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THURSDAY Volume 242A

July 5, 2012 Issue 1SUMMER WEEKLY EDITION

Opinions 4A year after ROTC was approved at Stanford, are wegiving the military the respect it deserves?

Sports 5San Jose Earthquakes storm back to defeat L.A.Galaxy 4-3; Beckham gets booked with a yellow

Intermission 10Andrew Garfield plays a charismatic Peter Parkerin The Amazing Spider-Man

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By BRENDAN OBYRNEEXECUTIVE EDITOR

Law is the power we have toprotect the weak and oppressedagainst the strong, Fatou Ben-souda, chief prosecutor for theInternational Criminal Court(ICC) of the United Nations, tolda crowded Hewlett Auditorium

on Wednesday, June 27.As chief prosecutor for theICC, Bensouda serves in a divi-sion of the United Nations thatprosecutes international crimi-nals for offenses such as geno-cide, mass rape and crimesagainst humanity. She is only thesecond chief prosecutor in thecourts history and the firstwoman to hold the position.

The ICC seeks to provideone standard for all states, par-ties and the people under its pro-

tection, Bensouda said.Wars and conflicts are nolonger the opposition of twostates or two armies, she said.We are no longer confined toour town or regional or nationalborders.

Originally from Gambia, Ben-souda studied and practiced lawin her home country, and waselected deputy prosecutor of theICC in 2004. She was named oneof Time Magazines 100 most in-fluential people for 2012.

The United States has had aschizophrenic relationshipwith the ICC, according to HelenStacey, a senior fellow at Stan-fords Center for Democracy,Development and the Rule ofLaw. Stacey introduced Bensou-da and asked several questionsafter her presentation.

Former President Bill Clintonsigned the treaty establishing theICC as he was leaving office, butthe decision was quickly reversedwhen George W. Bush withdrew

in 2002. Barack Obama has pur-sued engagement with the ICC,but the United States has yet to

join as a member state. Member-ship is a contentious issue, as theICC has jurisdictional authorityto investigate and prosecute citi-zens or residents of member na-tions for international crimes.

While taking strong stances onissues such as criminal prosecu-tions and international justice,Bensouda tactfully replied to

questions about the UnitedStates involvement.As an officer of the court, I

do not question why any govern-ment or any state would not jointhe ICC, Bensouda said. I thinkthat even without the UnitedStates joining the ICC, I think theICC has already come to be oneof the relevant players in theworld in settling these interna-tional conflicts and bringing ac-countability for these crimes.

Bensoudas reluctance to

enter the political debate sur-rounding member states is part ofa wider mission to remain apolit-ical, which Bensouda said is crit-ical to the ICCs integrity.

The ICC is a powerful newtool to prevent crime, detercrimes and promote national pro-ceedings, Bensouda said, but itwill only be successful if we neveryield to political considerations.

The issue is complicated, how-ever, because the ICC has no en-forcement power and relies on

the armies and police forces ofmember countries to take actionson warrants.

Bensouda praised the now-fa-mous Kony 2012 video severaltimes for the contribution it madeto raising awareness about thecrimes of Joseph Kony. The ICCissued a warrant for Konys arrestin 2005, but Bensouda said it wasnot until Invisible Childrensvideo came out that people beganto know who he was and whatcrimes he had committed.

Stacey pointed out the inaccu-racies in the video, and Bensoudareadily acknowledged it was not

p e r f e c tbut said shefelt the positive impactoutweighed the negative.

Several audience membersasked about atrocities the ICCwasnt currently investigating in

China, Syria and Mexico. WhileBensouda acknowledged themassacre and atrocities in Syria,she said the ICC has no authorityto investigate non-member coun-tries such as Syria and China un-less asked to do so by the UnitedNations Security Council.

Unlike those two countries,Mexico is a full member of theICC and thus subject to investiga-tion. In November 2011, the ICCwas asked by Mexican humanrights activists to investigate

then-President Felipe Calderonfor his actions in the war againstdrug cartels. Bensoudas prede-

cessor and former boss saidthe ICC would not hear the com-plaint.

When asked by an audiencemember whether crimes werebeing investigated in Mexico,Bensouda said the court is moni-

toring the situation but no currentinvestigation is underway.We have not started actively

engaging, but we also are receiv-ing information, she said. Wehave been receiving a lot of infor-mation from everywhere aboutMexico.

I think thats code for watchthis space, Stacey added.

The presentation was thekeynote address for the StanfordSummer Human Rights Pro-grams lecture series.

Contact Brendan OByrne atbobyrne@stanford.edu.

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NEWSUNIVERSITY

Cory Bookerspeaks at

graduation

By BILLY GALLAGHEREDITOR IN CHIEF

This University and this mo-ment fills me with a sense of grat -itude. Today is not just a day ofcelebration but a day of appreci-ation, Mayor of Newark, N.J.,Cory Booker 91 M.A. 92 saidduring his keynote address to theclass of 2012 at Stanfords 121st

Commencement.Bookers personal speech fo-cused on his father and grandfa-ther. He also shared extensivelyfrom his experiences in Newark.

They taught me what itmeans to be a man, Booker saidabout the two men, commentingon the overlap of Commence-ment and Fathers Day. Bookershared a joke his grandfathertold him on Bookers Stanfordgraduation day.

The tassel is worth the has-

sle, he remembered, to thecrowds laughter.Booker framed his speech

around an idea he called theconspiracy of love, tying it to hisfamily, personal experiences,American unity and the 2012graduates.

He spoke about his fathergrowing up poor and receiving fi-nancial help from his communityto pay for his first semester atNorth Carolina Central Univer-sity, and his parents struggles to

be hired and buy a home as

Newark mayorshares lessons from

family

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STUDENT LIFE

Summer Session bans hard alcohol on campusBy RAVALI REDDY

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Students who moved into thedorms for the summer were wel-comed back with an email in-forming them that a new alcoholpolicy would be enforced duringthe duration of this years Stan-ford Summer Session.

The email, sent by AssistantDean of Stanford Summer Ses-sion Jess Matthews, warned stu-dents that the storage or con-sumption of hard liquor wouldnot be tolerated in dorms duringthe summer. The new policy de-fines hard liquor as any alcoholicbeverage with an alcohol content20 percent or greater (40 proof orabove). Examples include vodka,rum and whiskey. The policy ap-plies to all summer residents, re-gardless of age.

Those over the legal drinkingage of 21 are allowed to be in pos-session of beer and wine but aresubject to the same consequencesas their underage dormmates ifthey are found with hard alcohol.This differs from the alcohol pol-

icy enforced during the regularacademic year, which does notplace restrictions on studentswho are 21 and older.

This change is a product of

several factors, Matthews said.Summer Session is a short, in-tensive academic experience,which means that we implementunique policies in order to fosteran academic environment andsupport students so that they canbe successful.

Students who are found to be inpossession of hard alcohol will beasked to pour it out immediatelyand will be subject to a conversa-tion with residential staff regardingways in which they can avoid fur-ther policy violations. Additionalrepercussions will be determinedon a case-by-case basis.

While summer resident assis-tants are expected to enforce thepolicy, they are not being told tosearch specifically for hardliquor, Matthews said.

The new policy, which was de-veloped in conjunction with theOffice of Alcohol Policy and Ed-ucation (OAPE), stems from the

concern that most of the negativeconsequences associated with al-cohol during the school year arerecorded as having been the di-rect result of hard liquor con-sumption. The email that wassent to students cites hard alcoholas the primary contributor to 100percent of emergency roomtransports and 80 percent of be-havioral issues and police cita-tions during the academic year.

