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April 10, 2009
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www.stanforddaily.com Volume 235
Issue 34

VADEN FEES CONVEY

EXTENT OF CRISIS
Budget shortfall leads to $167 fee per quarter
By JULIA BROWNELL
DESK EDITOR
As announced on
Wednesday, the University will
no longer be subsidizing most
Vaden Health Center services
that were previously covered by
the general fund. Beginning next
year, Vaden will charge students
a $167 Health Services Fee
every quarter to continue its
programs.
“The reality is that this was a
very difficult situation,” said
VIVIAN WONG/The Stanford Daily Vice Provost for Student Affairs
Greg Boardman in an interview
Entrepreneurial Fever Stanford alum, Jen Hsun Huang MS ‘92, speaks to an overflow crowd as part of the with The Daily. “With the rising
cost of health services . . . [the
BASES-hosted Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) Seminar. Huang, who recently donated $30 million for the con-
fee] was, in our opinion, the best
struction of the Jen Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center, is a co-founder and CEO of Nvidia. way to manage this.”
Please see page 6 for a full story on ETL In the past, health services at
Stanford were divided into three
parts: off-site services covered
by students’ insurance plans;
Vaden services that were not
covered by insurance, but were
offered free to students through
the University’s general funds;
and finally, out-of-pocket
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including the PHE program. cial aid, the fee will be included
“We’re working to preserve in their aid plan.
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SPORTS
WILL PAUL
SUSPENDED
SOPHOMORE FORWARD OUT
UNTIL AT LEAST 2010
By WYNDAM MAKOWSKY
MANAGING EDITOR
Stanford has suspended redshirt sopho-
more Will Paul for a full academic year, The
Daily learned earlier this week and confirmed
on Thursday. As a result, he will be ineligible
for the 2009-2010 men’s basketball season.
The suspension is due to scholastic issues, but
the extent and specific nature of the problems
are unknown at this time.
“Will has fallen short in fulfilling the aca-
demic requirements established for Stanford
and our basketball program,” said coach
Johnny Dawkins in an athletics department
press release.
Paul, a forward/center, is not currently
studying at Stanford, but will be able to re-
enroll before spring quarter of 2010, and
could theoretically rejoin the Cardinal basket-
ball program at that time.
Paul was expected to help fill the void left
by the Lopez twins this year, but struggled to
establish himself in the Cardinal’s lineup. He
started six of the 23 games in which he played,
battling injuries throughout the latter part of
the season. He averaged four points per game,
Please see PAUL, page 6
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Redshirt sophomore Will Paul was expected
to play a key role in the post for Stanford next
season. His absence could leave the
Cardinal men perilously thin in the paint.
ASSU
Elections
BACKGROUND CHECK: THE EXEC SLATES
DAVID GOBAUD
JAY DE LA TORRE
By ELLEN HUET and ZOE RICHARDS
The role of the ASSU Executive is traditionally one of
coordination, as the Executives work to organize efforts
between students, administration, staff and faculty to
achieve their goals. In an interview with The Daily, David
Gobaud ‘08 MS ‘10 and Jay de la Torre ‘10 explained that
the slate’s overall theme is a “close partnership” with all
parts of the University. Students who have worked with
Gobaud and de la Torre in the past generally gave positive
reviews of their collaboration and management skills.
Gobaud’s background is in computer science, but he
has managed public service initiatives and is an advocate
of improving graduate student life. De la Torre has been
involved with public service through several different
organizations on campus.
Last year, Gobaud ran for Executive with Greg
Goldgof ‘09. Goldgof is not running again this year since
he plans to graduate, but as Gobaud’s former running
mate, he has unique insight into Gobaud’s strengths and
weaknesses as a manager.
Goldgof especially emphasized Gobaud’s dedication
to remaining up-to-date with current issues and doing the
necessary research to be well-informed regarding student
concerns.
“He asks students what they actually believe and
want,” Goldgof said. “He will always be working harder,
doing his research, and searching for the right thing to do,
without having the hubris to think his personal opinion is
more important than detailed research, discussion and
reflection.”
Goldgof also had comments regarding Gobaud’s
weaknesses and improvements since last year, specifically
regarding community organizing.
“Observing him last year, his weakness was an inexpe-
rience with the type of community organizing necessary to
win student election,” he said. “However, through the
course of the last election, working with [current
Executives] Jonny and Fagan, and helping me with
Stanford’s record-breaking No On 8 campaign, I hope he
has overcome this weakness.”
The Gobaud/de la Torre platform also emphasizes
increased representation and advocacy of graduate stu-
dent issues. Gobaud and de la Torre have promised to
deliver greater graduate student involvement in the ASSU
by fostering the relationship between the Undergraduate
Senate and Graduate Student Council (GSC), and lobby-
ing for graduate student priorities such as low-cost hous-
ing and health insurance.
“Housing and health insurance have been long-stand-
ing issues for graduate students, and it’s great to know that
David and Jay are committed to helping the GSC tackle
these matters,” said GSC co-Chair Polina Segalova, a
third-year mechanical engineering graduate student.
“They have an excellent understanding of these topics and
their history at Stanford.”
Segalova explained how in her interactions with him
Please see GOBAUD, page 2
BENNETT HAUSER
MATT SPRAUGE
By CHRISTINE MCFADDEN
and MARISA LANDICHO
Selling their financial leadership and experience, Bennett
Hauser ‘10 and Matt Sprague ‘10 have argued that their
Stanford Student Enterprises (SSE) backgrounds make
them suitable to be ASSU Executives. Feedback from their
current employers and employees supports these claims,
revealing the candidates’ strength in cultivating positive per-
sonal relationships.
For the last year, Hauser and Sprague have served on the
financial side of the ASSU under Stanford Student
Enterprises (SSE), a fact that has taken center stage in their
campaign. Hauser has managed the Student Store for the
past two years, and Sprague has worked as the director of
Capital Group.
Their superiors and direct reports had only kind words to
say of the candidates.
“[Hauser and Sprague] have the skills of efficiency that
are important for any executive,” said SSE CEO Matt
McLaughlin ‘08,who supervises both Hauser and Sprague.“I
think the numbers speak for themselves.”
“Diligent” and a “hard-worker,” Hauser worked every
weekday and often on the weekends, according to
McLaughlin,who said that Hauser increased the profit of the
Student Store by a factor of three, from $50,000 to $150,000,
in his first year as general manager.
Furthermore, profits are on track to increase by another
10 percent for the current year, a feat that McLaughlin
described as “phenomenal”considering the state of the econ-
omy.
Workers in the Student Store also praised Hauser’s man-
agement abilities.
“We had two general managers, but everyone would
always call Ben,” said Keith Knapp ‘11, who has worked in
the Student Store since the start of winter quarter.
“[Hauser] trusts people . . . but has enough firmness so
that you don’t keep pushing him,” he added.
Hauser garnered similar praise from his second job as
2008-2009 ASSU Executive Cabinet Cost of Living co-chair.
Fellow Chair Eugene Nho ‘10 described Hauser as a
“great working partner” and said the two shared the work-
load equally.He noted that Hauser headed the ASSU airport
shuttle project.
“I had a really good time working with him,” Nho said.
“He brings fresh ideas. I’m really impressed.”
Nho recognized Hauser’s ability to work on a team.
“I remember one time when I got really busy during last
quarter,” he recalled. “Bennett really stepped up. It was just
perfect teamwork.He just kept the ball rolling until the finish
line.When he was busy, I took the baton.”
Sprague, Hauser’s running mate, earned praised for both
his work in Capital Group and as a residential assistant (RA)
in Toyon. As Capital Group director, Sprague oversees the
finances of over 600 student groups and a budget of around
$7 million.
McLaughlin commended Sprague’s job performance and
Please see HAUSER, page 6
ASSU ELECTIONS
SBS retools
with platform
Slate pledges to revamp IHUM, PWR;
decries “mediocre administration”
By RYAN MAC and ELLEN HUET
Students for a Better Stanford (SBS), a coalition of
12 Undergraduate Senate candidates with a “shared
approach,” released a revamped platform earlier this
week with a slew of campaign promises, encompassing
a variety of issues from Office of Student Activities
(OSA) reform to reviewing PWR and IHUM pro-
grams.
But in an interview with The Daily last Sunday, the
group asserted that they have “incredibly different
vantage points on issues” and a “variety of opinions.”
The candidates insisted that they are united not by a
common ideological thread, but by a “common vision
of what student government should look like.”
The online platform may showcase a change in
course, however, as it details a consolidated list of
promises that all the allied candidates will work
towards, in contrast with earlier talks of individuals
connected only by a pledge for civil cooperation if
elected.
“What unifies us is how we will conduct our busi-
ness,” said Adam Creasman ‘11 in the interview on
Sunday. “We all work well together and are willing to
compromise.”
Currently, the group’s stated platform sports the
title “Students for a Better Stanford: A Slate for
Undergrad Senate.” But in Sunday’s interview, the
group unequivocally denied that they were a united
slate.
“We are not a political slate,” said Varun Sivaram
‘11 in the group interview. “Each of us has very specif-
ic ideas.”
“I think the reason why we hesitate to use slate was
because in the past, the word ‘slate’ has been used in a
very specific context of sponsorship,” said Howard Tan
‘11. “I think it’s fair to say it was a summary and a con-
solidation of individual platforms.”
“We don’t shy away from the fact that we’re differ-
ent from one another,” added Alan Guo ‘11. “By no
means should we say that SBS has homogeneous
views.”
The new platform promises a wide array of goals
without great detail regarding their implementation
and approach. Among the more ambitious promises is
a “review of PWR/ IHUM programs, to see whether
writing requirements are better suited for majors.”
When approached with the question of implemen-
tation, however, SBS member and current Senate
Chair Shelley Gao ‘11 wrote in an email to The Daily
that SBS hopes “to collaborate with administrators to
institute comprehensive review of IHUM/PWR
instructors at [the] end of each quarter. We also intend
to empower the IHUM and PWR boards with greater
authority to influence course offerings and represent
student opinion.”
Please see SBS, page 6

