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Researchers
tient care through empathy, compassion and hope. The alert did not mention specific cities; counterter- students.”
“It is a fact that our work becomes routine with time,” Chen rorism officials this month were assessing possi- Kennedy said that some parents of
said. “Our patients benefit from this clinical experience. But ble threats against Britain, France and Ger- BOSP students contacted the program
with that experience we begin to develop assumptions that pre- many,The New York Times reported. asking what emergency plans were in
predict fate
vent us from delivering truly patient-centered care.” Travel alerts are less severe than travel place, but, according to Kennedy,“no par-
In a world where the average medical resident witnesses 28 warnings — when a warning is issued, the ents or students requested to leave Eu-
deaths a year, it’s hard to remember that it’s the patient’s first Department of State generally advises rope.”
time while still tapping into one’s wealth of experience as a doc- Americans to avoid visiting the country BOSP students spending fall
of embryos
tor, Chen said. the warning concerns. Travel alerts, on the quarter in Europe have reported virtu-
Chen admitted that she used to consider the dying patients in other hand, are usually issued in response to ally no effect of the warning on daily
the internal care unit as “crumpled” and the frightened patients short-term conditions and instead advise that life.
who refused to accept treatment until they asked all their ques- citizens exercise particular vigilance while “I am a little more aware of my
tions as “difficult.” traveling. surroundings, but other than that, I
By doing so, she forgot what she now calls a crucial aspect of The BOSP administration reacted don’t think much has changed,” Julia Kayser By CAROLINE CHEN
her profession: it is always the patient’s first time. promptly when the alert was released. ‘11 wrote in an e-mail from Paris. “Fear is ex- STAFF WRITER
She credited this realization to a former attending physician “We drafted a memo to the students, actly what terrorists aim to inspire, so I think
for “defamiliarizing the familiar,” causing her to see her work in advising them to look carefully at the Until recently,the precarious first moments of an
new light. Rather than leave a woman alone with her dying hus- travel warning, give overseas staff their Please see EUROPE, page 3 embryo’s development have been a mystery to doc-
band in the internal care unit, as Chen thought was the norm, contact information and alert program tors and scientists. A team of Stanford researchers,
staff of weekend plans,” said Associate ERIC KOFMAN/ The Stanford Daily led by obstetrics and gynecology Prof. Renee Reijo
Please see MEDICINE, page 2 Vice Provost and Executive Director Pera, recently managed to film early embryonic de-
velopment, thus discovering more accurate ways to
predict the success of an embryo developing into a
WORLD & NATION National Coming Out Day child.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is an increasingly pop-
relief effort
bryos, which are grown and observed for up to five
days before implantation. The practitioners pick
embryos that are dividing regularly, but up to now
there has been no way for doctors to predict
whether or not the fertilization will be successful.
By ELLORA ISRANI Nationwide,the live birth rate with IVF is only 30
to 35 percent for women under 35 years old, accord-
Media and humanitarian attention to devastating Pak- ing to the American Pregnancy Association. This
istan floods is dwindling, but the ASSU is implementing a number continues to drop as the woman’s age in-
second wave of campaigns to revamp its Pakistan flood re- creases. Failures are costly — not only financially,
lief effort and, organizers hope, spike attention for the 20 but emotionally as well. Another potential conse-
million people affected by the summer disaster. quence is the higher likelihood of twins and triplets,
Spearheaded this August by Asfandyar Ali Mir ‘12, a which can result when multiple embryos are trans-
Pakistani student appointed as ASSU executive director ferred to increase the chance of success.
of Pakistan flood relief, along with ASSU President An- “It’s difficult to tell if an embryo is going to make
gelina Cardona ‘11 and Vice President Kelsei Wharton ‘12, it or not,” said Reijo Pera.“It’s been a problem ever
the campaign is a partnership with the United States since 1978, and this is the number-one problem in
Agency for United Nations High Commissioner for IVF.”
