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Palo Alto theater development plan moves aheadBy ILEANA NAJARRO

STAFF WRITER

After 42 years seeking a permanenthome, local professional theater companyTheatreWorks may finally find one, thanksto John Arrillagas proposal to build a the-atre and office complex on University land indowntown Palo Alto.

While the projects proposal is still underdevelopment and no current formal doc-

umentation exists Steve Emslie, PaloAlto deputy city manager, said that conceptplans could be presented to the City Councilin a month. The Council previously author-ized the hiring of consultants to further ex-plore the proposal.

Any revenue from the office spaces pro-posed for Stanford land would go directly tothe University.

Jean McCown, Stanford director of com-munity relations, wrote in an email to TheDaily that while Stanford has not been in-volved in the development of the proposal,the University supports the exploration cur-

rently taking place.It is an intriguing project for the proper-

ty adjacent to the University Avenue Cal-train station in Palo Alto, which is owned byStanford, McCown wrote. The Universityis pleased that the City of Palo Alto will begiving this proposal its thoughtful and con-structive consideration.

According to Emslie, the current propos-al includes an office building at about200,000 square feet, a retail center at about

20,000 to 50,000 square feet and a perform-ing arts center with a capacity of 600, all ofwhich will be at 27 University Ave.

Though Arrillaga initially proposed theproject in downtown Palo Alto as a way tobetter use the land adjacent to the Caltrainstation, the City Council shaped the idea fora performing arts center.

One of our premiere dramatic compa-nies, TheatreWorks, has been in need of apermanent home, Emslie said. It wouldprovide stability to that organization and itwould provide a regional, cultural destina-tion for Palo Alto.

TheatreWorks which employs a staffof 45 is the third-largest professional the-ater company in the Bay Area. The compa-nys roots date back to 1970, and the compa-ny puts on an average of 250 to 260 perform-ances a year.

Robert Kelley 68, TheatreWorks artisticdirector, said that the company is currentlyinvolved in articulating its needs for the the-ater complex.

Concerns include the incorporation of

general necessities, such as a large auditori-um and a fly loft to move scenery around onstage. Because of TheatreWorkss education-al activities, a costume shop and classroomswould be needed along with some officespace to coordinate operations.

For Kelley, the proposal would play a sig-nificant role in strengthening ties betweenStanford and Palo Alto, in addition to givingTheaterWorks much-needed logistical sup-port.

The idea of a free flow of people be-

RESEARCH

New antibody offers broad cancer treatment

By MARY HARRISONSTAFF WRITER

Stanfords Graduate School ofBusiness (GSB) and the StanfordLaw School (SLS) continue to excelin the U.S. News and World Reports(USNWR) rankings. The GSB tiedwith Harvard University for firstplace among business schools in thepublications 2013 rankings, whilethe Law School was ranked secondin the nation.

The tie for first place between theGSB and the Harvard School of

Business is the third-such occur-

rence in the past five years. The LawSchool moved into sole possessionof second place, behind Yale LawSchool, for the first time since 2007.

While expressing satisfactionwith their placement, both LawSchool and GSB representativesplayed down the rankings signifi-cance while emphasizing alternatemeans of measuring the programssuccesses.

Garth Saloner 81 M.S. 82 Ph.D.82, dean of the GSB, stated that although he is very proud of the

GSBs top ranking he would

rather focus on measuring how theGSB prepares students to succeedafter graduation.

Saloner emphasized that theGSB prefers to focus on preparingour students . . . so they can makesignificant impact in the world.

We are obviously delightedwhen we receive external recogni-tion . . . but we keep a balanced per-spective and recognize that thesemeasurements are, at best, imprecise

By JUDITH PELPOLACONTRIBUTING WRITER

Researchers from the Stanford School ofMedicine have developed an antibodyshown to be effective in treating a widerange of cancers. The antibody encouragesthe bodys immune system to attack cancer-ous cells and could help treat patients withadvanced cases of the disease.

Irving Weissman M.D. 65, a professor ofpathology at the Stanford Medical Schooland the studys lead author, noted that can-cer cells often exhibit a dont eat me signalcaused by the CD47 protein, which stops thebodys immune system from attacking and

destroying the cells.Weissman first observed the expressionof CD47 in blood stem cells, later noting itspresence in leukemia stem and cancer cells,where the cancer is often more highly ex-pressed.

This study, which is pretty surprising,shows that [the signal] is present on everyhuman cancer that weve tested, Weissmansaid.

Researchers took malignant tumors fromhuman patients and transplanted them intoimmune-deficient mice. After a period oftime, the mice were treated with the anti-body, which blocks the CD47 protein and al-lows the immune system to attack unshield-ed cancer cells.

The treatment was effective in all cases,reducing the spread of cancerous cells andoften even ridding the mice of tumors alto-gether. Researchers tested the treatment onovarian, breast, brain, pancreatic and colon

cancers.The chances that the tumor cells can de-velop resistance in a way that we couldntovercome it are pretty low, said Jens-PeterVolkmer, one of the studys co-authors.

Researchers noted, however, that the an-

tibody treatment may initially induce tem-porary, mild anemia in test subjects. Thetreatment often destroyed the mices oldestred blood cells which also use CD47 todeter the bodys immune system beforeaffecting cancer cells.

The study later used drugs that increasered blood cell count to counter the anemia.Red blood cell count did not decrease withsubsequent doses of the treatment.

The antibody treatment may also provesignificant in treating other diseases, accord-ing to the researchers.

We definitely think CD47 is involved inother forms of possibly auto-inflammatorydiseases, such as multiple sclerosis, and were

investigating all these different pathways . . .but a lot of that is preliminary right now,said Stephen Willingham, another of thestudys co-authors.

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Researchers find newside effects for drugs

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Researchers from the StanfordSchool of Medicine recently created analgorithm that suggests that inadvertentimpacts of drug use vastly exceed thosedetailed by seemingly exhaustive indus-try labeling.

The researchers were able to identify1,332 drug side effects not currently list-ed on labels, while the algorithm which sifts through millions of reports inorder to discern true side-effects suggests that the average drug prompts329 adverse reactions, nearly five times

the 69 currently listed.The FDA maintains a database of ap-proximately 4 million side effects alist compiled through consultation withdoctors and patients but the processof establishing causation may often becomplicated by the consumption of mul-tiple drugs simultaneously and by varia-tion in individual reactions.

One notable side effect uncovered bythe algorithm is the adverse interactionbetween common blood pressure med-ications and antidepressants. The combi-nation of the two drugs increases the riskof a heart condition, which can lead to ir-regular heartbeat and sudden death.

Even after the algorithms discoveries,however, follow-up research and clinicaltrials will be required before the FDAcan adjust labeling and expand consumer

awareness of adverse side effects.

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FSI fellow addressesChina education gap

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Scott Rozelle, an economist and sen-ior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institutefor International Studies, has led recentefforts to measure and bridge the tech-nological disparities between Chinesechildren in rural and urban settings.

While 80 percent of urban Chinesestudents have Internet access, only twopercent of their rural counterparts have

the same privileges. Rozelle argues thatthe vast gap could result in a lost gener-ation of children from rural back-grounds denied the skills to work in amodern economy, derailing Chinasrapid economic growth.

