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www.stanforddaily.com Volume 238
September 29, 2010 Issue 9

SUES committees convene this week

Groups are set to evaluate Stanford undergraduate curriculum in major review
By TYLER BROWN
DESK EDITOR
The Study of Undergraduate Educa-
tion at Stanford (SUES) moves forward
with its review of the University’s under-
graduate curriculum this week as the
study’s subcommittees assemble for the
first time.
The subcommittees, which each draw
ANASTASIA YEE/The Stanford Daily approximately ten members from facul-
ty, students and staff, are set to review
ACADEMICS broad topics including the freshman ex-
perience, residential education, co-cur-
tion without compromising their ma-
jors?”
One of the most often vilified aspects
of undergraduate experiences is IHUM,
required of all freshmen who do not en-
roll in the smaller Structured Liberal Ed-
ucation (SLE) program.
“I think if people were genuinely in-
terested in English they would seek it
out on their own,” said Tuong Phan ‘11.
“They already have their humanities re-
quirement, so why do they need
IHUM?”
“It’s not news that a lot of students are

Genetics prof
ricular activities and academic breadth.
Committees will define their individual
focus areas in coming weeks.
At least initially, however, no sub-
dissatisfied with their freshman require-
ments,” history professor and SUES co-
chair James Campbell Ph.D.‘89 said.“It’s
clear to us that a lot of existing require-

wins ‘genius’
committees will be dedicated to studying
specific programs such as Introduction
to the Humanities (IHUM) or the Pro-
gram in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR).
ments, both the breadth requirements
and the education for citizenship require-
ments, are satisfied by students in the
most cynical ways imaginable.”

fellowship
“We didn’t think that would be the
most valuable way to start,” said biology
professor and SUES co-chair Sue Mc-
Connell. McConnell replaced drama
professor Harry Elam as co-chair in June
Bustamante wins MacArthur grant after Elam was named vice provost for
undergraduate education.
for research in human genetics “We’re looking much more broadly at
student life and student experience,”
McConnell said. “How do residential
By IVY NGUYEN and co-curricular experiences, overseas
DESK EDITOR experiences play in to student life and
learning? What’s the optimal way for
Genetics Prof. Carlos Bustamante, a newcomer to the students to get breadth in their educa-
University, has been named a 2010 MacArthur Fellow for
his work in analyzing the patterns of DNA variation among
populations to understand both evolutionary processes STUDENT GOV’T
“People try to cherry-pick courses
that double count, or are easy As, or they
choose based simply on the hour that it
meets and so forth,” Campbell contin-
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ued. “Some of this is inevitable. It hap-
pens at every university.”
Aside from reevaluating the existing
History professor Jim Campbell, right, leads a town hall discussion in May soliciting
opinions on the undergraduate curriculum. SUES subcommittees assemble this week.
graduation requirements, SUES is work-
ing to keep the Stanford curriculum rel-
about university education at an institu- “institution’s wisdom and perception.”
evant to an ever-evolving world. tion like Stanford is supposed to mean in “I think it’s fair to say there’s a com-
“Part of what we’ve been trying to do the 21st century,” Campbell said. mon view that the freshman year is ex-
is try to not get snared so much in evalu- Campbell cites a “perennial tradeoff” traordinarily densely packed,” Mc-
ating existing programs but to try to between giving students the freedom to
think broadly and creatively about what choose their own paths and offering the Please see SUES, page 3

Senate establishes rules of order, tables fees bill

and the genetic basis of complex traits in humans, dogs,
plants and pathogens.The $500,000 awards granted to Bus-
tamante and 22 other winners will be given over five years
for recipients to use however they see fit.
The MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the “genius
grant,” is a “no-strings-attached” award intended to stimu-
late creativity and progress. Fellows are chosen each year
by an anonymous group that submits its recommendations
to another anonymous selection committee. The commit-
tee then chooses 20 to 40 individuals in fields from science
and education to art and social activism.
Having only received the news last week, Bustamante
has not finalized his plans on how to spend the funds. One
of his pet projects is expanding his study on medical and
agricultural genomics in the Americas, a labor- and money-
Please see AWARD, page 3
By MARGARET RAWSON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Following a retreat last weekend at
Bass Lake, the Undergraduate Senate
found Tuesday that it still had some pro-
cedural kinks to work out to set the tone
for the year, including expectations re-
garding laptop use in Senate meetings
and collaboration on writing bills.
At the second meeting of the year,
with a close vote of eight to six, the Sen-
ate passed a bill establishing the Senate
rules of order.
The Senate tabled a bill requiring that
students seeking special fees refunds do
so in person at Stanford Student Enter-
prises and passed funding bills for the
Objectivists of Stanford and the Educa-
tional Studies Program.
The Senate also confirmed the ASSU
Nominations Commission’s second round
of nominees. Last Wednesday, the execu-
tive committee appointed Stephanie Gar-
rett ‘12 as chair of the Nominations Com-
mission and Hilary Stone ‘13 as deputy
chair after the previous chair and deputy
chair stepped down from their positions
due to personal time constraints.
Rules of Order
The majority of Tuesday evening’s
meeting was spent discussing a bill estab-
lishing the Senate’s rules of order. The
Senate adopted several minor friendly
amendments to the bill involving proce-
dural issues, such as the time limits on
committee reports at Senate meetings.
The bulk of the controversy surround-
ing the lengthy bill centered on Article
19, which prohibited the use of electronic
devices, specifically laptops, by senators
during meetings, except for specific Sen-
ate business and note-taking.
“When we visited last year’s meetings,
the vast majority of people were doing
Please see SENATE, page 3