Refugees (USA for UNHCR), the United Nations Motivated by the low success rates in IVF, Reijo
refugee agency. Stanford has partnered with six other Pera set out to study the human embryo. Working
schools — Caltech, UC-Berkeley, Vanderbilt, Rice, Uni- with a team at Stanford’s Institute for Stem Cell Bi-
versity of Ontario and Gettysburg College — and is tar- ology and Regenerative Medicine, Reijo Pera em-
geting 30 high-school and collegiate partners in the near ployed time-lapse imaging techniques on more than
future. a hundred fertilized eggs to study their develop-
Stanford is leading the fundraising efforts with an esti- ment.
mated $11,100 raised so far, with the second-largest dona- Quickly, her team realized that the first stages of
tion totaling $4,000 from Caltech. Cardona said the focus embryonic development were in fact quite orderly
is not on reaching a monetary benchmark, but instead on and not as chaotic as scientists had always pre-
raising awareness about the disaster on and around cam- sumed. By the time the embryo had divided into
pus. eight cells — which is roughly “half the size of a
JIN ZHU/Staff Photographer
Please see FLOODS, page 3 Sophomore Alok Vaid-Menon and fellow students celebrates National Coming Out Day on Monday in White Plaza. Please see EMBRYOS, page 3
O
utside the Stanford book- show her work at art fairs and festivals, “thine” in a spiritual context. said. 2+2 program, which demands two years of work and two
store every Monday and such as the annual Jewish Cultural Street “What it means is that whatever we Recognizing that some students are on years of academic study of its students. Bringing the securi-
Tuesday, Raj and Narinder Festival on California Avenue this month. make here is yours, as in God’s,” Narinder tight budgets, Narinder and Raj set the ty of a graduate program together with the adventure of
Singh bring a little bit of “I embroider, I crochet, I do a lot of said.“Guru Nanak kept on saying,‘Thera, prices accordingly. two years of entrepreneurial endeavors,the program strikes
India to Stanford. work . . . it gives me satisfaction,” thera’ and distributing [the grain], but it “We try to keep rates low so it is af- a balance that many students find appealing.
In an unassuming stall reminiscent of Narinder said. never finished.” fordable for students,” Narinder said. In- “I want to get some experience that I can reflect on when
the copious bazaars of Southeast Asia, Using sterling silver, semiprecious Raj and Narinder combine pieces deed, is it easy for the bright colors and I go back to school,”David Rust ‘11 said of the Harvard pro-
they arrange jewelry, scarves and tradi- stones,wood,steel and copper,she creates made by Narinder, pieces imported from reasonable prices of the pieces on display gram. He has already been accepted into it and says allow-
tional ornaments. an array of pieces, from traditional bridal India, and select Korean and Native to lure passing students. ing students to defer their enrollment after being accepted
For the past five years, twice a week jewelry to costume wear. American pieces in a single, multicultural Raj and Narinder love interacting
from May to December, Raj and “I started with silver only, then I diver- display.The variety is evident: a gold Indi- with Stanford students and showcasing Please see B-SCHOOL, page 3
Narinder have been giving Stanford stu- sified,”she said.“I like to follow the trends an bridal headpiece is juxtaposed against their work and culture. Happy to answer
dents the opportunity to shop for authen- of what people like. Sometimes I remake brightly colored plastic bracelets. A to the curious gaze of passing students,
tic ethnic jewelry and trinkets. Why the pieces.” wooden bangle engraved with the symbol they emphasized that it’s the people on
Stanford bookstore? Raj and Narinder call their business for “Om,” a traditional meditation chant, campus who keep them coming back
The bookstore staff “is so kind and co- Thera Thera, in reference to the Sikh leg- sits next to a necklace made with garnets every week.
operative, and it’s a beautiful place,” end of Guru Nanak. It is said that the and green turquoise. Stanford “is the best place on earth,
Narinder said. Guru was a storekeeper at a state granary, While jewelry dominates the stall, and these are the best people on earth,”
The Singhs, an elderly Indian couple, where one day he was weighing grain scarves and Indian handicrafts make ap- Narinder said.
moved to the United States in 1992 when packages and counting. Upon reaching pearances.A legion of small, meticulously
their grandson, Jujhaar Singh ‘14, was the thirteenth grain package, the Guru painted elephant ornaments sit next to Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag@stan-
born.Through “trial and error,” Narinder went into a trance and began repeating, wooden carvings. ford.edu.
