford developed Olmsted Terrace to help recruit andretain faculty by creating desirable, affordable, on-campushousing.At $700,000 to $900,000,the homes are intended tomake ownership a more realistic option for faculty in therelatively high-cost Palo Alto area.

Real estate prices are very high in this area and afford-able housing for our faculty is a major challenge,wrote JanThomson,director of Faculty-Staff Housing, in an e-mail to

The Daily. A special, and very restricted,lease was devel-oped for Olmsted Terrace in order to make the homes moreaffordable for our faculty and to keep them affordable forfuture faculty who buy there.

Buyers are subject to a 51-year restrictive ground lease.As a condition of the lease,after 51 years the lessee must sellthe home back to the University, which can in turn sell thehome to another faculty member.

Its really trying to create a stock of faculty housing thatStanford will have into perpetuity,Griego said.

Faculty members were quick to realize the benefits ofOlmsted Terrace. More than 175 eligible faculty membersexpressed interest in the homes.Due to the high demand,priority was given to Academic Council faculty who hadnever owned a home in the Bay Area. In August, the lastavailable Olmsted Terrace home was sold.

The development,which consists of two-story,three- andfour-bedroom homes, includes amenities designed exclu-sively for faculty. Such amenities include studies in everyhome located near the front door so students and col-leagues can easily visit faculty without disturbing other fam-ily members. Additionally, the homes have high speedSUNet access to allow faculty members to work at home,aswell as designated parking for guests.

We worked with a faculty focus group early on to figure

out the design and program of the homes, Griego said.They are definitely targeted to faculty,with a goal of max-imizing value for the faculty with every single decision.

The development boasts a clustered design where homesshare courtyards and jogging paths. The homes are

Med trainingcenter opens

Li Ka Shing Center to train doctors

through high-tech simulation

By ANNA SCHUESSLERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Graduate Student Council (GSC) on Wednesdayunanimously approved the first round of student nomi-nees to University committees and boards.Based on rec-ommendations by the Nominations Commission, thenominees were approved by the Undergraduate Senateon Tuesday.

The council questioned nominees for committees such

as the Student Activities Advisory Board, the BicycleSafety Committee and the Graduate Housing AdvisoryCommittee, among others, about their plans for the up-coming school year.

The council moved on to discuss a proposed new mealplan Stanford Dining has designed specifically for gradu-ate students. Advertised as the apartment meal plan,the program in the fall quarter offers five meals a weekand $50 in Cardinal Dollars for $571.

What were looking for is some way to get the word

out, because the need is there, said Chana Rodriguez,Stanford Dinings events and voluntary meal plan manag-er.

Rodriguez attended the meeting to gather graduatestudents reactions to the proposed plan. She said the newplan would offer better pricings than the cash price formeals at University dining halls. For example,under theApartment Meal Plan, students would pay an average of

Stanford study finds most ERsoffer form of preventative care

Housing development on Stanford Ave.welcomes first round of new occupants

Please see ENERGY,page 6Please see MEAL,page 6


New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wastheheadline speaker in the Global Climate and EnergyProjects sixth annual research symposium. He touchedon possible sources of sustainable energy for the future.


The first residents have begun moving into Olmsted Terraceon Stanford Avenue, built to offer faculty members an optionother than, on average, more expensive Palo Alto real estate. Please see PREVENT,page 6

Please see OLMSTED,page 6

Please see TRAINING,page 6

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short questionnaire thatstrayed beyond their work atStanford. Here is a glimpse intothe personalities behind yourprofessors.

Chris Bobonich

Hometown: Shippens-burg, Pa.

Undergrad:Harvard, gov-ernment major

Grad school: masters de-gree in philosophy at Cam-bridge, doctorate in philoso-phy at UC-Berkeley

Fan of: the New York Jets

Hobbies:chess

#1 on your playlist:Human Being, New YorkDolls

Favorite book: PlatosRepublic

Favorite movie:Casablanca

If you could only eat one

food group for the restof your life,would it begrains, meat, vegeta-bles or fruit? veggies

If you hadnt gone intoacademia, youd be: apsychiatrist

Department: Philosophy

Classes taught: fall IHUMWord and Image, PHIL107/207 Platos Metaphysicsand Epistemology, PHIL108/208 Aristotles Psycholo-gy, PHIL 317 Aristotles Politics

Primary research inter-est/project: Im workingon a long project on the rela-tions among theoretical andpractical reason in Plato andAristotle. I analyze their viewson what kind of knowledge isneeded in order to act andlive well.

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By ZOE LEAVITTSENIOR STAFF WRITER

On Nov. 2, California might just become theenvy of Bob Marley fans across the country.

Proposition 19, a measure that proposes le-galization of marijuana possession for adults21 and over, has blazed up more emotional

reactions than iPod lighter apps at a Palo Alto HighSchool dance.

Many Stanford students view Proposition 19 whichis slated for the Nov.2 California statewide ballot as anatural step in light of Californias budget issues,growingcultural acceptance of marijuana and the dangerous as-pects of many currently legal drugs,such as alcohol andOxyContin.

I think its really exciting that California might takethis step to be more responsible with substance abuse is-sues, said Brian Anderson, a Stanford medical studentwho donated money to Yes on Proposition 19.

