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NEWS BRIEFS

Santa Clara County Board

delays vote until August

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervi-sors decided Tuesday to push back voting ontwo proposals that would have dipped into afund the University created in 2001 underagreement with its General Use Permit. Theboard will take up the issue again in August.

The two projects in question include a pro-posed pedestrian and bike bridge over High-way 101 and the completion of a Bay Trail link.These projects would cost $5 million and $3million, respectively.

The fund of $10.37 million was establishedto counter the reduction of recreation spacethat resulted from Stanfords 5-million-squarefoot expansion.

Stanford Campus Residential Leasehold-ers (SCRL) claim that these projects wouldnot benefit Stanford households and wouldbe a misuse of the funds, according to an arti-cle in the San Jose Mercury News.

The two proposed projects would notmitigate the adverse effect, wrote JamesSweeney, president of the SCRL board, in aletter to the board on Sunday.

Thus spending these funds for these proj-ects would be a breach of the contract and aninappropriate diversion of funds that were tobe used only as a mitigation specific to campusresidents and facilities users, not meant as a

general mitigation to the entire region, theletter continued.

Different proposals for the use of the fund,such as improving a trail around Alpine Road,

have been presented and rejected over thepast year.Meanwhile, proponents of the proposal

such as Corrine Winter, president and directorof the Committee for Green Foothills and theSilicon Valley Bicycle Coalition have urgedboard members to examine the advantages shepredicts the projects would have for those liv-ing in the surrounding areas.

The proposed projects will serve a fargreater number of people and keep the wholearea healthy and active, Winter said in an ar-ticle in the San Jose Mercury News.

Mary Ann Toman-Miller

Researchers identify gene

predicting smoking habits

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Researchers have discovered a geneclosely linked to how much African Ameri-cans smoke, according to a School of Medi-cine press release.

Knowing that this gene is important indifferent ancestral groups . . . suggests it asa target for drug discovery and develop-ment, said Sean David, clinical associateprofessor of medicine at Stanford, in the

Middle East advisor recommends route forwardfor Israel-Palestine in moment of global inattention

Ross reflects onstrategies for peace

By NATASHA WEASERDESK EDITOR

Ambassador Dennis Ross, aprominent Middle East adviser toPresidents Obama, Clinton andGeorge H. W. Bush, affirmed hisbelief Tuesday night in CEMEXAuditorium that Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahusthreats to attack Iran if an agree-ment on nuclear weapons is notreached are sincere.

I dont think hes bluffing, hesaid in response to an audiencemembers question. Netanyahudefines his role as prime ministeras protecting Israelis and protect-ing Jewish people this is a partof his self-definition.

If he believes Iran will crossthe threshold, I do believe he willact, he added. The statement wasmade following his presentation,which was attended by more than400 people.

Marty Zack 14, president of

the Stanford Israel Alliance(SIA), introduced Ross as one ofour countrys leading championsin Middle East peace, noting hehas dedicated almost his entirecareer to the cause.

Ross was appointed MiddleEast envoy under President Clin-ton and was heavily involved inthe peace negotiations of the1990s between Israel and Pales-tine. During this time, he helpedbroker the 1995 Interim Agree-ment and the 1997 Hebron Ac-cord.

In 2009, he was appointed spe-cial advisor for the Persian Gulfand Southwest Asia to U.S. Secre-tary of State Hillary Clinton. Heleft the post the same year to jointhe National Security Councilstaff as senior director for thecentral region and special assis-tant to the president. Rossstepped down from the position

STUDENT GOVT

ARP debatecontinues

in Senate

UNIVERSITY

Law School seeks student views on new dean

By ANTONIO RAMIREZ

At a Tuesday town hall meeting, law stu-dents were given an opportunity to engageand question the search committee that willrecommend a list of candidates to the presi-dent and provost to replace Stanford LawSchool Dean Larry Kramer.

Kramer announced in March that he willstep down from his post to serve as president

of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.Of the great qualities Ive seen in Dean

Kramer in the past three years Ive been here,I think one of those is his responsiveness tostudents, said Teddy Kider J.D. 12, co-presi-dent of the Stanford Law Association andmember of the dean selection committee.The fact that there is someone at the top ofthe administration who I do think cares aboutstudents is important in a big way.

The current list of candidates for the posi-tion will be kept completely confidential untila new dean has been selected, as a way to en-sure that certain candidates will consider run-

ning for the position.The committee expects to present any-

where from three to five candidates to Uni-versity President John Hennessy and ProvostJohn Etchemendy Ph.D. 82. To select this listof candidates, the committee began holdingmeetings with the public two weeks ago.

Around 50 students attended Tuesdaystown hall meeting, presenting a number ofquestions that led Law School Vice DeanMark Kelman to describe students opinionsas ranging from valuable reinforcement of

MEHMET INONU/The Stanford Daily

Ambassador Dennis Ross, a Middle East advisor to PresidentsObama, Clinton and H.W. Bush, spoke Tuesday on how both Israeliand Palestinian stakeholders can adjust to more toward peace. Please see ROSS, page 2

By JULIA ENTHOVENSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The ASSU Undergraduate Sen-ate heard a two-hour series of opin-ions Tuesday from individuals in-volved with the debate on the Al-ternative Review Process (ARP),Stanfords judicial procedure forcases involving sexual assault, rela-tionship violence, sexual harass-ment and stalking. Except for theregular funding bills, which passedunanimously, the senators did notpass any new legislation or presenta revised budget for the upcomingfiscal year, following rejection ofthe proposed budget by the Gradu-ate Student Council (GSC).

The senators had invited sever-al involved students, faculty mem-bers and Judicial Affairs membersto speak about the ARP to aid thesenators in better understandingthe involved issues.

Professor Michael McConnell,law professor and fellow at theHoover Institute, explained his in-terpretation of the Office of CivilRights Dear Colleague Letter(DCL), the document that causedStanford President John Hennessy

to unilaterally lower the standardof proof from beyond a reasonabledoubt to preponderance of evi-dence in April 2011. McConnellsaid that the American Associationof University Professors opposes aburden of preponderance of evi-dence and endorses a clear andconvincing standard. He addedthat both civil rights organizationsand the federal government arecurrently debating the DCLs legalstatus.

Nothing is written in stone,McConnell said. He told the sena-tors that, because the ARP is cur-rently in compliance with the DCL,they should be in no rush to ap-prove the procedure.

He also expressed worry about

a general diminution of the rightsof the accused.The thing about the ARP is

that it isnt just one change, he ex-plained. Any one individual aspectof it may actually be quite justifi-able. But it is rather a cascade ofchanges, every one of which makesit more difficult for an innocentperson to [defend themselves].