SPEAKERS & EVENTS UNIVERSITY

Objectivists Univ.searches for

host Biddle of
Rand Institute
By MILES UNTERREINER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
“I’d like to start tonight with a little thought experi-
ment,” said the man in the gray suit. “Imagine you must
choose today between two moral codes. One says that
your life is the most important thing in the world . . . and
provides you with an abundance of guidance about how
to make your life wonderful.The second moral code says
that your life is unimportant, that you should give up the
things that make your life great.”
The first moral code,it turns out,is Ayn Rand’s unique
system of ethics, known as rational egoism or objec-
tivism.The second is its polar opposite, the philosophy of
altruism. The man in the suit was Craig Biddle, editor of
The Objective Standard and author of “Loving Life:The
Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It,”
who spoke Tuesday evening to a group of approximately
90 students in Building 320.
Biddle’s lecture, which event organizer and Objec-
tivists of Stanford President Evan Storms ‘13 said was in-
tended to give attendees a “concrete, easy-to-understand
introduction to objectivist morality,” provided listeners
with a two-hour survey course in the philosophy and
ethics of Ayn Rand, author of “Atlas Shrugged” and “The
Fountainhead.”
Biddle devoted the initial part of his talk to differen-
tiating between “selfishness and selflessness,” between
Ayn Rand’s system of rational egoism, which emphasizes
acting purely in one’s own self-interest, and the compet-
ing moral framework of altruism, which demands that in-
dividuals act in the interest of others.
Craig Biddle, editor of The Objective Standard, an Objectivist publication, teaches Ayn Rand’s philosophy to stu-
dents at an event hosted by the Objectivists at Stanford on Tuesday. Approximately 90 students attended the event.
“Whether we choose a morality is not an option,” de-
clared Biddle.“Morality is inescapable, and the reason is
because we have free will.”
Biddle warned, however, against what he called ac-
cepting a morality “by default, by osmosis,” a principle he
cautioned would inexorably lead to the passive accept-
ance of altruism, which he contended dominates schools,
religious institutions and the media today. He proceeded
to repudiate what he saw as four logically flawed reasons
ANNE PIPATHSOUK/The Stanford Daily
historically presented by proponents of altruism for act-
ing in the interests of others besides oneself: because
God tells us to, because other people need our help, be-
cause we must do so or face coercion by the state or be-
cause it’s simply the mature thing to do once we grow up.
“Altruism,” declared Biddle in dismissing each of these
claims in turn,“is the morality of logical fallacies.”
Please see RAND, page 6
support for first-
generation students
By KURT CHIRBAS
The Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs
(VPSA) has created a new position in an attempt to re-
spond to a growing portion of the Stanford undergrad-
uate student body.The newly created position, titled the
“associate dean and director of diversity and first-gen-
eration programs,” will be filled with the help of a 13-
member search committee.
Since the University revamped its financial aid poli-
cy in 2008, there has been a steady increase in the per-
centage of first-generation students on campus. Almost
15 percent of the incoming freshman class identified
themselves as first-generation,Vice Provost for Student
Affairs Greg Boardman said.
“[The financial aid initiative] has made Stanford a lot
more accessible, especially to students who are low-in-
come or first-generation,” Boardman said. “I think this
position will allow us to make a significant impact in
trying to support their unique challenges in transition-
ing to college because their parents or families don’t
have that prior experience to share with them.”
This isn’t the first attempt by the VPSA office to
reach out to first-generation students. During the 2008-
’09 academic year, the office partnered up with the Of-
fice of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
to fund a similar position. At the time, this position was
filled by a recent Stanford grad.
“We wanted to see what kind of response we would
get,” Boardman said. “It ended up being very positive.”
Despite the good reception, this position was cut at
Please see DEAN, page 3

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2 ! Wednesday, September 29, 2010
FEATURES
HORSE ON A COURSE
Stanford equestrians at the Farm’s heart trot, vault, jump, play polo and more
By ERIKA ALVERO KOSKI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
S
triding about campus in burnished
brown riding breeches and stiff,
dark boots that taper to a point,
Sasha Najera ‘13 looks every inch a
horsewoman.
“I’ve been riding for as long as I can re-
member,” Najera said.“As a little kid, it’s al-
ways what I wanted to do, so finally my par-
ents said, ‘O.K., we’ll give you lessons.’ It
took 10 years of begging for a horse and
they finally gave me one. For me [the sport
meant] freedom, I guess!”
Before joining the Stanford equestrian
team,Najera primarily rode dressage,a type
of “horse ballet,” where the rider shows the
horse’s agility and footwork, as well as
doing vaulting, an activity involving gym-
nastics on horseback. Coming to Stanford,
however, she joined the hunt seat team,
which rides both on flat courses and ones
with hurdle-like rails. After joining the
team, she began to jump, something she had
never tried before coming to Stanford.
“Learning how to jump is amazing. It’s
just like flying, and I love it!” Najera said,
her eyes sparkling.
Balancing the equestrian team and school
is a challenge — the season stretches from
October to May — but the coaches recog-
nize the immense course load that many of
the riders face. The team firmly believes in
practicing around the schedules of its stu-
dent riders, and coaches do their utmost to
accommodate these student athletes.
“It’s really great because you can struc-
ture it just how you want, obviously we want
everyone to be super enthusiastic,” Najera
said warmly of the team. “And everyone’s
great and helps out at shows. Everyone
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and dressage. Some even participate in polo on Stanford’s nationally competing team.
loves it and loves to be with everyone else.” team is primarily women, Stanford also
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levels, while for dressage only four. In order
to compete, a team must show riders at all
levels. Riders are scored within their cate-
gories, meaning beginners from the
walk/trot category can contribute as much
value to the team score as an advanced vet-
eran from the jumping category.
“It counts equally, and that’s been really
great, because we can learn from the people
who are more talented, but also from the
people who are just starting,” Najera said.
“Our walk/trot riders win national champi-
onships, they’re really great riders.”
Najera brought her own horse, Lancast-
er, to Stanford, and is responsible for caring
for him as well as performing other eques-
trian duties required by team membership.
While the Stanford grooms, the caretak-
ers at the barn, feed and water him and
clean his stall, Najera gives him vitamins
and shots of de-wormer to kill heartworms
and rides him for his exercise. However, the
energy she spends doing such tasks is ulti-
mately well-rewarded.
“He challenges me a lot, and I don’t [per-
form] as well with him as I’ve done with some
other horses, but he keeps me really sharp as
a rider . . . and he’s just the best for emotion-
al support,” Najera said.“Whenever school’s
overwhelming, I can just go out there, sit on
him bareback, we’ll go on a trail ride, and it
just brings me back to my happy place. I trust
him more than I trust any other horse.”
The Stanford equestrian team is not the
only equine team on campus. The Stanford
polo team competes nationally with other
collegiate teams as a club sport. Played on
“polo ponies,” riders use mallets to hit a ball
into a goal at the ends of the field in a fast-
paced, dangerous game that can lead to bro-
ken bones.
“It’s kind of got the brutality of ice hock-
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At a typical equestrian competition,
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Horses need food, water, a clean
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plenty of regular exercise.
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Kneepads, helmets and facemasks
are standard attire for competition.
ey with thousand-pound animals, except
there’s no ice, and you’re riding, not skat-
ing,” said Elizabeth Lake ‘13, another rider
who began playing polo at the end of last
year. “You can get pretty physical with it —
we wear kneepads, we have helmets and the
helmets have facemasks on them, in case
you get bumped.”
Otherwise, polo is a relaxed, easy-going
sport, and beginners who have spent their
lives with their feet firmly grounded are
welcomed whole-heartedly to the team.The
team relies on, and has been lucky to re-
ceive, generous donations of “polo ponies”
to practice and compete on.
“One of my favorite parts about polo is
that the ponies just love their job,they get so
excited when they see the ball going,” Lake
said. “When they’re right next door they’ll
reach over and try to bite it, push it over —
they get really into the game.”
Contact Erika Alvero Koski at erikaa1@stan-
ford.edu.
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STUDENT LIFE

