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Freshmen arrive on

campus for NSOBy ELLORA ISRANI

Stanfords 1,709 freshmen and approxi-mately four dozen transfer students move intoday, marking the commencement of NewStudent Orientation (NSO) 2011 and the Uni-versitys 121st Opening Convocation Ceremo-ny,which will occur today at 4 p.m.on the MainQuad.

The incoming freshman class hails from all50 states and 52 countries 8.4 percent of theclass is international and 39 percent come fromwithin California.Sixteen percent are first-gen-

eration college students.Freshmen intending to major in natural sci-ences and engineering comprise almost half of

the Class of 2015, representing 25 and 21 per-cent of incoming students,respectively.Ninety-two percent were in the top 10 percent of theirgraduating class.

Transfer students include nine veterans andfive international students. The total groupranges from ages 19 to 32.

NSO will include many of its traditionalevents, including tours, open houses,SundaysThree Books Discussion this year themedwar ethics and a Discover Stanfordtalkfeaturing Provost John Etchemendy, ViceProvost for Undergraduate Education Harry

Elam and Dean of Freshman and Undergradu-

By MARWA FARAGDESK EDITOR

Stanfords first study-abroad venture in theMiddle East will be a three-week summer 2012seminar in Istanbul, Turkey, according toRobert Sinclair,director of the Bing OverseasStudy Program (BOSP).

The seminar, in which BOSP will partnerwith Istanbuls Koc University,will be part ofthe reinstated Bing Overseas Seminar pro-gram.A group of 12 to 15 undergraduates, ledby a faculty member who is an expert onTurkey will take part in an intensive, on-sitecourse,according to Sinclair.

Student interest in a Middle East study-abroad option has been strong,and about halfof the students who pursue non-BOSP studyabroad options choose to go to the MiddleEast.

Ive met many students on campus whohad interest in the re-gion but couldnt go be-cause not everyone hasthe ability to maketheir own way . . .

whether its because ofsafety concerns, finan-cial issues or travelarrangements, saidKhaled Alshawi 13, aformer ASSU senatorwho advocated for aStanford program inthe Middle East.Its abig area that werelacking in, especiallycompared to othertop-tier universities.

Yet safety con-cerns and funding issues posed obstacles to es-tablishing a Bing program in the region.A sur-vey of 500 undergraduates ranked Egypt andIsrael as the top regions of interest,but instabil-ity in Egypt and the U.S. Department TravelWarning on Israel ruled them out as potentialsites,according to Sinclair.

During our planning stages,about 12 or 18months ago, Turkey was our number onechoice for stability reasons,and its only beenconfirmed as a good choice by the events of the

year 2011,Sinclair said.Samar Alqatari 14,an ASSU Senator who

ran on a platform of increasing global aware-ness and forging relationships with the MiddleEast and the Arab world,believes the seminardoes not meet the interests of many studentswho wanted a Middle East program.

Elliot Stoller 13, co-founder of the Ameri-can Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue atStanford (AMENDS),is one such student.Hewill be spending his fall quarter in Jordanthrough a Middlebury College program,aftertaking an official leave of absence from Stan-ford.

Istanbul is a bridge between the MiddleEast and Europe, Stoller said.Studying therewould be a great experience, but it wouldntallow for true Middle Eastern immersion.

The program, however, will strengthenStanfords limited offerings with regardsto the Middle East,according to Lina Khat-

ib, manager of theProgram on ArabReform and Democ-racy at the Center forDemocracy, Devel-

opment and the Ruleof Law (CDDRL).Stanfords aca-

demic engagementwith the Middle Eastis growing and this[seminar] is definitelya step in the right di-rection to put the Mid-dle East on the mapfor the Stanford aca-demic community,Khatib said.

Istanbul is a vi-brant and interesting city,and with the demo-cratic transitions happening in the Arab worldright now,I anticipate that there will be oppor-tunities for students to engage in other coun-tries in the region as well,she added.

The last program BOSP introduced was inCape Town, South Africa.After gauging stu-

dent interest and the success of introductoryprograms, a permanent program was intro-

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BOSP to explore MiddleEast with Turkey seminar

NYC campus bid PR

moves forward

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

The University recently hired publicrelations firm Edelman and political andstrategic consulting firm Tusk Strategiesto advance its New York City campus bid,University spokeswoman Lisa Lapinconfirmed with The Daily.

Edelman, a global public relationsfirm, counts Walmart and Microsoft in itslong list of clients.

Tusk Strategies was founded byBradley Tusk, who managed the success-ful reelection campaign of New York Citymayor Michael Bloomberg. While Tuskhas served as a lobbyist for LehmanBrothers,Lapin noted that the firm is serv-ing as a strategic consultant and is not lob-bying for Stanford,in line with NYC Eco-nomic Development Corporation instruc-tions,which limit the Universitys contactwith the city.

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Stanford fifth in U.S.

News rankingsBy THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Stanford University tied for fifth placewith five other universities in the annualU.S. News & World Report rankings ofuniversities in the United States.HarvardUniversity and Princeton University tiedfor first place, with Yale University inthird and Columbia University in fourth.The California Institute of Technology,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,University of Chicago and University ofPennsylvania tied with Stanford for fifth.Duke University ranked 10th.

Beyond an increase in ties among thetop 10 universities, the list saw littlechange from the previous year.This yearsaw a large drop in the number of col-lege presidents participating in the peer

evaluation portion of the rankings, amajor component of the rankingsmethodology, according to an InsideHigher Ed report. Only 43 percent ofpresidents responded to the survey,down five percent from last year.

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Charity Fashion Show

comes to a haltBy THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Charity Fashion Show Director ThomScher 11 announced last month that theannual show would no longer be happen-ing.Scher did not provide an explanationfor the decision.

This decision and transition was notan easy one, but it is the best one,Schersaid in a press release he sent to Charity

WORLD & NATION

Experts weighin on future ofnew Libya

By JENNY THAIDESK EDITOR

After months of stalemate fighting,rebel forcesoverran pro-Gaddafi forces in Augusts Battle ofTripoli. With the defeat of Gaddafi loyalists, theend of the military dictators 42-year rule of Libyais near. Despite the Transitional National Council(TNC)s eagerness to establish a functional gov-ernment,Libyas road to recovery from its author-itarian regime will be a rocky one,Stanford profes-sors say.

Its too soon to tell, but Im cautiously opti-mistic, said Larry Diamond,a senior fellow at theHoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Insti-tute for International Studies (FSI). It will de-pend on what comes after,whether a more decentform of government emerges.

Hoover fellow Kori Schake, a specialist in na-

tional security strategy, is also optimistic aboutLibyas future. She praised the TNCs impressive

RESEARCH

Black carbon is major climate change culpritBy BRENDAN OBYRNE

DESK EDITOR

Black carbon is the second leading cause ofglobal warming after carbon dioxide,according toresearch by professor of civil and environmentalengineering Mark Jacobson.

Jacobson presented his research on black car-

bons effects on global warming at the Aug. 31meeting of the American Chemical Society(ACS),the worlds largest scientific society.

Black carbon,commonly called soot,is partic-ulate matter pollution released from combustionreactions in diesel engines,as well as burning bio-

fuels and biomass.Though it lasts in the atmos-phere for a short amount of time,approximatelya week,compared to carbon dioxides lifespan of30 to 40 years,it is about a million times more ef-fective at trapping heat in the atmosphere,Jacob-son said.

I estimate that black carbon is causing 15 to20 percent of global warming,he said,estimating

that carbon dioxide is responsible for 40 percent,and methane for 15 percent.The study, funded primarily by the U.S.Envi-

ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) and partial-ly by the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-istration (NASA),has been used to analyze ways

to reduce Arctic ice melt. Recent reports haveshown that Arctic ice is at its lowest level since lev-els were first measured in 1972.

Due to its short, weeklong lifespan, curbingemissions of black carbon would have an imme-diate impact on the global climate and is the mosteffective way of quickly reducing Arctic ice melt,Jacobson said.