In a similar vein, K.C. Johnson, aprofessor of history at BrooklynCollege, expressed over Skype hisconcern for the protections takenout of the ARP and cited a preva-lence of false accusations.

Max Sosna-Spear 12, whoserves on ARP review panels,countered Johnson and Mc-Connells explanation and defend-

ed the procedures existing provi-sions, including the panel size andmajority voting requirement. Healso argued that the prevalence offalse accusations is much lowerthan Johnson posited.

Certainly we increase the riskof false findings of responsibility,Sosna-Spear said, but precisely

Challenges cover all the BASES

NICK SALAZAR/The Stanford Daily

The Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students hosted its 150K Challenge Finale Tuesday afternoon at the Arrillaga AlumniCenter. Winners in four different funding competitions received a cumulative total of $150,000 after successfully delivering their final pitches.

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information to assessments that

he didnt see coming.One of the qualities that stu-dents consistently identified as animportant trait in the future deanwas continued responsiveness tostudents as previously demon-strated by Kramer.

As part of Kramers willing-ness to engage with students, hehas held periodic town hall meet-ings open to all and has commit-ted himself to teaching classesand participating in school musi-cals every year.

I would agree that one ofDean Kramers biggest assetsfrom a students perspective isthat he is responsive to all stu-dents, especially students that hedoesnt necessarily agree with,

said Barbara Smith J.D. 12. He isstill just as supportive with themas he is with anyone else.

Kramer has led a number ofinitiatives, including switching thelaw schools academic calendarfrom the semester system to thequarter system.

Although we wish the lawschool rankings didnt mean any-thing, they do, Smith said. Itsimportant to find someone whossensitive to that and who is goingto continue the great trend thatDean Kramer has started.

Students also voiced concernsabout the impression that Stan-ford Law School may be a littleCalifornia-centric.

It is unfortunate because

were the second best law schoolin the country and we dont have

more connections to places likeWashington, D.C., and NewYork, Smith said. Theres cer-tainly no discouraging of studentswho want to go to those types ofplaces, but Ive found that thesearch has been a little self-direct-

ed.It would be wonderful tohave more East Coast, and evenMidwest, sensitivity to what Stan-ford has, she added.

Contact Antonio Ramirez at ajram741@stanford.edu.

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press release.

David was a co-leader of thestudy, which collaborated withmore than 75 researchers acrossthe United States. Drawing datafrom more than 32,000 AfricanAmericans, researchers concludedthat the gene CHRNA5 is statisti-cally relevant in predicting smok-ing behavior. Researchers previ-ously found that the same gene isrelevant in predicting smoking be-havior of people with Europeanancestry.

The study, however, found thatthe genetic marker correlated withsmoking behaviors is in a differentplace on the gene depending onones ethnicity.

According to David, it is crucialto understand how nicotine recep-

tors vary across ethnicities be-cause African Americans statisti-cally have a higher risk of develop-ing lung cancer, despite beginningto smoke later in life than otherethnic groups.

Researchers also discovered agenetic marker that closely pre-dicts number of cigarettes smokedper day.

Stanford contributed 8,208 par-ticipants to the study, called theStudy of Tobacco in Minority Pop-ulations, or STOMP.

The National Institute on DrugAbuse and the National Instituteof General Medicine Sciencesfunded the study, which was pub-lished Tuesday in TranslationalPsychiatry.

Mary Ann Toman-Miller

BRIEFSContinued from front page

NORBERT KLAUS/The Stanford Daily

Andreas Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, discussedthe process of innovation and its significance to Silicon Valley

Tuesday evening as part of the Stanford Engineering Hero Lecture.

The path toward innovation

last November.I want to look conceptually

and historically at the whole ap-proach to peace and concludewith a new model, Ross said.

He traced peace efforts fromthe 1970s to the 1993 Oslo Ac-cords, giving examples of variousapproaches, including Kissingersincremental approach and the

Carter administrations opposingcomprehensive approach.

People describe me as some-one who believes in incremental-ism, but my approach is you dowhat the context permits you todo, Ross said.

Statecraft is about marryingobjectives and means, he added.If context isnt right, you have tofind a way to change the con-text.

Based on this idea, Ross ar-gued that a new approach andmodel is needed for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because thecurrent context for conflict is notconducive to negotiating peace.

I offer a hybrid model, hesaid. There needs to be a politi-cal process, but there needs to besomething done from the groundup as well.

Citing polls that show that themajority of Israelis and Palestini-ans support a two-state solutionbut express doubt about its possi-bility, Ross argued that peacecannot be achieved if the majori-ty of each side thinks the other isnot serious about a two-state so-lution.

One of the reasons why bothpublics dont believe in it [thepossibility of resolving the con-flict] is that theyve seen thismovie before, Ross said, refer-ring to prolonged negotiationsthroughout the 1990s that yield-

ed no significant results.Offering steps on both sides tobreak through the impasse, Rosssuggested that the United Statescould help broker negotiations.

On the Israeli side, Ross pro-posed several measures includingreducing the level of Israeli con-trol in the West Bank territories,providing more economic oppor-tunities for Palestinians, recog-nize Palestinians who take a non-violent approach and adoptinglegislation to offer compensationfor settlers who voluntarily moveout of the West Bank.

On the Palestinian side, Rosslisted steps including halting in-

citement, condemning violence,including Israel in maps in Pales-tinian textbooks and institutionbuilding.

According to Ross, followingthese steps will cause both sidesto take a second look and changethe dynamics of political negotia-tions.

Ross pointed out that theworlds attention is currently fo-cused on everything but thepeace issue between Israelis andPalestinians. It has not gone awayand it wont go away.

However, he said he views this

moment as an opportunity topush for progress in negotiationsbetween the Israelis and thePalestinians.

The Arab countries are all fo-cused internally right now, hesaid. Both the Israelis and Pales-tinians have the space to do some-thing. It is in this moment, whenno one is paying attention, thatwe should and they should act.

Following the talk, formerMiddle East bureau chief for theWashington Post and communi-cation professor Janine Zachariajoined Ross on stage for a ques-tion-and-answer session.

Ross dismissed the notion thatthe current administration is fo-cused on Iran and ignoring the Is-raeli-Palestinian conflict.

The problem of Iran and theemergence of nuclear weaponsweighs very heavily, he said.The administration is active be-hind the scenes [on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict] and ap-proaching it in a low-profile way.

He also expressed optimismon the progress of negotiationswith Iran, crediting increasedpressure from the United Statesfor improving the situation.

I dont expect there to be abreakthrough tomorrow, but Idont think we have the luxury ofapproaching talks like we haveall the time in the world, he said.There needs to be a sense of ur-

gency.Moving to the topic of Syria,Ross highlighted a need to en-gage Russia in efforts to oust cur-rent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Ross stated his supportfor a safe haven for the dictatoron the Syrian-Turkish border.