GSB alumni pioneer budding

online social gaming industry
By SAMANTHA McGIRR
DESK EDITOR
Though not every Stanford student has been on a
farm, many proudly own hundreds of acres of farmland
and herds of animals. They do this through the social
game FarmVille, an online platform that enables users
to simulate the experience of owning and tending a
farm — a game that, like many others in the genre, has
its roots at Stanford.
FarmVille belongs to a growing category of online
applications including Mafia Wars and Tap Tap Re-
venge referred to as “social games,” so called because
people play them with friends on social networks such
as Facebook and MySpace, as well as cellular devices
like the iPhone. Much of the brainpower behind these
games comes from alumni of the Graduate School of
Business, many of whom are involved in the founding
and management of tech companies such as Zynga
Game Network Inc. and Tapulous Inc.
Social games have grown tremendously in popular-
ity over the last few years due to their duality as a form
of entertainment and a platform for social interaction,
explained Haim Mendelson, professor of electronic
business at the Graduate School of Business.
“You can communicate with people you haven’t
seen in two years, but only invest five minutes in [the
William “Bing” Gordon, MBA ‘78, created the most
popular social game, FarmVille, in 2009. Now boasting
over 62 million users, FarmVille is available as an appli-
cation on Facebook and on the iPhone and Android; in
FarmVille, players run farms and earn “coins” by har-
vesting crops or selling animal products.
Justine DiPrete ‘11 recalls a time when she was an
avid user of FarmVille, at one point progressing up to
Level 24 of the game.
“The best part about social games is the competitive
aspect with your friends,” she said.“When your friends
are on Level 27 and have 17 cows, then that gives you
motivation to play.”
Though social games are relatively easy and cheap
to create — Mendelson estimated one could be built in
three weeks with $5,000 — the intrinsic challenges of
social media give larger, more experienced companies
an advantage.
“Large companies like Zynga have a lot of money
and can advertise on Facebook, for example,” he said.
“They have high quality analytical ability, so they can
track how users are responding to the game and adapt
quickly.The barrier to developing a game is low, but the
barrier to developing a successful game is high.”
Developing that rare successful game, however, can
pay off big time. FarmVille, for example, offers virtual
goods such as superior tools and special crops to users

game],” he said. “An easy, ubiquitous and fun connec- willing to pay a small monetary fee. Though only
tion is very powerful.” around 3 percent of social gamers opt to spend real
Zynga, whose money on these virtual perks, the bottom line remains
current operating favorable for the companies.According to Mendelson,
director is sales of virtual goods reached about $3 billion world-
wide in the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
Please see GAME, page 6
SUES
Continued from front page
Connell said.“And it’s causing prob-
lems for freshmen in exploring pos-
sible majors. So the idea that there
would be an increase in require-
ments for freshman year is incom-
prehensible.”
The traditional rule of thumb for
the division of units was that “a third
was your major, a third was general
education, a third was elective,” Mc-
Connell said. These parameters,
however, are not followed by all of
the major programs offered at Stan-
ford. Some majors, like history or
math, require 55 to 65 units, while
some engineering majors require
more than 120.
A consequence of more units,
Campbell believes, is limited time to
take courses out of interest or cu-
riosity.
“Students here have to be ex-
tremely instrumental and practical
in how they think about their school-
ing,” Campbell said. “We don’t want
to do anything that will compromise
what is one of the premier engineer-
ing schools in the world. But we do
want to see carve out space in time
for students to reflect the totality of
their experiences.”
SUES has been underway since
Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D. ‘82
and former Vice Provost for Under-
graduate Education John Bravman
‘79 M.S. ‘81 Ph.D. ‘85 commissioned
it last winter quarter. It is the most
recent in a series of studies on and
revisions to Stanford’s undergradu-
ate education that stretches back to
the 1960s.
In 1994, the Commission on Un-
dergraduate Education (CUE) rec-
ommended University support for
undergraduate research, which
Campbell says “changed the face of
this institution utterly.”
Of the students surveyed for this
article, all unanimously lauded the
University’s abundance of research
opportunities for undergraduates.
“It’s cool how much research
there is for everyone,” said Adam
Jensen ‘14.“I got into some psych re-
search after my intro sem professor
mentioned he needed a few research
assistants.”
What changes SUES will recom-
mend remain to be seen, but the ul-
timate goal of the committee and its
co-chairs remains clear.
“I think it’s a great university, but
there are just certain things that I
think it can do better,” Campbell
said. “And that’s really our chal-
lenge, is to come up with some fairly
concrete suggestions about how to
accomplish that.”
Ivy Nguyen contributed to this re-
port.
Contact Tyler Brown at tbbrown
@stanford.edu.
Correction
In “Piano in the Plaza” (Sept. 28,
2010), The Daily incorrectly report-
ed the Stanford Institute for Cre-
ativity and the Arts (SiCA) put a
piano in White Plaza.The group says
it did not. A sign on the piano says it
was placed there by the “new Stan-
ford Student Initiative for the Arts.”