Like many attempts to slow global climatechange,however,there remain significant hurdlesin getting international cooperation on reducingblack carbon emissions. The United States has

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Stanford partners with Nev.neurosurgery center

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ASSU Execs outline blueprintplansSTUDENT LIFE

Suites residents retaincontrol over dining clubs

By CAROLINE CHENSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Suites residents reached anagreement with the University thatthey will be allowed to manage theirown dining areas and chefs for theupcoming academic year, ending amonths-long conflict betweenSuites Dining, formally known asthe Governors Corner Dining Soci-eties and Residential Education(ResEd), according to NateBoswell,associate dean of Residen-tial Education, in an email to TheDaily.

Suites Dining will be the only stu-dent-run dining area on campus thisyear, continuing a 25-year traditionof autonomous management.

Last spring, Suites students de-bated with ResEd, which had up-graded the bid process require-ments for dining vendors.

During spring quarter,Residen-tial Education remained uncertainwhether the dining societies wouldbe able to [meet the requirements],and thus it was necessary to explorepossible alternatives, Boswell said.

One of the alternatives thatResEd proposed was to replaceSuites student-run managementwith the outside contractor StudentOrganized Services (SOS), whichmanages Row house chefs. Suitesstudents objected, pointing out thatNick Peters, chief executive of SOS,is the brother-in-law and former em-ployer of ResEd assistant directorZac Sargeant.Although ResEd re-peatedly denied any conflict of in-

terest,Suites residents continued tocontest this claim.

In addition, Suites chefs werevocal about their concerns aboutthe proposed,new system.

[Middle Earth chef] StevenRoland was concerned, said SuitesCFO Morgan Priestly 12. He justwanted the job the way it was.If ourchefs had chosen to stay under SOS,theyd have been paid significantlyless. We were concerned about thequality of the whole experience.

Over the summer, however,Suites CEO J.T. Sullivan 11 andPriestly engaged in extensive talkswith ResEd to find ways they couldmeet the Universitys stricter re-quirements for financial disclosureand liability.

For a long time, there were adozen students in charge of over amillion dollars, Priestly said.ResEd was concerned that therewas a potential for bad things tohappen.

The two parties agreed thatSuites dining could maintain its au-tonomy in hiring and managing

their chefs, while partnering moreclosely with ResEd on financial as-pects.

Once a lot of things were outand on the table, the relationshipdefinitely got better,Priestly said.

ResEd also indicated satisfactionwith the talks outcome.

[Suites] leadership team hasworked diligently over the course ofthe summer to meet all relevant, up-graded University requirements,Boswell said. Residential Educa-tion appreciates the work that hasbeen done to date and looks for-ward to working with the dining so-cieties to strengthen the programand identify future opportunities.

While praising ResEd for its ne-gotiations with Suites students, Sul-livan also said that there were ways

in which ResEd could continue toimprove its relationship with stu-dent groups.

I believe that the early tensionbetween ResEd and Suites mostlycame about from a series of miscom-munication and a misunderstandingof what the other party was hopingto achieve in the arrangement, hesaid. This cooperative atmospherecan only be upheld by continuedopen communication.

Nevertheless, Suites students arecelebrating their victory in main-taining autonomy. It is im-portant to maintain the student-runaspect of Suites to give present andfuture students the opportunity forreal job and managerial experiencesthat might not be provided to them,Sullivan said. Suites is also well-known around campus as havingsome of the best food around . . . Ibelieve that it is the student manage-ment and the input that they pro-vide that has brought about this rep-utation of excellence.

Contact Caroline Chen at cchen501@stanford.edu.

By HENRY ZHUCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Near the end of August, ASSUPresident Michael Cruz 12 and VicePresident Stewart Macgregor-Den-nis 13 sent a blueprint containingthe student governments plans forthe upcoming academic year to sev-eral campus email lists.

According to Macgregor-Dennis,

the platform is a comprehensivelook at what we felt students wantedand an audacious attempt to look atstudents problems.

Macgregor-Dennis said the blue-print was drafted by the entireASSU Executive team.They sent itout to campus list serves in an at-tempt to get feedback and have thewhole student body contribute tothe end result.

We have a team of incredibleleaders in the Stanford community,he said. Michael and I really sawour role as empowering the team

and community around us and actu-alizing whatever they wanted to do.

The emphasis of the administra-tion is total transparency, Macgre-gor-Dennis said.

Were going to tell studentsheres what were going to do,hereshow well do it, get feedback and up-date them periodically.At the end ofthe year,well tell them what workedand what didnt,he added.

Dan Thompson 13, ASSU Co-Chair of Entrepreneurship, echoedMacgregor-Dennis statement aboutExecs goal of improving trans-parency.

According to Thompson, the Di-vision of Internal Review, directedby Andrew Aguilar 14,will publishwhat has and what has not been ac-complished in all the ASSU cabinets.The ASSU plans to use PBworks, acommercial real-time collaborativeediting (RTCE) system, to set up acomputer database, which will listevery action item it tries to achieve,

internal deadlines and the individu-als assigned to the action item.

Thompson said the student bodywill be able to access the system.

Our number one belief is metric-based or data-based governance,Thompson said.When you have ablueprint with exact action items,thestudent body will know if you suc-ceed or if you fail.

The ASSU has some concern

about inundating students with data,according Thompson; however, theASSU sees greater concern withopening access to all of its internaldocuments,one alternative.

Macgregor-Dennis said the ASSUis aware of criticism from studentsabout the number of positions asso-ciated with its Strategic Plan.

Were all about action,and the re-sults will speak for themselves at theend of the year, he said. Anyonewho has a specific thing they would

By JOSHUA HOYT

Stanford Hospital and St. Rose Domini-can Hospitals of Nevada are partnering toexpand the St. Rose Center for Neuro-

surgery, the institutions recently an-nounced. This move marks the first timeStanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC) will col-laborate with an out-of-state facility.

Rod Davis, president and CEO of St.Rose, said he sees clear advantages for hisinstitution to partner with Stanford Hospi-tal, which was ranked the 17th best overallhospital and 20th best neurosurgery centerin the nation by U.S. News & World Reportthis year.

The expansion will include the construc-tion of a new building near St. Roses Sienacampus in Henderson, Nev.

Number one, the surgeons here willhave access to consultation with faculty atStanford, access to conferences, access toeducational opportunities and will work incollaboration with them in establishing bestclinical practices,Davis said.

The second advantage is that occasion-

ally there are cases, very rare cases, that we

dont have the ability to do locally, and thiswill enable people to access those services atStanford Hospital & Clinics.

Both Davis and Gary Steinberg, chair ofStanford neurosurgery, emphasized that

only specialized cases beyond the resourcesof St. Rose will be referred to Stanford.There may be very rare cases that you

dont see in a relatively small population likesouthern Nevada, Davis said.You may seeit in such few numbers that you dont devel-op a strong proficiency,or you may not havethe proper instrumentation or the appropri-ate equipment to take care of that rare case.

For most cases, however, Davis is confi-dent in the capabilities of his own neuro-surgery team.

We have excellent neurosurgeons whopractice here at St. Rose, he said. I thinkits a credit to them that they meet the cre-dentialing criteria that Stanford has, whichis very high.

A key to this partnership is Dr. RandalPeoples,a neurosurgeon at St. Rose who willbe a member of the Stanford faculty in addi-tion to serving as the medical director of the

new clinic in Henderson. According to

Davis, Peoples had a strong prior profes-sional connection with the Stanford neuro-surgery department, but was ultimately cho-sen because of his professional capabilitiesand credentials.

Steinberg emphasized the importance ofPeoples becoming a Stanford faculty mem-ber.

It makes collaboration much easier,Steinberg said. We pay his salary, so he isdefinitely a part of the team.

The collaboration between the two hos-pitals extends beyond Peoples dual role,however, and could evolve in the comingyears.

This is the beginning of what we believeis going to become a much more compre-hensive relationship between SHC and St.Rose hospital in Nevada, Steinberg said.We are hoping to expand our work togeth-er, for instance, next into transplantationservices.