In response to a challengefrom audience members of hisdefinition of Palestinian identity,Ross said, You cannot denyPalestinian national identity. Wecannot make peace if we do notrecognize the Palestinians.

Contact Natasha Weaser at nweas-er@stanford.edu.

ROSSContinued from front page

the point is that we are trying toshift the balance. Even with theARP process, there are lots of peo-ple [who] arent coming forward.So I think there has to be some . . .

weighing the likelihood of false re-sponsibility and the very importantinterest of keeping this a safe com-munity for all people.

As it stands, I think the Univer-sity is suffering far more from unre-ported offenders than from inno-cent people who are being expelledfrom the University, he added.

Refuting Sosna-Spears claim

that responding students in theARP almost always concede thefacts but argue that their actionswere not criminal, Timothy LauJ.D. 12, a member of the Board ofJudicial Affairs, reminded the sena-tors of the possibility of misidenti-fication and urged them to increasethe voting requirement in order tocompensate for the low burden ofproof.

The ARP process doesnt justcover sexual assault; it covers sexu-al assault, sexual harassment, rela-tionship violence and stalking, hesaid. To say that no misidentifica-tion is ever going to happen . . . Ithink youre all making a stretch,and you are subjecting people tounfair accusations . . . If you do [ig-nore the problem of misidentifica-

tion], are you really committed tothe presumption of innocence?

Elliott Wolf J.D. 13, who servedas president of the Duke studentbody immediately following the2006 lacrosse team scandal,warned senators of the impact ofwhat he termed the student affairsindustry on processes such as theARP.

Sosna-Spear said that he be-

lieves that all of the administratorsinvolved in the ARP, excludingsome faculty members who serveon panels, were trained in studentaffairs.

Reporting on his experience atDuke, Wolf said he found that aconcentration of faculty memberswho saw themselves as educatorsrather than adjudicators led to in-

creased bias, more false rulings and

greater undeserved impact on stu-dent lives.Every school below the U.S.

News top 10 is now infested withprofessional staff with masters de-grees in student personnel admin-istration, Wolf said. And sadly,they are more interested in foster-ing teachable moments with stu-dents than in dispassionately find-

ing facts and meting out sanctionsto serve as a deterrent.

There arent two sides to this;there are many sides, Senator Sha-hab Fadavi 15 said at the meetingscommencement, reminding hispeers to develop a nuanced under-standing of the ARP. Although sev-eral senators asked questionsabout various aspects of the ARP,there was no discussion among

them at the meeting.Garima Sharma 15 said thatthe Senate is planning to delay theapproval of the ARP until fallquarter, which is when the proce-dure will be reviewed by the Facul-ty Senate.

Contact Julia Enthoven at jjejje@stanford.edu.

ASSUContinued from front page

One of Dean

Kramers biggest

assets... is that heis responsive to

all students.

BARBARA SMITH J.D. 12

Nothing is written

in stone.MICHAEL McCONNELL,

professor of law

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By JOSEE SMITHSTAFF WRITER

Its 11:48 p.m. on a Saturdaynight. Im standing in thebackyard of 680 Lomita,wearing a tank top and shorts,regretting my decision to fol-

low the mythical Exotic Erotic dresscode. I sway to the live bands music,trying to ignore the goose bumps onmy arms. The live band finishes upone of their original songs, Waldo,

and transitions into a song we allknow and love: Shout by the IsleyBrothers.

I jump around with the rest ofthe crowd, waving my arms in the airand forgetting I was ever cold as thesaxophone player wails away on hisinstrument and one of the leadsingers tells us we make him want toShout!

Stanford isnt exactly known forits music scene, but the campus hostsa myriad of talented musicians, all

vying for a chance to play theirmusic for people who appreciate it.The music scene isnt always visiblewhen you first look at our campus,but with some digging, trips to houseparties and Facebook stalking, itstarts to reveal itself.

When I first started at Stanford,I was primarily making music bymyself, said Ryan Edwards 13.This year I got involved with IDA[the Institute for Diversity in theArts] and found other people towork with.

A junior sporting an afro and alongboard, Edwards has been in-volved in music his entire life, play-ing the harmonica in elementaryschool and taking the stage for thefirst time during a talent show in thefourth grade. He began droppingbeats and rapping when he came toStanford, mixing hip-hop with othergenres such as jazz and electronica.

Edwards formed a collectivewith people he met through IDA,and they began performing at dif-ferent functions on campus, such asWine and Cheese at Kairos and rushevents. For Edwards, getting in-

volved in the music scene was toughbecause it was not very visible tohim as a freshman.

Finding people to work withwas difficult during my freshmanyear because a lot of people wouldbe like, Oh, Ill rap on a track withyou because it sounds like fun and itsounds cool, but actually taking ac-tion and writing a verse and gettingonstage and performing it in front ofpeople, they dont follow through,he said. Its just a matter of findingthe right people who are taking it se-riously.

Edwards added that workingwith people is both more fun andimportant for learning collabora-tion.

Others slid more seamlessly into

the music scene at Stanford.I took Music 171 [Chamber

Music] last year and they offer jazzcombos, Jared Naimark 14 said. Iwanted to do something easy tostart, so I auditioned and was placedin a group.

The group fell apart at the end oflast year but Naimark and two othermembers continued to play into thisyear and incorporated three newmembers.

Its more of a band this year,Naimark said.

He started learning music at ayoung age and has been playing thesaxophone since the fourth grade.He got involved in the music sceneat Stanford by jamming with peoplein his freshman dorm, Larkin.

It can be tough getting every-one in the same room and hard tofind committed people, Naimarksaid. Theres also been some argu-ments about the vibe of the group.

Harry Doshay 14, anothermember of the group, began playingthe bass when his dad left one in hisroom when he was younger.

He stuck the bass in the cornerof my room, and after a while itstarted talking to me and so I startedplaying it, Doshay said.

It can be difficult to get peopleto play on a regular basis at Stan-ford, he continued. I just try toplay as much music as possible, atevery opportunity.

Their combo, named Too Big toMail its third name so far hasplayed at on-campus events such asMonday Night Jazz at the CoHo,Wine and Cheese at Kairos and ArtAfter Dark. However, Naimark andDoshay are not interested in publi-cizing themselves too much.

Id like to continue playing jazzand sax because its how I expressmyself, but we dont necessarilywant to put our name out, Naimarksaid. Its just a fun thing to do, play-ing with friends.

Were not really playing formoney or publicity, Doshay added.I just want to keep playing withthese guys and having fun. Ill prob-ably end up just like my dad and endup playing with a bunch of buddies,thinking I can rock, playing at myown birthday party.