Fifteen states currently support legal medical marijua-na with Washington D.C. recently joining the list but California stands poised to be the first state to legalizepersonal,recreational use.Proposition 19 would allow forregulation and taxation of marijuana much like alcoholtoday.

Driving under the influence,selling to minors,using inpublic or smoking in the presence of minors would remainprohibited.

As someone involved in medicine I think this is not

just a political thing but a medical thing, and having drugsmore regulated and hopefully from safer sources is a greatthing for public health,Anderson said.

While many state politicians still refuse to take strongstands, groups ranging from the National Association forthe Advancement of Colored People to the American

Civil Liberties Union to the United Food and Com-mercial Workers Union,as well as a number of

police chiefs and district attor-neys,have endorsed Proposition

19. Increasing publicity surround-ing addiction to legal substances,such

as painkillers, in concurrence with mari-juana becoming more mainstream in pop-

ular culture, has opened a wider variety ofgroups to the idea of legalization than ever be-fore.

Many students seem to agree that incomparison to the dangers of legal alcohol,keeping marijuana banned makes little sense.

People are more impaired [and] more likely to dothings that would hurt others around them when theyredrunk than when theyre high,said Brittany Huggins 13.

Statistics back up the dangers of alcohol,with some cit-ing more than 85,000 alcohol-related deaths in Americaper year,as well as medically related issues such as fetal al-cohol syndrome, exacerbation of domestic violence andtraffic accidents.However,for the simple reason that mar-ijuana is currently illegal,few reliable studies on its effects

exist.Should Proposition 19 pass,therefore,California willserve as something of a great American experiment.

I think if California is the first to do it, a lot of stateswill follow,said Nicole Brooks 11.

Proposition 19, however,may have more than just po-litical effects.If marijuana becomes legal, estimates fromthe Research and Development Corporation show thedrugs price may drop by 80 percent, establishing theGolden State as a nationwide dispensary of marijuana atCostco-like prices.

Proponents of legalizing marijuana believe it will de-crease gang violence and Mexican cartels, but KeithHumphreys,professor of psychiatry and behavioral sci-ences,believes it may actually create stronger gang activ-ity in smuggling cannabis across state lines.

If our price drops 80 percent,all the drug rings aregoing to do the smart thing and set up operations in Cal-ifornia,Humphreys said. Theyd be foolish not to.

Humphreys,who served last year in the Obama ad-ministration as senior policy advisor at the White HouseOffice of National Drug Control Policy,has worked toreduce criminal penalties for crack cocaine and otherdrugs.He believes that states have a lot of work to do increating humane drug policy, but that Proposition 19would likely hurt public health by giving rise to new mar-

ijuana mega-corporations,in the model of Big Tobacco.This law hands another product to market to tobaccocompanies or creates a doppelganger that will lobby withthem, Humphreys said. I dont want to see some 16-year-old kid who smokes a joint have his life ruined,but .. . this law is not just legalized use,its legalized corporate

ownership [and] legalized marketing.Humphreys predicts that tobacco companies, which

have been poised and ready to accept cannabis into theirproduct line since the 1970s, will align their aggressivemarketing tactics and billions of dollars in lobbying powerto gain control of cannabis in California.

Its taken us 40 years to bring tobacco companieseven modestly to heel,and tobacco still kills 40,000 peopleper year,he said.How about lets show we can regulateone industry that sells an addictive plant before we takeon another.

Is legalization of marijuana a step toward commonsense and greater personal freedom or a submissionunder the heels of powerful corporate interests? Eitherway,the impetus of Californias budget crisis,coupled withthe lure of tax revenue from legalized marijuana,takes theissue out of morality and emotion and into the realm ofcold,hard cash.

To a state drowning in debt, the $14 billion in under-ground cash flow that marijuana currently generates inCalifornia runs frustratingly untouchable. If legalized,state tax collectors estimate new revenue up to $1.3 billionper year.

Proposition 19 is a great thing for California,Brookssaid.It might not be the best way to solve the deficit,butI dont think Proposition 19 would hurt it.

The illegal activity policy at Stanford tends to focus onsafety and trust rather than on policing every infraction.However,would state-sanctioned marijuana use lead tostudents lighting up on every rooftop, tendrils of smokesmothering Hoover Tower and Introduction to the Hu-manities books left unread by dilated pupils?

Im kind of surprised that as an institution, Stanfordhasnt started gauging student interest on the issue,Brooks said.I would hope that Stanford would at leasthave a discussion for example, we have AlcoholEdubut no DrugEdu.

While overall, Stanford students trend toward eitherfavoring Proposition 19 or apathy in typical Stanfordpolitical form knowing theyll be able to rely on a com-prehensive set of University guidelines in the event of le-galization is reassuring to many.

But even without Stanford intervention,the unwaver-ing belief in Stanford students ability to moderate them-selves,to keep that duck paddle going through tempta-tion,remains strong.

The amount of people doing stupid things on mari-juana will increase for a short time, but once people get

over the shock it will go back down,Huggins predicted.I think more people would be willing to try it if itwerent illegal,she added.But a lot of people would stopbecause it would no longer be such a rebellious thing.

Contact Zoe Leavitt at [email protected].

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OPINIONS

Covering ROTCT

he Stanford Daily editorial board onWednesday called for the Reserve Of-ficer Training Corps (ROTC) pro-

gram to return to Stanford even if the dontask, dont tellpolicy remains.