Index Opinions/3 • Sports/4 • Classifieds/5 Recycle Me

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TOP 8 SPECIAL FEE REQUESTS GOBAUD “David and Jay will

Continued from front page
Total Cost Per
Group Budget Student Comments last year, Gobaud showed “good judg-
provide the student
ment and a real commitment to
serve.” She said that he attended
It’s the highest request because SCN puts on the most expensive events
at Stanford. We don’t ask for students to pay for any of our concerts...We almost every GSC meeting and con- body the diligent,
1 bring in people like Grammy-winning artists, so it is quite expensive. We tributed ideas, showing his eagerness
Stanford Concert $135,180.00 $24.24 to work on graduate student issues.
Network definitely use all of our money every year on student events.
Roxie Dickinson '10, Director (and Daily sports writer) Segalova also told The Daily that
she appreciated the fact that Gobaud hard-working,
and de la Torre did not promise to
solve the issues, since in her opinion,
Club sports benefits 20 teams, and each of those teams has a large such a promise would be an empty socially conscious
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budget of its own. Even though we added a team – cheer – our request one. Instead, the slate “[pledged] to
went down a couple of thousand, because we are encouraging teams to work with the GSC toward a solution
Stanford Club Sports $85,251.00 $15.36 be frugal. at the University, state and federal
Barbara Mazina '09, Financial Manager level.”
Gobaud also worked alongside
leadership that it
Dance Marathon Executive Director
Jessie Liu ‘09 to coordinate a public
service opportunity for tech-oriented deserves.”
3 KZSU 90.1 FM $78,974.00 $14.16 Could not be reached for comment students. Dance Marathon’s Hack-A-
Thon for computer science students
was a 24-hour coding session for pro- — GREG GOLDGOF ‘09
gramming for philanthropic organiza-
tions’ Web sites. Liu recounted in an
It has mostly to do with the number of events we play for, and the sort of email to The Daily how Gobaud had
requirements that go into that. We have over 200 events that we play at impressed her upon their first

4 each year, and generally they are either athletic events or charity events. encounter about his project.
LSJUMB - Stanford Band $70,642.00 $12.66 We actually had to take a bit of a cut compared to past years, when we “David was extraordinarily organ-
had the budget defense with the ASSU. ized,” Liu said. “He’d be one or two
Nate Foorman '09, Band Manager steps ahead of the game.”
Gobaud recruited coders for the
Hack-A-Thon by announcing the
event to about nine different comput-
er science classes,according to Liu.She
community, and as a leader on the
[Emerging Leaders] Retreat, he
served as a friendly and outgoing pres-
ence,” Dosu said. “I feel that he really
strove to cultivate leadership in others
and believed in students’ ability to
improve the campus.”
De la Torre has continued involve-

5 Stanford Film Society
$61,225.00 $10.98 Could not be reached for comment
was also moved by Gobaud’s tenacity
when reaching out to donors for
Dance Marathon. Gobaud garnered
several thousand dollars-worth of
donations from Yahoo! for the cause.
ASB runs between 13 and 15 spring break service-learning experiences When describing specific aspects of
Gobaud’s personality, Liu mentioned
ment in the Haas Center’s Public
Service Leadership program since
winter of last year and has taken pub-
lic service leadership coursework with
Haas, as well.
Still, not everyone shares a positive
view of the slate’s talents. Luukas Ilves

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each year, making it one of the largest community service organizations
on campus. We are maintaining our current level of special fees funding that Gobaud isn’t loud and boisterous ‘09, a second-term senator, circulated
Alternative Spring Break $58,982.32 $10.56 to ensure that all qualified applicants, regardless of income level, will about his opinions. Still, she noted that an email to 300 voters, saying that
have the opportunity to participate in our ASB program next year. Gobaud is able to complete tasks and Gobaud lacked the charisma shown
Donald Hoang ‘09, Financial Manager achieve results through his hard work by rival candidates Bennett Hauser
and thoughtful dedication. ‘10 and Matthew Sprague ‘10. He also
It may require the seventh-highest amount of special fees, but we are “One thing that blew me away said that Gobaud had been campaign-
really only asking students for three dollars a quarter, and that's just to about him was his willingness to learn ing since his loss last year and that he
about things he knew he didn’t know,” was unable to find a running mate

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help subsidize our printing costs. Given the tough financial situation that
we are facing right now, The Stanford Daily is relying on students more Liu said. “One thing David could until just before the filing deadline.
The Stanford Daily $58,493.00 $10.47 than ever to help us cover the cost of printing and help us provide our work on more is delegation, but Jay But sources close to the candidates
five-days-a-week news service to the whole community. We are the only and many others on his team are get- remain optimistic about their abilities
student group that provides that service. ting him to loosen up.” to coordinate across the Stanford
In Ho Lee '09, COO and Business Manager community as ASSU Executives.
Several students shared positive
remarks about the abilities of “David and Jay will provide the
AASA is an umbrella organization; it is not asking for fees for one student Gobaud’s right-hand man, de la Torre. student body the diligent, hard-work-

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Association
$47,590.10 $8.52 group, but 14 in total. We organize small events and big events, events
that the whole Stanford campus comes out to.
Christian Ngo '09, co-Chair
Folake Dosu ‘11 was a freshman when
she first met de la Torre, who was a
facilitator at the Haas Center’s
ing, socially conscious leadership that
it deserves,” Goldgof said.

Emerging Leaders Retreat. Contact Ellen Huet at ehuet@stanford.