COMPOST MEDICINE
again that this would be a park,” and models you have,” Chen said, ad-
doubts its money-making prospects. dressing the medical students.“Their
“Dream on,” said Renzel to the behaviors are beacons of inspira-
Continued from front page idea that the facility will not cause dis- Continued from front page tion.”
ruptive noise or odor, calling the com- Chen also urged medical students
puter-generated image of the facility to hold fast to their newness and ide-
of their environmental ethic. “a pie-in-the-sky” vision. this doctor would remain in the room alism, as they remind older physi-
“There is a need for dozens of these Dry anaerobic digestion takes to comfort the woman. cians of the necessity of patient-cen-
facilities to be built,”Gans said.“Right place indoors, but Renzel says trucks Chen realized that some rare doc- tered care.
now there are none.” coming and going from the site would tors, such as this man, saw suffering Leo Ungar, a first-year medical
“Palo Alto has a history of being re- cause disruptions. Drekmeier hopes and dying as an opportunity to care school student in attendance, echoed
sponsible for its own services, with its the facility would have a green roof, and a chance to practice the art of Chen’s perception of a fine balance
own utilities department, wastewater though opponents like Renzel ques- medicine. between burning out and being a
treatment plant, and landfill,” Gans tion how expensive a green roof “They replaced suffering, unbear- truly compassionate physician.
added.“This facility is an extension of would be. able grief and fear with comfort, true “I remember when I was applying
that self-reliant philosophy.” Proponents of the facility view it as healing and hope,” Chen said. “They to med school the question I got a lot
Not so, says conservationist and a compromise.“This is not an either-or managed to bring the two threads [of was,‘What do you think the most dif-
former councilmember Emily Renzel. decision,” Gans said, stressing that the Courtesy of Peter Drekmeier
medicine] back together — the sci- ficult part of medicine is?’” Ungar
“It’s being misrepresented to peo- facility will use only about 10 of ence and the art — and they weaved said. “The answer that I gave was
ple,” said Renzel of the petition.“This Byxbee Park’s 127 acres. them back into the same thread that maintaining the distance that you
is a park undedication ordinance, pure “If we don’t set aside land for this programs on campus see the initiative ty.“I think it’s more a matter of looking was stronger than each thread need to do your job effectively and
and simple. They have a concept of a purpose,we’ll have lost this opportuni- in Palo Alto as a step in the right di- at short-term definitions of environ- alone.” not burn out while at the same time
project but there is no official project.” ty forever,” Gans said. rection. mentalism and ‘green’ versus long- From these models, Chen began appreciating the gravity of each
Renzel views the proposed facility Although a private company, “It represents a really positive step term sustainability.” to stay with her dying internal care case.”
as “a real slap in the face to many,many Peninsula Sanitary Services,Inc.,han- for Palo Alto in the long term and for unit patients and families to provide
councils who ratified over and over dles University waste, sustainability Stanford as well,” said Theo Gibbs ‘11, Contact Margaret Rawson at marawson comfort as if for the first time. Contact Erin Inman at einman@stan-
ASSU executive chair of sustainabili- @stanford.edu. “Hold onto the incredible role ford.edu.
The Stanford Daily Tuesday, October 12, 2010 ! 3
FLOODS
coffee or help people in Pakistan
who need it.”
Given the success of the letter,the
Continued from front page next wave will likely focus on one-
on-one strategies, such as having
ASSU senators send out personal e-
Vineet Singal ‘12, who has been mails.The ASSU has also gotten Ro-
helping with the campaign, said he taract, a student service group, to
recently removed a personal plea in agree to match contributions, but the
his e-mail signature because of sev- details of this agreement have yet to
eral questions from individuals who be defined. Mir is planning a panel
believed the disaster and campaign discussion on students’ role in such
were over. humanitarian crises.
“I got several e-mails from people The empathy that Stanford stu-
who were like, ‘Aren’t the floods dent feel in response to humanitari-
over?’” Singal said. “No, it’s not. The an tragedy has a history of generat-
relief effort is still going on.” ing of financial support on campus.