In a blog post, The Stanford Review ap-plauded the editorial board for coming out insupport of ROTCs return.We appreciate themention. However, it is worth setting therecord straight about something the bloggerwrote:For a long time,The Stanford Reviewwas the only campus publication and one ofthe few student-driven voices reporting onROTC at Stanford and calling for its return.

The Daily has covered ROTC and its ab-sence at Stanford for decades. The papersarchives contain all its ROTC and anti-warmovement coverage from the 1960s and1970s,and anyone may read those fascinatingaccounts in the Green Library Media andMicrotext Center or at the Lorry I. LokeyStanford Daily Building upon request.

More recently,in October 2001,The Dailyreported on Stanford students participatingin the program at other schools while nation-al interest in ROTC grew post-Sept. 11.Emeritus Prof. Ronald Hilton wrote to TheDaily about historic clashes over ROTC atthe University that year,too.

In 2003, The Daily covered the CollegeRepublicans campaign to bring ROTC backto Stanford and profiled some of the 30 stu-dents who were serving that year. The edito-rial board wrote against the programs returnand The Daily ran guest columns for andagainst the program.

In 2005, The Daily wrote about an uptickin the ROTC debate among students and fac-ulty.

In 2007, The Daily reported on DianaClough 07, an ROTC cadet who went toWashington,D.C.,that spring to be sworn inas an army lieutenant. It also reported thatAzia Kim participated in Santa Clara ROTCwhile pretending to be a Stanford student.Meanwhile, the editorial board in May 2007wrote that it was time for Stanford to re-think its rationale for banning on-campusROTC programs.

In 2008, The Daily noted the supportamong presidential candidates for theSolomon Amendment while disagreementabout ROTC at Stanford persisted. It alsohighlighted the tension between StanfordLaw School and JAG recruiters.

Last year, students continued coveringROTC for The Daily. Nikhil Joshi 11 wasthere when the Faculty Senate formed an ad

hoc committee to investigate the potentialreturn of ROTC. Wyndam Makowsky 11featured the history of the program and itsfinal departure from campus in 1973. KateAbbott 12 profiled Stanford students com-muting to other ROTC programs as theyweighed in on the programs possible returnto the Farm.

This year could be a historic one forROTC at Stanford. Whatever happens, TheDaily will continue to be there.

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THIS COLUMN IS IRONIC

Someday, I hope to be that crotchety oldman who yells at the kids next door toturn it down!Why? Because it means

I can still hear their music.Deafening music at some college parties is

one of the many assaults on hearing in ourworld.We compress audio into mp3s,cuttingaway the high fidelity. We inject little head-phones into our ears, blasting over thesounds of the outside world.And when we gopartying,the sound guy jams up the levels asif the people down the street want to dancetoo.The sonic world is vast and I dont wantto lose any perception of it due to an effluvialloudspeaker one Friday night.

I have nothing against parties themselves.The dazed and confusedatmosphere is itsown world of fun.Its dark, late, hot and fullof intoxicated people squished in together at-tempting to dance.The fortissimo fits in withthe rest of the package.

But I dont understand why,when creat-ing those dens of semi-hedonism,we need touse quite that level of volume. It would be

just as fun with the sound turned down a lit-tle. That marginal extra 10 dB isnt impera-tive for a rager.It will still be dark and crowd-ed.Youll still be intoxicated and you can stillmake a bad decision and tell the story thenext morning.And lets face it:youre proba-bly too busy to notice that the music is qui-eter anyway.

For a modicum of technical expertise:whatdoes a Google search tell this non-bio majorabout noise-induced hearing loss? Basically,the louder the atmosphere, the quicker youcan experience lasting damage. Pretty obvi-ous.Workplace safety rules dont let you workin an environment with sound at 110 dB forlonger than 30 minutes, a level often attrib-uted to rock concerts.So why save our ears inthe workplace only to kill them at home?

Granted,110 dB is a rather specific level.Loudness at a party can depend on all kindsof things:distance from speakers, reflectivityof the walls,how long you stay.Youd have tocarry around a decibel meter to get a truereading,and the level of harm can still varyfrom person to person.But the general prin-ciple still stands:dont linger too long at loudlevels, especially aggregated across all thepeople in the room.

Some might disagree with my general as-sessment. Its not like were firing guns in ourears and going deaf. If theres some hearingloss,its at frequencies that arent usually detri-mental to regular life.Maybe youll have to askyour friend to speak up a little when youreolder, but that will probably happen anyway.

Except that argument just doesnt fly for me,especially as a musician. The subtleties ofsound at high-fidelity levels are too delicious togive up.If parties gradually made you lose theability to taste chocolate,would you go?

Others might also criticize, saying yourhearing shouldnt be the DJs responsibility.We partygoers should self-regulate and notstick around on the dance floor past a pointwhere it might muffle our brains micro-phones. But doesnt it seem a bit sick to drawpeople into something and then hurt them?

If we want to really cultivate an awesomemusic scene on campus, we need to start bymaintaining our ability to even experience itwith our ears. Im a big supporter of parties,concerts, iPods and wailing away on a drumset. But the volume doesnt need to go to 11.If youre playing some tunes,keep the max ata reasonable level.The listeners will appreci-ate it.

E-mail Lucas at [email protected] whilehe waits for his ears to stop ringing from seniornight.

Stanford football has been deemed theNo.9 team in the country.