According to data compiledby the Stanford University De-partment of Public Safety(SUDPS), the Stanford campussaw a 45 percent increase in med-ical alcohol transports this schoolyear over to last year, resulting ina total of 77 alcohol transports be-tween September 2011 and April2012. Data on the number ofSummer Session transports hasnot been tracked by the OAPE.

The shortened length of thesummer session in comparison tothe rest of the academic schoolyear is also being cited as a reasonfor the change in policy.

We dont have the sameamount of time in which to do

community norming, Matthewssaid, so our policy changes canbe perceived as more top-downthan those that occur during theother three quarters.

Despite the OAPEs advisoryrole in constructing this new poli-cy, there are no plans to imple-ment the change during the regu-lar school year.

This is only a Summer Ses-sion policy, confirmed Associ-ate Dean of Student AffairsRalph Castro in an email to TheDaily.

Dean Castro is, however, in-terested in seeing how the policyplays out over the course of thesummer. He plans on discussingits outcome with the SummerSession staff and would like tohear from students regardingtheir thoughts on the policy andits effectiveness.

Students with further ques-tions or concerns can speak withtheir RAs, house directors or JessMatthews for more information.

Contact Ravali Reddy at ravred-dy@stanford.edu.

By CATHERINE ZAWSTAFF WRITER

The mention of Stanford oftencalls to mind great weather, care-free undergrads on bikes andworld-class professors. But theresanother group of people who workhard to make sure the University isas clean as its image, and the janito-rial staff here rarely gets much at-tention.

One student-led organization isworking to change that.

For two hours a week, Stanfordjanitorial staff members attend anEnglish-language literacy class runby the student organization Habla.There, they practice their conversa-tional skills and build confidence intheir English-speaking abilities.

Supported by the Building SkillsPartnership and in collaborationwith the Palo Alto Adult School,Habla hopes to empower adult jan-itors and other low-income workersat Stanford by teaching them Eng-

lish-language literacy and conver-sational skills.

Habla offers two sessions of theclass, intended to accommodate thetwo shifts of janitorial staff thatwork on campus during the acade-mic year:Noche, or night in Span-ish, and Da, day. Tutoring ses-sions are held twice per week for anhour at a time. The Noche session isheld late at night and Da atlunchtime in El Centro Chicano,near Old Union, but Habla has alsostarted to offer a smaller session onthe Row.

The unique program is built on amodel for one-on-one tutoring be-tween Stanford students and the

janitorial staff who participate, pair-ing the volunteers with interestedstaff on campus. Student volunteersarent required to have any tutoringexperience, just basic Spanish lan-guage and comprehension skills.

One-on-one interaction is thecore part of Habla, said AdelaideOneal 12, the outreach and com-

munity events coordinator forHabla. Oneal has been tutoring forHabla since her freshman year inthe spring of 2008.

Its very helpful for the workersto learn one-to-one and go at theirown pace, she said.

Developing a meaningfulfriendship through the teachingprocess between the Stanford stu-dents and janitors is highly encour-aged, and tutors often learn a greatdeal about one anothers interests,families, backgrounds and stories.

Habla has provided a reallyunique experience to get to knowStanford janitors, a community thatmost people dont interact with,said Oneal, who still maintains agood relationship with a member ofthe janitorial staff and past tutee.

Even after I went to studyabroad and he switched to a differ-ent tutor, we still kept in touch, shesaid. He was like a fatherly figurewho checked up on me to see if Iwas doing okay and calling my par-

ents.Oneal explained that she joined

Habla because she was interested inan organization that made a differ-ence to the unsung heroes of Stan-ford campus. She believes that herwork is significant because it pro-vides students with an opportunityto engage with these staff whileleaving a positive impact on theirlives, since many of them strugglewith English.

A lot of them dont feel pre-pared to use English, she said.Speaking English might not seemtoo intimidating but its differentwhen you dont have a grasp of thelanguage, and its great that Hablais trying to help people with some-thing that is really concrete.

However, the tutors are not theonly learning support provided forthe janitorial staff-turned-students;group instruction and structuredactivities are also held during these

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Yesterday marked the 236thyear of this nations indepen-dence, a day celebrated, in

true American style, by loud explo-sions and cheap beer. But anothermilestone went by this spring, lesswidely remarked but of great impor-tance to this campus: it has been a lit-tle more than one year since the Fac-

ulty Senate voted to allow the returnof ROTC, or Reserve Officer Train-ing Corps, to Stanford for the firsttime since 1970.

One year later, we have made lit-tle progress toward recognizing andappreciating the students on thiscampus all too few who havechosen to serve their country by en-listing in the armed forces. We owethem better than that.

Zero. Seven. Zero. Four. Themonth and day we loudly celebratethis countrys freedom every year.

But also, in that order: the numberof buildings on this campus dedicat-ed to military veterans or militarypersonnel; the recent number of un-dergraduate campus veterans, outof a student body of some 6,600; thenumber of ROTC classes cadets cancurrently take at Stanford; and thenumber of tours in Iraq andAfghanistan one particularly elo-

quent veteran told me about, in har-rowing detail.

Instead of recognizing theunique contribution members of themilitary make to our community, wehave long exiled their programs andtraining from campus and fought abitter battle to keep them out. In-stead of giving them a community

and dedicated space, we have pick-eted their 7 a.m. morning workoutswith denunciations of imperialism.

There are very good reasons tooppose military action abroad. Thisis not the time for me to list them.But soldiers volunteer to protectand defend their country; they dontget to decide when or where.

I dont know everything aboutthe growing disconnect between cit-izen and soldier. But in my springquarter class on global justice twoyears ago, it was a military veteran

who spoke most perceptively andmost thoughtfully about the ethicsof war and humanitarian interven-tion. And I do know that in my his-tory class on the background of cur-rent global problems, it was anROTC cadet who delivered a pre-sentation on crucial military aspectsof the U.S.-China diplomatic rela-tionship that the rest of us knew

nothing about.I do know that this year,

Sergeant Chris Clark wrote one ofthe best op-eds I have ever read,about his experience on a dirt roadsomewhere in Iraq. I do know thatour Stanford military personnel are

people I would be proud to see lead-ing my country, in war or in peace. Ido know that I cannot truly knowthe sacrifice it takes to leave onesfamily and board a plane, neverknowing if youll see them again.

So lets argue about the ethics ofhumanitarian intervention. Letsoppose American global imperial-ism. Lets take as many steps as pos-sible toward the world peace we allseek.

But lets also remember, recog-nize and appreciate the men and

women on this campus who contin-ue to ensure that we can celebratethe Fourth of July and the liber-ties and freedoms it represents to usall next year, and the year afterthat, and after that. We owe our fel-low students no less.

Contact Miles Unterreiner atmilesu1@stanford.edu.

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I DO CHO OS E T O RUN

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Unterreiner

OPINIONS

Respect ROTCs commitment

African Americans in the 1960s.He explained how his father

would keep Bookers high

school success from going to hishead.Dont you dare walk around

this house like you hit a triple,when you were born on thirdbase, Booker recalled.

While at Stanford, Booker re-ceived All Pac-10 honorswhile playing tight end for thevarsity football team, volun-teered with kids in East PaloAlto, was elected to the ASSUCouncil of Presidentsand earned the James W. Lyons

Award for Service.Booker graduated from Stan-

ford in 1991 with a bachelors de-gree in political science. He re-turned the next year to earn amasters degree in sociology be-fore studying history at Oxfordas a Rhodes Scholar and attend-ing Yale Law School.