COMPILED BY NIKHIL JOSHI “[Jay] clearly shows commitment edu and Zoe Richards at iamzoe@stan-
to public service and the Stanford ford.edu.
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A final ode to my wonderful girl
hen I returned home from six months
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in Berlin in September of last year, it
was like I had gone into a time warp. I
had to pinch myself to make sure that the pre-
vious half-year had actually happened. Reality
set in when I stepped back inside my house for
the first time on September 16, and beckoned
our family’s Black Labrador, Chilli, to come
over and say hello to her big brother.
It is only slight exaggeration to have called
Chilli my father’s favorite of his four children
ever since we got her in 1996. Eager to please,
patient, obedient, fiercely loyal (to every mem-
ber of the human race, I mean), she was ab-
solutely beloved by all of my family’s friends,
including my friends from Stanford who have
visited my family’s house.
After a few years, as our family developed
along with our dog, we began to see Chilli no
longer as a pet, but as a member of the family. I
stopped thinking of her in terms of what happi-
ness she offered me, but rather, in terms of her
needs,and what I could do to please her.Count-
less times, I would be heading up to my room
for sleep after a late night of work, when a sin-
gle small whimper and those begging, brown
eyes proved too much for me to resist, and I
would turn around to spend another ten min-
utes simply petting Chilli until I was sure she
knew she was loved.
I loved her right from the start - we all did -
and a true bond developed between Chilli and
me as I entered my teenage years. As I went
through my various troubles and teenage tra-
vails throughout middle and high school, Chilli
became my constant, and longest-tenured,
companion. Brilliant for a dog, with a human
sense of compassion, she was incredibly at-
tuned to people’s moods.She loved to play with
anyone who would throw a ball,even if she did-
n’t quite understand the second part of the two-
tiered game of fetch - and yet, if you were
down, she was equally content literally nosing
you in the chin, as if to say,“Stay in there. Keep
Samantha Lasarow
Head Copy Editor
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your head up.” If that sounds crazy to you, per-
haps you have never owned a dog. And if you
have, and still don’t get it - well, then, Chilli was
special.
This school year has been a happy one,
among the happiest of my life. Everything has
sort of fallen into place academically and so-
cially, ever since my return from study abroad
in September. It has been such a good era for
me that in some ways I kept waiting for the
other shoe to drop - something to shock me out
of my contented stupor.
In the beginning of February, about a week
after my 22nd birthday, it finally did. I had no-
ticed that Chilli had been slowing down ever
since I had returned from Berlin. My family
had attributed it merely to an aging process,
and we willed ourselves to ignore any signs that
something more serious was taking place. But
on this particular evening, a Saturday night
around 11 p.m., I received an unexpected call
from my father suggesting that I come home as
soon as possible. “It could be,” he said, “that
Chilli is on her last legs.”
When I arrived home that night and entered
the house,I was in shock.She could barely even
lift her head. Her once lively eyes rested sadly,
resigned, on her pillow.The rest of her body lay
limp, on its side, on her bed.
It would turn out that a tumor in her spine is
what had caused her to slow down, and now it
had paralyzed her. By the day following the
vet’s diagnosis, it was clear that Chilli’s run was
coming to a close. She was unhappy. Everyone
at home knew it, and after talking with my sis-
ter Deborah, in school on the east coast, she
knew it, too.
That weekend, for the first time since Chilli
was a puppy, my other sister Jessica and I spent
two nearly sleepless nights downstairs with her,
simply petting her, letting her know that we
were there for her. Every time she whined out
of unhappy frustration with her paralyzed con-
dition, we would get up and try to intuit what it
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was she wanted. Those two nights were a final
act of gratitude for all the joy she had given us.
Too soon, Monday night turned to Tuesday
morning,and we took her to the vet to be eutha-
nized. My parents, Jessica and I surrounded her,
and my sister Deborah was on the phone when
the final shot entered Chilli’s veins. Deborah’s
was the last voice Chilli heard before she died.
You want to feel as if you did not betray her
by putting her down, but you wonder. You al-
ways wonder. I still dream about Chilli a lot.
Stanford trains you for life, but nothing in life
can prepare you to deal with the loss of it. The
specific memories, the hazy recollections —
they all hurt. It’s been a few months, and still
when I close my eyes,images of a healthy Chilli
come racing to me. Running around the back-
yard, her friendliness, her quirkiness that gave
her personality — all those qualities we look
for in human friendships,I felt with her.If a pic-
ture is worth a thousand words, I have no idea
how many words I would need to describe what
all those frames running through my head
mean to me, but it’s more than the 750 I am al-
lotted, and it’s more than the thousand I am
using.
Chilli brought so much joy into my life, and
now she’s gone.And I don’t quite know how to
deal with the gravity of the fact that what I just
wrote is true, and it is real. Whatever joy 2009
may give me,I will remember it as the year I lost
a good friend.
Mark is glad he knew to treat her right while she
was around.When they’re gone,anything they did
to you won’t matter as much as what you remem-
ber doing for them. Email Mark at
mrdonig@stanford.edu.

L ETTER TO THE E DITOR T HE D UDE A BIDES

I just wanted to express my surprise and concern
over the new $167/quarter fee for using the Vaden
Health Center services. For graduate students, this will
equal a $668 annual fee. Including the new Cardinal
Care $400/quarter (after subsidy) minimum health in-
This aggression will not
surance cost, Stanford graduate students will be paying
$2268/year for mandatory health coverage.
A quick survey of Stanford and seven of our peer in-
stand
stitutions shows that we have the second-highest cost
of health fees for graduate students after Harvard. In

O
fact, three of those seven other institutions (MIT, Cor-
nell and Columbia) pay all health insurance and fees
on behalf of their students. We rank sixth out of the
eight schools in our net graduate stipend after health
fee deductions.
While $668 doesn’t seem like much, it is 2.3 percent
of our total graduate student income, and brings our
total health fees up to 7.9 percent of our income. This
can be a significant financial burden to a low-income
graduate student. The estimated graduate student liv-
ing expenses not including health care reported by the
Stanford Registrar’s office are $27,106/year. Without
only Cardinal Care and not the new annual health fee,
we would just be able to cover our estimated expenses.
With the new Vaden fee,the average student is sudden-
ly $584 in debt a year.
I understand that Stanford now finds itself under un-
precendented financial hardship and that concessions
need to be made all around to weather our current eco-
nomic turmoil. However, I wonder if there is not some
other way to make up the $9-12 million this fee would
generate. It just seems as if the University is asking for
financial aid from those least able to afford it.
Graduate school stipends, health fees, and net stipends
(after health fees):
Stanford - $28,700 stipend, $2,268 health fees, $26,432
net stipend
Berkeley - $26,500 stipend, $1,689 health fees, $24,811
net stipend
Harvard - $29,106 stipend, $2,830 health fees, $26,276
net stipend
MIT - $28,200 stipend, no health fees, $28,200 net
stipend
Cornell - $28,533 stipend, no health fees, $28,533 net
stipend
Columbia - $29,328 stipend, no health fees, $29,328 net
stipend
Yale - $28,000 stipend, $1,166 health fees, $26,884 net
stipend
Princeton - $28,600 stipend, $1,050 health fees, $27,550
net stipend
CHARLES C. L. MCCRORY
PhD candidate, chemistry
n April 3, 2009, the Iowa State
Supreme Court rules unanimously
(9-0) declared that the state’s ban
on gay marriage was unconstitutional and
had it immediately overturned. A legal
declaration for gay rights right out of
America’s conservative heartland, fol-
lowed up by Vermont’s recent legislative
legalization of gay marriage, may in fact be
the watershed moment the homosexual
movement was looking for. But I have to
say that, despite my agreement and happi-
ness in the Iowa court’s decision to prac-
tice law and not morality, I worry that by
legalizing gay marriage we trample on the
personal beliefs and rights of what seems
to be a majority of Americans.
Now, before you send me a burning
mountain of hate mail, let me qualify my
statement.
Marriage is a civil, or legal, institution.
In the eyes of the law there has never been,
nor should there ever be, any religious as-
pect to it at all. Period.
The “institution” of marriage, however,
is a peculiar one in American society: it
brings in arguments of tradition and faith
into a society that is supposed to be gov-
erned by law. It is a deeply personal mat-
ter, but it retains very high salience across
society.
This makes it very difficult to separate
arguments of reason and logic from argu-
ments of personal morals and subjective
ethics. Everyone has their own personal
stake in the marriage debate, whether reli-
gious, traditional or legal, and by mixing
personal morals with legal principles, we
destine marriage to be doomed to eternal
debate and conflict.
This is why I don’t like the idea of state-
sanctioned gay marriage.
This is why I don’t like the idea of state-
sanctioned marriage at all.
The joining of religion and civil func-
Zack
Warma
tion is guaranteed to cause problems be-
cause the state is supposed to be neutral
and fair, whereas religion is inherently bi-
ased towards its believers.
And that is where we run into prob-
lems.
Church “A” claims that their omnipo-
tent sky wizard says that redheads can’t
marry brunettes, church “B” claims that
their politburo of heavenly friends find it
unacceptable if anyone with an extra dose
of melanin in their skin marries anyone
without it, and most Christian churches
firmly hold that God believes any man
who wants to marry another man is an
“abomination.”
And you know what? I’m fine with that.
Religious organizations should be allowed
to discriminate to their tastes who they
allow to partake in their rituals and whom
they consider a member of their congrega-
tion. It is a right inherent to religions and a
right that the government cannot limit, es-
pecially in this country.
However, this right would also logically
preclude any religious involvement with
state and civil institutions.
It makes sense - religions are allowed
to discriminate due to their protection na-
ture. The state, on the other hand, cannot
discriminate against any member of the
public for the very simple reason that it is
illegal and unconstitutional to do so.
A religious institution shouldn’t have
the ability to exclude individuals from fed-
eral benefits and privileges simply because
of religious dogma and traditionalism,
right? Not only would that be very direct
public discrimination, it would be a down-
right moral tyranny of a majority against a
minority.
Yet, despite this seemingly obvious un-
derstanding, we have the modern institu-
tion of marriage.A religious institution di-
rectly bound to a civil one.
This needs to stop.There’s no other op-
tion. If we want this ongoing legal battle
and social conflict to end, and if we believe
the state should treat everyone as equal,
then the state has no choice but to get its
hands out of religious marriage and vice
versa.
The most logical and simple solution
for the state to take is to eliminate all state-
sanctioned marriage. The state cannot
marry anyone; they can only join them in
civil union with one another according to
the rule of law.This civil joining would rec-
ognize the couple in the same way that the
current state-sanctioned marriage does.
Full tax and access privileges, both state
and federal, would be granted to the cou-
ple upon the signing of the legal document.
Churches would still be allowed to
marry whomever they want, just without
the legal or tax benefits. In fact, this would
make it much easier to discriminate
against whoever they wish. Churches
could marry only whites, only Spanish-
speakers or only turtles for all anyone
cared. What matters is that their decisions
would not have any effect upon the legal
standing of the couple in question.
Married in the eyes of God? Congratu-
lations! If you want federal tax breaks and
recognitions, file for a civil union simulta-
neously.
If the churches of America truly believe
that marriage is a religious institution, then
let them back up their talk by reclaiming
the practice and giving up the federal ben-
efits.
Let judges and civil servants do the
legal paperwork for joining any two indi-
viduals who wish to declare union. Let
churches marry whomever they wish be-
fore God.
Just keep them separate.
“The clergy, by getting themselves estab-
lished by law and ingrafted into the machine
of government, have been a very formidable
engine against the civil and religious rights of
man.” — Thomas Jefferson. Agree? Dis-
agree? Email Mark at mkogan@stanford.
edu and let him know!
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SPORTS
Extra-inning exploits Danny
Belch
On My Mind