Yes, you read that correctly. Our once-woeful Cardinal has officially reached na-tional prominence, at least for a week. Theteam has the chance to prove itself on Satur-day afternoon within the ear-splitting con-fines of the University of Oregons AutzenStadium. ESPN College GameDay is goingto be there.The entire country will be watch-ing our football team try to make its RoseBowl statement and potentially become a na-tional-title contender in the process. Ab-solutely everyone here in our little slice ofheaven cares about this game.

And it couldnt infuriate me more.

I remember coming here as a freshmantwo years ago and nobody gave a shit aboutthis team. Half of our current student bodywasnt even here that season. Now they canpretend to be fans all of a sudden? I bettheyd get lost trying to walk to Stanford Sta-dium.

Last year, I saw this whole bandwagonthing coming. Let me give you an analogy tohelp you understand my predicament.Theres this little band from France calledPhoenix only theyre not so little any-more.Ive been listening to their pop jams foryears.No one knew who they were,and Id al-ways be like,Hey,check out this band calledPhoenix. Theyre great, I promise. No one

listened.Then,in 2009, Phoenix put out this album

called Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.Boom.Pitchfork loves them, my friends love them,everybody loves them. Theyre playing themain stage at Coachella and selling outMadison Square Garden.Somehow, my cries

of I told you so! just got lost in the fray.It was kind of the same thing with Stan-

ford football. During the 2009 season, theStanford football team was just like Phoenix.And Toby Gerhart was its WolfgangAmadeus Phoenix.

CS majors who only leave their rooms togo to the Lair started going to football gamesto see Toby.Sorority girls who dont know thedifference between a touchdown and a homerun somehow started actively discussingTobys Heisman chances in between drinkstations at progressives. Somewhere in themiddle of his 1,871 yards of pure destruction,it seemed like Toby Gerhart singlehandedlymade Stanford football cool again.

I couldnt believe it. This was my team.Iwanted to do my best Jim Harbaugh impres-sion and scream, Whats your deal? to theentire campus.

The end of the 2009 season gave me hope.We did go 8-4 in the regular season,but wemanaged to lose our bowl game and Toby gotrobbed of the Heisman. I was disappointed,but I thought this rush of bad news mightcause people to write off Stanford footballlike they did Kings of Leon when they putout Only by the Night. Only I forgot onecrucial piece of information: Kings of Leonactually do suck.Stanford football doesnt.

So here I am,staring at a 4-0 Cardinal foot-ball team in 2010 that somehow has onceagain captured the hearts and minds of this

campus.Theres an overwhelming feeling herein our little bubble that this could be our year.

Ill be watching on Sunday, cheering onmy Cardinal with the rest of you thesketchy grad students, the materials sciencenerds, and everyone in between. Normally,this would be a huge problem, but Im okwith it now.This team is too great to keep tomyself.I think its about time the whole coun-try knew what Stanford football is all about.

Just remember one thing: I liked themfirst.

Want to talk football? Or are you just confusedabout the definition of satire? E-mail Shane at

[email protected].

I Liked Stanford Football When It Was StillOn Vinyl

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I Cant Hear You

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Cardinal walk-ons flourish in rolesBy WYNDAM MAKOWSKY

MANAGING EDITOR

Stanford, like the rest of its Divi-sion I compatriots, is allotted 85scholarships to use for its footballprogram at any given time.With theability to secure such a wealth of tal-ent with the promise of a free educa-tion, it is often easy to forget aboutthe players who pay their own wayand hold down the teams remainingspots:the walk-ons.

Indeed, at some schools, they re-main an afterthought.Redshirt fresh-man Robbie Picazo,a walk-on,spokeof stories he had heard of players who

never received game time,solely be-cause of their scholarship status.

But Stanford prides itself on itsability to recruit athletes who,for onereason or another,fly under the radarin high school.Two years ago, Direc-tor of Football Administration MikeEubanks declared: No successfulprogram can operate without astrong walk-on program. His state-ment, said well before Stanford hadachieved a No.9 national ranking,hasproven to be prophetic.

Ryan and Griff Whalen theCardinals No. 1 and No.3 receivers,respectively as well as NateWhitaker,a Lou Groza Award candi-

date as Stanfords kicker, and ZachNolan,the teams errorless long snap-per,came to The Farm without schol-arships in hand. And the Cardinalsall-important scout teams whichprepare the starters and top reservesfor the next opponent by mimickingits schemes are littered with walk-ons,many of whom are recognized bycoach Jim Harbaugh publicly,and ona weekly basis,for their practice per-formances.

The road to prominence is certain-

ly not easy, but Harbaugh is clear:walk-ons are not thought of different-ly,or set at an inherent disadvantagefrom the onset of their careers. The

thinking goes: If a player shows hecan contribute, he will contribute,re-gardless of whether or not he has afree ride.

We look at walk-ons the same aseverybody else,Harbaugh said.Wego and get guys who are good footballplayers and then try to evaluate them.Theres no different method.

Stanford is a lot different fromother places, Picazo said. CoachHarbaugh treats you the same,and ifyou can help the team,youre going to

play. Its a lot different from otherschools.

FOES ON THE FARM

By

LIZZY COLLINS

On Sept.18, for the firsttime in school history,the No. 9 Stanfordfootball team woreall-black uniforms in

its home game against Wake For-est. Upon first glance, spectatorsand fans were shocked to see theCardinal wearing a foreign color.For some, the addition of a thirduniform was genius. For others, itwas a miserable failure.