Booker made light of his edu-cation, by quoting his grandfa-ther on his own graduation.

Boy youve got more de-grees than the month of July, he

quoted. And you aint hot! Geta job.

Booker has served as mayorof Newark since 2006. He wasnamed one of Time Magazines100 most influential people inthe world in 2011. He moved onto discuss working with a tenantleader in Newark to reform theircommunity.

The world you see outsideof you is a reflection of whats in-side of you, Booker recalledher saying, as a reminder to stu-

dents to recognize potential forchange.

He observed people strategiz-ing how to take care of childrenin their community and helpfamilies who missed rent pay-ments. Booker spoke about thecourage, spirit and love of thesecitizens, again referring to theconspiracy of love.

They embraced discomfort,Booker said. They did not seekcomfort and convenience. Theywent to where the challenges

were.Booker shared an anecdote of

a community member who did-

nt like the appearance of anovergrown lot full of weeds so hewent out and spent paychecks ona lawn mower and made the lotlook like the White Houselawn.

Democracy is not a specta-tor sport, he said. It is a diffi-cult, hard, full-contact, participa-

tory endeavor. This is critical.People who get comfortable intheir spirit miss what they werecreated for. They were createdto magnify the glory of theworld.

Booker then discussed dark-er parts of his time in Newark,specifically a time when he helda child who had been shot andtried to help him. The childdied in Bookers arms. Hespoke about how the eventbroke him as he went home and

tried to scrub the blood off hishands.

Of all the lessons of conspir-ators, this is the hardest for mepersonally, Booker explained.To stay faithful in a world thatcan be so cruel. I have seenthings in my life that have bro-ken me in spirit.

He then shared a more light-hearted example of making thebest of uncomfortable seatingarrangements on a flight.

In life you get one choice

over and over again, Bookersaid. That is to take conditionsas they are or take responsibilityfor changing them.

Booker closed by revealingwhy the two people he framedhis speech around his fatherand grandfather werent ableto be at Commencement. His fa-ther is struggling with Parkin-sons disease and his grandfatherpassed away ten years ago afterfighting with cancer. Again, heused these personal anecdotes to

direct the class of 2012 to betterthe world.

I say to you to join the con-spiracy, Booker urged. To be aclass of people that rejects cyni-cism . . . Be lovers. Join the con-spiracy and love with all of yourheart.

According to President JohnHennessys remarks at com-mencement, 1,763 bachelors de-grees, 2,302 masters degrees and1,026 doctoral degrees were con-ferred at commencement.

Contact Billy Gallagher at wmg2014@stanford.edu.

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one-hour sessions. Each class startswith a 15-minute introductory les-son by Sara Tevis, a teacher from thePalo Alto Adult School who hastaught English to adult learnerssince 2001. Following this shortgroup lesson, tutor-tutee pairs breakup into smaller groups, later comingback together to conclude the les-son.

Classes are mostly focusedaround workplace English but canalso be applied in other situations,

such as parent-teacher interviewsand doctors visits. Tutors and tutees

have a great deal of flexibility inwhat and how they learn; they talkabout music, sports, politics or eventhe weather.

Aside from these group ses-sions, Habla seeks to connect thestudent and the janitorial commu-nities at Stanford, fostering inte-gration of all on campus and bridg-ing the divides. Habla events haveincluded potluck brunches, aValentines Day card-makingparty and even a small graduationparty at the end of the year.

A program of this nature is notwithout its unique set of chal-lenges, said Nick Cariello 13, a Da

coordinator. English learning canbe a frustrating and difficult process,

but the tenacity, patience and posi-tive attitudes of both our workersand tutors continue to amaze me.

Both Oneal and Cariello agreethat it is truly the people that havemade Habla such a rewarding pro-gram for both Stanford students andjanitorial staff.

You learn so much some ofthem are working multiple jobs,have families to take care of, Onealsaid. Yet they still commit twohours every week to practice Eng-lish. Its so inspiring.

Contact Catherine Zaw at czaw13@stanford.edu.

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SPORTSBIG QUAKES

San Jose defeats L.A. 4-3 in Saturdays

tightly contested match at Stanford Stadium

By TOM TAYLORSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Last Saturday night, Stanford

Stadium played host to a differentsort of football.

Though the yard lines were stillclearly visible under green paint, thestands were packed with soccer fansmassed to watch the San Jose Earth-quakes defeat the Los AngelesGalaxy 4-3 in a heated rivalry game.

That the Quakes went into thebreak trailing the Galaxy 2-3 seemedagainst the run of play for much ofthe first half. San Jose made severalscything runs and passes through theSouthern Californian teams de-

fense, with Quakes striker StevenLenhart scoring the first goal of thecontest and threatening more. Mis-takes, though, almost proved costly.

A dangerous free kick concededjust outside the box allowed L.A.midfielder David Beckham to levelthe match, and an own goal by de-

fender Jason Hernandez gave theGalaxy the lead. Confusion and apoor back pass then led to L.A.sthird tally, as striker Landon Dono-van pounced and the vocal San Josefans were silenced.

For the second time this year,though, the Quakes came back froma two-goal deficit against the Galaxy.A goal either side of halftime, thanksto defender Victor Bernardez andmidfielder Sam Cronin, broughtthem level before striker Chris Won-dolowskis deft back heel in the 61st

minute sealed the contest.The win gives the Quakes a four-

point lead in the Western Divisionand opens a 16-point gap over theGalaxy, the reigning MLS Cupchampions.

More than that, though, the con-test reinforced perhaps the MLSsbiggest rivalry, the California Clasi-co. These two teams have faced eachother more than any other teams inthe league, but a two-year hiatusbroke the NorCal/SoCal battle whenSan Joses original franchise was

moved to Houston.I think the rivalrys back, said

Los Angeles Galaxy left back ToddDunivant 02. Both teams are com-petitive for the championship again,and I think thats a big part of it. TheEarthquakes obviously left for a cou-ple of years and as an expansionteam kind of built their team backup. And now theyre at the top of thetable, so I think thats going to add alot of heat to the rivalry and as wecontinue to climb the standings, youknow itll be a good matchup.

He should know, too. Since grad-uating from the Farm, Dunivant hasplayed for both teams.

Returning to Stanford, he wasgreeted by 50,391 mostly hostile fansin a sold-out Stanford Stadium, al-most double the capacity of L.A.shome field.

Its amazing, Dunivant said. Itwas a great night for soccer in the Bay

Area and particularly for Stanford. Isaw the womens soccer team, theStanford womens team, at the na-

tional championship on the side. Itmade me a little jealous we didntquite get that on the mens side. I washappy for them and its great to seethis here at Stanford and its a greatevent. I wish we could come backagain this year.

Beneath an atmosphere remi-

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Goalie Josh Saunders (above) and the Galaxy led the Earthquakes3-2 going into halftime, but the Quakes stormed back in the sec-ond half to win by a score of 4-3.

Tom Taylor

ROLE

REVERSAL

Is Spain the new Germany? IsGermany the new Spain? WhenGermany played the Nether-

lands back at the start of Euro 2012, aGermany-supporting friend asked

why I refused to cheer for his team,especially since I dont have anyDutch friends. The answer isnt anylasting prejudice against Germansover the two major wars foughtagainst them last century. We Euro-peans have spent millennia fightingeach other, so its hard to hold some-thing as insignificant as a couple ofwars against them.

No, apart from some resentmentat the regularity with which Germanyknocks England out of internationaltournaments, the reason is that Ger-

man fans simply dont know what itfeels like. They dont understandwhat it is like to put all of your coun-trys hopes and dreams into a soccergame and fail, again and again. Or, atleast, they didnt.