said of Inman after the game.“Today,he re-

BASEBALL
Card overcomes Cole’s 4/9 UCLA W 4-3
ally could’ve allowed no runs . . . It’s really
been big for us to have him back in his nor-
mal form.”
Tiger’s
strong start, wins 4-3
return in
But it didn’t look like there was much
UP NEXT UCLA hope of a Stanford comeback until sopho-
more right-fielder Kellen Kiilsgaard led off
By ERIK ADAMS 4/10 Sunken Diamond, 5:30 P.M. the seventh with a solid double to left.
STAFF WRITER

For six-and-a-half innings, it was the

Gerrit Cole show.After that,it was only his
GAME NOTES: It took 10 innings, but in the end,
the Cardinal pulled out its third consecutive vic-
tory in its series opener against UCLA. Starter
Gerrit Cole was dominant through 6.1 innings,
Sophomore pinch hitter Jonathan Kaskow
followed with a single to put runners at the
corners,and a visibly rattled Cole balked in
the first run. Senior Brent Milleville hit an
full swing
UCLA teammates hoping to delay the in-

AGUSTIN RAMIREZ/The Stanford Daily
Senior outfielder Joey August and the Cardinal took a 4-3, 10-
inning win in the series opener against the Bruins and fireballing
right-hander Gerrit Cole last night at Sunken Diamond.
SOFTBALL
4/9 California W 4-1
UP NEXT UCLA
4/10 Berkeley
GAME NOTES: Senior starter Missy Penna went the dis-
tance again for the Cardinal in her 25th complete
game of the year to improve her record to 25-2. Of-
fensively, freshman Ashley Hansen made the difference
for Stanford, driving in three runs on a double to left
center in the fifth inning. The series now moves to
Berkeley for games today and Saturday at 4 p.m. and
1 p.m., respectively.
I
but eventually Stanford got to the Bruins’ bullpen RBI double two batters later, and junior am a hypocrite when it comes to
evitable. Stanford came back after trailing Adam Gaylord tied the game with a line
and answered back, rallying for three runs in the sports.In baseball,football,basket-
3-0 in the bottom of the seventh to pull out drive single up the middle to chase Cole.
seventh and the game-winner in the 10th. ball,tennis — professional and col-
a 4-3 victory in 10 innings at Sunken Dia- Gavin Brooks relieved Cole and es- lege alike — I’m always a fan of the
mond on Thursday. caped the inning,but found himself in trou-
He hit the first man he faced in the head, underdog. It’s so cool when the team
But before the Cardinal rally, it looked ble again in the eighth as Stanford put two
and escaped the second after allowing an that wasn’t supposed to have a chance
like it was going to be a miserable day at the on with one out, but was able to escape. In
unearned run with an unconventional 5-3- suddenly finds itself walking away with
ballpark.The sky was gray, it was cool and the ninth, Stanford loaded the bases with
6 double play. In the third, he nearly faced the glory, while the favored team is
steadily drizzling and Cole, the UCLA just one out, but again, Brooks was able to
the minimum number of batters,but threw stunned, speechless and sometimes
freshman,was striking out Stanford batters escape the jam by striking out sophomore
a wild pitch on a swinging-strike three to embarrassed. When David slays Go-
at will. The right-handed starter allowed a Colin Walsh and getting senior Joey August
the third batter he faced, allowing him to liath, it is truly an awe-inspiring and
pair of singles in the first inning, but after to ground out.
reach first on what should have been the memorable moment (see: Stanford vs.
that was nearly unhittable. Over the next Sophomore closer Drew Storen struck
third out.The next batter, Casey Haerther, USC football 2007).
five innings, Cole allowed just a lone dou- out the side in the 10th — after striking out
lined a home run just over the wall in right But here’s where I go wrong:I don’t
ble by junior Toby Gerhart, and racked up the only man he faced in the ninth —
to give UCLA (12-18, 5-5) a 3-0 lead. root for the underdog in golf. If my
six strikeouts. No Stanford hitter looked bringing his total on the season to 34, as
Inman eventually escaped the inning and above motto holds true, I should be
comfortable at the plate, and the Cardinal compared to just one walk.
settled down to pitch three more strong rooting for Thabang Simon,the lowest-
(12-12,6-4 Pacific-10 Conference) was sent “Really,what it comes down to is I have
frames. ranked player on the PGA Tour,
down in order in four of the first six frames. confidence in my defense,” Storen said of
Meanwhile, Stanford starter junior Jef- “I think he’s really turned it around — ranked No. 998 in the world. But I
his fastball — he’s locating it a lot better in don’t.I barely even root for Sergio Gar-
frey Inman found himself in trouble over
cia, Vijay Singh or Geoff Ogilvy —
the first three innings. the zone,” sophomore catcher Zach Jones Please see BASEBALL, page 5
three players ranked in the world’s top
10. Every time I watch a golf tourna-
ment, I root for Tiger Woods.
MEN’S GYMNASTICS I don’t know why I do, but I just do.
I love the guy. I love everything about
Cardinal captures MPSF championship
Tiger Woods and everything he stands
for: winning, preparation, competitive-
ness, emotion, mental toughness,
sportsmanship and passion. I drink his
Gatorade line. I wear red Nike Golf
By JENNY PETER overcame the Golden Bears by 11.2 points — Tim Gentry also contributed to the team shirts. I’m not crazy . . . I’m just a huge
CONTRIBUTING WRITER a wide margin in men’s gymnastics. Nebraska score with a 15.85 and 15.8, respectively. fan.
(341.85) and Air Force (330.15) also attended On parallel bars, Nakamori won with a So how excited am I that Tiger has
The top-ranked Stanford men’s gymnas- the meet and placed fourth and fifth, respec- 15.4. Nick Noone added a 14.7 to the team returned to golf from a half-year layoff
tics squad won almost everything there was to tively. score, as well as Ter-Zakhariants’ season-best and regained his spot atop the world?
win at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federa- Stanford began the meet with a steady 14.6. How excited was I two weeks ago,
tion (MPSF) Championships last Saturday in start on vault, scoring a season-best 64.1. At The Stanford team swept the top three fin- when he sank that putt on the final hole
Maples Pavilion. The Stanford men took the the end of a near-perfect line-up, sophomore ishes on high bar. Buscaglia and Nakamori’s to win his first tournament this year?
team title; redshirt senior Sho Nakamori won Josh Dixon spurred big excitement from on- routines stood out both at a 15.0 and tied for Pretty excited.
the all-around title and MPSF Gymnast of the lookers by performing his difficult new 2 1/2 first place. Dixon came in third behind them And the manner of his first tourna-
Year honors; and Thom Glielmi earned the twisting vault and sticking the landing for the at a 14.85. ment win of the year couldn’t have
MPSF Coach of the Year award. first time. The team moved onto floor and had yet been more predictable, as Tiger once