A pilot initiative in which 15 com-puters loaded with games and educationsoftware were made accessible to 60 stu-dents in rural Qinghai province re-sulted in a quick payoff for Rozelle andthe Rural Education Action Project(REAP), with test scores rising on aver-age from the equivalent of a C+ to a Bwithin 10 weeks.

Rozelles work evoked a favorableresponse from the Chinese government,which recently laid out plans calling forevery student in China to have Internetaccess within 10 years.

Marshall Watkins

Researchers producedesigner electronsBy THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Scientists from Stanford Universityand the SLAC National Accelerator

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and incomplete, added MadhavRajan, senior associate dean foracademic affairs at the GSB.

Although the rankings assessgraduate programs through a

range of criteria such as peerand corporate assessments, gradu-ates starting salaries and the pro-grams acceptance rate Salonerargued that rankings tend to put[schools] into a single dimension.

Judith Romero, a Law Schoolspokesperson, stated that the lawschool does not normally com-ment on rankings as a matter ofpolicy because whats importantis that students find the rightschool for them.

Saloner agreed that, while stu-dents may naturally judge an insti-tution primarily by its ranking, it ismore important to judge whethera school is a good match for thatparticular student.

In addition to the overall cate-

gory, the U.S. News and World Re-port also ranked business and lawschools in several specialized cate-gories.

The GSB attained top-fiverankings in accounting, entrepre-neurship, management, market-ing, nonprofit, production/opera-tions and supply chain/logistics.

The underlying reasons forthe [business] schools success inthese rankings has to do with thedifferentiated education we sup-ply to our MBA students, Salonersaid.

Rajan conceded that Stanfordscored relatively poorly in the per-centage of students employedthree months after graduation, butlinked this apparent shortcoming

to the quality and type of educa-tion afforded to GSB graduates.

Our students have the luxuryof being able to take time and sortthrough a variety of career op-tions, Rajan said. We also haveby far the greatest proportion ofgraduates who choose to strike outon their own in entrepreneurialventures.

The Law School excelled inspecific areas, ranking in the top-five law schools in the country forintellectual property law and inthe list of best law schools ranked

solely by top law firms.The Law School recently an-nounced the completion of a five-year reform to its second- andthird-year curriculum. The newprogram incorporates a more in-terdisciplinary and internationalapproach, emphasizing clinicaltraining and team-oriented prob-lem solving and allowing studentsgreater flexibility to tailor joint de-grees.

We are playing a critical rolein training the next generation ofleaders through innovative inter-disciplinary and international pro-grams, Romero said.

Contact Mary Harrison at mharri-son15@stanford.edu.

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As the treatment enters clini-cal trials which will test the ef-fect of the treatment and any pos-sible toxicity on human patientswith advanced cancers Weiss-

man and his team will conductfurther testing with a group basedin the United Kingdom.

Because they have a nationalhealth plan and a single payer forthe insurance, they only have tonegotiate once, Weissman ex-plained.

The collaboration also grantsresearchers access to a greaterpool of subjects, as significantlymore cancer patients in the Unit-ed Kingdom enter clinical trialscompared to the United States.While there will be an all-com-ers clinical trial held at Stan-ford, the researchers said theyanticipate a substantial delay be-fore the trial becomes available.

The researchers noted that

the treatment will likely bepriced in a way that increases ac-cessibility for patients withoutinsurance or whose insurancedoes not cover the treatment.However, they added that thecost will depend in part on howmuch of the antibody would beneeded to cure patients and

whether other drugs are neededin combination with the anti-body.

Its our intention to recom-mend setting a price that thegreatest benefit will go to themost people, therefore it must beat a lower price, Weissman said.

Treatments to be used in theclinical trials will be manufac-tured by the end of 2013, though

Weissman expressed his desire topush manufacturers to acceler-ate production.

What were doing now iswhat people usually do in a start-up company, Weissman said.Were doing this with a batch ofStanford medical students, Ph.D.students, clinical fellows, post-doctoral fellows and almostnobody is professional. So everystep of the way, were trainingpeople, and Im learning myselfhow you really do a clinical trial.

Contact Judith Pelpola at jspelpo-la@stanford.edu.

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tween Stanford and Palo Altoand Palo Alto and Stanford,based essentially on an apprecia-tion for the arts of all kinds, I findto be downright thrilling, Kelleysaid.

Emslie said that creating a bet-ter bicycle and pedestrian connec-tion between downtown Palo

Alto and University facilities including the Stanford ShoppingCenter, the Stanford Hospital andthe main campus is anothermain focus within the proposal.

Kelley said that the chosen lo-cation would further add to thisfocus.

Theres so many different

transit operations that intersectright at that particular spot, on avery complex pattern of trafficmoving on El Camino into PaloAlto and into Stanford, Kelleysaid.

Palo Alto Vice Mayor GregScharff, Emslie and Kelley allspoke of the significance such aproject would have for Palo Altoas a city in strengthening its con-nection with its next-door neigh-bor.

Its not just a possibility as faras the buildings are concerned but

also an opportunity as far as thegreater community is concerned,to make that area into somethingreally special and something thatunites Stanford and Palo Alto in apractical way, Kelley said.

Contact Ileana Najarro at inajarro@stanford.edu.

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Laboratory have developed a sys-tem of designer electrons, an ad-vance that could result in the pro-duction of new devices and mate-rials.

Researchers used a scanningtunneling microscope to create agraphene structure a one-atom-thick honeycomb lattice ofcarbon atoms which was manu-ally adjusted to mimic the posi-tions that atoms would warp to if

under the strain of magnetic fields30 percent stronger than what ex-ists on Earth.

Having been repositioned,electrons subsequently behaved

as if they were under the effect ofa magnetic field even whilenone was present.

Researchers said that the out-come provides evidence of poten-tially enormous benefits forphysics testing, in addition to es-tablishing a framework for build-ing new molecules with cus-tomized electronic properties.

The behavior of electrons inmaterials is at the heart of essen-tially all of todays technologies,said Hari Manoharan M.S. 92, anassociate professor of physics andthe research teams leader, toGizmodo. Were now able totune the fundamental properties

of electrons so they behave inways rarely seen in ordinary ma-terials.

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We are playing acritical role in

training the nextgeneration of

leaders. JUDITH ROMERO,

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Political Science Prof. Scott Sagan shares his passionfor teaching nuclear deterrence and security

Senior Michael Tubbs reflects on his time at Stanford and his plans for the future

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By ELISE JOHNSON

Imagine you are a soldier out in the middle of thedesert. An enemy tank formation faces you, andthere are no civilians within hundreds of miles.Could you justify the use of nuclear weaponsagainst the enemy? For Political Science Profes-

sor Scott Sagan, the answer is simple no.

From his realist perspective, Sagan believes that the useof nuclear weapons in this case would set a dangerousprecedent. Such dilemmas drive him to find solutions forproblems beyond the palm trees and sandstone walls ofStanford.