A major obstacle continues to be Last year, the ASSU ran a similar
raising funds and encouraging in- campaign for relief for the earth-
volvement regardless of waning in- quake in Haiti, raising thousands of
ternational support. Mir called the dollars with partner organizations.A
floods “one of the biggest in the his- number of contributions came from
tory of humanitarian disasters” but ANASTASIA YEE/The Stanford Daily the “Heal Haiti” event held in Stern
believed media coverage has been Dining, which raised $4,000 in just a
inadequate. A native of Rawalpindi, views by UNHCR Goodwill Ambas- few hours,Cardona said.Many of the
Mir has friends whose houses were sador Angelina Jolie. A number of individuals who worked for Haiti re-
swept away in August by the floods. students participated in “Walk for lief are also working for Pakistan re-
His high school in Nowshera also Pakistan” on Sunday in Fremont, an lief.
was destroyed. effort by the nonprofit organization “We have a lot of talent on our
Singal attributed the drop in pub- Focus, which is unaffiliated with the team,” Cardona said.
lic awareness to the declining media ASSU. According to Mir, Stanford stu-
coverage. One of the most effective meth- dents “have a tradition of stepping
“When the international re- ods so far was a letter sent on Aug. 27 up.”
sponse subsided, so did the media at- to students from Cardona and Whar- “We did it for Katrina, for the
tention, and then so did the personal ton, asking students to donate just $5 Southeast Asian tsunami, for Haiti
attention,” Singal said. to the cause. and have done it in part for Pakistan
The Stanford effort has used a “It’s something they spend on a as well,” he said. “But more needs to
number of strategies, including Face- Subway sandwich, it’s something be done still.”
book statuses and postings, personal they spend on a Starbucks coffee,”
appeals as e-mail signatures and a Singal said. “It’s nothing. It got peo- Contact Ellora Israni at ellora@stan-
blog with resources such as inter- ple to think they could either have a ford.edu.
EUROPE B-SCHOOL
from travelling,” As the status of the alert has not
While she did not feel immediate- changed since it was issued, the
ly at risk, Ansano felt that the BOSP BOSP students in Europe have not
Continued from front page responded appropriately to the alert. allowed fear to interrupt their experi- Continued from page 2
“I think it’s probably the right ences.
amount,”Ansano said.“It might seem “Worrying about the terrorist at-
an even-keeled response is the best a little excessive, but when you think tacks isn’t going to change the statisti- to business school is a growing trend
we can do.” about the fact that they’re partially cal likelihood of their occurrence, so I that promises to yield many bene-
Kayser said the atmosphere responsible for us on Stanford’s be- haven’t given it a whole lot of fits. Rust imagines that collecting
among students had not changed half, it seems like a good idea to go a thought,” Kayser said. recommendations and writing per-
since before the alert, and her group’s little beyond where they have to just sonal statements might prove to be
BOSP weekend trip was not resched- in case it’s necessary.” Contact Steven Smallberg at small- challenging outside an academic
uled in the weekend following the BOSP has prepared for the possi- ber@stanford.edu. setting. Furthermore, the Stanford
alert’s release. bility of a greater security threat as senior has heard from others that
Additionally, the vagueness of the
alert, such as a lack of specific loca-
well.A global response team is ready
at all times to discuss evacuation Correction business school can be useless with-
out work experience. Rust is there-
tions or time periods, may have de- plans if necessary. fore looking forward to the years he
flated the sense of severity it inspired Discussions of evacuation took In “Google buys alums’ website will spend between an undergrad
among students. place earlier this year when an earth- for millions” (Oct. 11), due to an ed- degree and graduate school.
“The idea that something might quake struck on Feb. 27 in Santiago, iting error, The Daily incorrectly re- “I feel like I can go do what I re-
happen at some point somewhere in Chile,where the BOSP has a location. ported that Ben Eidelson and Jason ally enjoy whereas I might be more
Europe isn’t going to make most peo- The BOSP administration kept in Prado developed the idea for their inclined to do something with more
ple too worried,” Aisha Ansano ‘12 close contact to ensure the safety of social networking project while certainty otherwise,” Rust said.
said from Oxford. “Accidents and the students, all of whom desired to working at Microsoft after gradua-
other unpredictable things happen all stay in Chile and aid in the recovery tion. In fact, they founded their com- Contact Anna Schuessler at annas7@
the time, but that doesn’t stop people process. pany after leaving Microsoft. stanford.edu.