Penna
The Cardinal, which had not won an MPSF
title since 1995, ended Oklahoma’s four-year
winning streak by setting a season-high score
of 363.75. Oklahoma came in second with a
“We got out to a great start on vault,”
Dixon said. “We didn’t let our emotions get
too high or allow ourselves to get overly con-
fident for the rest of the meet.”
another exciting event. Floor’s nationally top-
ranked Dixon scored a season-high 15.9 and
won. Other solid routines came from Ter-Za-
khariants’ 15.55, Nakamori’s 15.45 and Had-
again rattled his opponent. All he did
was play in the final group, and he indi-
rectly forced Sean O’Hair into giving
up a five-stroke lead on the final day.
And just when you thought that Tiger

goes the
358.35, while Cal placed third with a 352.55.
The team has made many improvements
since losing to Cal on three occasions earlier
in the season. This meet, the Cardinal men
Dixon placed second with a 16.4, missing den’s 14.9.
first place by just .05. Sophomore Alex On pommel horse, Nakamori led the way didn’t have the magical stuff he once
Buscaglia placed fourth with a 16.05, while
junior Greg Ter-Zakhariants and sophomore Please see GYM, page 5 Please see BELCH, page 5

distance MEN’S GOLF

Stanford ace brilliant as

No. 2 Card triumphs
By CHRIS FITZGERALD
DAILY SPORTS INTERN
No. 2 Stanford (35-2, 6-1 Pacific-10 Confer-
ence) upended No. 16 Cal (26-12, 3-4), 4-1 at
Smith Family Stadium on Thursday evening.
Rain subsided almost immediately after the
first pitch by Cardinal senior Missy Penna,and
would hold off for the remainder of the
evening,coaxing out a healthy crowd for the ri-
valry game.
In her 25th complete game of the year,
Penna fanned 12 and coughed up just three
hits. The Stanford senior, who holds a spot in
the top 25 gunning for USA Softball National
Player of the Year, improved her ERA with
the 4-1 Cardinal victory,as the only run surren-
dered to Cal was unearned.
Help for Penna was sparse, as Cal’s junior
hurler Marissa Drewrey mowed down the
Cardinal. The Bears’ starter posted six strike-
outs over the first three innings. Drewrey, who
came in boasting a 2.04 ERA, blanked the
Cardinal on April 20 last year, the last time
Heartbreaking
finish in Georgia
By ROXIE DICKINSON
STAFF WRITER
After holding the lead for much of the tournament lead-
ing up to the final nine holes, the No. 5 Stanford men’s golf
team finished the U.S. Collegiate Championship in Alpharet-
ta,Ga.in a heartbreaking second place.This marks Stanford’s
seventh top-five overall finish out of all eight events played
this year.
The Cardinal went into the final round four strokes ahead
of second-place contender, No. 28 Texas A&M, but was best-
ed after No. 6 Clemson shot a four-under-par final round to
steal the tournament crown. Stanford fired a one-over 289
and a two-over 290 for round one and two, but lost its mo-
mentum in round three, posting an 11-over 299 on the day.
Clemson moved ahead of the Cardinal by only two strokes,
sealing the deal with a cumulative 12-over-par 876 for the
tournament.
CHRIS SEEWALD/The Stanford Daily
“That’s the way golf goes,” coach Conrad Ray said. “Our
finish lets me know that the guys are in contention. Taking
Junior Lauren Schmidt and the Cardinal will look to bounce back from a loss against No. 2 Maryland at the end of March second was tough because we played so well all week.The last
against MPSF rival Denver today. Schmidt has notched 19 goals and 12 assists this season for No. 12 Stanford. few holes are the two hardest holes on the course, and the
cold weather and snow flurries made it even tougher.Hats off