Stephen Henderson 11 M.A. 12has also been playing music most ofhis life.

I grew up on the east side ofMaui that really harbored music,he said. I started playing the guitarand ukulele when I was 10.

When Henderson came to Stan-ford in 2005 as a freshman, he start-ed a reggae band called ParadiseGroove. He more recently started a

music collective called the Dot DotDots. Henderson has been aprofessional musician since the ageof 15 and has been producing pro-fessionally since he was 21.

Finding people to play with hasto be something that happens or-ganically, Henderson said. Youhave to share the same principles, beexperienced enough and finish eachothers melodies . . . My own musicis very sacred to me so I want tomake sure its of quality.

When Henderson first came toStanford, he didnt find a class or atrack to develop his music. Helearned about the music industry byhimself through independent re-search, as he felt there was no strongsense of artistic community.

People go to see other peopleperform because they know some-one in the band, not because themusic is good, Henderson said. Itsnot necessarily indicative of ahealthy community. You want yourart to speak for itself.

In 2010, Henderson co-foundedthe Red Couch Project, whichshowcases independent artists in anaccessible setting, giving up-and-coming musicians resources to de-velop their careers. In July, he planson starting an independent produc-tion company with his older sisterand has plans to build a studio.

It will be a safe, beautiful, sacredplace for artists to play, he said.

With six albums worth of mate-rial already, Henderson just wants tokeep making music.

Hawaiis music scene suffers abit, so Id like to help out there aswell, he added.

Hendersons influence is wellknown within the music scene oncampus.

[At the Knoll] hes created anopen group of musicians who cancome through and play, said BenBroer 12, drummer of a Stanford-grown band called Den of Thieves.I think what hes doing is fantastic,and I really admire him.

Den of Thieves features Broeron the drums, John Hollywood 12on the guitar, Alex Klein 12 on thesaxophone, Jason Loftus 12 on thebass and Michael Davies 12 on thekeyboard. All five of its membershave been in the group since itsstart. Their involvement in musicgrew from an interest in the craftand admiration of those older thanthem who were playing instru-ments.

The band members dallied inmusic their freshman year and came

together during spring quarter oftheir sophomore year. Klein de-scribed them as a Grateful Deadcover during their initial time to-gether, though Hollywood andBroer disagreed.

We started out as a classic rockcover band, but weve developedour own style, Broer said.

All three agreed that it is toughto get involved in the music scene atStanford.

Theres no place for musiciansto congregate, Klein said, addingthat the Knoll could work as thatplace, if it focused less on computermusic. He also expressed an interestin Frost Amphitheater beingopened to student bands.

There isnt a huge incentive for

bands to play around [campus] ei-ther, Broer added.

However, Klein offered hope forthe integration of music into cam-pus life.

The music scene is changing forthe better, he said. There are a lotof really talented musicians, but fewbands.

Den of Thieves has played at alot of events on campus, mostlyweekly and biweekly staples, likeHappy Hour at Enchanted BroccoliForest, Wine and Cheese at Kairosand parties at Narnia.

Were just starting to move offcampus, Broer said, citing a show inSan Francisco this week in which thegroup will play original music.

With graduation approaching,

the members all have plans that willtake them away from Stanford andaway from the band, from going onto work in sound production to at-tending medical school. Thoughthey may not continue performing,they stressed the value of their bandexperience.

Its really important to take thetime to do your art, Hendersonsaid. If you could be playing musicand you would be playing music,then you should be playing music. Ithas to be just important to you asyour academics.

Contact Josee Smith at jsmith11@stanford.edu.

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There are a lot of

really talented

musicians, but

few bands. ALEX KLEIN

Student musicians find space to jam despite lacking music scene

NICK SALAZAR/The Stanford Daily

Stanford band Den of Thievesperformed at the Art After Darkfestival last Friday. The five members,all seniors, came together in springquarter of their sophomore year.

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OPINIONS

According to my calcula-tions, were in the middleof week eight, which

means two things: that summer isright around the corner and thatmost students are finding them-selves buried under all the final

papers and presentations that ac-company the school years end.But in typical Stanford studentfashion, the more work we have,the more ways we conjure toavoid it.

Procrastinating is as natural tous as being busy is, and since mostpeople tend to spend their timeprocrastinating on Facebook andmy last column was all about get-ting people to take Facebook a lit-tle less seriously (which starts withspending less time on the site), Idecided to compile a list of thebest ways to procrastinate proper-ly and productively. After all, ifyou cant beat them, join them.

So without further ado, I pres-ent the tips to professional pro-

crastination:

1. Call home.Calling home is a fantastic way

to procrastinate. Not only does itforce those of us who are bad atstaying in touch to check in andremind our families that we arestill alive, but its also fail-proof,considering that your parents willnever get mad at you for spendingtime catching up with them. Plus,chances are youll end this phonecall a little more motivated thanwhen you started it. Parents arereally good at saying things like Iknow youll do great on yourmidterm! even when you knowthis may not be true.

2. Do your laundry or clean yourroom.

Cleaning is just not fun, andchances are, you rarely ever wantto do it. However, chances also arethat you find your problem seteven less fun than you find clean-ing. So if youre really dreadingyour work, try taking a break and

channeling that energy into vacu-uming your floor or hauling yourclothes down the three flights ofstairs to the laundry room. Youmay not get your problem setdone, but at least youll be able towear your favorite shirt and lookgood tomorrow when you hop onyour bike three minutes before thep-set is due so you can turn it in.

3. Go get food or coffee.Picture this: youre sitting

around with all of your friends.Everyone is working on their ownthing, whether thats writing aPWR paper or studying for aChem 135 midterm, when sud-denly one person lets out a loudsigh and says, Im starving. Late

Nite, anyone? Next thing youknow, the person to your right istalking about how they definitelyneed to tag along so they can get acup of coffee, and you start think-ing about how you could probablyuse a cookie as a little pick-me-up,even though youre not that hun-gry. Ten minutes later, youre all atLate Nite sitting around a table,laughing, talking, running intoother friends, basically doingeverything but working, and thiscontinues for at least 30 minutes.Getting food is the perfect way toprocrastinate. After all, no one isever going to challenge the legiti-macy of your hunger, and you canalways make yourself feel betterabout trekking over to Arrillaga

or Lakeside by telling yourselfthat the energy drink you just

bought will get you through therest of your assignment/night.

4. Make to-do lists.Im fairly positive I spend

more time making to-do lists thanI spend doing the things on them.That having been said, writingdown all the things you have to doand making a schedule of whenyou plan on doing them and howlong they will take is usually a safeprocrastination technique. Inmost cases, the sheer length ofyour list should scare you into get-ting started on your work.