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freshmen are just getting used to quarter. Managing Editor of Features Giancarlo Daniele Graphics Editor
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Stanford and the idea of Residential Very few sophomores know of their in- Marisa Landicho Jin Zhu
Education. Some sophomores are thinking tentions for next quarter, much less whether Bob Michitarian
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track. Some juniors are still contemplating nior RAs are just becoming acclimated to Zachary Warma
whether or not to take advantage of study- staffing.With only nine weeks of experience, Editorial Board Chair
abroad options. Prospective coterminal stu- it will be hard to determine whether or not
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In the midst of the fall-quarter frenzy,stu- ments to activities, and deciding whether or
dents now have to weigh yet another option not to pass up their last chances to apply for
that Stanford offers — the choice of com- study-abroad opportunities.For prospective
mitting now to four quarters of resident as- coterminal students, the staffing decision C ONTINUED
sistant (RA) duties, including a one-quarter will likewise be more difficult.
Life: Hacked
training class and three quarters of staffing. In addition, a Row house’s current staff
The editorial board has concerns about will only have about nine weeks of interac- Jade
the new changes to the RA hiring process. tion with its residents,leaving the staff to de-
Granted, there is value in moving the dead- cide on next year’s hires with little knowl- Wang
line earlier. It allows more time for prospec- edge how the applicants would fit into the
S
tive RAs to find drawmates in the event of a house. ometimes, when I’m melting into my lap- search.
denial,it allows RAs to take a class similar to The improvements could be made with- top, staring at the blinking cursor of my While, admittedly, I do rely heavily on the
the training that peer health educators and out putting students in such situations. Stu- word processor, I somehow manage to program that only allows me six minutes of
resident computer consultants undergo dur- dent input is integral in making these deci- convince myself that reading about “life Facebook a day, these computer-based hacks pus walkers” thrown into the diatribe. I didn’t
ing spring quarter, and it allows for more sions,and while the RA hiring process need- hacks” on the Internet is close enough to can only take me so far. My true interest lies in have time to see much of his reaction beyond
work to assuage the niggling guilt. Life hacks the hacks that people use in their everyday vague surprise before I rushed off to class on
preparation. ed to be revamped, the editorial board is are small, clever changes in habit that im- lives, away from the computer.To be honest, I my optimized route, but later, I started asking
However, all these improvements are skeptical about whether or not this change is prove life, generally by increasing productivi- know my computing productivity could use people for their life hacks.
done at the expense of the students, forcing the best course of action. ty. I read about ways to work on the comput- some serious optimization, and I don’t really I have been collecting life hacks since,
er more efficiently and even occasionally need a shiny program to tell me that I should keeping an eye out for clever shortcuts people
download programs that I rarely end up probably read fewer blogs if I want to ever get use in their own lives. Hacking is something
using. I read, sometimes for hours, about how anything done.Away from the laptop, though, that, it seems, people do naturally — it’s going
Unsigned editorials in the space above represent the views of the editorial board of The Stanford Daily and do
not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Daily staff. The editorial board consists of seven Stanford students
to increase my productivity,thereby drastical- I like to believe that I operate at a moderate to a restaurant during off hours to avoid a wait
led by a chairman and uninvolved in other sections of the paper. Any signed columns in the editorial space ly decreasing my productivity. level of efficiency.A laundry list of ways to in- and it’s pulling into the carpool lane and
represent the views of their authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the entire editorial board. To It feels kind of like shopping,but instead of crease my productivity does not come to me as speeding by the parking lot to the right. It’s
contact the editorial board chair, e-mail editorial@stanforddaily.com. To submit an op-ed, limited to 700 searching for a soft cardigan that will flatter, easily as in the case of laptop work. that sensation that feels like winning and beat-
words, e-mail opinions@stanforddaily.com. To submit a letter to the editor, limited to 500 words, e-mail or a thick novel that will compel, I am looking Hacks in everyday life are difficult to come ing the system. It’s saving a phone call home
eic@stanforddaily.com. All are published at the discretion of the editor. for something that will make me a better ver- by. They are not so readily apparent as the for a long walk across campus, and it’s organ-
sion of myself. computer variety, which are generally some izing a shopping list according to the shelves at
These hacks promise me that I can, in fact, kind of application that utilizes keyboard the store. It’s carrying a shopping bag around
get it all done, with higher quality, and with shortcuts heavily. They are the small habits to sheath a wet bike seat, and it’s going to the
G IRL YOU K NOW I T ’ S T RUE enough time left over to bake an authentic and quirks that have assimilated into routine market to eat samples for lunch.The hacks can
pizza from scratch. Instead of peeking at my but present moments of insight for other peo- get a little stranger, a little less common. It’s
inbox through squinted eyes, hoping that the ple. I first realized that I could be a hacker of brushing teeth in the shower to save time and
Technology Movie
from procrastinating girl wearing athletic through the first door I saw, walking intently. about your own hacks, and share them with
shorts despite never doing athletic activity to My friend was confused, remembering cor- your friends. You might save some time, or
focused woman, poised and punctilious. Is rectly that I actually had class in Gates, sever- you might waste some, but it’s the conversa-
there really a magical program somewhere al courtyards away. I explained that I wanted tion that is the fun. Welcome to life
on the Internet that will suddenly transform to go through the building, so I could cut diag- hackathon.