Sagans interest in nuclear security was inspired by hiscollege thesis on failed deterrence efforts that led to the Pa-cific War during World War II. After graduating from Ober-lin College in 1977 with a major in government, he pursued

a Ph.D. in political science at Harvard University. This ledto a job at the Pentagon where Sagan served as special as-sistant to the director of the Joint Staff.

I went from the ivory tower of Harvard to a window-less room in the basement of the Pentagon, from studyingabstract theory to focusing on military operations and thereal world of preparing for nuclear war, he said.

This real world experience had a profound effect onhim.

It convinced me that weapons are not controlled by ab-stract states or even statesmen, Sagan said. I began to

question who actually controlled the weapons. Did the mil-itary have the autonomy to use them when they wanted?Who made the actual decisions?

Sagan started to provide intelligence about these deci-sions, producing literature about the control of nuclearweapons.

As a renowned nuclear weapons policy expert, hiswork has influenced scholars and policymakers alike, saidReid Pauly, a graduate of Cornell University and researchassistant to Sagan.

Sagan added that policymakers rely on scholars likehim.

They [policymakers] are so busy putting out fires, theyrarely have time to question assumptions, he said. Soscholars play an important role, bringing new ideas andnew facts to bear on government policies.

But Sagan does not just influence politicians. As theCaroline S.G. Munro professor of political science at Stan-ford, he inspires students to take an interest in the worldsnuclear security issues. Besides teaching classes, he hires anumber of undergraduate research assistants each quarter.

Stanford is a marvelous place because of the quality ofthe students, he said. I never have to reduce the level ofdiscussion and can try out new ideas in a creative way.

In partnership with Alan Weiner from the Stanford LawSchool, Sagan developed a new spring quarter course thisyear titled The Ethics and Law of War. The course, target-ed toward juniors and seniors, will analyze the standardsthat countries use when determining whether or not to use

force. Sagan is also planning a freshman lecture course, TheRules of War, for next year.

Role-playing and simulations of real-world situationsare important to Sagans teaching style.

Im a big believer in active learning, he said. It notonly helps capture what decision making is like, but alsoforces students out of their box[es].

Sagan also teaches a course in the Sophomore Collegeprogram titled The Face of Battle. The course involves himtaking approximately 10 students on a fieldtrip back intime to the battlefields of Gettysburg, Penn. and Little

Bighorn, Mont.Matthew Enriquez 13 spoke enthusiastically about his

2010 Sophomore College experience with Sagan.I got to interact in a very active way with such an amaz-

ing professor, but also with history itself, Enriquez said.Professor Sagans passion brought the battlefields to life.

Aside from teaching classes, Sagan is also a senior fellowat the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) and emeritus co-di-rector of the Center for International Security and Co-op-eration (CISAC) at Stanford.

Despite being busy with work on the Farm, Sagan con-tinues to engage with current nuclear weapons policy de-bates. He said he is concerned about countries with radicalmilitary elements seeking out a nuclear bomb most no-tably Pakistan and Iran.

Once Iran gets the bomb, the Iranian RevolutionaryGuard Corps may become more aggressive, not less ag-gressive, Sagan said. And thats a danger we all have toworry about.

According to him, issues like these are too important foryoung people at major universities to ignore. Yet even forthose who want to make a difference, Sagan warns againstmisguided passion.

You can care passionately about something, but pas-sion itself doesnt produce influence, Sagan said. Passionarmed with new knowledge and skillful ways to apply it canhave influence.

Contact Elise Johnson at elisej@stanford.edu.

By AUSTIN BLOCKCONTRIBUTING WRITER

At 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night,Michael Tubbs 12 sits behind acomputer in the Black Commu-nity Services Center, workingand occasionally checking

Facebook.Standing next to him is a portable white-

board with an essay outline. After turningin the essay, Tubbs erases the board and fillsit once more with his thoughts. He writesmost of his papers about how to fix theproblems plaguing his hometown, Stock-ton, Calif., which Forbes called Americas

most miserable city.Stockton faces looming bankruptcy, anunemployment rate of 16.6 percent, a fail-ing education system and a high homiciderate. According to ABC News, 56 peoplewere murdered in Stockton last year alone.

To help fix these problems and reinvigo-rate Stockton, Tubbs decided to run for CityCouncil, declaring his candidacy on Feb. 20of this year. The election will take place onJune 15.

I dont like politics I like impact,Tubbs said. I like making a difference forpeople, and the best way to do that in Stock-ton now, in my opinion, is through the polit-ical system.

When I was thinking about what Iwanted to do post-Stanford, to me it was re-ally important to do something that mightnot be glamorous or easy, but I could go to

bed at night thinking, Im doing somethingthats making a difference, he added.

Tubbs said a long train of experiencesled him to his decision to enter the politicalfray. His long involvement in communityefforts in Stockton remained strongthroughout his years at Stanford.

As a rising sophomore, he founded ayouth advocacy group, Save Our Stockton,in the summer of 2009 with some friends. InMay of his sophomore year, five murders inStockton stirred him to found the StocktonSummer Success and Leadership Academyto help stem violence in the area.

During the fall of 2010, Tubbs worked atthe White House under senior adviser Va-lerie Jarrett researching the most effectivepractices implemented by mayors and citycouncils around the United States to solveproblems similar to those faced by Stockton.

Then, in November, Stocktons struggleshit Tubbs on a more personal level when hiscousin was murdered. He was not satisfiedby the community and political response tothe homicide.

I was looking at the response from theperson elected to represent my district, andit just was lackluster in my opinion, hesaid. I just saw the need, the lack of hope.

Recently, Tubbs has returned home on aweekly basis to campaign, chat with mem-bers of the community and make his week-ly Saturday walk through the district. Hishome is campaign headquarters, and hisfamily, after some initial trepidation,strongly supports his campaign.

Cameron Henry 12, Tubbs close friend,

campaign marketing director and studentorganizer, said Tubbs engagement with thecommunity makes him a strong candidate.

[You can tell he is a good candidate by]looking at the man and the love hes shownfor this town, Henry said. Literally everypaper and every class hes taken have beenlooking at how he can help Stockton.

I think he has the natural talent andcharisma, as well as a real vision of whathes trying to accomplish, said Jim Steyer,a comparative studies in race and ethnicity(CSRE) lecturer who has worked closelywith Tubbs.

Heading into his last quarter of his sen-ior year, Tubbs said he hasnt had muchtime for nostalgia. Hes simply been toobusy.

In addition to running for city counciland completing his bachelors degree inCSRE, he is working toward his co-termi-nal masters degree in policy, organizationand leadership studies, serving as a Resi-dent Assistant (RA) in Ujamaa and run-ning his various programs and initiatives.

These include the Phoenix Scholars Pro-gram, a program he founded in March 2010that provides college counseling and men-torship to over-200 low-income, first gener-ation and/or minority high school students.

Today I looked at the Oval, and I[thought] Yo, this is so pretty! he said. It

was the first time I had stopped to do that .. . I think Im just going to get really sad inJune. [Stanford] has been home.