A handful of the teams veteran

players helped design the blackuniforms, which were provided byNike back in 2008.However,it wasnot until the beginning of this sea-son that head football coach JimHarbaugh offered the players theopportunity to wear the new gear.

Personally, I loved them,saidsophomore linebacker ShayneSkov.

The Stanford football team tra-ditionally wears red jerseys withwhite pants at home and eitherwhite jerseys with red pants or all-white uniforms when they play onthe road. Historically, it is uncom-mon for teams to vary the colors oftheir uniforms.It has, however, be-come increasingly popular to cre-ate color combinations that areoutside the norm.

With the new look came a re-markable performance as Stanfordeasily defeated Wake Forest, 68-24.

Maybe it was the black uni-

forms, joked redshirt sophomorequarterback Andrew Luck.

Harbaugh was reluctant to ad-dress the issue, while assuring thatthe teams performance was moreimportant than the color of its uni-forms.Fans,however,could not help

but express their opinions.Studentswere both excited and disappointed

about the new look,yet they all ac-knowledged the new spirit in the re-cently indomitable team.

Theyre horrible, said JenniOckelmann 11. All the students

and spectators are out there in redand white,and for some reason our

team is in black? It doesnt make

any sense.I think theyre intimidating,

said Andrew Molina 11.They rep-resent the huge shift in the lastthree years of Stanford football,and I love them.

Black is fierce and adds a levelof intensity to Stanford footballthat the Cardinal may have beenlacking. For the first time since1986, Stanford is off to a 4-0 start,and with the way it has been play-ing, the black could be a positive in-dicator of what is to come.

When you wear all black, youhave a different attitude, Skovsaid.

The players were energized asthey ran out of the tunnel in a massof black and lit up the stadium withtheir newfound spirit. Thoughcheering for the team in black wasunusual, the Red Zone did not missa step.Stanford football is making aname for itself,and the stunning all-

black uniforms helped elevate itswe mean business identity.

I loved the black uniforms,said sophomore running back TylerGaffney.I know some alumni maynot have liked them,but putting up68 points,we cant complain.

Love it or hate it,the new look isnot here to stay. The Bootleg re-ported that the all-black uniformswill likely not be seen again thisyear.

Probably not this season,Har-baugh said.We just prefer to wearour standard uniforms in the con-ference games, but I think wellwear them again at some point.

Harbaugh has been known torefer to himself as a traditionalist,so at least for now,the team will besporting its conventional uniforms.Expect the traditional cardinal andwhite at the teams next homegame,Oct. 9 against rival USC.

Contact Lizzy Collins at [email protected].

By KATHERINE KNOX

The No.1 Stanford womens volleyballteam (12-0, 2-0 Pac-10) returns to MaplesPavilion this weekend to host Oregon State(8-8,1-1) and No.11 Oregon (12-0,2-0).

Stanfords conference home opener pitsthe squad against the unranked Beavers forthe teams 56th matchup in Pac-10 history.The Cardinal has been nothing short ofdominant in the series, winning all 55matches to date.

Oregon State split against the Washing-ton schools last weekend to open up its reg-ular season.The Beavers come to Palo Altofresh off a win at home against rival Wash-ington State.

The match will yield a battle at the net,as

OSU currently leads the Pac-10 in blockson the season,while Stanford tops the chartin overall kills.Beaver sophomore middleblocker Ashley Eneliko ranks second in thePac-10 in blocks, garnering 1.23 per game.Freshman middle blocker Mona Kressl alsoranks ahead of Stanfords block leader,red-shirt junior Stephanie Browne.

On the offensive end, Stanford senioroutside hitter Alix Klineman ranks secondin the Pac-10 in kills this season,while OSUsenior outside hitter Jill Sawatzsky isranked sixth. Both players have at leasttwice as many kills as any teammate, mak-ing a showdown at the pins inevitable.

An aggressive net game is sure to rile upthe fans, especially the first true Cardinalcrowd of the season. Although the fresh-man class made its debut at Maples duringthe Stanford Invitational against UC-Irvineand Marquette earlier this month, thisweekend marks the first home match whileschool is in session.

This weekend is really exciting for thefreshmen because we will get to experiencethe feeling of playing in front of the studentbody and all our fans, said freshman out-side hitter Rachel Williams.

All the teams competing in Maples thisweekend are coming off victories and eachis seeking to maintain a winning recordthroughout conference play.

The Ducks come to the Bay after upset-ting previously undefeated No. 7 Washing-ton at home last weekend, beating theHuskies for the first time in 10 years.Sittingat No.11, Oregon now lies on the verge ofits first top-10 ranking on the season.

Oregons rise in the NCAA rankingscan be partially attributed to an effectiveservice game.The Ducks top the Pac-10 inaces senior Heather Meyers is first andsophomores Kat Fischer and JocelynLevig place fourth and fifth, respectively.This is the only team statistic for whichStanford does not rank in the top three in

the conference.Williams affirms that the team is focus-

ing on perfecting the little things andpreparing as best [it] can. Practices ofteninclude situations that simulate servingunder pressure at zones on the court,as if totarget a specific passer or weaker locationin the lineup.