T
his weekend, “The Social Network” me into one of those people who doesn’t onally through the Quad and make it to Gates
rode its Aaron Sorkin-based walk-and- struggle to achieve focus? I haven’t found one faster, with no shortage of statements of ob- Let Jade test out her inbox sorting hacks.E-mail
talks to its second week as the No. 1 yet, but every Sunday night, I’ll do another noxious pride at being one of the few “cam- her at jadew@stanford.edu.
film in the country. Considering this is basi-
cally a movie about a lawsuit between one set
Jordan
of rich WASPs and some other billionaire
guy who went to Harvard, it seems likely that Carr L ETTERS TO THE E DITOR
the vast majority of the popularity is piggy-
backing on the fact that it is The Facebook Writing, not content, was sumption that all members of an ethnicity beats a pile of adjectives every time.
Movie rather than being especially torn up group act the same way with the mocking ref-
over the travails of various Winklevosses and problem with Hanson editorial erence to ‘an accent and a trill’ veers danger- MIKE DROUT M.A.‘91
Zuckerbergs and Timberlakes. Old people ously into bigotry.” And it goes on like this.
want to see the movie that captures the spirit
of the younger generation, young people like What color is a knife? Dear Editor,
I stumbled upon the recent controversy re-
Let me put on my professor hat for a mo-
ment: can ignorance be “vitriolic”? Can an
Ed. note: more letters responding to the Han-
son editorial are on our website, stanforddai-
ly.com.
to see what old people think captures the garding the Oct. 7 editorial about Victor Davis assumption be “toxic”? Can you veer “dan-
spirit of our generation, and the circle of life
continues. What is Hanson’s remarks about race and politics.
I wrote for The Daily occasionally in 1990
gerously into” bigotry? (On this last, you can
veer toward something, but once you’ve Beutelsbach, not Florence, was
The Movie That Defines a Generation and 1991 while completing an M.A. in com- veered “into” it, then it’s just bigotry, which
comes out every so often, and as far as this
goes, it could be worse. Fifteen years ago, the normal blood munication (journalism), and during this
time I always found the staff to be one of the
was actually your point, was it not?)
Not to be all “back in the day,” but, well,
first BOSP outpost
equivalent movie was called “Reality Bites,” best in college journalism, with the fiercest back in the day The Daily’s board and the Dear Editor,
and it starred Ben Stiller, Winona Ryder,
Ethan Hawke and America’s sweetheart,
pressure? What’s and most knowledgeable copy editors in the
business.
copy editors would never let that many mod-
ifiers be employed in one paragraph and
In “Framing Florence” (Oct. 6), there is a
small factual mistake. The author says that
Janeane Garofalo. Thus I was extremely disappointed by the would certainly not have allowed them to be “Stanford has had an abroad program in Flo-
Though I am not original enough to think
of a good idea, I am unethical enough to
your sign? Oct. 7 editorial.
The content, such as it was, was not a prob-
imprecise and therefore ineffective. (“Vitri-
olic” means “like acid,” so certainly rhetoric
rence for 50 years — it was the University’s
first foreign outpost.” It is true that Stanford in
steal someone else’s and capitalize on it my- lem. Davis made a provocative argument, can be “vitriolic” — which is no doubt what Florence was opened in 1960 and has been
self without sharing credit (like our collec- and you responded with disagreement.That’s the writer meant. But “vitriolic” does not re- going strong for 50 fabulous and successful
tive hero, Mark Zuckerberg!).And the great cation to an exotic island locale, before they as it should be (though your argument would ally describe ignorance very well at all.) years. But the first foreign outpost of the Bing
idea here is to take some random boring start being murdered one by one, only to re- have been much more effective had you em- You let someone get carried away with the Overseas Studies Program was in Beutelsbach,
movie about a dull legal procedure or some alize that the killer all along was . . . ployed some specifics). adjectives and adverbs and printed a dog’s Germany, a program that opened in 1958.