Although Tubbs regrets the lack of timehe has had to reflect on his Stanford expe-rience, he continues to pile his schedulewith new activities. Instead of taking timeoff to relax over spring break or head hometo campaign, he led a civil rights-focusedAlternative Spring Break (ASB) servicetrip to Washington D.C.

[Going on the trip] makes no sense inthe middle of the campaign, but hey, this iswhat we do, he said.

Even though he immerses himself inmultiple activities, Tubbs still has time forfun. He has even missed classes to coach theUjamaa basketball team in intramuralplayoffs and makes sure to find time to goout on the weekends.

While he is confident and optimisticabout his City Council bid, Tubbs said he isconcerned with keeping his energy, identityand commitment to the community ad-midst what he sees as the murkiness of pol-itics.

Im not a politician; Im a public ser-vant, he said. I dont want to be one ofthose public servants who sound great onthe campaign trail, but then sit there andoccupy space.

He hopes to stay focused by setting

aside time to interact with members of hiscommunity, particularly by taking time outof his schedule to read to Stockton chil-dren.

If youre only talking to political peo-ple, you lose sight of the regular people, thepeople you are doing it for, he said. Talk-ing to kids, playing with kids, reading tokids, working with groups, just having teawith someone thats what gives me en-ergy.

If elected, Tubbs says his priorities willbe threefold: to promote public safety, tostimulate economic development and to

jumpstart Stocktons floundering educa-tion system, which Stockton parents call adead end.

He believes an important step in com-bating all three of these problems is to pro-mote civic pride in Stockton.

When you have a city thats beenkicked down almost as the black sheep ofCalifornia, hope and civic pride is a hugething thats lacking, Tubbs said. In situa-tions like these, government cant solveeverything. It takes communal sacrifice,communal love and civic pride.

According to Tubbs, citizens of Stocktonwho have never before been involved inpolitics are walking, donating and runningphone banks to support him. In the firstthree weeks of the campaign, he collected$8,000 in donations.

I feel like were starting to fire up a lotof the home base and other people inStockton who havent been engaged inlocal government in a long time, Henry

said.When asked who inspires him, Tubbs

lists his mother, his aunt, his grandmotherand historical figures such as the FreedomRiders. But above all, Tubbs said he is in-spired by the children of Stockton.

We did a lesson in our summer pro-gram about the Freedom Riders . . . andthen a week later there was a shooting andone of the kids posted on Facebook, I dontcare if I get beaten, I dont care if I getstomped on, I dont care if I get spit on. Justlike the Freedom Riders, Im going to makea change in my community, Tubbs said.

Two weeks ago, in the middle of finalsweek, Tubbs went home to participate in areading event at two local elementaryschools. He was shocked by the familiaritythe children had with violence.

I read a book about Martin Luther

King . . . towards the end, when he getsshot, it was actually harrowing in a way be-cause almost every kid in that room knewsomeone that was shot, like it was normal,like Oh, my uncle got shot in the head, hesaid.

Yet Tubbs left feeling inspired after hav-ing an emotional talk with the childrenabout their dreams.

They said, I dream of a communitywith no guns, with no violence, with no badpeople, with more cops, he said. Even asix-year-old understands that its time toreinvent Stockton and change course.

Contact Austin Block at aeblock@stanford.edu.

Courtesy of Scott Sagan

Scott Sagan, CISAC emeritus co-director, FSI senior fellowand political science professor, reflected with The Daily onhow his career has spanned abstract theory and militaryadvising, due to his time in academia and at the Pentagon.

Courtesy of Michael Tubbs

Michael Tubbs 12 is running for City Council in his hometown of Stockton, the city Forbesdeemed Americas most miserable. He is a senior majoring in comparative studies in raceand ethnicity, a co-terminal masters student and a Residential Assistant in Ujamaa.

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Simply put, the Trayvon Mar-tin case that has been in thenews since the night of Feb.

26 is a doozy. Though it has beenover a month since Trayvonsdeath, it is of little surprise thatthe case is still making headlinesacross the nation. The story ofhow neighborhood watch patrol-man George Zimmerman fatallyshot an unarmed, black 17-year-old walking around his ownneighborhood, and then claimedself-defense, has all the makings

of a sensationalistic news story,and the media has been having afield day.

Ive been following the caseclosely since day one, curious tosee the outcome and keeping my-self updated by reading articlesfrom various sources as the daysgo by. After listening to the 911calls and reading through the mul-tiple accounts of the confronta-tion between Trayvon and Zim-merman, I now find myself com-ing across a different set of arti-cles: those attempting to dig intoTrayvons past and paint the pic-ture of him as a troubled youngman.

Some media outlets havemade a point of emphasizing the

fact that Trayvon was with his fa-ther on the day that he was shotbecause he had received a 10-daysuspension from his high school a suspension that was issuedbecause Trayvon had been caughtin an unauthorized area on theschools campus, according to hisfather.

Others have chosen to focus onTrayvons multiple tattoos. Ap-parently, perusing Trayvons Twit-ter and Myspace accounts have al-lowed reporters to procure pho-tos of Trayvons two tattoos. Onewas a large tattoo that took upmost of his upper arm and theother was on his wrist. It saidSybrina, his moms name.

Still others have gone on to

pull screen-captures of Facebookposts from Trayvons friends thatimply that he may have smokedmarijuana, a fact that they believeis confirmed by the pictures ofblunts that some of his Twitter fol-lowers chose to post.

As I sort through the multitudeof articles focusing on this subjectmatter, I cant help but wonderhow this information is being re-ceived.

If my conservative, immigrantmother was told that there was akid at school with tattoos whosmoked weed and had been sus-pended, she would immediatelydeclare the described individualas a hoodlum and tell me not tohang out with him. But when Ihear these details, I cant help butlaugh and think about some of thepeople I knew in high school whofit this description. To me, the de-tails above make me think ofnothing more than a naive highschooler at that point in his lifewhen he thinks hes invincible.Someone young enough to thinkthe best way to make his momproud is to tattoo her name acrosshis wrist.

Still, I find myself thinking, sowhat? How is any of this informa-tion at all relevant to the events ofFeb. 26?

These details being presentedabout Trayvon and his life, regard-

less of whether they are true orfalse, have absolutely nothing todo with what transpired on thenight he was killed. They merelyserve to help those of us who did-nt know Trayvon form our own

prejudices and pick sides based onirrelevant information. It pro-vides people with the means tomold the story of that night in away that they see fit.

At the end of the day, it doesntmatter whether Trayvon was sus-pended or even expelled. None ofthis information about Trayvon orhis past is relevant to his death,because the fact is that GeorgeZimmerman didnt know any-thing about Trayvon when theycame across each other that night.He didnt shoot Trayvon becausehe was an alleged drug dealer orbecause he had multiple tattoos.All we know is that he shotTrayvon based on what happenedin the moments their lives inter-

sected on that night, so why is iteven necessary for the media todig into Trayvons past and slan-der him posthumously?

That having been said, its im-portant to look at the flip side andrealize that the attempts to paintTrayvon in an extremely positivelight are just as irrelevant as thosethat are attempting to taint hischaracter. Both attempts to char-acterize Trayvon should not betaken seriously.