The Dutch understand. Im notconvinced they feel it quite as painful-ly as the English; they didnt inventthe game, and though they havenever won a World Cup, they wereEuropean champions as recently as1988 and ranked No. 1 by FIFA lastsummer. Nonetheless, I know the

way their team crashed out of thisyears tournament must cut deeply.

However, as I gleefully watchedthe highlights of Italys 2-1 win overGermany last Thursday, I began tofeel a little guilty. The image of a Ger-man fan, decked out in her nationalcolors, looking distraught, with tearsrolling down her cheeks, evoked atouch of empathy. In its guise as ei-ther West Germany or Germany, thecountry has three World Cups andthree European Championships toits name, but it hasnt won a singletitle for the last sixteen years even

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Galaxy star midfielder David

Beckham (above) was booked ayellow card for kicking the ball at

an apparently injured Sam Cronin.

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A SEASON IN REVIEWBy JOSEPH BEYDA

SUMMER MANAGING EDITOR

Twenty-five days ago, the cruelSoutheast sun set on another Stan-

ford baseball season, the 24th in arow that has ended without a thirdnational championship trophy mak-ing its way to the Farm.

And as Cardinal fans watchedanother Pac-12 school, Arizona,erase a 25-year title drought of itsown last Monday, they must havebeen shaking their heads that such apromising season ended with anoth-er floundering effort in the SuperRegionals.

This years squad (41-18, 18-12Pac-12), which ends its season

ranked No. 12 in the country, was anear-copy of its No. 13 counterpartfrom a season ago. Seven of eightposition players returned and acerighty Mark Appel remained a Fri-day stalwart, yet for the second yearin a row, high conference expecta-tions gave way to a middle-of-the-pack finish and a disappointingSuper Regional in the Southeast.

An experienced lineup and thereturn of junior lefthander BrettMooneyham from injury prompteda preseason No. 2 ranking for Stan-

ford, which still was set to host No.10 Vanderbilt, No. 13 Texas and No.6 Rice in its first month of play.

Were No. 2 now but we wontbe ranked No. 2 in four weeks, be-

cause somebodys going to be unde-feated, said head coach Mark Mar-quess in advance of the opener.Were not going to be undefeatedafter four weeks with the teams thatwere playing.

The Cardinal nearly proved itsvenerated skipper wrong. Unlike in2011, when Stanford struggled to a6-5 start, the Cardinal swept theCommodores and Longhorns whileroaring out to a 13-2 record.

By that point, Stanford had al-ready claimed the No. 1 ranking,

Mooneyham was at 4-0 and juniorthird baseman Stephen Piscotty hadamassed 23 RBI in 15 games. TheCardinal was committing just oneerror per contest and had found areliable third starter in freshmanlefty John Hochstatter, who posteda 1.09 ERA through four outings.

The squad picked by everyPac-12 coach but Marquess to winthe conference swept a double-header at USC to keep things going,but then the wheels came off onStanfords spotless season. A series-

ending loss to the Trojans was fol-lowed by a sweep at Arizona, cap-ping a five-game stretch that saw theCardinal commit 14 errors and get

just 10 hits from the top three spots

in its order.A five-run rally in the bottom of

the ninth in a midweek win againstSt. Marys provided the emotionalboost to pull Stanford out of thathole.

As far as the momentum, Ithink weve got that now, Piscottysaid.

And the Cardinal had proof ofsomething else: its star hitter couldpitch. Piscotty tossed 3.2 scorelessinnings against the Gaels for the winand moved to 2-0 with another relief

victory in the decisive rubber gameat Washington that weekend.

After winning midweek gamesagainst Cal and Pacific by a com-bined 27-9 margin, Stanfordsprospects were good as it preparedto host No. 16 Oregon. Leading thecharge was junior catcher EricSmith, a converted infielder whohad a .360 batting average through27 games.

But the Ducks, much like even-tual Pac-12 co-champion Arizona,proved to be the Cardinals kryp-

tonite as they nabbed 5-0 and 4-2wins to open the series. Before Stan-ford got a 4-2 victory of its own onSunday, junior reliever Sahil Bloomtook stock of the teams season at

the midway point.Weve just got to start playing a

little more consistent baseball,Bloom said. We cant be on a rollercoaster. We cant score 19 againstCal and then come out and do this.

There was nothing inconsistentabout the next two weeks for Stan-ford. Freshman Alex Blandinoearned national player of the weekhonors after powering a Cardinalsweep of Arizona State with threehomers. In light of a season-endinginjury to sophomore shortstop Lon-nie Kauppila, Blandino added somemuch-needed hitting, and Piscottymoved to left field to accommodatehim.

A series win at UCLA the nextweekend moved the Cardinal backwithin striking distance of Oregon,but yet again it struggled to keep upits high level of play. Two losses in aneck-and-neck series at OregonState left Stanford in a three-way tiefor fifth place with three weeks toplay.

After Appel notched his eighthwin to open a home tilt with Wash-ington State, Piscotty made his firstcareer pitching start in place of astruggling Hochstatter, and heearned a victory to secure the series.A grand slam by freshman DominicJose that Sunday capped the sweepand kept Stanford alive in the Pac-12 race.

Thats really going to serve uswell as we go down the road, [get-ting] contributions from a lot ofguys, Marquess said of Piscottyand Jose.

An unsurprising sweep of Utahand a two-homer midweek effort by

junior centerfielder Jake Stewartsent the Cardinal into its final seriesagainst Cal on an eight-game winstreak.

Two games back of the confer-ence lead, Stanfords outright titlehopes were shattered by the Bearsin the opener, an 18-inning epic.Mooneyham then struggled in a 15-5 loss to end an up-and-down regu-lar season for the shell-shocked

southpaw.MEHMET INONU/The Stanford DailyStar player Stephen Piscotty (above) was one of the biggest contributors for the Cardinal on the diamondthis past season. The First Team All-Pac-12 player was a vital presence both at the plate and on the mound.

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Thud. Thats perhaps the onlyway to describe how the Stan-ford baseball team ended its

season.The Cardinal got beat by a No. 3

Florida State team that flat-out de-served its national seed. But 17-1?18-7? What a way to go, especiallywhen a Mark Marquess-coachedteam hadnt lost by 10 or more runsonce much less twice sinceApril 2009.

Stanfords bats fell silent for 10straight innings and 21 Cardinal run-

ners were stranded over the courseof the Super Regional, but you cantreasonably expect a team to comeback from the kinds of deficits thesquad faced in Tallahassee. This onewas on the pitchers.

The humidity and raucous crowdsurely played their part, but aboveall, the Seminoles brought out weak-nesses in Stanfords pitching staffthat had been lurking all season long the same weaknesses that led to afourth-place finish in the Pac-12 andkept the Cardinal from hosting a

Super Regional of its own.The unexpected disappointmentof the weekend was ace righty MarkAppel. By the time he escaped aseven-run fourth inning on June 8,the Super Regional opener was, forall intents and purposes, over.

But can you really blame Appel,who still finished with a 10-2 recordand a 3.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio,for a lost season?

Im not one to target the guy thatMarquess had faith in all year long.That faith, however, kept Appel in

the fateful fourth inning throughfour hits, three walks, a hit batter anda wild pitch. Why didnt Marquessyank Appel when he was clearly offhis game?