Both Davis and Steinberg said they seecollaboration as a growing, positive trend inhealth care. The outcome, they argue, isgreater efficiency and knowledge.

According to Steinberg,Stanford will get

referrals of complicated, possibly academi-cally interesting cases. The new clinic willalso permit Stanford to put academic ad-vancements into practice in communities.

The delivery of certain kinds of care,

particularly complex kinds of specialtieslike neurosurgery, has become regionalizedto academic centers in many cases, Stein-berg noted. The community cannot alwaystake advantage of that knowledge,and Stan-ford feels very strongly that we have a re-sponsibility to provide the best qualityhealthcare to the community.

The results of better communication be-tween the hospitals and greater access tospecialized knowledge may not show upsimply as better outcomes, but also as moreefficient outcomes.

The purpose [of collaboration] is to in-tegrate data so you can collect data and an-alyze it, and to align incentives so you are allworking together to raise the overall quali-ty,Davis said. If we all pull together in thesame direction we have the opportunity to re-duce costs in the health delivery system.

Contact Josh Hoyt at jwghoyt@stanford.edu.

ate Advising Julie Lythcott-Haims.Grammy Award-winning bassist

Victor Wooten will also be returning.However,void of the traditional foot-ball game,NSO 2011 will instead in-troduce a First Lecturedelivered byAbraham Verghese,professor of med-icine,on Thursday morning.

Todays Convocation will includeaddresses by University PresidentJohn Hennessy, Elam, Dean of Un-dergraduate Admission and FinancialAid Richard Shaw and Truman schol-ar Michael Tubbs 12.

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Fashion Show affiliates.Over the last three years,Charity

Fashion Show expanded from beinghosted under a tent on Roble Fieldto taking place in a San Franciscovenue. However, the large scale ofthe event caused financial troublesand prevented the non-profit groupfrom donating money to charity inthe spring of 2010.

The most recent production alsoincluded participation from thoseoutside of the Stanford community

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McFaul nominated

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ambassadorship

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

President Barack Obama nomi-nated political science professorMichael McFaul to the Russian am-bassadorship, according to a WhiteHouse press release.McFaul, a fel-low at the Hoover Institution andthe Freeman Spogli Institute forInternational Studies, is currentlyserving as the presidents top advi-sor on Russia at the National Secu-rity Council.

McFaul is credited with playinga key part in the negotiation of theNew Strategic Arms ReductionTreaty (New START) to cut nu-clear arsenals. If the nomination isconfirmed, he will succeed currentambassador John Beyrle, who hasheld the post since 2008.

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taken steps to curb these types ofemissions, such as the Diesel Emis-sion Reduction Act, signed into lawby President Obama at the beginningof this year.

The EPAs own analysis of money

spent on the Diesel Emissions Re-duction Act concluded that for every$1 spent on curbing diesel emissions,$13 were saved through averting neg-ative environmental and health ef-fects.

However, Jacobson noted thatonly about six percent of black-car-bon emissions come from the U.S.Much of the worlds emissions comefrom developing countries, wherewood-burning stoves and heating sys-tems emit black carbon emissions andregulatory standards on heavy equip-ment is much less stringent.

Donald Kennedy,professor of en-vironmental science, emeritus, and asenior member of the AcademicCouncil,agreed that the major hurdle

is getting the international communi-ty on board with new regulations.

There is a clear regulatory re-sponsibility domestically for theproblem of diesel emissions,Kennedy said. He noted, however,that efforts to stem the problem aregetting international support.

I dont think theres a lot of inter-national opposition to it, but gettingeverybody to take the same positionon it would require a serious, treaty-making operation,Kennedy said.

In addition to the environmentaleffects of black-carbon emissions,there are also serious negative healthconsequences.

Biofuel health effects are abouteight times higher than [the effects of]simple fossil fuels, Jacobson said.This is due to the fact that much bio-fuel burning occurs in heavily popu-lated cities, where people are moreconcentrated and more likely tobreathe in air of poor quality.

It is estimated that 25 to 35 percentof global black-carbon emissionscome from China and India.

Contact Brendan OByrne atbobyrne@stanford.edu.

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duced in winter quarter 2009-10.Similarly, the success of the seminarin Istanbul will determine the estab-lishment of a more long-lasting pro-gram.

Even if the seminar is not success-ful, there should be a move deeper in

the Middle East because a program inthe Arab world would meet the inter-ests of a different segment of the stu-dent body,Alshawi said.

The Istanbul seminar, along withthe four other seminars BOSP will in-troduce for summer 2012,will be offi-cially announced and open for under-graduate applications at the start offall quarter.

Contact Marwa Farag at mfarag@stanford.edu.

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like to change about Stanfordshould join us and become an activepart of the ASSU.

Thompson said that while it some-times makes sense to apply technicalsolutions to non-tech areas, he con-ceded that the entrepreneurship un-derlying Stanford 2.0 might indeedbe a little too tech-focused, butwould like to hear others thoughtsabout initiatives they would suggest.

Everyone has his or her ownopinion, Thompson said. Were100 percent open to anything. Forexample,in response to the criticismthat the blueprint email was toolong,Stewart created the position ofDirector of Internal Review. TheASSU values criticism more than

praise and will give people the re-sources to do things themselves and

carry out their ideas.Macgregor-Dennis said Stanford

2.0 is eager to use social media andtechnology to promote student gov-

ernment initiatives.For instance,Chair of Health andWellness Stephanie Liou 13 said shehopes to launch a health Q&A web-site as well as a sleep-improving mo-bile application.

Its tough because there are ap-proximately 7,000 undergrads, so itis impossible to get a personal con-nection with each one, Thompsonsaid. Cruz and Macgregor-Dennisdo their best trying to respond to thehuge number of emails they receiveevery day.We just want to make it aseasy as possible for people to givefeedback and feel like part of thecommunity.

Cruz did not respond to TheDailys request for comment in timefor publication.

Contact Henry Zhu at hz2014@stan-ford.edu.

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OPINIONS

It has become traditional, for bet-ter or worse,for Daily columniststo offer incoming freshmen a

small piece of advice in each yearsOrientation Issue. Heres mine, forwhat its worth: the second-biggestmistake you could make duringNSO would be to believe too much

of what theyre going to tell youabout yourself. And the biggestwould be to believe too little of it .

A generally very wise formercolumnist for this paper once wrotethat if NSO is about one thing, itsabout hearing speeches, most ofthem self-congratulatory. He waswrong. It is about very much morethan that.Years from now, youll re-member your first week on the Farmin bits and pieces,fragmented flashesof memory that come and go in noparticular order: the hesitant lookbreaking into a quick grin on yourroommates face as she sees you forthe first time;your dorm flag flutter-ing, etched against the dark skyabove the main quad;strolling undergolden sandstone arches with soon-

to-be-lifelong friends. It is aboutthese things, and as youll soon findout, a good deal more.

But NSO is also about hearingspeeches.And you will hear a lot ofthem mostly from a bewilderingarray of Very Important People youmay never see again, and mostlyabout how special, talented and dif-ferent you all are.

The soaring oratory will be lacedwith numbers, and the numbers, likeyou, get better every year. Youllhear about a new all-time-lowest ac-ceptance rate,a new all-time highestSAT average and maybe even an all-time-most-impressive Number-of-Orphans-Saved-Per-Incoming-Freshman Quotient.You might hearabout this years number of Stanford

Olympians,or research articles pub-lished in major scientific journals, orsomething off-the-wall but still pret-ty intimidating, like the person whoplaced in the top 10 at the DanceDance Revolution World Champi-onships my freshman year. Andbound up with this litany of achieve-

ments and triumphs will be an over-arching message of superiority, vic-tory and success: youre the best ofthe best,and this is your reward.