Our main focus this season is to take astep forward each week,said senior liberoGabi Ailes. After the weekend, we take alook at film from our matches and work onour weaknesses until they become ourstrengths.

Luckily for the Card, its serve-receivegame is one of its strengths,an aspect whichmay counteract the Ducks effective serv-ing on Saturday night whether or not Stan-ford can deliver from the service line.

As a top-ranked team, Oregon alsoearns a bulk of its points at the pins.Meyersand Fischer who switch unpredictablybetween the left and right sides,both withinand between points rank sixth and sev-

enth in points earned per set,which speaksto their ability to split the block.Both play-ers, like Klineman,also frequently run anaggressive back-row attack, making theiropponents liable for a variety of shots.

Additionally, Duck redshirt sophomoreoutside hitter Alaina Bergsma earned a sea-son-high 21 kills,scored 23 points and wonPac-10 Player of the Week after her per-formance against the Washington schools.With at least three offensive threats on thecourt at all times,the Cardinal blockers anddefenders will have their work cut out forthem.

Nonetheless,Stanford tops the Pac-10 inassists and kills, ranks second in digs androunds out the top three in blocks.

Both teams enter the match undefeated,posting identical records of 2-0 in the Pac-10 and 14-0 on the season.Despite the Car-

Iwould be lying out of my teeth if Itold you that Ive been remotelyfollowing Major League Baseballthis year. I just learned that theBraves are winning the NL Wild

Card race,and I recognized less than halfof the starters in the Red Sox lineupthree nights ago.

Thus, it seems pretty ridiculous thatId even attempt to discuss the AL CyYoung race because 1) I hardly knowanything about it and 2) I dont reallycare.What I am aware of,however,is that

this years field is strong and a little weird.There are five pitchers that could possi-bly win the award that is annually givento the best hurler:Bostons John Lesterand Clay Buchholz, the Yankees C.C.Sabathia,Tampa Bays David Price andSeattles Felix Hernandez.

All of those pitchers are big-nameplayers oozing with skill and/or poten-tial.Not one of them comes as that big ofa surprise, and all have posted prettyspectacular numbers this season.

Here is where it gets strange.It seemsas if the race will come down to Sabathia,Price and Hernandez. Sabathia andPrice bring pretty gaudy,but rather stan-dard, numbers to the Cy Young table.The Yankee is 21-7 with a 3.18 ERA and197 strikeouts,and Price is 19-6 with a2.73 ERA and 187 strikeouts.

Meanwhile, Felix Hernandez is just13-12, but has an ERA of 2.27 and 232freaking strikeouts.

Were now in an age in sports wherestatistics are more relevant than ever,

and individual talent canandshould bemeasured with numbers.The traditionalbaseball experts are having troublewrapping their heads around a potentialCy Young winner with just 13 victoriesto his name and 12 losses. They seeSabathia and Price,star pitchers on twoof the most dominant teams in baseball,as better fits.Well guess what?

Winning isnt everything.Ill be completely honest and say that

I dont know diddly about sabermetrics.WARP,WHIP and PERA sound moreto me like animal activist groups thancomprehendible measurements of aplayers ability.

What I do know is this:In baseball,you cant win without scoring.The Raysand the Yankees have no problem in thisdepartment, combining for 1,633 runswhile smacking 158 and 198 home runs,respectively. Even when Price andSabathia had off days,they could get therun support necessary for wins.I prom-ise Im not trying to discount their sea-

sons in any way.Its just that,in baseball,scoring is a fundamental part of winning.Crazy,right?

So what is Hernandezs deal? The

Seattle Mariners absolutely suck.Theyare abysmal. Felixs friends have donelittle to help his case,registering just 501runs on a measly .235 collective average.The Mariners are currently the onlyteam in all of baseball with fewer than100 dingers (99). At 35 games under.500, its pretty easy to see why Hernan-dez has just 13 wins one earned run istoo often not enough to seal a win.

My point here isnt to advocate forHernandez even though, with thelimited research I did for this column,hes the most deserving but rather toput to rest the conservative view that theonly stat that matters for a player in anyprofessional sport is winning.Taking an

athletes performance out of context todecrease his perceptive value is com-pletely unfair and is an antiquatedmethod for awarding honors.

Still, I have friends who wholeheart-edly believe that the most important sta-tistic for determining whether a player isof Hall of Fame caliber is number ofchampionships won.They believe thatRobert Horry is a better basketballplayer and more deserving of a vote intoSpringfield than,say,a Reggie Miller.

Horry is a career 42.5 percent shoot-er from the field and just 34 percentfrom outside the arc.He averaged exact-ly seven SEVEN!!! points pergame in just over 24 minutes of play.Compared to Miller,who hit nearly halfof his field goals and 40 percent of histhrees while averaging 18 points pergame,Horrys Hall of Fame credentialsare laughable.Sure,he hit some big shotsand has won seven titles,but those camewith some of the best teams ever.If youhad put me on the 2000 Lakers as the

12th man, they still would have won atitle.Let me remind you that in June of2000 I was nine years old,less than fivefeet tall and my favorite musical artistwas Eiffel 65.

The moral of the story is that regard-less of how many rings Horry won, hewasnt half the player that Reggie Millerwas.If you were to pick an NFL quarter-back to build a historical fantasy teamaround,would you choose Super Bowlchampion Trent Dilfer, or a loser likeDan Marino? Is Ty Cobb multiple rungsbelow David Eckstein on the greatest-players-of-all-time ladder?