SENATE
Continued from front page
stuff while voting . . . we weren’t
happy with that,” said Stewart Mac-
gregor-Dennis ‘13, one of the bill’s
authors.
ANASTASIA YEE/
Several senators expressed con-
The Stanford Daily
cern that the no-laptop policy lacked
a mechanism of enforcement.
“It’s not about slapping anybody
on the wrist,” said ASSU Vice Presi-
dent Kelsei Wharton ‘12.
Juany Torres ‘13, chair of the ad-
ministration and rules committee,
was disappointed that her commit-
tee had not seen the bill before it was
brought to the Senate for discussion.
“I feel I was disrespected, as well
as my committee,” Torres said.
The bill’s authors, Macgregor-
Dennis, Chair Michael Cruz ‘12 and
Daniel Khalessi ‘13, accepted re-
sponsibility for the oversight and
emphasized their good intentions.
Special Fees and Appropriations
A bill requiring that students re-
quest special fees refunds in person
at Stanford Student Enterprises was
tabled until next week as senators
expressed a need for input from the
Graduate Student Council and Stan-
ford Student Enterprises.
The appropriations committee
held a successful town hall on Mon-
day evening, according to committee
Chair Rafael Vasquez ‘12, who re-
ported that the 12 student group fi-
nancial officers in attendance pro-
vided valuable feedback to tighten
loopholes in policy and improve
communication to student groups.
To begin Tuesday evening’s meet-
ing was itself a small hurdle for the
Senate. Last week, faced with a
locked room and a lost key, the Sen-
ate was unable to meet in the normal
second-floor Nitery room and
moved into Old Union. This week,
Senator Will Seaton ‘13 descended
from a bathroom window onto a bal-
cony to enter the scheduled meeting
room through a window.
“He’s superman in disguise,” said
Senator Pat Bruny ‘13 of his fellow
senator.
Contact Margaret Rawson at marawson
@stanford.edu.