Denver descends on Farm

these two teams met,collecting a win and com-
plete game at Levine-Fricke Field in Berkeley.
The Stanford bats woke up in the fourth,fu-
eled by freshman Ashley Hansen’s leadoff
knock. She would find her way home on an al-
leyway shot from junior Rosey Neill.The Car-
dinal catcher’s double was one of just five
Stanford hits on the evening.
“We had timely hits tonight,” said Stanford
head coach John Rittman. “We took advan-
tage of the opportunities they gave us.”
Cal fought back with a run in its half of the
fifth inning. Penna faced only four batters and
yielded no walks or hits, yet freshman Jamia
Reid capitalized on an errant throw to reach
base, then advanced on another throwing
error to score from second.Sophomore Melis-
sa Koutz hauled in a fly ball in foul territory,90
feet from home plate on the first base side, but
skipped a throw in the direction of junior
Shannon Koplitz, which allowed Reid to
round third and score as the ball careened into
the pads surrounding Smith Family Stadium.
But on a difficult night defensively,
Rittman had nothing but praise for his ace.
“Missy got herself into some tough situa-
tions,” he said. “But she’s good enough to get
herself out of it.”
Please see SOFTBALL, page 5
By ALISSA HABER
The No. 14 Stanford women’s
lacrosse team will look to bounce
back at home from its recent road split
as the ladies take on conference oppo-
nent Denver, today at 5 p.m.
The Cardinal recently returned
from a road trip against two non-con-
ference opponents. And while its first
game resulted in a sound victory over
Johns Hopkins, the Stanford women
finished the trip with a loss to No. 2
Maryland.
Now the Cardinal resumes confer-
ence play and will look to build upon
its perfect record of 4-0 against fellow
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
(MPSF) teams Denver and California.
These matches come on the heels
of yet another Cardinal player being
selected as the MPSF’s Player of the
Week. Sophomore attack Sarah Flynn
earned the accolade for her efforts in
the Cardinal’s two games on the East
Coast just over a week ago. In the two
games against Johns Hopkins and
Maryland, Flynn scored three and two
goals, respectively. She is the third
Stanford player to earn the Player of
the Week award, with juniors Dana
Lindsay and Lauren Schmidt (who
has received the award twice this sea-
son) also garnering recognition.
The Cardinal has been nothing
short of dominant in conference play,
winning its previous four MPSF con-
tests by a margin of 11 goals or more.
Denver, with a record of 8-5 overall
(2-1 MPSF), boasts a huge offensive
threat in junior midfielder Ali Flury,
who has an impressive 42 goals on the
season. Senior midfielder Karen Mor-
ton has also posted prolific numbers
with 34 goals on the season and earli-
er this week became the Pioneers’ all-
time leading scorer in a tough loss to
conference opponent Oregon.
Stanford will hope its offense can
be the best defense against Denver,
countering Denver’s scoring threats
with a prolific offense of its own. The
Cardinal has scored at least 17 goals in
every MPSF contest and is averaging
close to 15 goals per game overall.
These impressive numbers are
mostly attributed to Stanford’s multi-
ple offensive weapons. Flynn current-
ly leads the Cardinal with 21 goals, fol-
lowed closely by Lindsay and Schmidt
with 19 each. Junior Julie Christy is
also enjoying plenty of success with 18
goals of her own.
Schmidt, a junior midfielder, is hav-
ing a stellar year. She recently tied a
school record, scoring six goals in the
Cardinal’s victory over William and
Mary just over a month ago on March
8. Along with her 19 goals and .487
shooting percentage, Schmidt, who has
Please see LACROSSE, page 5
to Clemson, though — they played a heck of a final round.”
The U.S. Collegiate was a tournament of milestones for
freshman David Chung who earned his highest individual
ranking and lowest individual round score yet. Chung started
out slow, hitting a three-over 75 in the first round, but really
came into his stride when the team needed him.
Chung smashed the lowest round in the tournament with
a six-under-par 66 in the second round, followed by a one-
over 73 in the third. This outstanding showing prompted
Chung to finish in third just two strokes behind tournament
co-champions senior Erik Flores of UCLA and fellow frosh
Bud Cauley of Alabama.
“Chung has had a great week,” Ray said. “He is comfort-
able in those high-pressure situations. The bigger the stage,
the better. The results have shown that he has gotten better
with each week. The team is excited about the way he has
played and there are a lot of areas where he can get better.He
definitely has a bright future ahead.”
No. 14 sophomore Steve Ziegler came in just behind
Chung in a tie for fourth place on the individual ladder. The
tournament marked Ziegler’s fourth consecutive top-10 fin-
ish for the Cardinal. Chung had the hot hand of the Stanford
golfers for the first two rounds, carding a two-under 70 and a
one-under 71 to pull into a tie with Ziegler going into the final
round. Snow flurries and rough final round conditions caused
Ziegler to shoot a three-over 75, putting him at even par for
the match.
Senior Dodge Kemmer also earmarked this tournament,
Please see GOLF, page 5
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had, he sunk that long putt on 18 to
seal the deal. A fist pump, shout and
caddie hug later, Tiger Woods was
back.
And now he has descended on Au-
gusta National in a quest for yet anoth-
er major championship. All eyes are
on him (as they always are) and the
storyline is whether or not he is going
to win the tournament (just as it al-
ways is).The rest of the 95-player field
has shown up and will contend,but the
pundits will be classifying them as
mere obstacles to a Woods victory.
Everything is in place for the week-
end. Tiger looks, feels and says he is
healthy. He says he feels like he never
left the game. He is in a tournament
that he has dominated and has won
four times.It’s golf’s greatest weekend.
It’s a time that golf needs for him to be
back to his old ways.
After day one, Tiger isn’t exactly
tearing it up. He shot 70 (-2) in the
opening round, 5 behind the leader
Chad Campbell who shot 65 (-7).
But with exactly zero majors for
Campbell and 14 for Woods, 4 PGA
Tour victories for Campbell and 66 for
Woods, you can’t think that it’s going
to be this way the whole weekend,can
you? In fact, this is Woods’ 15th Mas-
ters,and he has never shot below 70 on
the first day. Moral of the story: never
count out Tiger.
No one would be surprised to see
him creep up towards the top of the
leaderboard in the next days,while the
players at the top slowly drop down.
It’s just the way things have happened
at the Masters for him. In his last four
Masters, Woods has finished second,
second, third and first, respectively.
Out of his 13 Masters starts as a profes-
sional,Woods has finished in the top 10
an incredible nine times. He has been
in the top five eight times. So it’s hard
to call his weekend completely over. I
am fairly confident we will be watch-
ing him on Sunday in contention for
the championship.
And how amazing would it be if he
were to actually win his fifth Masters
this weekend? How many exclama-
tion marks would that put on him, his
career and his will to win? How many
question marks would that put on the
rest of the PGA Tour’s players and the
future of the Tour without him? How
many lives would he touch, how many
people would he inspire with a truly
amazing story of hardship and come-
back? How many would be left of
those who doubt that he is the greatest
athlete of this generation?
A win this weekend might be his
greatest ever. Some guys on the tour
can’t win a major, can’t even win one
tournament, can’t even ever finish in
the top 10. And Tiger has surgery on
his knee, takes seven months off, and
could win two tournaments in four
starts. A victory on Sunday would be
like Tiger raising a bright neon sign to
all other PGA Tour players saying,
“Let’s face it: you guys got nothing.”
I know I am getting ahead of my-
self,but I also may not be at all.We are,
after all, talking about Tiger Woods.
The man has done amazing things. A
win this weekend might not even be
too surprising to some — it would just
be another Tiger moment. Another
Tiger moment that I and many others
around the globe have come to love.
Tiger is back on the prowl, and Danny
Belch couldn’t be happier. Contact him
at dbelch1@stanford.edu.
SOFTBALL
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With the game tied at one apiece,
Stanford did enough damage to chase
Drewrey in the fifth.The power surge
began on an error at shortstop, which
allowed freshman Jenna Becerra to
reach first. Fellow freshman Sarah
Hassman then walked and junior
two-time All American Alissa Haber
singled to load the bases with no outs.
The stage was set for Hansen, who
belted a three-run double into the gap
between left and center. With the
three-run smash, Hansen garnered a
team-best 37 RBI on the year.
Hansen’s double concluded a 2-4
evening, and she now has a dozen
two-baggers on the year.
In the win, Penna gave up just one
base on balls, but hit two batters over
seven innings. Hit batsmen have been
an Achilles heel for Penna, but a
dozen strikeouts and dependable
glove work from junior catcher
Rosey Neill kept the ace out of trou-
ble.
Coach Rittman was pleased with
his ace’s ability to stay calm in the win.
“Penna’s in control of herself men-
tally,” he said.“That’s a tribute to her,
and her catcher, Rosey Neill.”
In addition to smacking her sev-
enth double of the year at the plate,
Neill gunned down Cal junior Nikki
Schrey stealing, holding the Bears to
0-1 stealing on the evening. No small
accomplishment for Neill,Cal entered
play on Thursday with 110-122 steal-
ing on the season.
With the 4-1 win under its belt,
Rittman still saw room for his team to
improve.
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his remarkable run of success so far this
year.“I just go out there and attack the
zone, and I have confidence in my de-
fense if they do hit it.”
Gerhart led off the bottom half of
the frame with a walk. Three batters
later, he had reached third, and Jones
hit a sharp grounder down the third-
base line that forced Haerther to make
a rushed and inaccurate throw to the
plate that was offline and sparked cele-
bration in the Stanford dugout.
“I saw him dive for it,and once I saw
the throw, I knew it would be pretty
close,” Jones said.“But [Gerhart] beat
it.”
The win brought the Cardinal’s
record back up to .500 for the first time
since February. But Jones was more
pleased with the way the team had
been playing lately than with its overall
mark for the season.
“We really weren’t worried about
getting back to .500; we were just wor-
ried about playing the way that we
were supposed to,” he said. “We just
wanted to play well.”
Stanford and UCLA will resume
the series tonight at 5:30 p.m. and play
the series finale tomorrow afternoon at
1 p.m.After an off day on Easter Sun-
day,the Cardinal will host Cal in a non-
conference game,Monday at 5 p.m.All
three games can be heard on KZSU
90.1 FM or online at kzsulive.stan-
ford.edu.
Contact Erik Adams at ekadams@stan-
ford.edu.
Friday, April 10, 2009 N 5
Junior Shannon Koplitz and the Cardinal did just enough to get senior starter
Missy Penna her 25th win of the season in her 25th complete game. The Car-
dinal’s series against Cal continues tonight, as the action shifts to Berkeley.
“Our pitch selection could have
been better,” he said. “We had a big
crowd at home, television covered the
game, but we can’t help out Cal like
that.”
The Bears and Cardinal lock horns
today and Saturday to conclude the
GOLF
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earning his fourth top-25 finish of
the season.Kemmer kept pretty con-
sistent this tournament, shooting 73,
77 and 73 each round to put himself
in a tie for 25th with USC’s golden
boy Jamie Lovemark and Texas
A&M’s Bronson Burgoon.
Sophomore Sihwan Kim finished
up the tournament with a 12-over
228 in a tie for 44th. Kim was in 17th
going into the final round of the tour-
nament, but those tough frosty con-
ditions got to the California-native
in the end, when he putted a nine-
over 81 for the day.
Rounding out the Cardinal five
was senior Daniel Lim, who checked
in at 230 for the tournament in a tie
for 72nd.
The tournament was no piece of
cake for the Cardinal as it took on
nine of the nation’s 10 top teams with
no team ranking below 31st in last
week’s Golfweek poll. Of the top
pool of 13 teams, Stanford took on a
field that included then-No. 1 Geor-
gia, No.2 Oklahoma State, No. 3
Southern California, No. 4 Clemson
and No. 5 Florida.
“Our guys are gamers,” Ray said.
“The great thing about Stanford is
that, whether it’s a tough exam or a
presentation, it prepares you to get
good with dealing with what’s at
hand.This tournament gave the guys
a whiff of the NCAAs, and we are
hoping to play well at the end of the
year. I haven’t changed anything in
terms of preparation these past
years, and we’re just knocking on
wood that it keeps working.”
After its final regular-season road
trip, the Cardinal returns next week
to the not-so-snowy weather at the
Farm to host the U.S. Intercollegiate
Championship.
Contact Roxie Dickinson at roxie221@
stanford.edu.
GYM
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with his 15.25 and was awarded first
place. Ter-Zakhariants’ season-high
14.75 gave him a fourth-place finish,
while Hadden’s 14.7 put him at fifth.
The team’s last counted score by
Dixon was a rough but hit set, scoring
a 14.05,which was all the team needed
to procure a 58.75 total for the event.
On rings, the team really seemed
to enjoy itself on its last rotation.
“We knew we had the lead going
into the rotation and that our ring
lineup was the best in the country,”
Hadden said. “So, we felt confident
that our ring team could get the job
done.”
The team did just that, posting its
highest ring score of the season at a
61.5 to seal the deal and win the
MPSF title. Hadden had been ranked
No. 1 on still rings for almost the en-
tire season and won with a 15.65.
Gentry placed second behind him
with a 15.45. Nakamori and Noone
tied for fifth at a 15.2.
“It wasn’t a matter of them doing
something out of the ordinary to put
up such great scores,” said Dixon of
his teammates.“They simply did what
they have been doing in practice —
hitting nearly flawless routines with
high start values.”
MPSF Gymnast of the Year Sho
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three-game series. Play will move to
Levine-Fricke Field today for a 4 p.m.
start, with a 1 p.m. start for Saturday’s
final contest in Berkeley.
Contact Chris Fitzgerald at chrishfitz@
gmail.com.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Stanford leads Directors’ Cup
race by 160 points
The latest updates to the NACDA
Division I Directors’ Cup standings
were released on Thursday, and Stan-
ford holds a commanding lead as it
edges closer to securing the award
for the 15th straight year.
The Cardinal’s point total sits at
854.75, while North Carolina, the
second-place school and the only
other institution to win the Direc-
tors’ Cup since the award’s inception
during the 1993-1994 athletic sea-
sons, has 694.25 points to its name.
Stanford was able to maintain its
lead through successful finishes in
women’s basketball and men’s swim-
ming, while the Tar Heels moved into
second largely on the back of their
men’s basketball championship.
Still, Stanford has tallied the most
points in the winter season, and is
just over two months away from like-
ly winning the Cup, which honors the
best collegiate athletics program in
the country, yet again.
— By Wyndam Makowsky
LACROSSE
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started in all 10 of Stanford’s games,
has 12 assists, and will be heavily re-
lied on to fuel Stanford’s offense.
With a win today, Stanford will be
poised to take home its fifth straight
MPSF title, as the squad would re-
main undefeated with only one
game remaining in conference play
when it takes on Cal this Sunday.
Contact Alissa Haber at ahaber@stan-
ford.edu.
Nakamori also took away the all-
around title for the last time in
Maples with his highest college ca-
reer score at a 91.85.
“Sho has been a symbol of this
team — professional, calm, cool and
consistent,” Dixon said. “The way he
goes about his training and gymnas-
tics allows the rest to see what a
champion needs to do in order to be
on top.”
The Stanford men also had three
season highs on vault, one on paral-
lel bars, four on floor, three on pom-
mel horse and six on rings.
“We won almost everything there
was to win at that competition: four
of the six events, the all around, the
MPSF gymnast of the year, the
MPSF coach of the year and, most
importantly, the team title,” Hadden
said. “It was a good day for Stanford
men’s gymnastics.”
The final recognition the Cardi-
nal hopes to gain will be the NCAA
Championship title next week. Stan-
ford will have its chance Apr. 16-18
at the University of Minnesota to
face its rivals Oklahoma and Cal for
the last time this year.
“We want to win the national
title,” Dixon said. “Missing out on
one last year by .45 is something that
we will all remember forever. It mo-
tivated us to work even harder this
year. Now, we are ready to win.”
Contact Jenny Peter at jpeter12@stan-
ford.edu.
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SPEAKERS & EVENTS
DAILY POLL
PAUL
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Students test entrepreneurial waters Do you think it is okay for ASSU