Sure, Trayvon may not havebeen the fresh-faced and innocentkid that his family is portrayinghim as, but can you really blamehis parents for trying to remem-ber their son in the best light pos-sible? The Martin family has been

criticized for their supposed at-tempts to cover up darker partsof Trayvons life, but is anyone re-ally surprised that two parentswho lost a young son are trying toremember only the good parts ofhis life? For the media to denythem the right to ask others to re-member their son as they see fit issimply adding insult to injury. Atthis point, lets just remember tofocus on the events that happenedon that Sunday night, and in doingso, let Trayvon rest in peace.

Ravali wants to know what youthink. Email her at ravreddy@stan-ford.edu.

It should come as no surprisethat Eric Schlosser can weave agreat narrative. Perhaps most

famous for authoring Fast FoodNation and producing the movieFood, Inc., Schlosser has had anillustrious career as an investiga-tive journalist. He has delved intothe seedy depths of the fast foodindustry to reveal truths as shock-ing as those described in UptonSinclairs muckraking work TheJungle. The Stanford communityhad the opportunity to witnessSchlossers storytelling abilitiesand ponder the food movements

tendency toward elitism at the an-nual Conradin Von GugelbergMemorial Lecture.

Schlossers lecture began witha history of the modern environ-mental movement, including a cri-tique of its later tendencies to-ward elitism. By focusing thewilderness-preservation effort onrecreation or improving land val-ues around second homes,Schlosser argued, the environ-mental movement became unwill-ing to compromise, and it losttouch with ordinary, working peo-ple. Environmentalism, oftenwith the best of intentions, saidSchlosser, moved to a placewhere it ignored the fact that

human beings are a part of theseecosystems. Those working inagriculture tend to have a greaterappreciation for just how funda-mentally humans have alteredand are a part of their ecosystems,but this trend toward elitism alsoaffects the sustainable-foodsmovement.

Following his brief but power-ful history of modern environ-mentalism, Schlosser moved ontohis own forte: industrialized food.He began by stating that our foodsystem has changed more in thepast 40 years than in the previous

40,000, bringing attention to de-velopments such as genetic modi-fication, cloning and wide-scalecentralization. After touching onpink slime and highlighting thefact that the typical fast-foodhamburger may contain pieces of1,063 different cattle coming fromup to five countries, Schlossercharacterized the movement thathas arisen to address these ills. Hepraised colleges for the passionbehind campus food activism, buthe also cautioned against the dan-ger of having a very, very narrowbase of supporters.

Coming just a few days after aCesar Chavez Day discussion offarmworkers rights at El CentroChicano, Schlossers words about

broadening the food movementfell on eager ears. As a young ac-tivist striving to understand myrole within the food movement, itwas encouraging to hear Schloss-er emphasize the need for abroader social-justice emphasis.

Too often, foodies can focusso closely on the source and qual-ity of their own food that they failto recognize broader injusticeswithin the system. As Schlossersaid, we sometimes seem to caremore about endangered snailsthan about human beings andmore about the taste of someNapa wine than about the migrantworkers who harvest thosegrapes. Though Schlosserbrought up an important critique

of the marginalized voices farm-workers and the urban poor havewithin the sustainable-foodmovement, these realities arechanging and many food activistsdo care deeply about creating asystem that is sustainable forevery participant.

The best outcome of talks suchas Schlossers is rarely new infor-mation but instead new inspira-tion. As a relatively well-informedstudent within the campus envi-ronmental and food movements, Idid not garner a great deal of newknowledge from the lecture. Thiswas well offset by my sense ofnewfound motivation at the end

of the talk, but I was rather sad-dened that Schlosser did not pro-vide any of his own visions for thefuture. He did a wonderful jobcharacterizing the problems of in-dustrial food systems and caution-ing against the potential for ac-tivist elitism, but the talk lacked aconcrete, actionable strategy forimproving food systems or reduc-

ing fragmentation within the larg-er environmental and sustain-able-food movements.

His narrative, though com-pelling, was also incapable of cov-ering the nuances of these foodmovements in anything but broadbrushstrokes. As one studentpointed out during the question-and-answer section following thelecture, Schlossers very narrativemarginalized the voices of farm-worker activists and the urbanpoor, the individuals for which heencouraged greater inclusiveness.

Despite these shortcomings,which are often inevitable in shorttalks (and short opinion pieces), Iwalked away from Cemex Audi-torium with a new sense of moti-

vation and drive with which topursue my activism. And I alsowalked out with my own vision.Though it may be trite and simi-larly criticized for its lack of con-creteness, I hope to help create afood system that is sustainable forpeople and the planet at eachstage in its production and pro-cessing. Stanford truly does existin a bubble, and every activistshould be wary of this bubblestendency to amplify existingtrends toward elitism.

If you fear youre overly concernedabout the endangered snails, emailJenny at jrempel@stanford.edu.

Lets leave Trayvon alone

Eric Schlossers fears of elitism

RavaliReddy

JennyRempel

None of this

information

about Trayvons

past is relevant

to his death.

Too often foodies

fail to recognize

broader injustices

within the

system.

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The Stanford Daily Tuesday, April 3, 2012N 5

Womensball needs

the dunk

After Baylor ensuredStanford would be re-turning home empty-handed from its fifth-straight NCAA Final

Four appearance, it almost feels a bitsoon to be writing another columnabout womens basketball. The

wounds havent had time to heal.But there is something I really wantto discuss before everyone forgetsabout college basketball for anotherfew months.

At a media conference lastweek, prior to the womens bas-ketball team jetting off to Denver,I had my suspicions confirmed:Stanfords star senior forwardNnemkadi Ogwumike can dunk.

This really shouldnt come as asurprise. She can hit just aboutany shot from the floor and, asanyone who has seen her playduring her time on the Farm canattest, she clearly has the neces-sary leaping ability. At just 6-foot-2, she might not stand as close tothe basket as 6-foot-8 Baylor jun-

ior forward Brittney Griner, butdunking is such an extreme rarityin womens basketball that I haveto admit I wasnt sure.

At the same conference, Stan-ford head coach Tara VanDerveertalked about what it might take toboost the popularity of her sport.She also mentioned Grinersdunking, enthusing that it wasgreat for the game and that, evenif Griner had slam-dunked theball during Sundays semifinal, itwould only have hurt as much as astandard two-point jump shot.

I find it hard not to see connec-tions between the two answers.There are many who dismisswomens basketball because ofthe lack of such crowd-pleasing

moves. They are wrong, of course.There might not be quite the pari-ty of talent across the whole ofwomens college basketball asthere is in mens, perhaps evi-denced by all four No. 1 seedsreaching the Final Four, but thatdoesnt mean that the top playersarent extraordinarily talentedathletes capable of thrilling thosesports fans knowledgeable andenthusiastic enough to comewatch.

If womens basketball is togrow in popularity, though, it isgoing to need to appeal to theless-informed and fickle fans. It isgoing to need something eye-catching, something like a dunkshot.

We know that Griner can dunk shes shown us that twice in thisNCAA tournament alone butknowing that Nneka is also capa-ble raises the question: How manyof the hundreds of talented col-lege players out there can also ac-complish this feat?