Imbibe this encomium of your-selves too deeply, and you begin tobecome the people who are probablypart of the reason you eschewed NewHaven, Princeton and Cambridge infavor of Palo Alto. But cease to be-lieve that Stanford was right aboutyou,and you run the risk of drowningin the tremendous pool of talent thisuniversity has drawn in from aroundthe globe.The former is bad,and oth-ers will dislike you;the latter is muchworse, and youll begin to dislikeyourself.

At Stanford,arrogance flows fromconstantly thinking about who we

used to be and trying not to forget it.Youre here,and that probably meansyou used to be the best at something,or many things, or even everything,depending on where you came from.Youll hear a lot about that this week.Leave that achievement-definedsense of self behind, if you can,with-out forgetting it;say goodbye but notforever;let it go but always remember like an old friend from home thatyou still call on the phone when thegoing gets tough.

Only one person can be top of theclass at Stanford, and the odds are athousand to one it wont be you.Deny that reality, and you lose thechance to learn a humility you neverused to need;fear it,and you lose theopportunity to sharpen your mind

against some of the worlds finest;embrace it, and thrive like you cannowhere else on Earth.

One of the brightest people atthis school once told me that some-time during his or her four yearshere, every single Stanford studentwill experience something theychoose to define as failure. Thecolumnist I quoted earlier put itmore bluntly: Failure is not just anoption; its inevitable. My first fail-ure of many came early,spectacular-ly and quite literally,in my first Econ1A midterm fall quarter of freshmanyear. Some people meet failure inIHUM;for others,it pops up uninvit-ed in Chem 33;for some,the angel offailure visits outside the classroom,in a relationship, a sport or a hobby.

So when failure arrives and itwill use the words youll hear thisweek to ease the sting of defeat.Re-member that anywhere else, youdstand out; that anywhere else, youdhave the top score or the fastest time,the most eloquent speech or thekeenest wit.Remember how you feltthis week, with the world open be-fore your feet and words of encour-agement and praise ringing in yourears. Remember that the speech-givers were right.

And when victory comes andit will temper your triumph byforgetting all of that.

Miles will be writing primarily aboutethics,politics,economics and interna-tional affairs this volume, and hedlove to hear from you. Feel free to

shoot him an email anytime at mile-su1@stanford.edu.

I DO CHOOSE TO RUN

Believe, carefullyMilesUnterreiner

So you made it to Stanford,huh? Eighteen long years ofwork have finally culminated

in your arrival at this little slice ofheaven. I was in your shoes justthree years ago, but it seems like alifetime since then.

Im not going to lie Im pretty jealous. Youre about to be intro-duced to the wonderful world ofIHUM (i.e., you can sleep in).All-campus frat parties will actuallyseem like a ton of fun. Youre get-ting here when our football team isactually good. You get to have ageneral lack of direction. This isprobably going to be the first timein your life when you literally haveno idea what to do or even whatyou really should be doing. Just gowith it.Embrace it.Theres nothinglike it.When youre a senior like mewho needs to make sure to finish upall of your majors requirements

while still prepping for the LSAT,youll long for freshman year.

The people that Stanford attractsare obviously among the most in-telligent people in the world,but Idlike to think that most of us knowhow to have fun, too. Thats whyyoure here and not at Harvard,MIT or Caltech.Im not telling youto turn off your intelligence butrather to merge your intelligencewith fun.If youre anything like me,you probably felt high school wassomething like a chore just astepping stone to your eventualgoal. Well, look, youve reachedthat goal now.You no longer havecounselors telling you which classesto take or the ever-present specterof AP classes lurking around the

corner.Have fun. Explore.You did-nt come to a world-class universityto waste that opportunity. Sure,take Math 51 because its a neces-sary prerequisite for so many ofyour classes, but take somethingcompletely off the wall,too. Take afilm studies or music class solely be-cause it interests you. Or have youalways wanted to learn how to golf?There are lessons available right

here. Hell, we even have a wine-tasting class.How awesome is that?

You got accepted to Stanfordsolely because youre (assumedly)a really intelligent, well-roundedand pretty cool person. (Youregoing to be hearing that a lot overthe next week,so I dont want to bethe one to boost your ego even fur-ther.) But heres my point:now thatyoure here,dont lose that sense ofexploration that ostensibly got youhere in the first place. Try every-thing and regret nothing. You havethe flexibility, so take advantage ofit.

All of this talk of well-rounded-ness leads me to an important ex-ample to leave you with:in my per-sonal pantheon of excellent films,Wes Anderson-directed movieshold a very esteemed positionamong my favorites.And in Ander-sons classic film Rushmore, themain character is a teenager namedMax Fischer. Max might be some-thing of a budding sociopath,but heis also involved in countless ex-tracurricular activities at his privatehigh school, Rushmore. From theYankee Racers to the fencingclub to the Rushmore Beekeepers,Max does it all. Hes a little obses-sive compulsive, slightly unstable, abit over the top and has way toomany things on his plate to focus onschoolwork.And that is somethingall of us at Stanford can agree upon.Im talking to the person out thereamong the new admits who hasclimbed Mount Everest or whoseresearch might unlock the cure forcancer someday. But mainly, Imtalking to you the seemingly av-erage new Stanford student just

This is the closest thing to anadvice column youll see inThe Daily.Unfortunately, it

is not written by a doctor or thera-pist but by a guy who applied for acolumn mainly to see the wordDoo-Doo put into print on aweekly basis . . . so good luck withthat.

The DOs are things you shoulddo, and the DOO-DOOs ar e

things you should not do. Its notrocket science just poop jokes.

Joining (or avoiding) clubs, teams,etc.

You will have tons of peoplebadgering you about joining theirclubs or activities every time youbike through White Plaza. No mat-ter how nice and enthusiastic theyare, you will feel like theyre justhanding you a flyer saying, Here,

you throw this away.DO: Keep an open mind to new

experiences. Follow up with whatinterests you, even if your parentsdont understand why theyre pay-ing $50,000 a year for you to dig uprocks . . . or something else thatsweird and makes for a good exam-

ple.Juggling?DOO-DOO: S ig n u p y ou rroommates email on everyspreadsheet and clipboard in sight.While it will be objectively hilari-ous when he gets 50 emails a weekletting him know that the StanfordDance: Liquid Flow Performancehas been moved to Roble Gym, hewill not think so. If hes anythinglike my freshman roommate, he

will retaliate by accidentallydrawing phallic symbols on youany chance he gets. Sure Chase,Ill help you paint your chest forthe football game. Oh whoops, mybad, the S in Go Stanford! acci-dentally looks like a penis.

Finding your way around campusStanford is huge,theres no doubt

about it.According to (my edit yes-

terday of) Wikipedia, StanfordUniversity is so big that the momentBerkeley students set foot on cam-pus, they pee their pants out ofsheer intimidation. Irregardless(which is not a real word),it can alsobe difficult for new Stanford stu-dents, even with their indisputablylarger brain capacity.

DO: Download the campus mapapp. Find your way to all of yourclassrooms before the quarterstarts so you wont be late for class.Lets face it: if youre going to bemore than 10 minutes late toIHUM lecture, youre not going toIHUM lecture. Youre going backto sleep.

DOO-DOO: Let your room-mate draw a map of the Stanford

campus on your chest in Sharpie.Even if he claims youll be able tofind your way around campus eas-ier or that youll look awesome,like that guy from Prison Break,it is not true. First of all, itsSharpie; you wont look cool lift-ing up your shirt at the bookstoreto see how to get to the new PandaExpress.Making friends

Friends are the building blocksof life. Without friends, we would-nt have the TV show Friends,and without the TV showFriends, I wouldnt have my go-to question to ask girls on awk-ward first dates. (Do you see meas more of a Joey or a Ross?If shesays Joey, then Im set. If she saysRoss, then we are definitely split-ting that dinner check.) Collegecan be the perfect setting to makeincredible life-long friends.