It wasnt the first time that Appelwas on a surprisingly long leash he threw 149 pitches in a Friday-night start against Oregon butthat inning revealed just how littleMarquess had going for him in thebullpen. Freshman lefties JohnHochstatter and Spenser Linneystruggled for much of the season,

while rookie righty David Schmidt

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niscent at times of South Americanor European soccer games, emo-tions boiled over. Galaxy star

Beckham perhaps partly as a re-sult of recent news that he wouldnot represent his country at theOlympic Games in London thissummer, and partly annoyed byQuakes players eating up vital sec-onds at the end of a close game earned himself a needless yellowcard, looping a ball into the appar-ently injured San Jose player SamCronin while the referee tended tohim.

Were frustrated theyre wast-ing time, Dunivant explained.

The referees not really aware of itand frustrations boil over.

In the games aftermath Beck-ham continued to argue withQuakes players, and as he walkeddown the tunnel he was subjectedto both abuse and missiles thrownby local fans. Both are disciplinaryproblems the MLS may have to

deal with, as the supporters behav-ior clearly broke the MLS FanCode of Conduct. However, itshould be noted that Beckhamshowed a different side after thematch, taking time to chat withtroops and patiently posing forphotographs.

There may, too, be a few brightpoints in both the fans and Beck-hams attitudes. Together theyhighlight how seriously both fansand players, even those wholearned their trade in more illustri-

ous leagues overseas, now take theMLS.

Beckhams role as villain in thispiece will also act to further spice upthe California Clasico. When heoriginally arrived in the UnitedStates, it was to popularize the

American league. Intentionally ornot, this small chapter in the San Joseand Los Angeles rivalry may help dojust that.

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Stanford Stadium was packed with soccer fans on Saturday night as theywatched the epic showdown between the Earthquakes and the Galaxy.

Olympic Trials

DREAMS

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LONDON

By GEORGE CHENSPORTS EDITOR

With the 2012 SummerOlympics in London fast ap-proaching, a host of Stanford ath-letes have been competing in thetrials for various sports in thehopes of fulfilling their Olympicdreams.

At the U.S. Olympic Track &Field Trials, Jillian Camarena-Williams earned her secondstraight berth in the shot putevent. The 2004 Stanford gradu-ate beat out the competition witha toss of 62 feet, 10.5 inches, givingher the de facto national title.After winning a bronze medal atthe 2011 World Championships inthe shot put, she will be vying for aplace on the podium in London.

Also heading to London will beArantxa King, an All-Americanfifth-year senior and graduate stu-dent this past season. King willtake part in the long jump, anevent that she also competed infour years ago in Beijing.

On the mens side, recent grad-uate Chris Derrick narrowlymissed a U.S. Olympic team berthby placing fourth in the 10,000 me-ters with a time of 27:40.23. Der-rick got off to a strong start andpushed the leaders for much of the

race but could not hold on for thetop-three finish that was neededto earn a trip to London. His gutsyperformance came less than twomonths after he set a new colle-giate record in the 10,000 at thePayton Jordan Invitational.

In womens volleyball, formerCardinal players middle blockerFoluke Akinradewo and outsidehitter Logan Tom were named tothe 12-member U.S. team, current-ly the top-ranked team in the world.In 2008, Akinradewo was the Vol-

leyball Magazine Co-National Play-

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hey say that all roads lead toOmaha in college baseball.

Well, Omaha certainly was abusy destination during the pastweek and not just for college base-ball. Last Monday night, while SouthCarolina and Arizona were duking itout at TD Ameritrade Park in Game2 of the College World Series final,Olympic stars Michael Phelps andRyan Lochte were battling stroke forstroke right across the street at theQwest Center in the 400-meter indi-vidual medley race of the U.S. Swim-ming Olympic Trials.

Baseball and swimming are two

sports that couldnt possibly be moredifferent from each other. Give base-ball players a typical swim workoutand most of them would probablydrown. Put swimmers at the plate andmost of them would probably swingthe bat the wrong way. If youre notconvinced, just imagine C.C. Sabathiawearing a Speedo or Michael Phelpstrying to pitch a slider.

But on that Monday night inOmaha, it wasnt the difference be-tween the two sports that mattered. Itwas the outcomes that counted. The

results of both the South Carolina-Arizona finale and the Phelps-Lochte showdown shared the same

important lesson for all athletes,teams, coaches and fans: In sports,staying dominant at the highest levelmight be the single hardest task to ac-complish.

South Carolina arrived in Omahaseeking an improbable third consec-utive national title. The Gamecockswere only the sixth team in collegebaseball history to have won back-to-back national championships. Their

recent historic postseason campaignssaw them setting records for the mostconsecutive postseason wins with 22and the most consecutive CollegeWorld Series wins with 12. Takinghome a third national title wouldhave cemented the teams status asone of the most dominant dynastiesin college baseball history.

But Arizona, carried by both itslights-out pitching and explosive hit-ting, dashed South Carolinas hopeswith a two-game sweep to clinch itsfirst CWS title in almost 30 years.

In a similar story, Michael Phelpsheaded into the 2012 Olympic trialsas arguably the greatest Olympian ofall time. His iconic, jaw-droppingeight Olympic gold medals in Beijingfour years ago went down as one ofthe greatest performances in sportshistory. Of course, there were talksbefore the race about how Phelpshadnt been training seriously until ayear and a half ago. But regardless ofthe circumstances, you probablywouldnt want to bet against Phelpsin anything that has to do with water.

Ryan Lochte clearly had otherthings in mind. It seemed only fittingthat Lochte beat Phelps in the 400 in-

dividual medley by the same exactmargin that Phelps beat Lochte fouryears ago in the same event and in thesame pool. Granted, Phelps bouncedback by beating Lochte later in thetrials, but the aura of invincibility sur-rounding Phelps was shredded.

Its not that South Carolina andPhelps should be criticized for failingto maintain their dominance. Its theexact opposite. Both the Gamecocks

and Phelps should be appreciated forstaying dominant as long as they havebeen. Regardless of what happenedlast week, neither South Carolinasstoried postseason success norPhelpss historic performances willbe forgotten.

We all love the upset stories insports. The U.S. hockey teams mag-ical victory over the Soviet Union inthe 1980 Miracle on Ice. GeorgeMasons incredible March Madnessrun in 2006. Fresno States improba-ble CWS title in 2008. Chelseas

tremendous upset over heavily fa-vored Barcelona and Bayern Mu-nich to claim the Champions Leaguetitle just a couple months ago. Thosewill always be unforgettable mo-ments.

But as sports fans, we should alsoappreciate the teams that havestayed dominant for absurd lengthsof time. In many ways, those dynas-ties defied the odds just as much asthe Cinderella teams did. The BostonCeltics claiming 11 NBA titles in 13seasons. The UCLA basketball team

amassing 10 NCAA championshipsover the span of 12 years. The NewYork Yankees winning 11 World Se-

ries in 16 years. The North Carolinawomens soccer team collecting 16national titles over 19 seasons. Thosewere no easy feats. One injury, oneunlucky bounce or one-tenth of a sec-ond could have all shattered thoseteams legendary dominance.

So why does all of this matter, es-pecially when most of these dynastiesare long gone? It matters because aspecial kind of dynasty in sports is

happening right now in front of oureyes, right here at Stanford. Lastweek, the day after South Carolinawas swept by Arizona, the day afterPhelps was beaten by Lochte, Stan-ford was awarded the DirectorsCup, given annually to the top overallcollegiate athletics program, for the18th consecutive year.