The answer is probably a lot.Just looking at Stanfords team, itis easy to suspect that at leastNnekas sister, sophomore for-ward Chiney Ogwumike, proba-bly can. But, if they can, why dontthey?

My guess is that dunking iscaught in a vicious circle. It is con-sidered a high-risk shot, and thusit is neither practiced nor encour-

aged by coaches. As a result, play-ers dont hone their dunkingskills, and if they try and fail, theyare certain to be criticized forturning the ball over.

I see the same problem in foot-ball with the lateral pass. As some-one who grew up in the countrythat brought us American foot-balls predecessor, rugby, I amconvinced that this play is not justachievable, but could be used togreat effect to break through thedefensive line. But, because it al-most is never used, football play-ers just dont have the ball-han-dling skills and the learned expe-rience of how to use it to best ef-fect, and thus it becomes a veryrisky play.

In close games, perhaps coach-es dont yet want to let the reinsoff their players and allow them totake a chance on a dunk, but thereare many contests in which thetop players could go for it withoutrisking the outcome. At the end ofa blowout, the starters often gettaken out early, and although it isgreat to see bench player gainingexperience, why not, at least occa-sionally, just let the stars go andshow us what they can really do?

As more players get to showoff their abilities in-game, the ac-tual dunks themselves would im-

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The Stanford mens volleyball team looked sluggish after a record 23-day hiatus, requiring fivesets to down Pepperdine before losing in four to USC. The Card slipped to second in the MPSF.

MOSBACHER MINUTE

A turningpoint forthe Card

By JACK MOSBACHERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Jack Mosbacher was a member of theStanford baseball team from 2008-2011.Each week, hell take a look at the Cardinalsups and downs on its road to the CollegeWorld Series.

As No. 2 Stanford headed to Tucson thispast weekend to face No. 8 Arizona, the col-lege baseball world expected a dramaticshowdown between two of the WestCoasts premier teams. Instead, after a mo-mentum-killing, three-game sweep at thehands of the Wildcats, the Cardinal sudden-

ly finds itself in the midst of a midseasonmini-crisis.These things sometimes happen in col-

lege baseball. With the amount of parityand talent that exists in the tough Pac-12conference, it is commonly understoodthat, on any given weekend, just about anyteam can beat any opponent. Furthermore,Arizona is no pushover. The Wildcats havebeen one of the countrys most talented andaccomplished teams so far this season, andthe Cardinal knew that it would have tobring its A-game in order to leave the desertwith a series victory.

So, what was most shocking about thisweekends series was not that the Cardinalwas swept, but ratherhowthe Cardinal wasswept.

Theres no nice way to put this: Stanfordplayed an ugly brand of baseball, both at

the plate and on the field. On the weekend,the Stanford offense tallied 24 strikeoutswhile the defense committed six costly er-rors, which largely accounted for the losseson Friday and Saturday. Strikeouts andsloppy defense are rarely on the resumes ofteams that make it to the College World Se-ries. The Cardinal committed strikeoutsand errors in bunches this weekend, and itresulted in an ugly sweep at the hands of thefirst team Stanford has played that is likelygood enough to make it to Omaha in July.

This Stanford team is overloaded withtalent. This road trip raised the interestingquestion: Will they have the heart and soulto match?

By JOSEPH BEYDADESK EDITOR

They say the third times the charm, andafter the No. 6 Stanford baseball team domi-nated St. Marys in both of the teams previousmeetings, that looked like the case for theGaels at Sunken Diamond last night. In gamethree, St. Marys was up 8-3 heading to the bot-tom of the ninth, in position to finally secure awin against the Cardinal.

Not so fast.In a wild, four-hour-and-15-minute contest

that saw the Cardinal erase that five-run deficit,get the game-winning hit from sophomoreDanny Diekroeger in just his fifth appearanceof the season and rely on junior third baseman

Stephen Piscotty to pitch coming in notonce, but twice for the win, Stanford got amuch-needed injection of energy in a 9-8 victo-ry on the Farm.

After the squad lost four of its past five, thisone has got to feel pretty sweet for the Cardinal

(17-6, 2-4 Pac-12).As far as the momentum, I think weve got

that now, Piscotty said.Stanford has struggled with its fielding and

hitting during its current slump, but this time itwas the Cardinal bullpen that took a beating, asthe Gaels burned through eight Stanford pitch-ers with 17 hits in the first nine innings andforced head coach Mark Marquess to insertPiscotty.

At the plate, though, the Cardinal got con-tinued production from sophomore first base-man Brian Ragira, who extended his hit streakto eight games with three more base hits andtwo RBI.

Im so impressed with Ragira, because hewent through a little bit of a slump a couple of

weeks ago, Piscotty said. He doesnt let frus-tration get to him, and that really shows in howquickly he rebounded and just the solid hitshes been having.

Marquess used the midweek matchup as anopportunity to tweak his struggling lineup. Be-

sides giving juniors leftfielder Tyler Gaffneyand catcher Eric Smith the night off, Marquessbenched shortstop Lonnie Kauppila for justthe second time this season, a result of a 3-20hitting stretch for the sophomore that includeda five-error disaster in an 8-4 loss to USC onMarch 26. Taking his place was junior KennyDiekroeger, who started 56 of 57 games at shortin 2011 before switching to second base afterthis years opener, with upstart freshman AlexBlandino getting his first start in the infieldafter knocking in six runs in five games as thesquads designated hitter last week.

The moves seemed to backfire in the top ofthe second. With the Gaels already up 2-0 on apair of first-inning doubles off junior rightyDean McArdle, senior catcher Tony DeMello

launched another two-bagger off the glove ofdiving junior Justin Ringo, a play that wouldhave likely been made had the speedy Gaffneybeen in left. Two batters later, Blandino booteda two-out grounder that wouldve ended the in-ning but instead extended the St. Marys lead tothree.

With Ragira on the basepaths, though,Blandino made up for his mistake, launchinghis second career home run into left to narrowthe margin to one.

The Gaels responded in the top of the third.With the wind blowing out to left, catcher TroyChanning skied a ball over Ringos head that

just didnt seem to want to come down, clearingthe left-field fence to make it 4-2 and forceMcArdle from the game. Junior reliever SahilBloom quickly allowed another double to setSt. Marys up in scoring position yet again.

But even after a terrible defensive stretch

that saw the Cardinal nearly double its errortotal in a weeks time, the Stanford fielderscame through in the third inning to bail outBloom. Kenny Diekroeger grabbed a grounderand adeptly gunned out freshman first base-man Collin Ferguson at third instead of takingthe easy force out; on an ensuing single, sopho-more rightfielder Austin Wilson fired acrossthe diamond just in time for the tag at thirdbase.

Were infinitely better [when we play gooddefense], Piscotty said. When we dont allowthem any free bases, it makes it tough for theother team to score runs.

Kenny Diekroeger came through againwith two on and two out in the fifth, ranging tograb a grounder from senior Chris Murphy andbeating him to first with an off-balance throw.