DEAN
Continued from front page
the end of that year due to the eco-
nomic meltdown and the 15 per-
cent University-wide budget cut
that followed. This summer, how-
ever, an anonymous donor stepped
forward and agreed to fund a new
associate dean post for five years,
reviving VPSA’s effort to reach out
to first generation students.
“In this era of tight budgets, this
gift allows us to expand the current
support and resources we offer to
the first generation community
through the community centers
and other campus offices,” wrote
Associate Vice Provost Sally Dick-
son in an e-mail to The Daily.
The search committee is chaired
by Shalini Bhutani, associate direc-
tor of Bechtel International Cen-
ter, and is comprised of students,
staff and a recent graduate. It in-
cludes staff members from El Cen-
tro Chicano, the Black Community
Services Center, the Financial Aid
Office, the Haas Center for Public
Service and Residential Education.
“The students who are actually
on the committee are not there be-
cause they represent a particular
group, but because they are first-
generation students themselves
and are committed to this work,”
said Associate Vice Provost and
Dean of Residential Education
Deborah Golder. “They might also
then be representative of other
groups, but it’s really that they
have the experience.”
Included on this committee is
Sarah de la Garza ‘12. She is a co-
president of the First-Generation
and Low-Income Partnership, a
student organization on campus
AWARD
that tries to both foster communi- ease, a task that is especially interest- tion you want to go.” in peoples, plants and pathogens as
ties for first generation students ing to him because of these individu- Of these projects, Bustamante is well as the role that diverse evolu-
and raise awareness about socioe- als’ “rich ancestry” of Native Ameri- most passionate about translating tionary forces have played, we are
conomic class issues. Continued from front page can, West African and European what he finds in his genetic studies closer to realizing the promises of ge-
De la Garza said that the estab- backgrounds. into practical applications in agricul- nomics to improve people’s lives.”
lishment of this position is a step in “We have many projects that ture and medicine in the Americas. Bustamante arrived at Stanford
the right direction for the Universi- intensive project that the award have been on the backburner that we “I believe that genomics can play in January 2010 and was previously a
ty, as first-generation students could fund. Bustamante said he also can now bring to the forefront,” he a key role in the development plans researcher at Cornell University.
often encounter challenges that the would like to expand work on com- told The Daily. “It’s not every day for developing countries,” Busta-
general student population does paring the genomes of individuals in that you receive funds that allow you mante said. “If we can understand Contact Ivy Nguyen at iknguyen@
not have to deal with, such as hav- the Americas with and without dis- to take your research in any direc- how genetic variation impacts traits stanford.edu.
ing to contribute to their family’s
income and not having the same ex-
periences as their fellow classmates
because of financial issues.
“It shows a conscious effort on
behalf of the University that they
Talking Defense
are aware that this population ex-
ists, and it helps establish a pres-
ence among the administration,”
de la Garza said. “I foresee greater
interaction with student groups,
better programming and a lot more
open dialogue than what might
have taken place in the past.”
The committee’s current goal is
to fill the position by the end of this
quarter. Last Monday, committee
members filled out rankings to help
narrow down 22 candidates to the
final eight, and phone interviews
will be held sometime in October.
Later in the process, the commit-
tee plans to bring the finalists to
campus, giving students a chance to
meet with them, ask them ques-
tions and provide their input,
which will be used to come to a
final decision.
“[This position] is something that
institutionally we’ve needed for a
while, but now, the resources are
there to back it,” Golder said,
“which speaks very highly to what a
huge difference alumni can make in
terms of advancing the needs of stu-
KANOKWAN KULALERT/The Stanford Daily
dents.”
Prof. William Perry ‘49 M.S. ‘50, right, the U.S. secretary of defense under former President Clinton, and Stephen Hadley, left, national security advi-
Contact Kurt Chirbas at kchirbas@ sor to former President George W. Bush, discussed their findings from an independent, bipartisan review of the U.S. Quadrenniel Defense Review.
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OPINIONS
EDITORIAL
Bring ROTC back to
campus
F
rom the wide-ranging commitments of
the Haas Center to the variety of ta-
bles at the activities fair on Friday,
Stanford prides itself on an unwavering
commitment to service. It holds a special es-
teem in our community, yet conspicuously
absent from the view is service of a particu-
lar kind: that of the men and women serving
the nation in the military. In 2010, almost
four decades after the removal of Reserve
Officer Training Corps (ROTC) on campus,
the University still does not allow the pro-
gram to maintain a presence on campus or
offer academic credit for its courses.
Originally enacted in the latter stages of
the Vietnam War, the ban is currently justi-
fied as a protest against the military’s “don’t
ask, don’t tell” (DADT) policy banning
openly gay service people. A committee of
the Faculty Senate began considering in
March the idea of reinstating ROTC on
campus.Some at Stanford,however,have in-
dicated that a repeal of DADT might be a
prerequisite to reinstating the program.
The editorial board supports the Univer-
sity’s intentions in defending the rights of
the LGBT community, but believes these
concerns should be part of a broader dis-
course on the matter. To be sure, the mili-
tary’s mandated exclusion of certain groups
based on their sexuality constitutes an egre-
gious violation of civil rights. To the extent
that excluding ROTC from certain universi-
ties publicizes this discrimination or exerts
political pressure in opposition, it is benefi-
cial to the military and the nation. But hold-
ing ROTC hostage to the potential repeal of
the policy,which has floundered in Congress
despite widespread support from political
and military leadership, only empowers a
political failure to cause two detrimental
outcomes instead of one. Delaying the re-
turn of ROTC just adds to the damage done
by DADT.
The most direct impact of the ROTC ban
S ENT F ROM M Y I P HONE
Sometimes, SHPRC, You’re
Only Making It Harder
B L ETTERS
y now, after its colorful displays in the
activities fair and its omnipresence at
dorm meetings, the Sexual Health
Peer Resource Center (SHPRC) and all its
colorful sexual accoutrements should be in-
timately familiar to all of you kids. Its insti-
tutionally supported, lighthearted and cre-
ative approach to a controversial subject
like sex education really helps break down
the vestigial societal barriers that hold us
back from having open and honest conver-
sations about sexuality in today’s society.
There’s a disconnect, though, because
SHPRC is still vastly underutilized by large
subsections of the student body. The center
is struggling to reach out to them, and I
think I can offer an insight. The thing is,
SHPRC, in order to take advantage of your
lovely 12 free condoms, or exchange them
for lube and cock rings, someone has to want
to have sex with you first. Quite the curious,
and maddening, dilemma.
For just how many fellas and ladies and
genderqueer folk am I speakin’ right now?
Judging by the frequency of limericks sent
to the Band’s e-mail list, the level of entan-
glement on its hookup map, the number of
high-pitched squeals I hear through the all-
too-thin walls of Chi Theta Chi, and the ag-
gregate two high school girlfriends in my
Roble freshman quad: enough.
So what gives, Stanford? Well, part of the
problem is our obsession with time manage-
ment. No one puts “Bonetown, 2-4” in their
GCal, and everyone here knows that if you
don’t make something a priority, it won’t get
done, which is why at the end of the night,
people end up claiming they’re too tired to
perform their primary biological function, a
particularly cutting rejection considering
the number of “distracted by Facebook, sup-
posed to be working”-type status updates I
see at 1:30 a.m. on a regular basis.
Then there’s that other ghastly business
that holds us back from realizing our sexu-
al potential: that whole rape thing, which
turns an affirmation of life into a destroyer
of spirits and can make girls afraid to be
sexually open. And they’re kind of a neces-
sary part in the equation for total sexual lib-
eration.
Dudes, let’s talk. I read a study on Jezebel
last November that said that 6 percent of
male college students have admitted to rape
or attempted rape, which means the capaci-
ty to rape is present in a lot more of us than
we’d probably like to admit. I’m especially
talking to you guys who think you’re the
nicest dude on the planet and are incapable
of ever making a woman uncomfortable.
falls on the handful of dedicated Stanford
students who have chosen to enlist anyway,
making the commute to Berkeley, Santa
Clara or San Jose for their service.The extra
effort these students must make to partici-
pate in these off-campus programs and the
constraints to their course scheduling, exac-
erbated by the lack of ROTC academic
credit,are unacceptable.Even more so is the
snub these students receive from a universi-
ty that pays their activities no official regard.
Stanford owes these students — as well as
those who might have chosen to serve had
the opportunities been more available — its
fullest support.
It is not just those students who suffer
from the exclusion of ROTC. All Stanford
students do.If diversity is part of the Univer-
sity’s mission,exposure to the military ought
to be a valued element. If the University
aims to educate future leaders, students
must have the opportunity to understand
and interact with those who commit them-
selves to defending our nation. We must
strive to avoid a world where the people
fighting our wars are disconnected from
those who decide to start them. Further-
more, the forced separation of our armed
forces from top universities only intensifies
the socioeconomic and educational inequal-
ities that already pervade military demo-
graphics.
All this leads to one point that should go
without saying: soldiers don’t cause wars.
They only suffer the consequences.
Whether or not we approve of any given
conflict,we as a society must hold our armed
forces in the highest esteem. Most Stanford
students would likely support this idea in
theory, but the University and its students
must make sure they also do so in practice.It
is time for Stanford to do the right thing and
send the right message by allowing the
ROTC back on campus.
Peter
McDonald
Some introspection might help before your
next round of creeping, because it really is