5. Go jump in a fountain.With the weather having been

so nice lately, its hard to miss the

groups of students splashingaround in the fountains. When itgets too hot to focus, just tell your-self that fountains are the most ef-ficient way to cool off, slip intoyour bathing suit and go dive in(except not literally since youllhurt yourself). I highly recom-mend the newest fountain, whichis located behind the ThorntonCenter and is a total beauty.

So there you have it thetools for proper procrastination.Hopefully, using any of the abovewill leave you a lot happier and alittle less prone to further procras-tination than when you started.Happy procrastinating Stanford!

Still feel like procrastinating? Send

Ravali an email at ravreddy@stan-ford.edu.

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In February and March 2012, theGreen Living Council andAquacue, a water system elec-

tronics and monitoring company,sponsored the Water Wars, amonth-long competition betweenthe different dorms in FlorenceMoore (FloMo) to see which dormcould reduce its water consumptionthe most. The winning dorm waspromised a prize of $1,000 for gen-eral dorm funds. A similar competi-tion at the University of California,Merced incentivized students to cuttheir water consumption by 14 per-cent, an impressive reduction. Thiswas to be a pleasant, good-spiritedcompetition in support of a greatercause, right?

Alas, according to Aquacue, earlyin the process, someone tamperedwith one of its monitoring devices byinserting wood chips so that the de-vice stopped reporting any waterflow. A backup device was left func-tioning, so no data was lost. Moretroubling, however, was that some-one entered Loros bathrooms andleft the showers and spigots runningovernight, wasting copious amountsof water. By the end of the competi-tion, Loro used 17,585 moregallons

than its previous baseline consump-tion. For comparison, the winningdorm Faisan cut its previous con-sumption by 1,306 gallons and themost-improved dorm Gavilan cut itsconsumption by 10,301 gallons.

The irony of the situation ispainfully obvious. The person(s)who wasted incredible amounts ofLoros water clearly missed thepoint that these Water Wars were in-tended to reduce water consump-tion wasting water to give anoth-er dorm an edge defeats the entirepurpose of the competition.

The Editorial Board is con-cerned that this kind of behavior ispart of a broader lack of respect forthe community in many Stanfordresidences. This particular action is

not typical of most Stanford stu-dents, yet many smaller acts of disre-spect take place daily.

In general, as Stanford students,we are incredibly blessed. Dormresidents have access to essentiallyunlimited food up to 19 times aweek at dining halls or 10 times aweek in self-operated houses, pre-pared with little to no effort on be-half of the students. Most residenceshave the luxury of a cleaning staff. Itcan be all too easy to become com-placent in such an atmosphere.

On occasion, we see this compla-cency rear its ugly head in the formof stacks of dirty plates abandonedin hallways or dorm kitchenettes,

common spaces torn apart by week-end revelers and the accursed phe-nomenon of vomit in bathroomsand hallways. In addition to beinginherently distasteful, these acts ofdisrespect attack the very social fab-ric in residences they promote anenvironment of unaccountabilityand strain relationships within resi-dences and between students andstaff. Perhaps we are spoiled by all ofthe services we receive.

To that end, the Editorial Boardbelieves that more ownership andaccountability would create a resi-dential environment that trulymakes a home out of student hous-ing. Although difficult to implement,one option is to have students partic-ipate in the upkeep of their resi-dences even in a small way, as self-opsdo with hash. Such a policy wouldcomplement, not supplant, existingcustodial staff. If students were par-tially responsible for the upkeep ofcommon areas and bathrooms, forinstance, social attitudes among stu-dents toward behaviors like exces-sive intoxication and vomiting wouldbe vastly different. The sink youpuked in wont be cleaned by someinvisible force while you sleep or are

in class it will be cleaned by yourneighbor and peer, who will notbepleased with your disregard for thecommunity and will exert social pres-sure on you to show respect. Ofcourse, these characteristics are pres-ent in Stanfords co-operatively runresidences, but the Editorial Boarddoes not expect every Stanford resi-dence to be a co-op.

Nevertheless, it is clear that stu-dent attitudes need to change. Thecurrent reality in which costs ofroom and board are paid by somecombination of funds from parents,students and financial aid meansthat students take Stanford and thelifestyle we are afforded here forgranted. Wasting thousands of gal-lons of water to disadvantage peers

in a competition would be unthink-able in the real world. Assistingcustodial staff in maintaining resi-dences makes students directly ac-countable for the actions they takethat negatively impact residences.Programs like Stanford Habla buildcommunity a different way, givinghard-working Stanford employeesthe benefit of English practice andmaking students more cognizant ofthe people who tirelessly work be-hind the scenes. Even before this,pointing out generally disrespectfulattitudes on the part of students whoare undoubtedly intelligent willbegin to cause much-neededchange.

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RAVALATIONS

Professional procrastination

Atwo-year tragedy may havecome to a close Mondaymorning in a New Jersey

courtroom as Dharun Ravi wassentenced to 30 days in prison forinvasion of privacy, bias crimes andobstruction of justice.

Most of us have heard this sadsaga by now. Mr. Ravi arrives as acomputer-whiz freshman at RutgersUniversity, meets his quiet, intro-verted roommate in Mr. Clementiand later remotely records Clemen-tis intimate moments with anotherman on his webcam. He did this notonce, but twice; he posted thesevideos to his public Twitter feed.

Days later, Tyler Clementi wrotein his last Facebook post, Jumpingoff GW Bridge, sorry.

Mr. Ravis sentence Mondaymorning represents a somewhat sur-prising conclusion to a case that hascaptured media attention for some20 months. Indeed, Judge GlennBermans verdict 30 days incounty jail was immediately con-tested by both sides as they sought itsappeal.

Ive disenchanted both sides,Berman admitted after both theprosecution and defense moved tostay the verdict.

Many think 30 days is just notenough. This is someones life here someone whose life was lost,whose family must suffer, whosefriends have been hurt. This was no

innocent prank.True. But we must remember

that Mr. Ravi was not charged withTylers death. What he did was, in the

judges words, colossally ignorant,but he did not push Tyler off thebridge at least not in the eyes ofthe law, and rightfully so. The burdenof Tylers death is purely a moral one,and one that should weigh veryheavily on Mr. Ravi for the rest of his

life.The truth is that Mr. Ravi is also

now irreparably damaged. He hasbeen living in exile for the last twoyears. Work, at least work he is qual-ified for, is surely out of reach for therest of his life. His mother sobbedduring the trial about how her sondoes not eat, does not sleep, is not theteenager he should be. And everymother, and perhaps every son,should empathize with her sorrow.