SOCAL SPLITBy DANIEL E. LUPIN

STAFF WRITER

They say time heals all wounds, but for theNo. 5 Stanford mens volleyball team, thelongest layoff in school history brought mixedresults in a treacherous road trip throughSouthern California.

The Cardinal certainly came out of thebreak fighting, pulling out a tough road splitagainst No. 7 Pepperdine (13-11, 8-10 MPSF)

and No. 2 USC (18-4, 14-4). Stanford (15-6, 12-5) tamed the Waves in five sets, 25-17, 22-25, 25-23, 20-25, 15-12, before falling to the Trojans infour, 25-22, 25-20, 15-25, 25-20.

Stanford returned from its time off with abang, easily taking the first set from Pepper-dine, 25-17, behind good team play and out-standing serving from sophomore EricMochalski, who had two aces that spurred a 7-1 Stanford run. Mochalski, along with seniorcaptain Brad Lawson and sophomore StevenIrvin, was one of three Cardinal hitters whofinished with double-digit kills. The trio hadthe mojo working early, as they combined for10 of their 48 kills in the first set.

I actually enjoyed the layoff betweenmatches. It gave us a chance to recuperate andalso focus on individual skills that we neededto get better at, Lawson said.

The ease with which Stanford controlled

play in the first set and gained a 16-14 advan-tage in the second literally burst when a low-hanging light bulb at Firestone Fieldhouseshattered after a dig by Pepperdine star Mau-rice Torres. The Waves would use the distrac-tion to regroup, charging past the Cardinal to a25-22 set victory.

The rest of the match featured a back-and-forth affair that saw 11 ties and four leadchanges in the final three sets. Stanford was fi-nally able to put Pepperdine away behind the

steady and relentless play of Irvin and Lawson,who combined for 36 kills, 19 digs, five digs andfive aces. With his first ace of the match, Law-son broke the Stanford record for aces in a ca-reer with 116, passing Duncan Blackman forfirst all-time. With the win, Stanford won atPepperdine for just the second time since 1998.

As tough as Firestone Fieldhouse has beenon the Cardinal in the past, the Trojans of USChave also never been walk in the park, as theyhave won the past three matchups between thetwo teams. Despite another strong showingfrom Lawson, who tallied his second consecu-tive double-double with 16 kills and 10 digs,Stanford was not able to find its way past themore consistent attack of the No. 2 Trojans.

Although the Cardinal considerablyslowed down Trojan senior Tony Ciarelli, the

THE COMEBACK KIDS

Tom Taylor

MEHMET INONU/The Stanford Daily

The Stanford baseball team overcame a five-run deficit in the ninth inning and eventually beat

St. Marys, 9-8, in the 11th. Sophomore Danny Diekroeger hit the game-winner for the Card.

Please see TAYLOR, page 6

STANFORD LOOKS TO

VETS IN ADVERSE TIMES

Please see MOSBACHER, page 6

Please see BASEBALL, page 6

Please see SPLIT, page 6

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By DASH DAVIDSONSTAFF WRITER

The No. 8 Stanford mens ten-nis team returned to action dur-ing the week of spring break,playing in three matches after an

18-day hiatus from competitionfor Dead Week and finals. Thelong layoff proved costly in Stan-fords first match back againstNo. 7 Pepperdine in Los Angeles.

The match did not go well forthe Cardinal, which suffered oneof its worst defeats in recentmemory, 6-1.

They killed us, head coachJohn Whitlinger said. The breakwas tough on the guys, and Ithought we were ready. Pepper-dine, though, was just a little bitmore ready than we were.

Pepperdine got off to a strongstart against Stanford on its homecourt and never looked back, win-ning the doubles points and thefirst five singles points and secur-

ing the match victory beforeStanford was even on the board.

The road trip continued toTucson, Ariz., where a feisty Ari-zona team was waiting for theCardinal. This match representedan important first for Stanfordthis season: its first Pac-12 confer-ence match.

Tucsons not an easy place toplay, Whitlinger said. Theres alittle bit of altitude, theres a lot ofwind, the ball was flying all overthe place and it was 90 degrees.

The team nonetheless re-sponded well to the challenges of

the Arizona match, getting off toa strong start by sweeping thedoubles point and refusing to letthe Wildcats get back into thematch, ultimately winning 5-2 be-hind a 6-2, 6-1 from seniorBradley Klahn, a 6-4, 6-4 winfrom senior Ryan Thacher and a7-5, 6-0 win from freshman JohnMorrissey.

If Whitlinger and the Cardinalthought the conditions in Arizonahad been challenging, they werein for a grueling test in the finalmatch of the road trip againstUtah.

When we got in it was like 80degrees, yet we knew that thenext day, when we would be play-ing the match, it was going to rain

or snow, which it did, with thesnow forcing us to move thematch indoors at an elevation of5,000 feet, Whitlinger said.

Again, the Cardinal did notseem to be fazed by the change inconditions, winning a tightly con-tested, back-and-forth matchagainst the Utes 4-3. Stanford

dominated the doubles portion ofthe match, winning all three con-tests to take a 1-0 lead and got offto a strong start in singles play be-hind victories from Klahn at theNo. 1 position and Morrissey atthe No. 4 spot. After taking a 3-0

lead, however, the Cardinal strug-gled to record the pivotal fourthpoint, losing two matches before

junior Denis Lin managed toclose out his opponent on thefifth court and clinch victory forStanford.

The victories against Arizonaand Utah were big ones for Stan-ford, representing not onlybounce-back wins after the toughloss against Pepperdine, but alsotwo big Pac-12 conference victo-ries to kick off the conference por-tion of the Cardinals schedule.

Im really pleased and proudof the way we bounced back fromPepperdine and won two toughmatches in really difficult placesto play, Whitlinger said.

Stanford returns home for twoimportant Pac-12 matches thisweekend at the Taube Family Ten-nis Center, playing Friday againstOregon and Saturday againstWashington.

Contact Dash Davidson at dashd@stanford.edu.

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Following a brutal 6-1 loss at the hands of No. 7 Pepperdine, the No. 8 Stanford mens tennis team respond-ed by winning its first two matches of the conference season, beating Utah and Arizona despite bad weather.

prove, too. Griners first dunk inthis years tournament didntseem like anything to write homeabout, but it stood out as impres-sive simply because this type ofshot never happens in womensbasketball. I dont mean to takeanything away from her skills bysaying this if more of her fel-

low players were putting in thesame shot, I am sure that compe-tition would drive Griner to bemore spectacular.

And when dunking becomes aregular feature of the womensgame, there wont be any excusesleft for sports fans to tune out.

Tom Taylor also wants to know ifanyone else thinks Brittney Grinerwill be the second pick in the NBADraft after Anthony Davis. Tell himwhy you hope that is the case attom.taylor@stanford.edu.

TAYLORContinued from page 5

When all is said and done, Iwouldnt be surprised if this pastweekend marked a turning point inthe season. The college baseballworld was watching the Arizona-Stanford series expectantly, hopingto see whether or not Stanford wasthe real deal. Frankly, the Cardinalwas embarrassed, and on a nation-al stage. Seeing how the team reactsto this embarrassment will dictatethe rest of the season.