such and suddenly tie it into a technology or The problem was the writing. breakfast of an editorial. Unless things have
product that people care deeply (and irra- Jobs! The Official Steve Jobs Story “But this sort of homogenous denigration really changed at the Farm (which I doubt), BOB HAMRDLA ‘59
tionally) about. Here are a few ideas for how How do you go from getting fired from a is no intellectual commentary. It is at best vit- you’re better than that.As Prof. James Risser Beutelsbach Alumnus
to do that. company to becoming the guy whose health riolic ignorance. Combining the toxic as- told me once, a true argument written calmly BOSP Staff
outlook affects its stock prices? The story
Just Ask: The Story of Ask Jeeves opens in a dorm in Reed College where
A disgruntled butler (Michael Caine) re- young Steve Jobs (Denzel Washington) is the
alizes he has a gift for answering his boss’s most beloved man on campus, but he would
(Ashton Kutcher) moronic questions. What really like to be part of the school’s elite so-
color is a knife? What is normal blood pres- cial clubs. Upon learning that Reed doesn’t
sure? Who you attracting with that line, really do weird, elite social clubs, he drops
what’s your name, what’s your sign? So in out and soon is running Apple, where some
1996, he takes to the interwebs to personally jealous idiots fire him for being too awesome.
answer people’s questions, the world over. They soon regret their horrible mistake and
(Sample dialogue — Random Attractive rehire him at which point he is awarded over
Woman: The site got 2,200 hits within two 230 patents and single-handedly invents
hours? Jeeves: Hundred. Twenty-two hun- everything that makes Apple worthwhile.
dred. RAW: Yes, that’s what I said. Jeeves: The biggest drama surrounds when that
Oh. Right then.) stupid jerk Bill Gates (Vin Diesel) starts try-
Jeeves’ newfound wealth allows him to ing to look good by getting all his billionaire
quit his job and hire a butler of his own, an ac- buddies to agree to donate large sums of
tion that he is deeply conflicted about. How- their fortunes. Steve Jobs has no interest in
ever, he gets over it and eventually begins participating, and is mad that Bill Gates gets
making his butler do all the humiliating tasks any credit for this. The problem is resolved
he resented doing. when Jobs realizes that for no apparent rea-
Unfortunately, other search engines real- son, young and socially conscious people ar-
ize that there are better ways to gather infor- bitrarily regard Apple as a “responsible”
mation on the Internet than having one per- brand, and Bill Gates as the evil, money-
son sit at a computer and type in answers, so hoarding rich guy. In the closing scene,
Jeeves’ website loses all its value, and he is everyone high fives and laughs hysterically
forced to go back to his old job as a butler, as an ad for something called a “Microsoft
where he will serve out the rest of his days Zune” comes on TV. Written and Directed by
primarily functioning as a footstool. Steve Jobs.
SPORTS
SINKING NO.1
Stanford hands previously perfect MEN’S WATER POLO
USC its first loss of season 10/9 vs. USC W 5-3
By DASH DAVIDSON
B
gested an inevitable battle for the set and
match.However,Cardinal senior libero Gabi efore Saturday night, I had never utmost importance.TheTrojans started their drive Dishing the Rock
Ailes took control of the match mid-set by cheered after a Stanford turnover. at midfield,were receiving to start the second half
punching out a pair of aces in a five-point run. Never before had I seen a team bene- and were picking on the Stanford cornerbacks
Klineman, Spelman and Browne tallied 14 fit from a lost fumble. Never before without resistance. Objectively speaking, they
kills on the set to score a 25-15 win, earning had I witnessed a sell-out crowd drop were a near lock to get on the scoreboard before shoulder — and lay down the law.If that doesn’t
the Card the match. its collective jaw in a synchronized WTF-just-hap- the break. put an ounce of fear into an opposing squad and
Klineman totaled 27 kills to become the pened reaction. Nonetheless,Stanford fans cheered.I cheered. a jolt of electricity into Cardinal fans, then noth-
kill leader for her 10th consecutive match, That’s because before Saturday night,Andrew I punched my friend in the chest.I acted like an an- ing will.
while Jupiter slid in second with 19 kills. Luck had never gone Thomas the Tank Engine on imal.The question is whether this behavior is in- From then on, the offense played flawlessly.