But does Mr. Ravi feel this emo-tional burden? Does he really feelremorse? The judge was very quickto point out in his verdict that thoughMr. Ravi apologized to the Clemen-tis in passing in his pre-sentencing

paperwork, he made no mention ofthe man the court refers to as M.B., Clementis partner, whose namewas redacted for the trial. The usual-ly stoic Ravi cried yesterday in thecourtroom not for his freshmanyear roommate, but for his mother,whose letter was punctuated bywails and sobs.

And the defense made Dharunthe victim. Hes been living in exile.Hes not been able to lead a normallife. He was just 18 when he did this!It was just a prank. Dharuns reputa-tion is forever tarnished. Dharunwont be able to find work. Dharunwont be able to pursue the Ameri-can Dream his parents had for himwhen they immigrated with two suit-cases and nothing else. Dharun this,Dharun that. Dharun a victim, justanother victim.

In many ways, he is. But in manyways he should know far better thanto play this card, even if its just alawyers strategy to get a lighter sen-tence (a successful one, as it turns

out).Because we now live in a world

where after Mr. Ravi has finishedpassing through the scrutiny of the

judicial system which is no surething given both sides indignationregarding the verdict he mustpass through the scrutiny of theAmerican people, who will judge for

themselves this mans characterthrough the video and blog com-mentary that has already floodedthe Internet after his sentencing.

At least one judge will be look-ing, above all else, to see whether ornot Tyler Clementis death has takena moral toll on Dharun Ravi.

Which is why it was very disap-pointing to hear in the courtroom,again and again, that Dharun toowas a victim, that he too had his lifedestroyed, that he was improperly

judged by the feeding frenzy that isthe news media, that he does not de-serve the scorn that this nation hasfor him right now.

Yes, Dharun is a victim. But his

situation is self-inflicted. And if wecan call him a victim, then I do notknow what word we can use to de-scribe Tyler or his family.

Monday morning, the judge of-fered Mr. Ravi an opportunity to ad-dress the court. The cameras werestill rolling, of course. The judge actu-ally offered Mr. Ravi an opportunity

to address the nation.He could have stood up and of-

fered simple words of apology toeveryone he has hurt: the Clementis,his classmates at Rutgers, the wit-nesses he tampered with and, aboveall, his family. Instead, he shook hishead no.

The nation is still waiting to hearDharun Ravi apologize for what hehas done. Given his apparent lack ofremorse, its likely their verdict willbe much harsher than 30 days incounty jail.

Want to join the court of public opin-ion? Contact Ed at edngai@stan-ford.edu.

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GEORGIA ON THE MINDSenior duo hopesfor strong finish

Gibbs, Burdetteearn top seeds

By JOSEPH BEYDADESK EDITOR

Junior centerfielder Jake Stewart had al-ready singled, doubled and homered when hecame to the plate in his fourth at-bat on Tues-day night, needing a triple to complete the firstcycle of his Stanford career.

Instead, he added his second home run ofthe evening instead to polish off one of the bestgames hes played on the Farm.

Stewart went blow-for-blow with SantaClara on Tuesday night, as No. 14 Stanfordequaled its longest winning streak of the yearwith its eighth straight victory to stay hot head-ing into its final regular-season series. Stewartsfull-count, two-run homer in the eighth inning

was a huge boost for the Cardinal (37-14, 17-10Pac-12) in its 10-5 win over the Broncos (25-26,4-17 West Coast Conference).

I was just trying to get on base every singletime I was up, he told GoStanford.com.Thats what the leadoff hitters job is, and Iwas just trying to do that all day.

Stanford closes out its nonconference sea-son with an impressive 20-4 record, including anear-perfect 10-2 mark in midweek games.

The Cardinal still has its sights set on theclose race for the Pac-12 title as it prepares tohost Cal this weekend. Stanford, Arizona Stateand UCLA all trail Oregon by two games andare one back of Arizona, meaning that a serieswin against the Golden Bears would guaranteethe Cardinal at worst a third-place finish. Withthe Ducks squaring off against competitive in-state rival Oregon State which dominatedone of the teams two midweek meetings this

year Stanford is by no means out of con-tention for its first conference title since 2004.

Even though last nights win wont help theCardinal move up in the standings, the all-around effort had to be pretty encouraging forhead coach Mark Marquess. Besides Stewartsheroics, freshman designated hitter DominicJose and sophomore rightfielder Austin Wilsoneach had three hits, with the former doublingtwice and the latter netting a two-bagger of hisown.

After a moderately productive four-hitweekend against Utah, Stewart didnt giveBronco starter Tommy Nance any time to set-tle in, blasting the first pitch of the game for hisfifth homer of the season.

I was looking for a fastball somewhere in

the zone that I could put a swing on, Stewartsaid. Luckily I got one up in the zone that Icould drive somewhere.

Stewart and sophomore second basemanDanny Diekroeger then opened up the thirdwith back-to-back walks, but Stewart wasthrown out at home on an infield grounder andonly Diekroeger came around to score.

Santa Clara cut into that tenuous 2-0 lead inthe bottom half of the third on an error by Wil-son just the fifth of the season for the .970fielder but Stewart helped break thingsopen in the fifth when he got on base to lead offan inning for the third time. He later scored ona single by sophomore first baseman Brian Ra-gira, with Wilson tacking on a fourth run on hisensuing double and freshman third basemanAlex Blandino making it 5-1 with a hit of hisown.

The Broncos got their second run off junior

righthander Sahil Bloom in the bottom of thefifth, and climbed back within striking distancewhen designated hitter Quinton Perry tat-tooed freshman righty David Schmidts secondpitch in relief for his fourth home run of theyear.

Stewart responded with a leadoff doubleand came around to make it 6-3, but SantaClara sophomore Kyle DeMerritt came backwith a double of his own to spark a two-runBronco rally in the bottom of the seventh.

A double play in the eighth seemed to set upSanta Clara for a comeback, but Stewarts two-run jack with a full count extended the Cardi-nal lead to 8-5.

We try to keep those rallies going with twoouts and nobody on, Stewart said. The wind

was blowing out and it was helping me out a lit-tle on that one.Stanford added two more runs in the ninth

marking the first time all game that the teamhad scored without Stewart coming to the plate on a two-run double by Jose. Hitting fromthe right side in response to a Bronco pitchingchange, Jose was thrown out at third trying toextend the play, but a scoreless bottom of theninth clinched the 10-5 win.

Redshirt sophomore lefthander GarrettHughes (2-1) got the win after his scoreless,two-inning start.

The Cardinal now has two days of rest be-fore it hosts Cal (27-24, 15-10). Stanford wonboth conference games in Berkeley last year,with the finale cut off due to rain with the Car-dinal leading 7-1 in the fourth inning.

Contact Joseph Beyda at jbeyda@stanford.edu.