senators to spend a quarter away
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and saw the most action during the

ETL attracts students
to startup ventures
By CASSANDRA FELICIANO
STAFF WRITER
A quiet entrepreneurial fever has
swept across Stanford in the midst of
economic crisis, with startup hopefuls
in the student body continuing to
push for a place in the business
ecosystem.
Tina Seelig, professor in the
Department of Management Science
and Engineering (MS&E) and exec-
utive director of Stanford
and easily accessible resources that
can facilitate business pursuits.
“It’s low-hanging fruit,” Seelig
said. “It’s stuff that they can do easily
in their dorm room. It doesn’t require
a lot of capital, and it’s something
that they could use their CS skills to
do.”
Similarly, students crowded
Skilling Auditorium last Wednesday
to fire hazard potential in order to
hear Jen Hsun Huang MS ‘92, co-
founder and CEO of Nvidia. Huang
was the first entrepreneurial bigwig
to present a guest lecture for the
BASES-hosted Entrepreneurial
Thought Leaders (ETL) Seminar. A
handful of students were asked to
programs like this offered at
Stanford.
“I think the Stanford entrepre-
neurship programs are really good,
but it’s sort of disorganized, and there
are so many groups out there and
they don’t really communicate with
each other enough,” Naut said. “I feel
that while there are really good
groups out there, they could be more
efficient in the outreach that they do
and the impact that they have among
Stanford students.”
While some Stanford students are
trying to break into the business
scene, others among them have
Today’s Question:
already built their own startup dream
teams and are well on their way to the
— still, Trotter only averaged 6.3
minutes per contest.
That said, Dawkins is prepared to
move on without Paul.
“This is disappointing and unfor-
heart of Pacific-10 Conference play. tunate, but we must continue to move
23% 14% Paul played throughout the Pac-10 forward,” he wrote.“We wish Will the
D A Tournament and stayed with the best in the future and continue to
team until the end of its season, support him during this transition.”
although he did not see action during This is the second time in two
11% the College Basketball Invitational. years that a Cardinal basketball play-
C 52% His suspension now leaves a hole er has been ruled academically ineli-
B in Stanford’s big man depth. Senior gible. Brook Lopez was forced to sit
Lawrence Hill is graduating, which out for the first nine games of the
means that sophomore Josh Owens is 2007-2008 season due to scholastic
the lone post player with significant issues.
A) Yes, it does not present a problem. experience. Dawkins began integrat-
B) No, you can’t be an effective senator without ing his freshmen forwards and cen- Contact Wyndam Makowsky at
being on campus. ters into his game plans more as the makowsky@stanford.edu.
C) Maybe, it depends on the senator.
D) I don’t care. The Senate does nothing anyway.
What do you think of the tone of ASSU
elections this year?

Technology Ventures Program
(STVP), attributed the growth of
student interest in entrepreneurial
ventures to the change in “risk dif-
ferential” between finding a job in
watch a live broadcast of Huang’s
lecture in an overflow space because
the auditorium could no longer
accommodate student demand.
ETL Organizers are expecting
“big time.” Ooshma Garg ‘09 is in the a)
first year of her company, Anapata b)
Inc., the first Web-based, diversity-
c)
focused recruiting and networking d)
source for law student organizations.
All candidates behaved fairly and
had clean campaigns.
Candidates behaved poorly and ran
divisive campaigns.
Politics as usual - nothing extreme.
I don’t pay attention to the ASSU
anyway.