Sure, the Directors Cup mightnot be as prestigious as the LombardiTrophy or the Stanley Cup. But in away, it means just as much, if notmore. The fact that the Cardinal has

won this award every time except forthe cups inaugural year in 1993speaks volumes about the overalldominance of the Stanford athleticsprogram.

The Cardinal has maintained anincredibly high level of performancefor a long period of time. To do that,all the pieces have to come together:motivated student-athletes, world-class coaches, talented recruits andcountless other factors. And thatsjust for one sport.

Even in a year where our baseball

team might have performed below

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er of the Year while Tom was the AmericanVolleyball Coaches Association NationalPlayer of the Year.

On the diving board, rising sophomore

Kristian Ipsenwill be headingto London tocompete in the

3-meter syn-chronized eventwith his partner,Troy Dumais,after they wonthe event at thetrials. Ipsenbarely missedqualifying for asecond event the 3-meter individualdive when he finished third, just 1.25points short of second place. JoiningIpsen will be 2007 graduate CassidyKrug, who won the womens 3-meter in-dividual event to clinch her first Olympicberth.

Both Ipsen and Krug will have a famil-iar face guiding them during the Games,as Stanford diving head coach RickSchavone will be the assistant womensand mens diving coach of the U.S.Olympic team. This marks the first timethat the veteran skipper, who has been atthe helm of Stanford diving for 34 years,will be on an Olympic coaching staff.

The Cardinal came agonizingly closeto sending some of its swimmers to Lon-don. In the 200-meter butterfly, recentlygraduated Bobby Bollier was less thanseven-tenths of a second from landing aspot on the U.S. team. Bollier swam thetop time in both the preliminary andsemifinal heats, beating defendingOlympic champion Michael Phelps in thesemifinal race. Chad La Tourette, also a2012 graduate, likewise finished third inthe 1,500-meter freestyle and missed theteam by just one spot. The experienceddistance swimmer led the race for the en-tire first 1,250 meters but faded in thefinal laps.

Rising junior Maya DiRado also cameclose to grabbing a spot on the U.S.womens swimming team. The Cardinalstandout placed fourth in both the 200and 400 individual medley events.

In gymnastics, rising sophomore Kristi-na Vaculik will be representing Canada inLondon after she won on the uneven barsand took second in both the beam and all-around program events at the CanadianOlympic Trials. Vaculik had a strong fresh-man campaign for the Cardinal this pastseason, including scoring 9.875 on the barsat the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional.

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Recently graduated Chris Derrick (above)narrowly missed an Olympic berth twoweeks ago. The American collegiate

record holder finished fourth in the 10K atthe U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials.

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SPORTS BRIEFS

Stanford wins 18th consecutiveDirectors Cup

Stanford was awarded the LearfieldSports Directors Cup last Tuesday, mark-ing the 18th consecutive year that Stanford

has received the accolade. The DirectorsCup, presented by the National Associa-tion of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, isgiven annually to the top overall collegeathletics program in the nation.

The Cardinal has won the cup every yearexcept for the awards inaugural season,1993-1994, when Stanford finished secondto the University of North Carolina.

The award takes into account a schoolstop ten mens and top ten womens sportsperformances. In the point standings, Stan-ford led with 1,448.25 points, well ahead ofrunner-up Florida (1,314) and third-place

finisher UCLA (1,142.75). Ohio State(1,104.25) and Florida State (1,061) fin-ished fourth and fifth, respectively. Thecup rankings are based on the aggregatedpoints from the fall, winter and springsports seasons. The Cardinal was atop thestandings for all three seasons.

The Pac-12 as a whole had a strongshowing, as three schools from the confer-ence were in the top 10 and six schoolswere among the top 25.

The Cardinals dominance was paced bynational titles in three sports: womens soc-cer, womens water polo and womens

lightweight rowing eights. The three na-tional team championships this season ex-tended Stanfords record of consecutiveseasons with at least one national team titleto 36. Stanford currently has 103 NCAAteam championships, second in the nationbehind UCLAs 108.

Out of Stanfords 35 total sports pro-grams, 17 finished their seasons this yearwith a top-10 national ranking.

The trophy presentation for the 2011-2012 Learfield Sports Directors Cup tookplace last Tuesday in Dallas, Texas.

Lea Maurer steps down from womensswimming and diving head coach position

Stanford womens swimming and divinghead coach Lea Maurer announced herresignation on Tuesday, citing her wish todevote more time to her family as the rea-son for her departure.

The former Stanford swimmer tookover the head coach position during the2005-2006 season. Since then, the Cardinalhas finished in the top five at the NCAA

Championships and in the top three at thePac-10/12 Championships every year.Maurer also led Stanford to three unde-

feated dual-meet regular seasons in theseven seasons she coached. With Maurer atthe helm, the Cardinal has lost only fivetimes out of the 71 total dual meets that ithas competed in, amassing a regular seasonrecord of 66-5.

During this past season, Stanford gar-

nered 36 All-America honors and pro-duced two NCAA champions. The teamalso finished second at the Pac-12 Champi-onships, on the heels of winning two con-secutive conference championships in 2010and 2011. Maurer leaves after havingcoached a total of 13 NCAA championsand 37 conference champions.

Outside of coaching at Stanford, Maur-er was part of the U.S. teams coachingstaff for the 2007 Pan American Games.

Maurers resignation came less than twomonths after mens swimming and divinghead coach Skip Kenney announced his re-tirement.

Tyler Gaffney signs with Pittsburgh Pirates

Stanford baseball outfielder and foot-ball running back Tyler Gaffney signedwith the Pittsburgh Pirates, Stanford offi-cially confirmed on Monday.

Gaffney could have played one moreseason of football next fall as a senior butinstead chose to forgo his eligibility inorder to pursue a professional career inbaseball.

Stanford has been amazing. I cant sayenough. Brotherhood on each team. ButIm going to pursue a dream. I cant passthis up, announced Gaffney on his Twit-ter account.

Gaffney was drafted in the 24th roundof the 2012 MLB Draft last month.

Over his three seasons with the Cardi-nal, he batted .301 and amassed eight homeruns. During this past season, he hit .245,drove in 17 runs and scored 48. Gaffneyearned All-Pac-10 honorable mentionsduring both his freshman and sophomorecampaigns.

On the football field last fall, Gaffneyrushed for 449 yards and scored seventouchdowns as a junior. Gaffney startedout the 2011-2012 season as the third run-ning back on the depth chart behind Step-fan Taylor and Anthony Wilkerson butgradually moved up to the number-twospot, and was featured in wildcat forma-tions. He leaves the Farm with 815 careerrushing yards and 12 touchdowns.

Gaffney could be joining his teammateMark Appel, the Stanford ace who was se-lected eighth overall by the Pirates in thedraft. Appel, however, has not officially

signed with the Pirates yet.

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though it has reached three semifi-nals and two finals in that time. Theyoung and exciting team that hinted

at a bright future a few years ago stillhas time to turn this around, but theclock has started ticking. Could Ger-manys golden generation end upwith nothing more than silver orbronze?

Spain used to know the feeling.We English used to be able to com-miserate with our Iberian cousins.Though the Spanish had often boast-ed talent, a lone European Champi-onship in 1964 had been their onlysuccess until 2008. The team had al-ways flattered to deceive, reaching

just a single final in that period.Not anymore, though. By win-

ning the final of Euro 2012 on Sun-day, Spain took its winning streak tothree tournaments, coming on theheels of its victories in Euro 2008 andthe 2010 World Cup. In doing so, itbecomes the first country to winthree consecutive international titles.Note that, even though the CopaAmrica is played more frequentlythan the European Championship,no South American team has yetmanaged to achieve this not even

the holy trinity of Argentina, Braziland Uruguay, with their combinedtotal of nine World Cups and 37Copa Amricas.