not helping the rest of us.
And ladies, I’ve got a few words for you as
well. Don’t worry. I’m not going to tell you to
make sure you’re not leading guys on or any-
thing like that. Two years in Men Against
Abuse Now have taught me there really,
truly, is nothing you can do to “ask for it.”
No, the main issue I have is that most of
the anti-sexual assault literature on campus
seems to ascribe no sexual agency to
women, assuming you’re all Disney charac-
ters who have no idea what a guy is really
after when he invites you to his room. In-
deed, following a guy to his room is not an
invitation for rape. (It is an invitation for a
few awkward moments, and with the excep-
tion of a rare species of turtle, no one likes
awkward moments.) Though I would never
do anything as intellectually cavalier as
blame women for the presence of misogyny,
I will say that rejection after a night of flirt-
ing is bound to cause some frustration on
the guy’s end, no matter how many feminist
studies courses he’s taken. Honestly, you
should take it as a compliment.
So buck up, you guys, because after all,
Stanford is a pretty unique sexual land-
scape. We’ve got hundreds of the fittest peo-
ple on the planet, but they have to compete
for attention with the tech start-up whizzes.
The co-ops are as much a bastion for hipsters
as they are for hippies. And College Prowler
be damned, we are some attractive people.
There is no reason why any of you shouldn’t
go through all 12 of your free condoms by
week five and then empty out Tres-Ex by the
end of the quarter. Sex is a pretty good study
break.
When has Stanford ever been about ac-
cepting the status quo? Don’t be afraid of
your sexuality, and don’t be afraid to ask for
anything you want from another person. Just
remember to ask first. Get off your seat and
out of them pants and start a revolution!
For those looking to start the revolution right
away, e-mail petermc@stanford.edu or find
him at EBF tonight.Woot Das Racist.
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L OOKING U P
This Is Not My Runway
I
strut. And violently swing my right arm,
according to my dad.That’s a part of strut-
ting, right? And last week, driving home
from a nearby auto body shop in my now-
dent-free bright red coupe, I surely felt invin-
cible.(Boris Grishenko in “GoldenEye”prior
Nina M.
to death by liquid nitrogen: “I am invinci- Chung
ble!!!”) I was essentially drive strutting. My
dazzling almost-toy car and I were blasting
Bellatrax dance mixes really loudly . . .
Until I realized that this was an exact re-
play of the moments before my first mortify- lines stored in my Mom Quote Reservoir, its
truth-value has aged superbly.
ingly slow-motion accident four years ago.
I spent the rest of the drive intentionally To be honest, my biggest fear has always
toning myself down. Literally within minutes been my ego. Okay, fine, not true: At one
of leaving the shop, my mental state had re- point it was my little brother finding my diary
versed a generous 180 degrees. My psycho- (which ultimately resulted in a lost one that’s
logical mini-revolution stayed in my head probably under a hotel mattress in another
and within my car, so no exterior signs re- country). But once I learned what the enig-
vealed me — i.e. my driving didn’t change matic “ego” was, I did become quite afraid of
(still a bit too fast, maybe). But my eyes start- mine — and for good reason: There are a lot
of things I am proud of. It’s pure vanity be-
ed darting around suspiciously as I became
cause they’re normally things I had no hand
hyper-conscious of all potential vehicular in-
cidents.Written down, that sounds abnormal. in creating and am lucky to have seen or felt
My life thus far, though, has made me enter- at all. Unfortunately, the awareness itself is
tainingly speculative about unexpected fu- no panacea.My contract with pride is still rid-
ture events, especially when one takes some- dled with the small print of embarrassing and
thing for granted. humbling experiences.
No accidents occurred and I was genuine- There’s a line between self-affirming con-
ly grateful when I got back to the dorm. (It’s fidence and self-loving pride. I don’t know its
easy to forget how the best day is sometimes width, but it’s pretty solid. One is a bit more
just the simple, disaster-free one.) I remem- reckless and simple than the other. It exists
bered what my mom half-jokingly told me a for the sake of existing. It’s the relaxed pose
couple years ago, after borrowing my car for we wear in front of certain people. It’s our se-
an errand. The gist: a) it’s fun to drive that cret passions we hide from our friends to
new little car, and b) take care to stay a bit keep an image. It’s that signature, seemingly
modest while inside. And, like most of the nonchalant phrase we drop in conversation
TO THE E DITOR
Bravo to whoever put piano You brightened the day of many and sent
a wonderful message to your fellow students.
in plaza Spontaneous creative events like this reflect
the spirit of the arts initiative at Stanford. I
Dear Editor: applaud the students who put it there — and
Yesterday an old dilapidated piano mys- hope that it remains for a while longer (or
teriously appeared in White Plaza with a sign better yet, moves around to random loca-
encouraging students to make the arts “in- tions on campus).
escapable” at Stanford.The Daily erroneous-
ly attributed this to the Stanford Institute for Ed. note: please see correction, page 3.
Creativity and the Arts. Although we at
SICA cannot claim responsibility, I applaud JONATHAN BERGER
those who had the creative urge to turn a ver- The Denning Family Provostial Professor
itable piece of junk into an instant public in Music; Co-director, Stanford Institute for
music-maker. Creativity and the Arts
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— the one that used to be true but now re-
quires work to maintain. They’re mysterious
or misleading, pretending that something we
really take to heart is just, like, you know,
whatever. “Yeah, I didn’t know anything
about college until, like, sophomore year, ha-
haha,” I used to say. Is it totally true? I can’t
remember. But, given my ethnicity and the
stereotypes around it, it was a casual remark
I’d throw out to represent a world of other re-
lated concepts about my past and identity. I
was really proud of it, so I wrapped it in a lit-
tle prepackaged phrase. This past week, I re-
alized I have more of those repeat offender
one-liners than I’d like.
It’s strange to think about the mantras we
say and act out to other people. On the sur-
face it’s all unrehearsed, easy, background.
Often, however, they’re non-realities of
which we’re convincing ourselves. But why is
this rocky terrain? Because if we proclaim too
many self-indulgent slogans,we start publiciz-
ing somebody we don’t even know. That’s a
kind of insecurity I really want to avoid.
The best people I know and love lack the
self-written signs hanging around their
necks. Rather, they walk and talk and live
without proving anything except the fact that
they don’t need to. I’m taking a page out of
their book, which means throwing away the
one filled with pretty self-descriptions. And
the self-aware strut? Definitely taking steps
to remove it.
Interested in comparing recipes for humble
pie? Discuss with Nina at ninamc@stanford.
edu.
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SPORTS
Cal to cut five varsity teams
Cost-cutting takes
baseball, gymnastics
By CAROLINE CASELLI and
KABIR SAWHNEY
In a press conference on Tuesday,
UC-Berkeley Chancellor Robert Bir-
geneau and Athletic Director Sandy
Barbour announced that California
will eliminate five of its varsity athlet-
ic teams in an effort to maintain a fi-
nancially sustainable athletic program
committed to excellence.
The affected teams — baseball,
men’s and women’s gymnastics,
women’s lacrosse and men’s rugby —
will cease to represent Cal in intercol-
legiate competition at the end of this
academic year. The Cal athletic pro-
gram will be reduced from 29 teams to
24; by comparison, Stanford currently
has 35 varsity teams, and Pac-10 oppo-
nents UCLA and Washington have 24
and 21 teams, respectively.
This reduction will impact 163 stu-
dent-athletes and 13 full-time coaches.
The Cal athletics department will
honor current scholarships for the af-
fected student-athletes who choose to
stay at UC-Berkeley and continue
pursuing their degrees.
The rugby team, currently the only
varsity rugby program in the country,
has been a perennial national power-
house, winning 25 national champi-
onships since 1980. Unlike the other
four teams, rugby will be transitioned
to a varsity club sport, meaning it will
still have access to training facilities,
sports medicine and admissions bene-
fits — however, Cal will cease funding
the team.
In a letter to the UC-Berkeley com-
munity, Birgeneau and Barbour out-
lined the rationale for the decision,
with financial concerns at the top of
the list.
“The status quo is simply unsustain-
able,” they wrote.“Given the econom-
ic environment, the campus cannot
continue to provide Cal Athletics with
recent levels of annual financial sup-
port that exceeded $12 million during
the last fiscal year.After an exhaustive
consideration of every reasonable op-
tion,it became clear to us that the only
credible way to balance our twin ob-
jectives of financial sustainability and
continued excellence is through a re-
duction in the program’s scope, along
with new steps to contain costs and in-
crease revenues.”
The proposed plan will save Cal an
estimated $4 million.
While Cal is struggling to fully fund
its athletics program, the expansive
Stanford athletics program remains
on solid financial footing. Stanford
Athletics is an auxiliary unit of the
University, running independently on
the revenues that it generates. The
program did operate at losses in both
2009 and 2010, but is projected to re-
turn to the black this year as payouts
from its independent endowment re-
turn to normal levels.
Over the last two years, Stanford
Athletics also made numerous cuts to
ensure that it would be able to retain
all of its varsity sports. It eliminated
staff positions, froze salaries and im-
plemented budgetary cuts in order to
remain solvent.The only potential ca-
sualty was the fencing team,which was
forced to raise $250,000 on its own to
remain a varsity sport.
In the medium-term, Stanford is
also expected to receive significant
revenue boosts from the renegotia-
tion of the Pac-10 Conference’s media
contracts at the end of this year. With
the addition of Colorado and Utah,
the new Pac-12 is expected to pay out
much more to member schools after
the contracts are signed, which should
help Stanford to plug any remaining
budgetary gaps.
From a competition perspective,
Stanford figures to be affected the
most by the elimination of Cal’s gym-
nastics programs. The Golden Bears
are the only significant rivals to the
Cardinal on the West Coast,especially
on the men’s side — the men’s gym-
nastics team is scheduled to square off
against Cal four times this season.
Women’s gymnastics competition in
Please see CAL, page 6