If Im correct, there are twoways the season can go from here:either Stanford uses this past week-end as fuel for its tank and remem-ber that trotting out a stellar lineupdoesnt necessarily translate to vic-tories, or the team will spend toomuch time licking its wounds andultimately refuse to face the factthat they need to make some seri-ous midseason adjustments inorder to be a championship-caliberteam.

In this moment of adversity,leadership is what the Card needs

the most. Stanfords lineup is filledwith players who have played near-ly every game since arriving on theFarm as freshmen, and this trial willtell us whether these players havematured into the type of leaders re-quired on top-notch ball clubs.Someone needs to stand up and

make it clear that this team expectsits hitters to be tougher in two-strike counts than in three-onecounts and that, while errors are apart of the game, this team will bemaking a new commitment to be-coming the most fundamentallysound defensive squad in the game.

Someone else needs to stand upand remind the pitching staff thatthe Cardinal fears nobody, thatthey are confident enough to goright after hitters, get ahead in

counts and throw any pitch in anysituation. Someone needs to saythese things, and theyd better do itfast.

There are clear messages thatneed to be sent. The question is,does the team have the messen-gers? Although Stanford doesnthave an official team captain, jun-iors Stephen Piscotty and MarkAppel are the unspoken leaders ofthe offense and defense, respec-tively.

The outcome of the last two-thirds of this season will reflecttheir ability to rally the troops andcommunicate what is to be expect-ed when the Cardinal hits the field,which is a lot of pressure to put onthe duo. At the same time, their

ability to lead is contingent on theteams ability to buy into a sharedmessage, and their willingness touse adversity as a reason to cometogether rather than to break apart.

Contact Jack Mosbacher at jack-mos@stanford.edu.

MOSBACHERContinued from page 5

Yet the Gaels tacked on a fifth runon a sacrifice in the sixth, getting sixhits off Bloom in just over three in-

nings, before making it 6-2 with atwo-out rally against freshmanrighty David Schmidt in the sev-enth.

Stanford set itself up for acomeback in the bottom half offrame, getting two runners on withno outs, but a double-play and afull-count strikeout by KennyDiekroeger limited the damage toa single run. St. Marys reliever Jor-dan Brockett got out of the inning,having to face just 16 Cardinal bat-ters in his four innings of work.

Stanford needed four differenthurlers to get out of the eighth, andironically it was Piscotty mak-ing his second pitching appearanceof the season who escaped the

jam after two runs had alreadycome around to score for theGaels.

With Piscotty going back tothird base for the ninth, redshirtsophomore lefty Garrett Hugheshad a clean inning on the moundfor Stanford, striking out two bat-ters in his first appearance of theseason. Still, it looked like it would-nt really matter with the score at 8-3 heading to the bottom of theninth.

Honestly, it felt a little dejectedin the dugout, Danny Diekroegersaid. Guys felt like maybe wewere going to lose this one.

But the Cardinal came up in theclutch, loading the bases to force apitching change. After junior cen-

terfielder Jake Stewart fouled out,Stanford got one run back on aKenny Diekroeger single, but aPiscotty pop fly didnt leave the in-field and the Cardinal was down toits final out and was still down byfour.

Luckily it was Ragira who cameto the plate, and Stanfords best hit-ter of late doubled into right-centerto bring in two runs and make it 8-6. With the Gaels outfielders play-ing deep in hopes of snagging a flyball from Cardinal power hitterWilson, the sophomore insteadblooped one into right field to tiethings up.

Thats what youve got to bank

on, those clutch hits down late inthe game, Piscotty said. Thatswhat we had to do, and we did it.

Having pinch-hit for the desig-nated hitter spot with Piscotty asthe pitcher in the eighth, Marquessno longer had access to his DH slot,and he opted to bring the presea-son All-American back into the

game to pitch the 10th so he couldkeep his star bat in the lineup. Thethird baseman looked like a veter-an on the mound, though, allowing

just an infield single in the frame togive the Cardinal a chance to win itin the bottom half.

Stanford couldnt convert, butPiscotty kept rolling on the moundwith a one-two-three top of the11th. Piscotty also contributed atthe plate, singling in the bottomhalf of the frame, but the Cardinalcouldnt move him over and themarathon rolled past its fourthhour.

With Gaffney loosening up inthe bullpen perhaps planning toadd reliever to his running-back/leftfielder repertoire Pis-cotty got out Ferguson, who washitting 5-of-6 on the night at thatpoint, to end the inning.

Coming out twice was kind of

weird, Piscotty laughed after thegame, but his 3.2 innings of two-hit,three-strikeout pitching wouldprove to be enough as the Cardi-nals leading RBI man moved to 1-0 on the season. Blandino bloopeda single and was promptly buntedover to second, and DannyDiekroeger came to the plate with

the game on his bat.Everyone was getting a

chance, so I had a feeling I wouldget in there, he said.

Danny Diekroeger made themost of his opportunity, groundinga 1-0 pitch through the right side ofthe infield to score Blandino andget Stanford the win.

When I hit it, I thought it was inthe right place, he said. Its awe-some when a team rallies like this,and Im pretty confident that wellhave a good weekend.

Stanford now has a much-need-ed two-day break before facingWashington (16-9, 3-3 Pac-12) onthe road in a three-game seriesstarting this Thursday. The Huskiesmost recently dropped two ofthree at No. 19 Oregon State.

Contact Joseph Beyda at jbeyda@stanford.edu.

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dynamic outside hitter who regis-tered 28 kills in the last meetingbetween the two squads, USC stillhit .351 as a team, paced by red-shirt sophomore Tanner Jansen.He finished with 17 kills on a siz-zling .519 hitting percentage.

USC was able to take controlof the match in the first set behindstellar hitting by Ciarelli, Jansenand freshman Robert Feathers.The three combined for 11 kills inthe set, including three by Jansenwhen USC trailed 22-21.

The second set was different asUSC seized control at the start,racing out to a 9-5 advantage. TheCardinal eventually battled backto tie it at 14, thanks to strong playfrom sophomore Brian Cook.USC would later gain a 23-20 ad-vantage, due in part to a pair ofservice errors by Stanford, beforeJansen again closed Stanford outwith consecutive kills.

Stanford dominated the thirdset with efficient hitting, as theCardinal connected on 13 of its 24attempts in the period, highlight-ed by four kills from Cook.

USC never gave Stanford achance in the fourth set, however,stifling the Cardinal attack fromthe get-go. The Trojans closed outStanford in style, with seniorSteven Shandrick tallying hissixth kill of the match on the finalpoint.

Following the loss, the Cardi-nal dropped a game behind fourother MPSF teams, includingUSC, for first place in the confer-ence. Stanford has to continue im-proving if it wants to host the con-ference tournament.

Its going to be very impor-tant for us to stick to Stanford vol-leyball, which is a consistent styleof play characterized by greatpassing, defense and smart attack-ing, Lawson said.

The Cardinal is back in actiontonight at 7 p.m. against Pacific.

Contact Daniel E. Lupin at delupin@stanford.edu.

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