So give Felix Hernandez his props,award him the Cy Young and get yourhead out of the sand.This is 2010,and wehave the ability to analyze everynanometer of a players performance.Championship rings are the ultimateteamgoal,but they shouldnt be relied onfor determining individual ability.

After all, its not whether you win orlose,its how you play the game.

Zach Zimmermans favorite artist is stillEiffel 65.Ask him why that makes himblue at [email protected].

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The top-ranked Stanford womens volleyball team returns home this weekend to take on a pair ofconference opponents in Oregon State and No. 11 Oregon. The Cardinal remains undefeated this year.

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The No. 9 Cardinal shows off its surprising black uniforms againstWake Forest on Sept. 18. The new gear is unlikely to appear again

this season.

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No. 1 women facetough Oregon teams

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In the past two years in particular,the walk-on program has flourished.If a viewer were to watch the secondhalf of Stanfords win over Wake For-est, for example,he or she would haveseen a field filled with redshirt fresh-man walk-ons from the recruitingclass of 2009.There was receiver SamKnapp making his first career recep-tion.There was running back AndrewStutz scoring a touchdown on just hissecond carry. There was linebackerBrent Etiz jumping the snap countwith regularity, and recording threetackles, including one for a loss. Allwere seeing their first collegiate ac-tion;all performed up to par.

You come full circle,and you real-ly feel like youre contributing, Etizsaid.

Knapp,Stutz and Etiz were not theonly ones to get in on the action. JacobGowan, Brent Seals and MylesMuagututia have all seen playing timein multiple games this season.Muagututia, a safety, was rewardedwith a scholarship before the yearbegan. Even players that have yet toget snaps have played significantroles. Picazo, as a true freshman, wasthe No.2 quarterback in the Sun Bowllast season,and Michael Spanos, whois out for the year with a torn ACL,won Harbaughs praise throughout

spring practices, and may have seen

time in 2010 had he been healthy.For most, playing time is fleeting.Knapp had no illusions of grandeur.

Whenever youre third string,youre always watching the score-board and hoping,he said. In termsof playing time, you dont really ex-pect any,so any that you get is a hugebonus.

That said, the walk-ons are im-mensely serious about their prepara-tions. Although those are mainly forthe benefit of the starters, their scoutteam work has them ready shouldplaying time should arise.

Etiz provides a fine example.Against the Demon Deacons, heseemed to be in the backfield as soonas the ball was snapped.He attributedthat success to studying Wake Forestssilent count on film and during thegame.

I timed it up,and the pieces cameinto place, he said.We take a lot ofpride in our work;it means a lot to us.

That collective mentality was onethat the class established as soon as itcame to campus.

We definitely came in and bond-ed instantly, Knapp said.We have areally strong class.

For his part, Harbaugh recognizesthe ability of this particular walk-ongroup.

Theres no question that lastyears class was the best weve had,he said.

But he is never the one to rest onhis laurels or resist issuing a challenge.

The newest class is really good,

too,Harbaugh said.I cant tell whichone will be better in the long run.

Contact Wyndam Makowsky [email protected].

WALKContinued from page 5

dinal posting a 47-3 historical recordagainst the Ducks, the teams splittheir last two meetings as each won onits home court in 2009 conferenceplay.

Home-court advantage is histori-cally significant in this matchup Stanford has not lost to Oregon inMaples Pavilion since 1989.

We are coming off of playing thepast four out of five weekends on theroad,Ailes said.Playing on the roadcomes with many challenges traveltime wearing down bodies,playing indifficult atmospheres with hostilecrowds, and adjusting to time zonechanges. We are looking forward toplaying in front of our home crowd.

Stanford takes on Oregon State onFriday and Oregon on Saturday.Bothmatches are set to start at 7 p.m. atMaples Pavilion.

Contact Katherine Knox at [email protected].

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Cantor names

new curator

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

The Cantor Arts Center an-nounced the appointment of Eliza-beth Kathleen Mitchell as the newBurton and Deedee McMurtry Cura-tor of Drawings, Prints and Pho-tographs. Mitchell will begin her du-ties, which include overseeing almost7,000 artworks from the 15th to the

20th century,in November.Mitchell was formerly an assistant

curator in the department of Prints,Drawings and Photographs at theMuseum of Fine Arts Boston, whereher primary duty was to coordinatethe works on paper that are now inte-

grated into the galleries in the newWing of the Art of the Americas.Ad-ditionally, from 2008 to 2010, shetaught a course on modern Mexicanart at the Massachusetts College ofArt as an adjunct lecturer.

Mitchell earned her Ph.D. fromUC-Santa Barbara in 2006. Beforebeginning her graduate studies, shewas the 1997-1999 Lynn and Philip A.Straus Curatorial Intern in the FoggArt Museums Print Department atHarvard University.

Mitchell joins four other curators atthe Cantor Arts Center,each with ex-pertise in a respective area.Aside fromdrawings, prints and photographs, thecollections include:European art, artsof Africa and the Americas, modernand contemporary art and Asian art.Intotal, the Center houses over 30,000objects spanning 5,000 years, from an-cient Egypt to the modern day.

Samantha McGirr

clean energy field,said Sally Benson,director of GCEP.