SPORTS BRIEFS
Trent Edwards signed by NFL’s
Number One
Jacksonville Jaguars
Former Stanford quarterback
Trent Edwards ‘07 was picked up by
the Jacksonville Jaguars Tuesday, just
one day after being released by the
Buffalo Bills.
Edwards’ NFL tenure has been in-
consistent at best.After being named
the third-best quarterback in the
2007 NFL Draft by ESPN’s Mel
Kiper, Jr., the Bills drafted Edwards
in the third round. After then-starter
J.P. Losman went down with an in-
jury, Edwards made his first career
start just three games into his rookie
season. His performance earned him
a selection on the 2007 NFL All-
Rookie Team.
However, injuries plagued him
over the next few seasons. In recent
years he has battled Ryan Fitzpatrick
for the starting position in Buffalo.
Edwards was named the starter for
the 2010 season, but was benched in
favor of Fitzpatrick last week after
the Bills started 0-2.He was cut by the
Bills on Tuesday after throwing for
just 241 yards with one touchdown
and two interceptions in two games.
The Jacksonville Jaguars, who
have quarterback problems of their
own with current starter David Gar-
rard, were quick to claim Edwards
off waivers. He will immediately
enter the role as Garrard’s primary
backup and, depending on Garrard’s
play, has the potential to regain a
starting position.
Stanford fans will remember Ed-
wards as the starting quarterback
during the infamous 2006 season. Ed-
wards started seven games of the 1-11
campaign for the Cardinal before get-
ting injured, ending his Stanford ca-
reer on a low note.He was also the last
starting quarterback of the Walt Har-
ris era, leaving for the NFL before
current head coach Jim Harbaugh
took the position in 2007.
Edwards has started in 32 games in
just over three seasons of NFL play. SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily
He has thrown for 5,739 yards, 23
Senior forward Christen Press and the Stanford women’s soccer team
touchdowns and 25 interceptions. He
carries a career passer rating of 76.8. have assumed the No. 1 spot in the NSCAA coaches’ poll for the first
time this season after beating No. 3 Portland 2-1 on Saturday.
— Zach Zimmerman