Everyone loves rooting for an un-derdog, but Spain is certainly not thatanymore. In fact, the current group of

players can make a serious claim to bethe best team in soccer history. Thestyle they play is hard to classify as ex-citing, but it is breathtakingly good.Some teams are more aggressive andrain down shots on goal. Spain justtakes its time, carefully retaining pos-session while looking for that perfectchance, spurning opportunities that

lesser teams would kill for. Faced withthis, some of the worlds best playersare completely neutralized, unable toeven touch the ball.

Im not quite sure I can yet startopenly cheering for Germany. Afterall, it is only on a short 16-year streakof international failure and can stillcount on having won six trophies.Compared to Englands 46-year titledrought and lone World Cup, thathardly seems like a bad run. Its alsohard to shake the image of Germanyending English dreams at countless

tournaments.But Im not sure I can keep sup-

porting Spain. For a start, it probablydoesnt need my help. Its probablygoing to win the World Cup in Brazilin two years regardless of who I rootfor. And while it hasnt yet managedto cross over and join the axis-of-evilof Germany and Argentina, all thissuccess just seems a bit distasteful. Atthe very least they could take a leafout of Frances book and hit the self-destruct button from time to time.

Sorry Spain, youre on your own

now.

Tom Taylor can only dream thatEngland will somehow win a majortournament in his lifetime. Sympa-thize with him at tom.taylor@stan-ford.edu.

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With the Cardinal set to host a re-gional for the first time in four years,a 5-3 win in the regular-season finale

with Cal sent the squad into the post-season on a winning note. Its first testwas against Fresno State, the onlyteam to have beaten Appel (9-1).

The Bulldogs early-season winover the Stanford ace wouldnt mat-ter one bit. Appel struck out 11 andgave up only four hits in his fifth com-plete game of 2012, a 9-1 win thatearned him tournament MVP hon-ors.

Im pretty sure he couldve wona big-league game today, said Fres-no State head coach Mike Badesole.

The Cardinal wouldnt be able tobank on its starting pitching againstPepperdine the following day, fallingbehind 4-0 after Mooneyham strug-gled yet again. But a solo homer byfirst baseman Brian Ragira and aquirky, three-run wild pitch knottedthe game up before a KennyDiekroeger single put Stanfordahead, setting up the clinching gameagainst the Waves on Sunday night.

With its season on the line Pep-perdine again took a 4-0 lead, but theCardinal stormed back with eight

runs of its own to earn its second re-gional sweep in as many seasons.

We battled, and at this stage ofthe year you have to be able to dothat, Marquess said.

That battle would run out in theSuper Regionals at Florida State the

next weekend. In the series opener,Stanford got an early tally but Appelimploded in a seven-run fourth andthe Seminoles cruised to a 17-1 victo-ry.

Despite the sentiment thatAppels slipping draft stock a pro-

jected first-overall pick, he was se-lected eighth may have caused his

worst outing of the season, ESPN re-ported that the Tallahassee humidityleft him unable to grip the ball cor-rectly and forced his loss of control.

We didnt give them much of acontest tonight, Marquess said.The one inning did us in.

One poor inning from Mooney-ham the next night would do theCardinal in again, with Florida Stategrabbing a 5-0 advantage when heleft in the second. Stanford nearlycame back from a 10-2 deficit late inthe game, closing the lead to four

runs before Piscotty grounded outwith the bases loaded.

The Seminoles responded witheight tallies in the next half-inning topunch their ticket to Omaha.

In a season full of missed oppor-tunities for the Cardinal, Piscottysout the only one in his final colle-giate game, a 4-for-5 performance would be the last, and mostpoignant.

I wouldve traded all four ofthose hits for that at-bat, Piscottysaid. Its tough. I am just so proud of

the way our team played.That team will have a new face

next year, with its full starting rota-tion Appel, Mooneyham and Pis-cotty and several of its most dy-namic hitters Piscotty,Diekroeger and junior leftfielder

Tyler Gaffney all going pro.Stewart and Smith were also draftedin later rounds, though they are stilleligible for one more season.

Righty A.J. Vanegas is likely tobe Marquess new ace, while Ragiraand rightfielder Austin Wilson steady sophomores who combinedfor 15 homers and 104 RBI in 2012

will be centerpieces of a lineupwith its fair share of rebuilding to dothis offseason.

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just wasnt ready for the full-timecloser role. Redshirt sophomoreGarrett Hughes and junior SahilBloom had some impressive out-ings, but both went flat in the SuperRegional, combining for six earnedruns and only four outs.

The loss of senior righthanderBrian Busick, who posted a 2.79ERA in 2011 despite the elbow in-

jury that would eventually limithim to two innings this season,

seems pretty significant in hind-sight, considering that only oneCardinal reliever posted a better

ERA this season.And that reliever, sophomore

righty A.J. Vanegas (2.62), probablyshould have been a starter in the first

place.After Hochstatter lost the Sun-day job, Vanegas started in the se-ries finales against Washington andOregon, giving up just two earnedruns in 11.2 innings. Stanford wonboth games.

Then Marquess began experi-menting with Hochstatter andBloom on Sundays admittedlywith some success before settlingon traditional third basemanStephen Piscotty as Stanfords finalstarter.

Purely in terms of pitching, themove made sense. Piscotty had gut-ted out some tough wins in long re-

lief and deserved a shot at the start-ing job, where he excelled, winningall four games. It seemed that Stan-fords best slugger would be its sav-

ing grace on the mound.That added responsibility, how-ever, took its toll on Piscottys hittingnumbers. As a pure fielder he start-ed his season on a tear, hitting .334with 24 RBI in the teams first 18games. In games 19 through 45 when Piscotty came out of the pen he actually hit .355, with his runproduction dropping down to amore human one RBI per game.But in the 15 games between Piscot-tys first start on May 12 and the endof the season, he went a pedestrian

17-for-62 (.274) with a measly sixRBI.

Marquess really had no other

choice but to start Piscotty; he need-ed Vanegas in the bullpen, wherethe sophomore shined in the secondgame of the regional. Still, Stanford

couldve used Piscottys missing of-fense in a series loss to Cal (2-for-17)and two close regional gamesagainst Pepperdine (2-for-8).

Meanwhile, the Cardinals sec-ond starter, lefty Brett Mooneyham,had a tough redshirt junior season.A 5-0 start gave way to a two-monthwinless streak between March 26and May 13, and two dominantshowings against Washington Stateand Utah gave way to three outingsthat didnt last into the fifth inning.

If the bullpen and Mooneyham

had each earned Stanford two moreconference victories (see one-rundefeats in series losses to Arizona,

Oregon State and Cal), it wouldhave won the Pac-12 with two gamesto spare and hosted a Super Region-al. With those arms going youve got

to think the Cardinal would havemade it to Omaha, or, at least, con-tended on its home field in goingout.

So here we are in the first week ofJuly, already almost a month re-moved from Stanford baseball,looking back at another potentialchampionship season thrown away.

Emphasis on the thrown.

Joseph Beyda has been practicinghis unhittable knuckleball in thehopes of making the team next sea-

son. Hell put R.A. Dickey toshame. Give him your support atjbeyda@stanford.edu.

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our own high expectations, our toptwo womens tennis players also hap-pened to be the top two collegiateplayers in the nation. And that mightbe the best thing about Stanford ath-letics. Theres always a great level ofoverall consistency. Theres alwayssomething to be excited about.