DO:Try your best to love every-one, no matter how different theyare. Just because youre a dorky,white medical student doesntmean you cant be best friendswith a cocky, black surgeon and goon crazy adventures with yourstuffed dog Rowdy (Scrubs).Just because youre a passive, dis-content, white-collar everymandoesnt mean you cant befriendan eccentric, self-assertive soap-maker and start secret under-

ground fight clubs across the coun-try until you realize youre actual-ly the same person (Fight Club).-Just because youre a strong, yetslightly neurotic woman doesntmean you cant hate an egotisticaljerk of a guy that actually turns outto be a kind of sensitive man when

SHANES WORLD

DOS AND DOO -DOO S

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Starting the Stanfordyear off right

Each September, the begin-ning of New Student Orien-tation (NSO) marks the

dawn of a new school year at Stan-ford, and with it a new stage in thelives of first-year students.ThoughNSO is a unique opportunity for in-coming students to explore whatStanford has to offer and make so-

cial connections without the pres-sure of coursework, the pace andstructure of the week can prove ex-hausting for some. Students must

juggle necessary tasks such as mov-ing in, taking placement tests andpurchasing bicycles with the myriadactivities that NSO has to offer.With this in mind,we offer the Classof 2015 some humble advice fornavigating the weeks ahead.

As a whole,NSO is a great repre-sentation of Stanford.It may seem abit overwhelming and sometimeseven over-the-top (much like Stan-ford),but the organizers take greatpride in listening to feedback soeach years NSO is different and

better than those that preceded it.Some things, of course, stay thesame each year.You are at a univer-sity that can ask renowned authorsto discuss their work for studentswho have not even begun takingclasses; you are also at a universitythat values more intimate in-housediscussions of those same books.Whether you liked the three booksor not whether or not you evenread them attend the threebooks event and discussion and re-alize what they represent about theamazing education you will receivehere. Another favorite, FACES,highlights student stories and per-formances that will broaden your

understanding of the Stanford com-munity.As you listen to them, real-ize that what you are witnessing is atbest a tiny percentage of the diver-sity that Stanford represents.This isa place for everyone, regardless ofbackground.

The rest of the schedule mayseem impossibly full of activities,

but NSO is ultimately what youmake of it. Take the time to reachout to fellow classmates. They areall excited but nervous and proba-bly a little self-conscious, just likeyou.Meet them.Talk to them.Bondwith them over NSO activities,overgetting lost, over meeting a class-mate you last saw in fourth grade,over your eerily similar high schoolbackgrounds or your vastly differ-ent ones.

New Student Orientation is, ofcourse, only the beginning of whatwill hopefully be a fruitful under-graduate experience. Throughoutthe chants,speeches,trips and semi-nars, students should rememberthat NSO exists for their benefit there is no point in being stressedbefore classes even begin.Similarly,students should also be wary ofoverburdening themselves withcoursework during their first quar-ter, which can make it difficult toidentify activities outside the class-room that are often as rewarding asthose within.There will be plenty oftime in the months and years aheadfor hard work and long hours. Fornow, the focus is on enjoying your-self and exploring as you work to-wards becoming a happy, flourish-ing member of the Stanford com-munity. On behalf of The StanfordDaily Editorial Board,welcome.

This is paradise. Get lost.

Adjusting to college life

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track record in creating an effec-tive,temporary government as wellas its response to humanitarianneeds.

The new leadership of Libya ismaking smart choices, Schake

said. They have discouragedreprisals. Theyve done a good jobin taking over cities and quicklyaddressing infrastructural needs .. . they did a terrific job in gettingaid rolling for medicine andwater.

While the TNCs efficiency as agoverning body during wartimeshows promise for its capacity tofunction as a stable and fair gov-ernment, several factors hinderthe TNCs projected potential.

Among the challenges facingthe TNC is the absence of a unitedbody representing the interests ofLibyas numerous tribal groups.Gaddafis rule divided Libyanleadership along tribal and re-gional lines. Without the cama-raderie of wartime rebellion, the

chance of civil war outbreak be-tween rebel factions is high.

The TNC is making all theright statements about inclusive-ness, Schake said. But its reallyhard to do in practice. For 40 years,Libyan rule has been dividedamong different parts of the coun-try . . . Even within Tripoli, themilitary has not yet been under aunified, complete authority.

In the wake of Gaddafis defeat,the diversity of tribal groups mayspark a policy of vengeance, ac-cording to Diamond.

Its a fluid and challengingtime, Diamond said.The leadersof the TNC are acutely aware inprinciple that they need to build abroad base of support, to create anew and inclusive political-social

order, but whether they can com-pletely restrain the fiery impulsefor revenge among the tribes its unclear.

While civil war among the rebelgroups remains a looming possi-bility, the likelihood of immediateconflict may be less likely thansome political scientists speculate,other scholars say.

There will be something of ahoneymoon period where theTNC has a chance to get thingsgoing, wrote James Fearon, pro-fessor of political science, in an

email to The Daily. But serioustensions may develop the longer ittakes to get to elections, as thosepeople and groups who fear thatthey are farthest from the centerof transitional government mayincreasingly worry about gettingshut out.

There is a time crunch-inducedpressure to establish a democracyand to hold fair elections, aprocess that will take at least two

years, Diamond said. However,the transition from dictatorship todemocracy is a slow, arduous one.

Youre not going to go fromover 40 years of extreme ideologi-cal, controlling dictatorship todemocracy overnight, Diamondadded. There needs to be dia-logue and consultation for thedrafting of a constitution. Maybein a few years,youd have the rudi-ments of a democracy.

Schake emphasized the impor-tance of not rushing election im-plementation, especially beforepolitical and civil rights have beenestablished.

Elections arent meaningfuluntil there is freedom of associa-tion and of press, the freedom toform political parties, Schake

said.While the TNCs projected

timeline sets the first elections tobe held in 22 months, the demo-cratic legitimacy of these electionswill be difficult to assess.

We will see a somewhat fairfirst election within the next twoyears, probably sooner . . . fol-lowed by a government that willalmost inevitably prove disap-pointing to most Libyans becauseexpectations are usually impossi-bly high,Fearon said.

In spite of the numerous chal-lenges the TNC faces in establish-ing democracy in Libya, itsadamant refusal to accept foreignaid is viewed positively by many ofthe scholars interviewed for thisarticle as a testament of the na-

tions resolve to take initiative.Avoid the mistakes of Iraq . . .

the United States imposing pres-ence in shaping the emergence oftheir democracy created a hugecrutch in their political legitima-cy,Diamond said. If [Libya] hasdomestic ownership and authorityof [its] emerging democraticorder, it would appear to be amore legitimate and stabledemocracy.

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INTERMISSION

Over the next several weeks,Classof 2015,you will be bombardedby new names,faces and Face-

book friends,all spanning a wide range

of ethnic,socioeconomic,geographicand cultural backgrounds. But despitethis rich diversity,some like-mindedtypes seem to pop up all over campusevery year.With that in mind,here arefive people that you are certain to comeacross in your freshman dorm.

The I Love Stanford!KidNot of the Asher Roth variety,

though that frat-party-loving I LoveCollege! kid can be found in large drovesas well. You may have picked some ofthem out even before stepping foot oncampus this fall: that guy who insta-friended everyone from the class of 2015

Facebook group or that girl who organ-ized a group fountain-hopping excursionduring Admit Weekend. Thrilled by theonslaught of icebreakers and summercamp-esque dorm cheers, these exuber-ant Stanford-loving souls will be thesame students who go on to join AxeCommittee, run for Frosh Council andparticipate constantly in IHUM section.

The Student-AthleteThough none of you will have the

good fortune of claiming shared fresh-man-dorm residency with superhumanAndrew Luck himself (shout out to

Roble 2008-09),your halls will undoubt-edly host a handful of student-athletes.Recognizable by a seemingly endless sup-ply of red,black and white Nike apparel,

the student-athlete will be one of the fewregular attendees at breakfast outside offinals week because, unlike the rest of us,they have to be up at that ungodly hourfor practice. And you may as well leavethe dumb jockmoniker behind withyour high school girlfriend that cross-country runner in the front row willprobably set the curve on the Econ 1Amidterm.