Kabir Red Zone cap sends message that students don’t matter
Sawhney ticket office the night before basketball tickets go
on sale (this is not only considered acceptable,
but is a rite of passage).
So, when the announcement emerged last
Pac-10 Conference and one of the smaller BCS-
conference schools in the country. If the athletic
department were to charge for admission, many
students would simply stay away.Stanford Stadi-
there are physical limitations on the allotted sta-
dium section (which hasn’t changed) and safety
concerns. I am angry that this announcement
comes swiftly on the heels of Stanford’s football
tant because,unlike fans,they’ve already forked
over significant sums of cash — really what an
academic institution like Stanford should be
broadcasting?

A
s a Stanford student and an avid
follower of our athletic program,I
have always been proud of the
fact that the University makes it
incredibly easy for students to at-
tend all of its home sporting events for free, with
the sole exception of men’s basketball. Even
football, which has risen to the status of Pac-10
contender,is totally free to all students.
When I tell that little factoid to friends who at-
tend other universities, most are shocked that
such a prominent program would simply allow
all students to enter. Many other colleges insti-
tute quotas or other restrictions that prevent stu-
dents from watching their classmates on the field
— at some schools,students have to win a lottery
just for the right to buy their tickets. At some
places,it can be even more extreme — for exam-
ple, at Duke, students will camp outside of the
week that Stanford will cap the number of stu-
dents in the Red Zone for next weekend’s game
against USC, I was both shocked and disgusted.
The University’s line of thinking seemed to go
somewhat like this: “Well, we’ve got a decent
team now. Time to start screwing over the stu-
dents!”
The system Stanford has set up will involve
students “buying” tickets to the Red Zone for
$0.00,which they will then need to get into Stan-
ford Stadium on Oct.9.After 4,500 of these tick-
ets are distributed, the athletic department will
shut down the site and prevent anyone else from
getting a ticket.
Admittedly, Stanford isn’t making the stu-
dents pay for their seats, which I suppose is still
better than the systems that prevail at many
other institutions.However,there is a reason that
students have not had to pay up to this point:
Stanford is by far the smallest institution in the
um’s Red Zone is already the smallest fan section
in the Pac-10; some schools fit more students in
their sections than are enrolled at Stanford.
At this point,some might be quick to say that
Stanford has had this system in place to control
the number of students at the Big Game with the
Red Zone loyalty points system. To be totally
honest,I don’t really mind the system.Unlike the
system for the USC game, which is merely first-
come,first-serve,the points system rewards those
who come to every game in the season with a
ticket to the Big Game,giving students incentive
to come to as many games as possible and ensur-
ing that the student section is always full. Of
course,for years like this one when the Big Game
is in Berkeley, Stanford necessarily has to ration
student tickets,and it makes sense to give them to
those who attend all the games leading up to it.
The real reason for my outrage at this deci-
sion is not necessarily the cap in and of itself —
program’s return to national relevance.While I
started on the Farm last year,there are students
here who endured a string of losing seasons,
who were asked to wear the slogan “I believe in
Stanford football” and who were given the
promise that we would one day become a factor
in the conference and in the country again.
That day has arrived, and yet those who be-
lieved in Stanford football are now being told
that they’re not as important as the fair-weather
fans who suddenly find our matchup against a
sanctions-hit USC team a must-see, and who
have the means to buy a ticket to the game.
College athletics is fundamentally about the
students — both those who are playing in the
games and those in the stands cheering them on.
Stanford may be a small school, but its students
are just as passionate and dedicated to its athlet-
ic teams as any other university in the country.Is
this message — that its students are less impor-
More broadly,I’m afraid that this could be the
first step on a slippery slope for the Stanford ath-
letics program. Unlike many other schools, like
USC, that focus heavily on football and men’s
basketball, Stanford has a broad-based athletic
program,with over 30 varsity teams.The Univer-
sity might quickly forget that all of its athletics
programs exist (ideally,anyway) for the students,
and start cutting programs or shifting more atten-
tion and revenue to the football team.Stanford’s
rise to national prominence on the gridiron has
been a wonderful thing for everyone here on the
Farm,but if it comes at the price of alienating and
shafting the students,I fear that we will have sac-
rificed more than we have gained.
Kabir Sawhney is protesting the changes by
boycotting the games. Unfortunately, this may
be counterintuitive. Let him know there’s hope
at ksawhney@stanford.edu.
6 ! Wednesday, September 29, 2010
GAME
Continued from page 3
In addition, some gaming compa-
nies are bought out and receive gener-
ous financial compensation.Tapulous,
founded by Andrew Lacy MBA ‘05
and Bart Decrem JD ‘92, created a se-
ries of games called Tap Tap Revenge
that pits users against their friends to
determine who could most skillfully
tap buttons on their iPhones. On July
1,Walt Disney Co. paid a reported $35
million to buy the company.
While Farmville and Tap Tap Re-
venge are based exclusively online,
the next wave of social media may
ground itself more in the real world.
Tristan Walker MBA ‘10 is business
development director for
Foursquare, an application that al-
lows users to “check in” at venues
using mobile devices to receive points
and exchange tips about restaurants,
RAND
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By contrast,Biddle argued,“prac-
ticed consistently, egoism leads to a
life of happiness.” Using one’s rea-
son and intellect to make rational
decisions in one’s own self-interest
under a government that respects
fundamental individual rights, he de-
clared, is the only true path to indi-
vidual fulfillment. Employing three
fundamental qualities — reason,
purpose and self-esteem — each in-
dividual is equipped and obligated to
use his or her mind to produce and
be productive, and to refuse to be a
“parasite” by living off the work of
others.
Biddle followed with questions to
the audience about people’s funda-
mental obligations to one another
and critiqued the widely held notion
that self-sacrifice is morally good or
praiseworthy.
“Why sacrifice at all? What rea-
sons are there to sacrifice?” he
asked, asserting instead that the ra-
tional egoist realizes that he must
“neither sacrifice himself nor sacri-
fice others.”
Contact Miles Unterreiner at mile-
su@stanford.edu.
stores and other attractions.
“We’re trying to get people to ex-
plore their city and incentivizing them
to do so,” Walker said. “Some people
want to know where their friends are,
some want to unlock deals they could-
n’t get elsewhere,and some want to get
interesting tips about their city.”
In the future, Walker predicts, ap-
plications will continuously tailor
themselves to the specific needs of
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the Pac-10 is somewhat more robust,
and the Stanford women are sched-
uled to travel to Berkeley just once
this season.
The baseball team will also lose its
natural rival in the Pac-10. Last sea-
son, the Cardinal swept the Golden
Bears in a weekend series.
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the consumer. He offers one such de-
velopment that he envisions for
Foursquare: “Say you check into a
coffee shop in New York City at 7 a.m.
everyday,”Walker said.“If you take a
flight to San Francisco and it’s 7 in the
morning,we could help introduce you
to cool coffee shops there as well.”
Contact Samantha McGirr at smc-
girr@stanford.edu.
Stanford’s athletic programs may
also be able to pick up transfers from
Cal, which has pledged to assist ath-
letes wishing to transfer to play for
other schools. While the rugby pro-
gram may not receive too many ath-
letes, all four other teams could be in
excellent position to recruit affected
Cal players.
Contact Caroline Caselli at caro-
linecaselli@stanford.edu and Kabir
Sawhney at ksawhney@stanford.
edu.
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