Stanfords current reign over in-tercollegiate sports might not grabnational headlines every week, butthe 18 Directors Cups that we haveshows that, if nothing else, thelongevity of Stanford dominance is

undeniable.Heres to the Cardinal dynasty.

George Chen is beginning a colum-nist dynasty of his own with thispiece. Cheer him on to (at least) 18 ina row at gchen15@stanford.edu.

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that stream of ice-cold comfort is all youve got. And

thats America.

This country is almost always there for you, butsometimes its not. We were raised to think America

was all apple pie and handjobs, and we got to college

and realized how messed up this country can be. I

dont need to rattle off statistics to make the point that

when you dreamed of being president as a kinder-

gartener, you probably werent thinking about the fact

that when you finally turned 18, your vote wouldnt

even count that much anyway. Sometimes the Coke is

flat.

But theyll keep bringing it as long as youll keep

drinking. And thats America. Theres always room

for improvement in this great country of ours, as with

many things. And if Advanced Placement U.S.

History taught you anything, its that the only thing

we can do about this country is change it. And we

can, and we will. As sure as the sight of that topped-

off, buzzy Cola marching towards our table, we can

change America.

Excuse me, that first-person plural implied that

we are all cut of the red-white-and blue, star-spangled

and stripe-sodden cloth. Perhaps you were raised thatAmerica was just bland, the enemy or the jock in the

locker room who thinks he can tape your buns

together with no punishment. Indeed America is all of

those, but your internationality grants you no exemp-

tion. I let my haters be my motivators, as America

always says.

What makes this night different from all another

nights? We are not black. We are not white. We are

American. We are not Christians or Jews, not Sikhs or

FSMers. We are only American. We are not

Republicans or Democrats, we are not fiscally conser-

vative and socially liberal. We are Americans. We are

not even Stanford students. We are Americans.

And so what if you can see the Great Wall of

China from space? Dont forget who put the first man

there (America). So swallow up, seors, and enjoy

another one from the tap.

Sasha Arijanto 14 is an American Studies major, which

either makes her extremely qualified to write this article,

or journalistically unethical.

sasha ARIJANTOcontact sasha:

sasha.arijanto@stanford.edu

Now that were all done

vegetating after the dead

day/finals one-two

punch, a.k.a. the worst exam

schedule known to mankind, we

can get back to the important

things in life, like waking up at

the crack of dawn to jam to

Maroon 5 performing on the

Today Show (incredibly awkward

if no one else did this . . . ). Thebeginning of summer always

brings a wave of album releases;

here are a couple of the more

memorable ones that

Intermission missed over the

break.

Chris Brown Fortune

Theres a pretty clear shift in

hip-hop/R&B from smooth sub-

tlety toward maximum blatancy;for instance, compare Baby Got

Back (1992) to Ms. New

Booty (2006) to Dance (A$$)

(2011), and things may become

clear. Chris Brown is a more

innocuous culprit looking at

Big Seans song titles at least gives

you a certain expectation for the

next four minutes. But Brown, on

the other hand, throws in songs

like Sweet Love, which might

sound like it would be a romantic

ballad but actually belies a track

that literally begins, Baby, lets get

naked.

From a more objective

standpoint, though, Brown

became famous for his sexy

crooning, and Fortune deliversmore of the same. The album

doesnt contain many singles

aside from Turn Up the Music,

but maybe that represents Brown

going in a more mature direction.

Where his two previous albums,

Exclusive and F.A.M.E., were

largely name-calling, now that

Brown has everyones attention

for all the rightreasons, songs like

Strip feat. Kevin McCall andBassline show that hes back to

doing what he does best: making

R&B more club-friendly than

ever. Or maybe he just has better

management.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

AMERICAT H E L A N D O F T H EFREE (REFILLS)

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Maroon 5 Overexposed

Maroon 5 hasnt, unfortu-

nately, aged like a fine wine. This is

not to say that their individual tal-

ents have dwindled, even consider-

ing the bands recent personnel

changes in fact, judging by live

performances, Adam Levines

voice has almost certainly grown

more powerful in the past fewyears. However, they put their best

foot forward a decade ago with

Songs about Jane, and every

Maroon 5 fan over the age of 15

(which is to say, most of them) still

awaits an equally high-quality

compilation that will almost cer-

tainly never come.

Overexposed is the latest in

the bands tired rock-to-bubble-

gum-pop transition. There are a

couple gems; the two lead singles,

which also kick off the album, are

certainly not poignant but get the

job done as far as catchiness is

concerned. However, the effort

must have expended all their cre-

ative genius, since the eargasms are

few and far between throughout

the other dozen songs. Some are

great (which these days is synony-

mous with reminiscent of SongsAbout Jane), such as Tickets

and, particularly, Wasted Years.

Others are actually terrible (One in

a million/My lucky strike?

Seriously? Also, lets not talk about

the cover of Princes Kiss.)

Overexposed is worth a lis-

ten; the generous ear will hear an

album with vague leanings towards

universal appeal. But dont be sur-

prised if all you can make out is a

passive-aggressive attempt at cater-

ing to the new generation a

move that wound up being swing

and a miss, since theyre already

way too busy listening to Justin

Biebers new album.

andrea HINTONcontact andrea:

anhinton@stanford.edu

Courtesy A&M/Octone Records

Overexposed, the fourth studioalbum by pop rock band Maroon5, was released on June 26.

ing to join my FroSo roommate

and our fellow Larkin lover to live

in Westwood. Actually, I am incre-

mentally moving there because, by

some clown-car trick, I managed to

fit more in my Murray dorm room

than I can manage to fit into my

SUV in two trips. But a couple

days ago, I was lucky enough to

exchange awkward introductionswith my neighbor, thea hottie.

My introduction with Hot

Neighbor was awkward, yes, but

what I lacked in charisma due to

personality-stunting medication,

he made up for in plucked grins

and Nordic bone structure. Palms

clammed, pulses quickened, hearts

swooned (all mine). And, of

course, Facebook stalking ensued.

And what did I discover of Hot

Neighbor? Hes a model.

I guess I shouldnt be sur-

prised given that this is L.A., where

models roam the streets looking

for billboard opportunities likepost-apocalyptic zombies search

for human brains. Plus hes just

really hot. But there goes any hope

of this being a summer sex column

and me being the next Carrie

Bradshaw. And yet, I couldnt help

but wonder . . .

So thats my introduction to

you. Just one girl in the big city,

moving to pretty-close-to-Bel-Air-

but-still-quite-modest. Also, did Imention that I pay my own rent?

With money that I earned myself?

Seriously, someone get me an

introsem to teach.

Sasha started her writing career with

notes under the pen name Mom.

She did not live in FroSoCo, but the

term FroSo roommate is more

succinct than roommate from fresh-

man and sophomore year. Make

your introductions with her at

sasha.arijanto@stanford.edu.

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pretty, Uncle Ben and Aunt May

say about Gwen on two separate

occasions, and Peter nods. Given

the way Gwen was written, what

else was there to say? All of Gwens

character comes from Emma

Stones quirks. Miss Stone adds a

pinch of spunk to the complacent,

doe-eyed schoolgirl, bringing some

easy laughs and leaving hope for

some character development in the

inevitable next movie.

The Amazing Spider-Man

was nice, simple and left me with

no compelling reason to ever see

or think about it again. Ill even

consider seeing the sequel on the

condition that the writers upgrade

that half-hearted smooch on the

balcony. Next time around, I

demand an upside-down kiss!

natasha AVERY

contact natasha:navery@stanford.edu

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