The Brilliant SlackerThis guy (or girl) tends to choose

sleeping until noon and smoking by LakeLag over attending lecture,yet he stillmanages to make you feel intellectually

inferior every time you interact. In addi-tion to his plans to be pre-med or go for aphysics major (whats the rush to de-clare?),he can also play a classical instru-ment,effortlessly quote Dostoevsky andignite intense philosophical debates allwhile regularly using an abundance ofrecreational drugs and talking about thattime he got arrested in high school.

The Hallmate You Never Saw After NSOSome Stanford students are less into

the whole dorm-camaraderie thing thanothers,but this hallmate takes it to theextreme either he is never around or

he never leaves.Whether its spendinglong hours in the library,becoming fullyengrossed in a student group, hangingout with a newly discovered romantic in-

terest across campus or only emerging tograb a to-go tray from the dining hall,this student could care less about hallgatherings (let alone dorm socializing),and those beyond your floor probablywont know much about this mysteriousstranger come June.

The Well-Rounded TypesAnd then there are the rest of us

you know,the kids who got four-point-somethings, played a varsity sport or two,boasted a smattering of leadership rolesand community service projects andmaybe won some neat awards here andthere.While some administrator in-

evitably gives that NSO speech rattlingoff fun tidbits about your new compatri-ots the one where you learn that oneof your classmates is a New York Timesbestselling author and another is devel-oping a cure for AIDS you may besquirming in your seat wondering whichadmission officer messed up letting youjoin such elite company.Fear not, youngfreshman.You may be less average thanyou think.

carol ine CASELLI

contact carol ine:

carol inecasel l i@stanford.edu

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2011: QUICK TAKESAt an event like TIFF,the overwhelm-

ing amount offilm showings makes it im-possible to come even close to catchingeverything. Were holding some reviews(like 50/50,The Ides of March,LikeCrazy,etc.) until their North Americanpremiere date but here are our intrepidmovie critics quick takes on a couplemovies screened in Toronto:

Take This WaltzTake This Waltz,the newest feature

from Canadian wunderkind Sarah Pol-ley,follows travel writer Margot(Michelle Williams) as she tries to keepher marriage afloat after a chance meet-ing with Daniel (Luke Kirby) while onassignment at a historic landmark.Thetwo share a brief flirtation on the planeand cab ride home,but rather than goingtheir separate ways afterward,Margot is

shocked to discover that Daniel livesright across the street from her and hus-band Lou (Seth Rogen),a cookbook au-thor specializing in chicken.What fol-lows is a largely drawn out but occasion-ally comical situation ofwill-they-or-wont-they,as what began as a strictlyemotional affair threatens to boil overinto something more.The title of thefilm is thus a reference to Margots strug-gle to maintain her relationships withboth men,whilst trying to come to termswith her own discontent.Polley,whoalso penned the script,presents us with adelightfully eclectic mix of characters,which also includes Lous outspoken al-coholic sister,played by Sarah Silverman.However as the story trudges on towardits inevitable conclusion,they becomeless compelling. Margot,with her child-like mannerisms,loses her initially en-

dearing appeal as her indecision and vic-tim complex prove tedious and frustrat-ing by the final act.The film has its mo-ments,but by and large feels too twee tofoster serious treatment ofits ownthemes.M.S.

Take ShelterThoroughly suspenseful and

uniquely genre-blending,writer-director

THE FIVE PEOPLEYOU WILL MEET IN YOURFRESHMAN DORM

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HOW TO GET

YOUR NUT

DURING NSO

Hello,freshmen.Roxy Sassis your humble guide togettinsome (and makin

puns).And she likes to be honest

here:if youre a late-bloomingnerd like much ofStanfordsClass of2015,you probablyhavent had sex yet.(If you have,simmer down now:it was prob-ably much sloppier and moreunderwhelming than you thinkit was.)

But never fear:its time toturn over a new leaf and finda consenting lover under it.Tips?Oh,Roxy knows about tips.

Take advantage ofyour sur-roundings.

NSO is a rare and wondrous

time during which its actuallycool to do dorm chants and wearyour dorm t-shirt.And althoughdormcest is a bad idea,its in-evitable so you might as wellcapitalize.

So you have your eyes onthat hottie down the hall.Roxysgot suggestions:bribe your RA toput you in the same scavengerhunt group then cozy up onthe Muni.Rub up against themduring fountain hoppingOh,man,Im all wet!Or sud-denly find yourselflosttogeth-er when Band Run passes by

Lake Lag.That swampy smellcan really be an aphrodisiac.

Bond.Gauge their enthusiasm

during those flag-waving chantsand romps.Are they sooo into it?Chant louder and smile! Totallyover it? Cmon,this is lame.Letsget out of here.Even Roxy cantspell bondage without a bond.

Avoid certain targets.That girl or guy whos flirt-

ing incessantly with you but isstill holding onto a long-distance

relationship from high school?Youll either be a cock-tease vic-tim or a home-wrecker.AndRAs,TAs and clinging vines? Thetroubles not worth the nut.Avoid.

Above all,go to town.Roxythinks fondly of her NSO days,when she really learned how toput the oin NSO.Soon youllbe putting nose to the grindstoneall night;for this precious week,put your heart (and other parts)into grinding all night.

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THE GRAPHIC NOVEL COURSE 2011

English 190G, Fall 2011, MW 3:15-5:05, lab M 6:15-9:05 (5 units)

Instructors: Scott Hutchins and Shimon Tanaka

Creative Writing ProgramDepartment of English

Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-2087

Attn: Gra phic Novel

Are you an artist, writer, designer, oran all- around team player?

We need you for the Graphic Novel course in Fall 2011-2012!

Admission to this course is by application only. We will

collaboratively write, design, and illustrate a 200+ page graphicnovel. This will be an intense, challenging, rewarding class, butwith a heavy workload.

To apply, include on one side of a sheet of paper: your name,email, major, minor, graduating year, any creative writing, art, ordesign classes youve taken, with the instructors name. And twoparagraphs: one that briefly describes your interest in thecourse, and the second, of no more than three sentences, that isa pitch for a possible story based in nonfiction (a sample of thekind of ideas youd bring to brainstorming sessions over thefirst couple of weeks of class).

On the other side of the paper: Anything. Text, graphics,illustration s, etc. Communicate your skills, experience, andenthusiasm.

Deadline: September 22 (email applications not accepted)

trying to find your way. Get lost inthis place. Never turn down a newopportunity because it seems toohard or too strange. Max Fischer

wouldnt do that,and you shouldnteither.

Just remember: all of us here atStanford have just a little bit ofMax Fischer in us otherwise, wewouldnt be here.

Do you think youre more of a SteveZissou? Then email Shane at savit-

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you get to know him,and by beingforced to interact together forsome slightly comical, yet pre-dictable reason, you two workthrough your relational problems

and eventually fall in love.(Every Sandra Bullock MovieEver).DOO-DOO : Confuse movies

and television shows with real life.People will think youre a freakand not want to be friends with you.

Chase also has some great album rec-ommendations for you,so DO emailhim at ninjaish@stanford.edu.

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Everyone loves a comeback kid,and as literally the only Disneystar who can carry a tune,let alone sing,Demi Lovato haseveryone rooting for her after a long year of personal battles.

Her third album,Unbroken,isnt quite perfect,but its good enoughto satisfy the masses while remaining true to her original sound.

In her first two albums, Lovato tended to favor a rock-princessstyle: the perfect marriage of genres that gave a nod to heavy metal(Lovato is a fan of bands such as Abigail Williams and Job for a Cow-boy) while still satisfying the throngs of preteen listeners whose defi-nition of emo is a black Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirt.

Unbrokenshows us Lovato all grown up a little less prettyprincess,a little more out on the town.Lovato makes surprising

moves,the first of which is the decision to work with artists outsideher usual realm.They jump out in the first track,All Night Longfeaturing Missy Elliott and Timbaland who,with Lovato,make anunexpectedly successful blend ofartists. Lovatos touch remainsprominent with the use of a heavy guitar bass line,yet the quicktempo catapults All Night Longto the traditional radio-friendly sta-tus that defines most of the album.