By MARSHALL WATKINSDESK EDITOR

Having seen their dual-match seasoncome to an end on Sunday afternoon in aheartbreaker against Virginia, members ofthe Stanford mens tennis team will look tobounce back and conclude the season on ahigh note as they enter the NCAA Singlesand Doubles Championships today inAthens, Ga.

Stanford will once again be represent-ed by seniors Bradley Klahn and RyanThacher in both events. The pairing will bethe No. 4 seed in the 32-team doubles draw,and both seniors received at-large bids inthe 64-man singles draw.

The singles tournament will open onWednesday, with the doubles event begin-ning a day later. Both competitions will seean entire round completed each day, cul-minating in two finals scheduled for Mon-day, May 28.

The event, which will take place at theUniversity of Georgia, will see Klahn hop-

ing to replicate his performance on thesame courts in 2010, when he stormed tothe NCAA singles title as a No. 13 seed.

I have very fond memories of thisplace, winning it two years ago here, and Ihad goose bumps as we drove into townlast week for the team event, seeing all thefamiliar spots that bring back great memo-ries, Klahn said.

While Klahn missed the beginning ofthe season with an unpredictable back ail-ment, he has a record of rising to the occa-sion in the postseason and appears to bepeaking at just the right time. Klahn haslost just twice in his past 13 singles match-es, with both defeats coming against top-

By CHRISSY JONESSTAFF WRITER

The Stanford womens tennisteam saw its hopes for a secondnational title in three yearscrushed in a 4-2 loss to USC onSaturday, but four Cardinalplayers, sophomore NicoleGibbs, junior Mallory Burdette,

junior Stacey Tan and freshmanEllen Tsay, remain in Athens,Ga., to represent Stanford in theNCAA Singles and DoublesChampionships this week.

Despite Saturdays abruptending to the teams season,Gibbs said that it provides anopportunity for the returninggroup to learn and improve fornext years dual-match season.

Our coaches and our captain[senior Veronica Li] spoke in thelocker room afterwards, Gibbssaid. We reflected on the match,

as we do after any loss or anywin. This team has been througha lot of adversity, and it was agood moment to observe theyear and figure out how we cangrow from it.

However, No. 3 seed Gibbsand her Cardinal teammates willhave little time to reflect, as theymust quickly refocus their atten-tion from team play to theNCAA Singles and DoublesChampionships, which com-mence on Wednesday for singlesand Thursday for doubles.

There is definitely a differ-

SPORTS

BRONCOS BLASTEDIts not you,NBA coach,

its them

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tan Van Gundy is a greatNBA coach. Hes a brilliantbasketball mind who tooka defensively dysfunctionalorganization and turned it

into an efficient winning machine. Hisfive-year stint with the OrlandoMagic was easily the most successfulcoaching tenure in franchise history,with a Finals appearance in 2009 ac-centuating a 259-135 regular-seasonrecord.

Now, Stan Van Gundy is unem-ployed because the culture of coach-ing has transformed to accommodatethe ever-growing trend of players de-manding more respect than thosethey should call their bosses.

To say the position of NBA headcoach is in a state of flux would be likecalling Kobes shot selection a bit ex-cessive. Of the 29 coaches currentlyemployed by NBA franchises, onlythree began in their current roles be-fore 2008, with just one, San Anto-

nios Gregg Popovich, starting priorto 2000. Aside from Popovich, andpossibly Bostons Doc Rivers, itsridiculous to even attempt to make acase for any current head coaches asfuture Hall of Famers.

This is disheartening. Basketballhas skyrocketed in global popularityand, like any growing sport, hasevolved to become scientifically ana-lyzed and produced. Coaches andplayers fluidly understand certainfacets of the game that just didnt exist25 years ago. With the game becom-ing visibly more skilled at every level,the NBA coaching fraternity shouldconsist of 30 of the most qualifiedpeople in the world.

The problem is, this isnt the case.Out of the NBA writers I follow onTwitter, I could easily pick five that Iwould choose to serve as head coachfor my team over a multitude of cur-rent leaders. These include peoplewho didnt play organized hoops pasthigh school, which is irrelevant. Theargument that these guys haventbeen there before and couldnt guidea group of professional athletes is an-tiquated at best.

Coaches are picked through atype of old boys club that promotesnepotism and perpetuates the cycleof promoting former NBA affiliatesunsuited to fill the role. Its why weveseen mind-numbing substitutionsand even more ludicrous quotes com-ing from guys in charge ofplayoffteams. That cant happen at the high-

est level of any sport.The root of the issue is money. Asthe battle to become a max-contractplayer wages on, those already inthat upper echelon of salaries orthose who feel deserving of greaterrecognition take it upon themselvesto demean their bosses and stage ver-bal coups. Those in higher manage-ment are afraid of alienating starplayers their moneymakers and often force coaches onto themost uncomfortable of islands. Howcan a guy possibly do his job with thelooming threat of a rebellious starconstantly looming over everything?

This past seasons DwightHoward saga was brutal for me to en-dure as a Magic fan, but nowhereclose to as painful as it must have

been for Van Gundy. Dwights ap-palling lack of respect for his coach who I believe transformed Howardinto a dominant post defender ul-timately led to the coachs demise.Van Gundy is a hard-ass, a no-non-sense basketball disciple who refusedto give in to constant outside pres-sures. He went about his job, coachedhis team the way he thought it shouldbe coached and managed to get theMagic to the playoffs for the fifth con-secutive year, with or withoutHoward. As a reward, he got canned.

Star culture wont budge withouta dramatic change in player account-ability. In an ideal world, every one ofthe 30 franchises would routinely andsufficiently punish players who refuseto adhere to a coachs philosophy.

That doesnt mean that playersshouldnt have a say; they should justhandle themselves professionallyand with cautious candor. Withoutthis radical alteration, coaching posi-tions will continue to be occupied bymultimillionaire babysitters who suc-cumb to their leading scorers insteadof teaching the game of basketball. Idont want to be a part of that worldanymore.

This is possibly an exaggeratedrant in the wake of Orlandos recentdecision, but basketball fans cantpossibly like the direction in whichthings are headed. People like Vinny

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Junior Jake Stewart recorded a single, a double and two home runs in Tuesday nights 10-5 victory over Santa Clara, marking one of the best

games of his career. The No. 14 Stanford baseball team extended its win streak to eight games as it heads into its final regular-season series.

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Bradley Klahn (above) and Ryan Thacher will represent theStanford mens tennis team in the NCAA Singles and DoublesChampionships. The duo holds the No. 4 seed in the doublesdraw, and both received at-large bids in the singles draw. Please see MTENNIS, page 6Please seeWTENNIS, page 6

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ent mental aspect when playingindividually, Gibbs said, be-cause if you lose, youre done.Your teammates arent there tobail you out.