the finance industry versus starting
one’s own business.
“As the market tanks and people
are looking at their opportunities,
their high-profile lineup of entrepre-
neurial leaders to attract close to 300
students to sign up for the course, not
to mention the many others who will
sit in on one or two lectures.
Anapata has approximately 50 vote today at stanforddaily.com!
percent of the market share in the top
25 law schools in the country, and
Garg hopes to increase these num-
bers this spring to cater to more law

they’re saying, ‘Do I get a job that I
might lose, or do I really start a com-
pany?’” Seelig said. “Now, the differ-
ence in risk is not that large. And so
students are saying, ‘If I’m going to
start something, now is a great time
to start because it’s going to be really
hard to find a job, and if I find a job,
who knows how stable it is?’”
The increasing appeal of the
entrepreneurial path for students is
evident in their response to the pro-
grams offered by entrepreneur-
friendly organizations on campus.
The Stanford E-Challenge and Social
E-Challenge — the annual business
plan competitions hosted by the
Business Association of Stanford
Entrepreneurial Students (BASES)
— has seen its highest recorded num-
ber of entries this year, with 123 and
112 applicants, respectively. Both E-
Challenges promise prizes of around
$25,000 for the winning team to pur-
sue their idea.
Many of the entries, according to
Seelig, are based in the IT and soft-
ware markets. These ideas make up
50 to 60 percent of the entries this
year. The concentration of startups in
that field, especially among college
students, is due to the inexpensive
“We try to cast a pretty wide net
and try to bring in a variety of speak-
ers so the people who don’t necessar-
ily want to take the course might
want to come,” said Chris Baker ‘10,
a member of ETL’s organizational
team. “That’s part of the reason why
we want to increase our marketing,
because even if people don’t know
about ETL, they can still come see a
speaker they want to hear.”
ETL hopes to find itself in the
same highly coveted student class list
with courses like “Sleep and Dreams”
and the creative writing series.
“One of the main goals we’ve had
for the last quarter and for this quar-
ter is sort of to increase awareness
around campus because we have this
small colloquium of people who are
excited about it and we feel like those
people who know it love it,” said Nikil
Viswanathan ‘10. “But, we don’t real-
ly have exposure elsewhere.”
Many students certainly share the
same vision for classes like ETL.
Charles Naut ‘12, who has been
attending ETL since fall quarter,
heard about the seminar from a
friend and claims that many of his
peers are not aware that there are
schools, as well as the grad students
entering other academic markets,
such as science and engineering.
“I think student organizations
have a lot to do with the level of
entrepreneurship and level of entre-
preneurial spirit at Stanford,” Garg
said.
While she recognizes the rising
attraction of entrepreneurial ven-
tures, she cautioned students against
starting their own business for the
sole reason of a bleak job market.
“Starting a business is almost like
raising a child; there is a long road to
success,” Garg said. “There are sleep-
less nights and a lot of opportunities
that you forgo just to progress one
more step further.”
“It’s important to recognize that
it’s not about what you do, it’s about
why you exist,” she continued. “Even
if there’s an idea that you think would
make a lot of money, even if it’s pop-
ular and even if you have a team —
none of those reasons are good
enough unless you absolutely love
what you’re doing.”
Contact Cassandra Feliciano at ccfeli-
ci@stanford.edu.
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emphasized his negotiation skills.
“Whenever there’s a glitch . . .
[Sprague is] involved in the solution in
some fashion,” he said.
But McLaughlin, wishing to remain
apolitical, refrained from making an
endorsement of the slate.
For his work as an RA, Sprague
received glowing reviews from dorm
resident Fausto Bustos ‘11.
“Matt is pretty much awesome as an
RA,” Bustos said. “He’s a great guy
that’s very involved in Toyon life and
our hall.”
Sprague has planned a midnight
screening of James Bond, about 10 hot
chocolate study breaks and numerous
In-N-Out and Jack in the Box runs,
according to Bustos.
“Matt is always around to hang out,”
Bustos added.“He’s a very reliable RA,
and I know he’s an honorable man.”
Contact Christine McFadden at cnm714@
stanford.edu and Marisa Landicho at landi-
cho@stanford.edu.

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Despite this, heads of the PWR
and IHUM programs remain skep-
tical. PWR Program Director
Andrea Lunsford said that the
Program in Writing and Rhetoric
already had comprehensive
reviews.
“I’d say first that all Stanford
programs go through regular
reviews,” Lunsford wrote in an
email to The Daily. “PWR conduct-
dialogue.
“I invite the students to meet
with me and other administrators
to hear their concerns directly,” she
said. “More importantly, an in-per-
son meeting is more likely to iden-
tify common ground, invite dia-
logue and create collaboration on
our shared goals.”
Contact Ryan Mac at rbmac@stan-
ford.edu and Ellen Huet at
ehuet@stanford.edu.

ed an intensive self-study in 2006-
07 and there are plans for a review
committee of all first-year require-
ments. PWR also has a very active
Undergraduate Advisory Board
that meets regularly to offer advice
and suggestions for ongoing review
and improvement.”
IHUM Faculty Director Russell
Berman stated that any changes to
these current requirements could
only be affected by the school’s
Faculty Senate and the Committee
on University Standards and
Policies (CUSP).
“PWR and IHUM are require-
ments and changes in those
requirements would go through
Faculty Senate and CUSP,” he said.
“PWR and IHUM act on the basis
of the stipulations from Faculty
Senate and CUSP.
“I would remind the platform
that there already exists Writing in
the Major to handle major-specific
writing,” Berman added, “and
changing PWR and IHUM to
major-specific programs would
mean no writing instruction in first
year.”
The slate Web site also includes
a category entitled “Where
Stanford lacks,” detailing SBS’s
views of Stanford’s weaknesses,
including “callous attitude towards
undergrads (some departments),”
“IHUM sucks” and “entrenched
mediocre administration,” which is
listed under both the academic and
student life categories.
When asked to clarify the slate’s
intended approach to dealing with
the “entrenched mediocre adminis-
tration,” Gao said SBS would “like
to institute a review process over
student affairs-related administra-
tors.”
For the Office of Student Affairs
(OSA) and Dean of Student Life
Chris Griffith, an advisory board
already exists.
“I think student advisory boards
are good in a number of contexts,
and I think there’s a number of
ways we seek student input,” she
said. “I know there is a proposal put
together for OSA for an advisory
group, and we’re reviewing that
now.”
Griffith also added that her
office is always open for student
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While Boardman said that,
“health services was at the top of
the list” in areas the University tried
to shield from budget cuts, Vaden
was still hit hard by the realities of
the economic crisis.
“I don’t think students under-
stand the magnitude of the
University’s financial problems,”
said Ira Friedman, director of Vaden
and associate professor of
Pediatrics.
The general fund comes primari-
ly from student tuition. The fund
could not cover the services, espe-
cially because tuition was only
slightly raised.
“The cost of tuition was very
moderately increased,” Friedman
said. “Conceivably, it might have
been higher.”
When deciding how to handle
the financial situation at Vaden
resulting from budget cuts, many
ideas were tossed around, including
paying only for visits.
“I feel [the fee] is better than
charging for individual visits — it
doesn’t hit folks who are ill,”
Friedman said.
Charles McCrory, a graduate stu-
dent in chemistry, was highly con-
cerned with the burden the new
health fee will place on graduate stu-
dents who live on a fixed income. He
felt that paying for visits would be
highly preferable to the baseline fee.
“A lot of people would have pre-
ferred a small co-pay,” he said.
Freshman Brian Louye ‘12
agreed.
“It’s not fair that there is a very
large subset of students who don’t
need Vaden services, but who have
to pay it anyway,” Louye said.
However, Dean Schaffer ‘10 felt
that an upfront fee was better than a
fee for each visit.
“It is better to pay upfront versus
having to pay for it when you go —
it’s very different psychologically,”
he said.
Both Boardman and Friedman
felt that the fee was fair because it
spread the cost of services across
the whole student body.
“There’s a fairness when it is dis-
tributed over the entire popula-
tion,” Friedman said, going on to
compare the fee to taxpayer money
paying for a firehouse — everyone
pays for the protection, instead of
the owner having to pay when the
fire engine shows up at a burning
building.
Both Friedman and Boardman
stressed the necessity of the fee to
maintain necessary services.
Because of the fee, Vaden will only
have to institute a few cost-saving
measures.
Some staff positions have been
reduced at Vaden and other staff
will have reduced hours over the
summer. Also, for the 2009-2010
school year, Vaden will cut back on
weekend hours.
These measures, Friedman said,
were “to preserve the core services
that people depend on.”
“Primary care services during
the week will remain the same,”
Friedman said. “In addition, there
will be virtually no reduction in
CAPS.”
Many students are angry about
having to pay the fee, especially
those who are dissatisfied with
Vaden services.
“I don’t want to have to pay 160-
some dollars to find out that I’m
pregnant every time!” said
Stephanie Castro ‘12, citing Vaden’s
joked-about tendency to diagnose
female students with pregnancy
when it is a non-issue.
Though students are unhappy
about having to pay, Boardman and
Friedman said that this decision,
however hard, had to be made, and
more decisions are to come.
“This was one of many, many
decisions that were very difficult, all
across the campus,” Friedman said.
For Vice Provost Boardman, cuts
are something that students should
come to expect from all University
fronts in the coming months.
“There are many units across
campus who haven’t yet announced
the measures they are going to take
to handle budget cuts,” Boardman
said.
Contact Julia Brownell at juliabr@
stanford.edu.