Hes an interesting guy and hasinteresting perspectives on interna-tional issues that are central to solv-ing energy problems,Benson said.

During the talk, Friedman de-cried past and present practices thatvalue profit over sustainability.

We have treated both the mar-ket and Mother Nature with same

principle: Ill be gone, youll begone, Friedman said.Plow up theAmazon to sell soybeans.

Friedman warned of a difficultfuture if the world economy doesnot adopt more greenpractices.

If we dont bring sustainablevalues to [the market and nature],then we are going to be more unfree

than if the greatest generation hadnot won the Cold War, Friedmansaid.

Friedman also drew ties betweenthe price of oil and political oppres-sion.

Petrolist states are totally de-pendent on oil for their GDP, hesaid.As the price of oil goes down,freedom goes up.

The best solution to these prob-lems is a sustainable energy systemor, as Friedman phrased it, abun-dant, cheap,clean, reliable electrons the next great global industry.

Though popular sentiment holdsgovernments responsible for regu-

lating clean energy, this is a prob-lem that will be solved by innovatorsand engineers, not regulators,Friedman said.

Coming closer to this goal ofwidespread, sustainable energy wasthe motivation behind the sympo-sium, Benson said.

A sustainable energy system is

affordable, accessible, secure andprotective of the environment, shesaid, adding that a goal of the sym-posium is to bring forward theseideas and develop new approachesto make energy more sustainable.

Friedman compared global-scaledevelopment of clean energy withthe tech revolution in the 1990s,dur-ing which the developed world rap-idly integrated the Internet into itseveryday life.

When the green revolutionruns its course, instead of living indrastically different ways,when wewin, were still going to have thesame light, heating and cooling and

mobility with a better planet andenvironment,he predicted.Following Friedmans speech, the

GCEP symposium focused on thecarbon cycle and how it informs peo-ple about carbon dioxide emissions.Throughout the symposium, speak-ers and panel discussions comple-mented posters and presentations

from graduate and postdoctoral stu-dents.

From a societal perspective, wereally need to provide access toeveryone, Benson said. From aneconomic perspective, energy needsto be affordable to everyone.

Friedman concluded by tellingstudents in the audience who wantedto make a difference in the develop-ment of clean energy to get out ofFacebook and into somebodysface.

Im kind of an old fart, but . . .politics in this country is still analog,he added.We need to be the regen-eration.

Contact Tyler Brown at [email protected].

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Members of the council expressedsome resistance to the plan, reason-ing that the new plan was not clearlydistinguishable or necessarily better-priced than the plan that already ex-isted for graduate students, whichcharges a flat $5.95 for lunch and

$6.95 for dinner. Rodriguez assuredthe GSC that the proposed plan wasunique due to its increased efficiency

and the addition of Cardinal Dollars.Ultimately, some members wantedan option closer to home.

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ASSU executives Angelina Car-dona 11 and Kelsei Wharton 12

joined the meeting with an update onupcoming programming. They invit-ed the graduate students to the Fallinto Health event slated for Friday

in White Plaza.Currently working to-gether to draft a revamped sexualhealth survey which Vaden HealthCenter will release later in the quar-ter, the group discussed the possibili-ty of offering two iPads as prizes toencourage student participation.

This information will be ultra-helpful and it will be really importantin terms of research for these issues,said Cardona.

Opinions differed on whether of-fering one iPad or several smallerprizes at the same cost would be moreeffective at boosting student respons-es,but the group saved the discussionfor another day and ultimately ap-proved $550 for the prizes, roughlythe cost of a basic iPad.

Contact Anna Schuessler at [email protected]

MEALContinued from front page

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Those present expressed theirgratitude for Lis generosity.Kristin Goldthorpe,a project man-ager at the medical school,said theopening of the center represents aliteral break from the past.

We used to be in the AlwayBuilding, Goldthorpe said. Bymoving, we went from 1959 to2010 literally a move to thetwenty-first century. Its an honor

to work in such a great building.

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equipped with energy- and water-ef-ficient appliances, allowing eachhome to exceed state energy-effi-ciency standards by at least 15 per-cent.

Additionally,the homes architec-tural styles complement the sur-rounding Palo Alto homes. Five dif-ferent architectural styles and fourdifferent floor plans allowed facultymembers to choose homes that

would best serve their needs.We have tried to avoid making a

cookie-cutter development here,Griego said. Instead, weve reallytried to create a community.

In addition to the 39 Olmsted Ter-race homes,25 homes, including fourduplex buildings (eight units) and 17single-family homes are available forrent between Olmsted Road and ElCamino Real. Seven homes werecompleted for occupancy on Sept.24,with the rest set to be completed byDecember 2010.

Contact Kelsey King at [email protected].

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NEWS BRIEFS

percent of ED directors had nophilosophical opposition to offeringpreventive services,but rather saw itas an issue of r esources.

Robert Norris, chief of emer-

gency medicine at Stanford Hospi-tal, concurred that cost serves as aprimary determinant of services.

When youre in a resource-con-strained environment, you have topick and choose, he said in a state-ment.

Delgado emphasized that al-though these services help patients,they may be misplaced. Preventivecare services can draw money and

time away from patients arrivingwith true emergencies, increasingwait lines and costs.

You have to balance that withthe fact that youre mainly there toprovide acute care,and you cant doanything to compromise that mis-sion.

Contact Julia Brownell at [email protected].

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