Gibbs, the top-seeded Stan-ford player, manned court onefor the Cardinal all season andput up a 31-5 overall record. Shecaptured the ITA Northwest Re-gional Championship in Octo-ber, the first singles title of hercareer, and captured her secondtitle on April 29, winning thePac-12 Championship. Riding an11-match win streak, the All-American is entering the tour-

nament with reserved confi-dence.I dont think this tourna-

ment will define me one way oranother, she explained. Ivehad validating performances inother individual tournamentsthis year, Ive felt comfortablewith my dual record and Ive feltlike Ive played well. Im going inwith a lot of confidence, but thedraw is stacked with the bestplayers in the country so itll be achallenge.

She opens play against Vir-ginias Emily Fraser on Wednes-day, whom she described as hav-ing an all-court game style witha big serve. No. 5 seed MalloryBurdette will take on South Car-

olina States Maria Craciun, andNo. 25 seed Stacey Tan will faceRices Natalie Beazant.

Both Craciun and Beazantare unfamiliar opponents for theCardinal, but if Stanfords repre-sentatives can make it deeperinto the tournament, they couldencounter more familiar Pac-12faces.

The doubles tournamentcommences on Thursday as thesecond-seeded pairing of Gibbsand Burdette takes on Prince-tons Hilary Bartlett and LindsayGraff. This will be Gibbs andBurdettes first opportunity atredemption after losing theirdoubles match on Saturday toUSCs Sabrina Santamaria and

Kaitlyn Christian. Santamariaand Christian are not in the Stan-ford pairs quarter of the draw,but Gibbs would relish a rematchon the national stage.

I have a feeling that, if wewere to meet, it would be late inthe tournament, she said. Wewould love to make up for thosetwo losses, but it would be a chal-

lenge for sure.But before focusing on re-

venge, the dominant pairing ofGibbs and Burdette will have toget past Bartlett and Graff, afirst-team All-Ivy League dou-bles team.

Personally, Im focusing ongetting a higher percentage of re-turns in the court, moving acrossthe court to cut off groundstrokes and poaching more, sheexplained. [Burdette and I] onlyexperienced two dual-matchlosses all year so we arent mak-ing monumental changes, but wedo have to bring the intensity.

Tan and Tsay, an at-large se-lection to compete in the doublesdraw, will seek to bring a similarintensity against their openingopponent, No. 8 seed KristyFrilling and Shannon Mathews

of Notre Dame.Both Stanford pairs will haveto adjust to altered rules in com-parison to the regular season.Unlike regular season dualmatches, where doubles areplayed as eight-game pro sets,the NCAA doubles tournamentwill require the best two out ofthree sets. This, along with singlesplay, naturally will place signifi-cant physical stress on the body.

Im definitely waiting forthe storm to come, Gibbsquipped. But we have all thetools necessary here to deal withit, and were all planning on find-ing a way to keep our bodiesrunning.

Individual play begins today

with Burdettes match at 9:30a.m. PDT, followed by Gibbs andTan at 12:30 p.m. PDT. Doublesplay opens on Thursday, May 24,with times to be announced.

Contact Chrissy Jones at chris-syj@stanford.edu.

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Sophomore Nicole Gibbs, who captured the Pac-12 singles title in April,is seeded No. 3 heading into todays NCAA Singles Championship. Sheand partner Mallory Burdette are seeded No. 2 in the doubles draw.

seeded two-time national champi-on Steve Johnson of USC.

I feel prepared and excited tostart the individual portion of myfinal NCAAs, Klahn said. I hadtwo matches against top-five guys

in the team portion of the event . . .and those two matches helpedsharpen my game for the individualtournament.

Klahn will in fact repeat the sin-gles component of the Virginiamatchup in the first round, facingthe Cavaliers No. 4 seed, JarmereJenkins, on Wednesday for the sec-ond time in four days. Their matchon Sunday was abandoned withJenkins a set ahead.

It is obviously a very deep fieldthis year, and I cant look furtherthan my first match against [Jenk-ins], Klahn said. Ive always takena step-by-step approach to tourna-ments like the NCAAs, and thisweek is no different. I feel confidentin my health and in my game, and

thats the most important thing forme right now.

Meanwhile, Thacher will look toreplicate the form that saw himlead the Cardinal lineup for the first

part of the season in Klahns ab-sence and attain a 22-13 overallrecord. Thacher will face TexasTechs Gonzalo Escobar in the firstround.

As a doubles pairing, Klahn andThacher have been a remarkablysuccessful team, collecting eightdoubles titles together throughouttheir careers. The NCAA doublestitle has thus far proved elusive,however, with the pair falling to

Texas A&M in a tightly contestedfinal last year.

Klahn downplayed the sugges-tion that the lack of playing timethe two have recorded togetherduring the season might hurt theirchances as they prepare to take onAndre Dome and Matt Fawcett ofCal Poly in the first round.

Ryan and I have been playingdoubles together for over threeyears now, so I am not worriedabout any rust in our partnership,Klahn said. We havent lost anyrecognition of each others tenden-cies and have been able to get somepractice in as a doubles team thelast few days.

For both Klahn and Thacher, theupcoming week offers the chance

to finish their already-sterling Stan-ford careers on a high note, after ac-quiring numerous individual hon-ors and leading the Cardinal to twostraight NCAA quarterfinals.

Its a difficult feeling to knowthat this is my last college tourna-ment ever, Klahn said. I havebeen lucky to play at such an in-credible university, and college ten-nis has provided me with memoriesthat will stick with me forever.

I wont approach this tourna-ment any differently because it ismy last one, Klahn added. I willstill go out and enjoy the momentand compete like I always do, and

be determined to leave college ten-nis on a high note.

Klahn downplayed the psycho-logical impact of the Cardinals exitfrom the team tournament againstthe Cavaliers, claiming that thematch experience had insteadhelped him and Thacher preparefor the individual competitions.

What has happened in theteam event is in the past, Klahnsaid. Yes, it is difficult for me tolook back and know that I willnever play a dual match again, butat the same time I am lucky to havean opportunity waiting rightaround the corner to try and winanother national championship.

Both Klahn and Thacher willplay their first-round singles action

today, before starting doubles playtomorrow.

Contact Marshall Watkins at mt-watkins@stanford.edu.

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Del Negro and Mike Brown are inunbelievably high-profile positionson teams that should be regular con-

tenders. Theres something wrongwith that.

Bring coaches back. Basketballmisses them.

Zach Zimmerman may or may notown a Dwight Howard jersey. Askhim to show you his wardrobe atzachz@stanford.edu or follow himon Twitter @Zach_Zimmerman.

ZIMMERMANContinued from page 5