Its a curious move because Lovato,who OneRepublic frontmanRyan Tedder called one ofthe best singers Ive ever worked with,hasa serious set ofpipes.With that voice,she probably should have cho-sen to feature her immense talent a little more in Unbroken,which

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FEATURES

PUTTING THE INTENSE INARTS INTENSIVEand life in September Studies

COMPANYCULTURE SHOCK

Internships in Asia aresomething to get used to

SILICONVALLEYMEETS SCION

By MOLLY VORWERCKDESK EDITOR

Facebook internship: check. Personalized job offer fromthe co-founder of YouTube: check. Featured in New YorkMagazine: check. Undergraduate degree? FerossAboukhadijeh 12 isnt quite there yet.

Born and raised in Sacramento by a schoolteacher mother,andan electrical engineer, father, Aboukhadijeh credits his parentswith sparking his love of computers and electronics at an early age.

When I was younger, my dad always had all these electronicsparts lying around the house,and so in my garage there was all thisstuff I could play around with,he said. Half the time I didnt un-derstand what I was doing,but I would pretend that I was buildingsomething.

The breaking point occurred years later when his dad boughtthe family a computer.

It was a really junky old machine, but he allowed me to dowhatever I wanted on it, he said.I did a lot of things like down-load games.And I didnt know that Id get viruses if I did that sortof thing,so I basically ruined the computer.I was worried I wouldget in trouble,so I worked really hard at getting rid of the viruses.Icouldnt tell my parents about it, so I basically did it all on my own.

While dealing with such frustrations might turn some off to pro-gramming, it only encouraged Aboukhadijeh.At age 11, he madehis first website.In high school,he created Study Notes,a programsimilar to Spark Notes that provides free study materials for stu-dents taking AP classes or prepping for the SATs.

Then,one night during spring quarter of his sophomore year,hewas faced with a difficult decision: complete a dare by his friend toput together a functioning website in an hour or watch a movie. Hechose the former, and even though he lost the dare, he succeededon a whole other level.

At 9:32 p.m. that night, Aboukhadijeh launched YouTube In-stant and the rest is history.

I woke up at 8:00 a.m. the next morning to get a glass of water,and on the way to the kitchen, I checked my phone and I had abunch of texts and voice messages, he said. I saw one from TheWashington Post that Google Voice had transcribed automatically.I thought maybe it was a typo,but when I listened to the message,I realized it was real. I went on my laptop to see what was going on,

and I didnt leave my computer until 5:00 a.m. the next day.I nevergot that glass of water.

After the site went viral, a discussion thread on Hacker News,apopular site for programmers, made Aboukhadijeh realize justhow lucky he was that he launched the site almost instantly insteadof waiting to fine-tune it.

Someone [on the site] wrote that he had been working on hisversion of YouTube Instant for months, but he didnt release it be-cause he wanted to add all these complicated features,Aboukhadijeh said. He let all those features get in the way oflaunching his site,and because of that,he missed the boat.

Even though hes thankful for the attention the site has re-ceived, Aboukhadijeh is still trying to get his head around the

whole experience.I feel like a three-hour project that I built and the amount ofmedia it generated was sort of unbalanced,he said.The reactionto the project was really crazy,because the co-founder of YouTubeoffered me a job, and its sort of the story that everyone wants tohear.

Aboukhadijeh spent the summer following his sophomore yearworking for Facebook as a software engineer intern, learning the

By ISSRA OMERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

For many Stanford students, themonth of September signifies the lastfew carefree weeks of summer vaca-tion to be spent without worryingabout the start of classes looming in

the not-so-distant future.However,during thistime,many other students are already on cam-pus hard at work at the Sophomore College(SoCo) and Arts Intensive programs.

As part of the larger September Studiesprogram, SoCo and Arts Intensive may soundlike sacrificing summer in order to start schoolearly. But with trips to the White House, film-making, dancing to professionally choreo-graphed routines and more,the two programsconsist of anything but typical schoolwork.

Students who participate in SoCo, a three-

week residential program, enjoy the best ofwhat Stanford has to offer. In a seminar set-ting, classes of 12-14 students become com-

pletely immersed in the focus of the course.Led by faculty and experts in the field, stu-dents are exposed not only to the topic of theseminar, but also to a new perspective onlearning.

I applied for SoCo not just out of interestin the topic but because I wanted the chance tolearn from and work with esteemed facultyand insightful students from different back-grounds who shared a common interest,Veronica Polin 14 wrote in an email to TheDaily.

To fully understand and explore the topic,Polins SoCo,The Face of Battle,traveled toWashington,D.C.

The Face of Battle was an in-depth studyof warfare focusing on Gettysburg, the Battle

of Little Bighorn and Afghanistan,Polin said.We applied this knowledge to contemporaryissues of national security. By visiting the

places in which these critical decisions aremade, we got a first-hand look at decisionsthat affect our entire country.

Unlike many typical classes,the SeptemberStudies classes allow participants to learn thematerial in a hands-on manner.

For Savannah Kopp 14, who took an ArtsIntensive course on documentary filmmaking,the class was a way to broaden her perspectiveand knowledge on a subject she already stud-ies.

Im really interested in writing, but morespecifically, I am interested in screen-writing,Kopp said.I wanted to take this course to fur-ther explore different sides of the process.

Kopp and others taking the course spentdays filming and directing their own docu-

mentaries.Totally immersed in their roles,par-ticipants in the class were able to draw conclu-sions about their own interests.

Arts Intensive is really fast paced be-fore one assignment or project is finished, youare assigned another one, Kopp said. It is acrash course in filmmaking. They really putthe intensive in Arts Intensive.

Makiko Fujimoto 14, a participant in theballet Arts Intensive, echoed Kopps senti-ment.Its intense,Fujimoto said, chuckling.

For Fujimoto, a classically trained balletdancer practicing since she was four years old,Arts Intensive was something she needed toreset her focus.

Arts Intensive really rekindled my love ofballet, Fujimoto said. I learned so muchmore about technique and style,which pushed

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he precious time when students indulgein the stupor of warm weather and drinkthe ambrosia of relaxation the lull ofsummertime, for many, is a chance towind down, an escape from the hectic

pace of problem sets,papers and exams.Some students,however,choose to walk the pathless traveled a summer immersed in Asias cor-porate culture.

The Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) of-fers summer internship opportunities in Asia opento all Stanford undergraduates. The internshipsallow students a chance for a deeper immersion inthe local language and culture while working in acorporate environment.

Since many of the internships either require par-ticipants to possess a certain level of foreign lan-guage proficiency or are located in English-speak-ing workplaces, the language barrier is minimized.For many students,it was not so much the languagethat was a challenge but adjusting to the local cul-ture and brisk professionalism of the workplace.

The subway culture [in Beijing] was somethingto get used to,said Katie Zhou 13, who worked asa graphic designer at Leyou,a specialty retailer formaternity and baby products in China. People

arent as friendly.You dont say hi or acknowledgethem. You had to push and shove,and be more ag-gressive to get to where you had to be.

There is no time for slacking off or procrastina-tion at work,which typically starts at 9 a.m.and endsat 6 p.m.Student interns are assigned large and de-manding projects that not only put their skills to thetest, but often force them to learn new ones.

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Aboukhadijeh 12 developed YouTube Instant in a matter of hourswhen a friend dared him to build a website. But to the prolific pro-grammer, success isnt simply a matter of luck.