The USC defense gave the Cardinal front a USC Trojan. dicative of a “true”football fan. The famous O-Line,the same one that was humil-
line a battle as four Trojans recorded double- USC’s Shareece Wright is probably still feeling No.The play was really terrible — like worst- iated last week at Oregon in easily its worst per-
digit digging totals. The Trojans rank third in the effects of the hit by the train that is our starting case scenario terrible.Did all of the fans recognize formance of the season, was fired up with a pas-
Pac-10 digging stats,while the Cardinal sits in quarterback. As Wright attempted to return a this? Of course not. sion that we had never seen.And although our de-
second. Stepfan Taylor fumble just before halftime, Luck Let’s be honest.At Stanford Stadium only 20 fensive players were exposed more than Brett
However, UCLA embodies defensive thwacked him Ray Lewis-style, forcing the ball percent of those who were cheering understood Favre’s manhood on Deadspin, they played with
success, leading the conference in digs per set loose with such authority that it sparked accusa- the true consequences of the play, 40 percent of an extra step.The stadium was absolutely electric,
since the beginning of Pac-10 play. tions of juicing by YouTube commenters. those cheering did so just because they saw the hit and the win was gigantic.
The Cardinal started its campaign in The play was literally breathtaking,causing fans and the remaining 40 percent were cheering be- So hate or love the crowd’s reaction,but it was
Pauley Pavilion neck-and-neck with the Bru- of both teams to drool at the big screens while Luck cause they heard everyone else cheering. well-deserved.A hustle play that sparked a bril-
ins until three Cardinal hitters contributed jogged off the field with a grin.ABC replayed the However,I’m going to give everyone the ben- liant offensive performance against our most
three consecutive errors to give UCLA the hit umpteen billion times while play-by-play guy efit of the doubt this one time and take the side of hated rivals — I said it,USC has surpassed Cal —
lead, 14-13. A pair of kills by senior outside Mike Patrick tried his hardest not to have an the fans because,this time,I truly believe that this deserves to be rewarded with praise. Even the
hitter Dicey McGraw gave the Bruins a aneurysm as he described the heroics. play made a difference in the outcome of the biggest football elitists, myself included, have to
three-point lead. The Card then dropped Yet some of my friends weren’t impressed. In game. step away from big words like “implications”and
quickly to a 24-19 deficit with a series of un- fact, many of them were ticked off. They weren’t For the first time since I’ve been a student “statistics” every once in a while and savor the
forced errors,and closed the set with a service mad at Luck, who none of us doubt has a spine here,people looked at us like we were mean.We moment for what it is.
error. made out of titanium,but rather at Stanford fans — could care less if you took the ball from us. And what a moment it was. Stanford’s domi-
The beginning of the second set mirrored SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily the same Stanford fans that I berated last week and Turnover or not,we were going to hit you square nance over USC in recent years now has a poster
the first, yet the outcome reversed when a Senior outside hitter Alix Klineman has been that my friend Dan Bohm lambasted yesterday. in the mouth.These nerds can get pissed off too. image.And Shareece Wright has a new daddy.
block by Spelman and freshman middle See, despite Luck’s attempted murder of And not just any nerd, but our prized quarter-
blocker Carly Wopat forced three hitting er- the leading hitter in 11 consecutive match- Wright,Stanford still lost the ball.We gave up pos- back,the projected first pick in the NFL Draft.A Zach Zimmerman is hiding from Andrew Luck
rors from the Bruins. The Cardinal stole the es to power No. 1 Stanford. The Card lost session with 50 seconds left in the first half,in a tie potential 50 million-dollar man is willing to and his titanium spine.Remind him that Luck is a
momentum, holding the Bruins to a hitting to UCLA despite Klineman’s 27 kills. game in which every touch of the ball was of the lower his shoulder — scratch that, his throwing nice guy at zachz@stanford.edu.
6 ! Tuesday, October 12, 2010 The Stanford Daily