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Jeff NicholsTake Shelteris adisaster movie crossed with psy-chological thriller.Set amid therural cornfields of Ohio, it fol-

lows industrial worker CurtisLaForche (Michael Shannon) ashe experiences a series ofin-creasingly graphic nightmaresinvolving a violent storm.Shak-en by these visions,his erraticbehavior soon begins to take atoll on his family,which in-cludes wife Samantha (JessicaChastain) and the couplesyoung,hearing-impaireddaughter,Hannah (Tova Stew-art).As Curtis obsesses overmaking preparations for thestorm,tension rises as the audi-ence can no longer be certain of

whether he is somehow glimps-ing the future or merely losing

his mind.On the one hand,portions of the dreams seem to

carry real-life consequences.Onthe other,Curtis is painfully

aware ofthe fact that his ownmother was diagnosed with

paranoid schizophrenia whenshe was his age.Skillfully exe-

cuted with a modest budget andboasting outstanding perform-ances by Shannon and Chas-tain,Take Shelteris thethought-provoking answer toall the mediocre apocalypse andenvironment-themed duds thathave plagued the box office inrecent years.Dont worry if the

premise still sounds improba-ble; just go in with an openmind and you are sure to be en-thralled.M.S.

Une vie meilleure (A BetterLife)Not to be confused with ChrisWeitzs Los Angeles-set film ofthe same name,this French andCanadian co-production fromdirector C?dric Kahn followsYann (Guillaume Canet,aFrench Patrick Dempsey look-alike),a cafeteria cook aspiringto be an executive chef,whose

life takes an unexpected turnwhen he becomes romantically

involved with Lebanese waitressNadia (Leila Bekhti).On a daytrip with Nadias young son,thetrio chances upon an aban-doned building near a beautifullake the perfect site for open-ing the restaurant that Yann al-ways dreamed of.But theirmeager income and savings

forces Yann to make a series ofhasty decisions,which ultimate-ly push their dreams furtheraway rather than bringing themcloser within reach.As the cou-ples situation becomes increas-ingly grim,Yann refuses to letgo,even as Nadia shows signs ofmoving on.A gritty and bitter-sweet story,A Better Lifeex-plores the ripple effect that oureveryday actions have as theyreverberate across the longterm,how to adapt in an unfor-giving world that keeps turningeven when you try to stop it and

the personal sacrifices made forloved ones.M.S.

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me out of my comfort zone andmade me realize theres so much Iknow I want to explore in the fu-ture.

Unlike Fujimoto, Kopps inter-ests didnt directly change as a re-sult of Arts Intensive; however, herinsight and understanding did.

Filmmaking is a lot harder andmore technical than I thought,she

said.I definitely earned a lot of re-spect for the process. Even thoughIm more interested in the screen-writing aspect, its good that I hadthe chance to see this side of it.

Frederik Groce 14 also cameout with valuable insights fromSoCo.

We really were able to delvedeeply into the subject since it waswhat we dedicated all of our timeto, Groce said of his course onAmerican conservatism. The factthat the class was in an intimateseminar setting and that everyonedid the reading made the discus-sions so much richer.

Like others, Groces SoCocourse inspired him to branch outto explore other academic fields.

It has really motivated me tolearn more about public policy, andit also reinforced my idea of goinginto the social sciences, he said.

While it is clear that SoCo andArts Intensive courses usually posi-tively influence their participants,past students add that these bene-fits only increase with time.

SoCo was such a valuable expe-rience, and it was how educationshould be, said Denise Johnson12,who took a course about small-pox and infectious disease. Everyday I was so happy and excited to goto class.It made me want to take itupon myself to ask questions andlearn the material well.

In addition to fostering self-mo-tivation and a new approach tolearning, SoCo also allowed her to

make important connections andfriendships, Johnson said.After SoCo, Ive made so much

more of an effort to go to officehours and to get to know the profes-sors, she said. I still talk to mySoCo professor, and he has helpedme with everything from courses tomajor advising. The experiencemade me want to take advantage ofall Stanford has to offer.

Nabila Abdallah 13,a past par-ticipant of the graphic design ArtsIntensive, considers her experienceto be a formative and memorableone.

For me, Arts Intensive was away for me to continue my interestin the arts, Abdallah said. I wasvery artistic in high school, but Ididnt really get the chance to ex-

plore the arts at Stanford or get cre-atively involved. Through Arts In-tensive,I was allowed to go on a tripto New York with 15 other studentsto see the art scene up close. Wewent to Broadway,the MOMA andall these other places that really al-lowed me to see what Americanarts culture is all about.

The verdict from most Septem-ber Studies participants is clear.

Think about it, you could bedoing nothing at home for threeweeks or you could be having themost amazing experience instead,Johnson said.Your choice.

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ins and outs of programming at amajor company.

Recently profiled for New YorkMagazine and nominated for a .Netaward, Aboukhadijeh is hopefulthat he will not be forever labeled asthe YouTube Instant guy.

Its been really life-changing forme, he said.This whole magazineprofile really started this wave of in-terviews, but Im sort of ready to

move on to my next project and dosomething else.

Last winter, Aboukhadijeh andJake Becker, the friend who daredhim to create YouTube Instant,launched a new project, Instant.fm,a site that specializes in creatingmusic playlists out of YouTubevideos. Although it was a fun proj-ect, Aboukhadijeh is looking for-ward to breaking new ground on theWeb.

Aboukhadijeh is already broad-ening his focus, having spent threemonths of his summer interning atQuora.com, a question-and-answersite that he feels provided him withthe experience necessary to eventu-ally run his own startup someday.

Aside from programming, com-puter science section leading and

serving as president of the StanfordAssociation for Computing Ma-chinery, Aboukhadijeh plays intra-mural basketball and enjoys watch-ing anime with friends.

He says that his Stanford experi-ence has nurtured his passion incomputer programming, specifical-ly citing his CS106L instructor,com-puter science lecturer KeithSchwarz,as an inspiration.

[Schwarz] was so passionateabout what he was talking aboutthat he would literally bounce upand down while he was lecturing,Aboukhadijeh said.Id never beenthat excited to attend class, and it

made me want to become a sectionleader.

As for life after graduation?Aboukhadijeh isnt certain.Choos-ing between pursuing a coterminaldegree in computer science andstarting his own company, he iskeeping his options open.

Nevertheless, Aboukhadijeh at-tributes the bulk of his success to acombination of luck, diligence andnot being afraid to fail.

The fact that I chose to actuallybuild YouTube Instant instead ofwatching a movie was somethingthat was in my control and that wasmy decision, he said.I think thatyou can create your own luck.

Contact Molly Vorwerck at mvorw-erc@stanford.edu.

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Ethan Saeta 13 and GraceKwan 14, interns at True RunMedia, were given the dauntingtask of creating a running Chineseschool-finder website completelyfrom scratch in 10 weeks.

We were supposed to make itso that it would have all the interna-tional schools in China, both inEnglish and Chinese, so you could

compare these schools in terms ofmoney, location,that kind of thing,Saeta said. The problem was thatneither of us had ever done any-thing web development wise. So wewere trying to make and learn atthe same time.

Although the two ended upmoving on to a different project inthe second half of the internship visiting local restaurants, clubs andbars and writing reviews on them Saeta emphasized the value ofthe opportunity to tackle a difficultproject.

It definitely highlighted howmuch I needed to learn,Saeta said,who anticipates taking four com-puter science classes this fall. Itmade me realize how crazy thoseservices like Google are.The imple-mentation of something that seemsso simple making a clickablebutton, for example was as-

toundingly difficult.Adapting to a work culture that

places a strong emphasis on hierar-chy was another skill that studentshad to add to their repertoire.

One challenge I had was ad- justing to Korean work culture,which puts much emphasis on hier-archy; whereas I am more familiarwith American work notions likemeritocracy and pragmatism,Haiy Le 12 wrote in an email to theDaily.

Le interned at the Asia-PacificCenter of Education for Interna-tional Understanding (UNESCO-

APCEIU).There [were] some moments

when I had to keep my frustrationin check when dealing with the bu-reaucracy and a lot of red tape thatcomes with working in an intergov-ernmental organization.

But then again, there are somebenefits, like when my boss usuallyoffered to pay for my meals, Leadded.

Many felt the satisfaction of fin-ishing a project is well worth the fre-netic, headache-inducing tempo ofwork.

It was very furious, Zhou said.My department was under a lot ofpressure, but I will miss opportuni-ties to contribute to a company andto see my work as something tangi-ble.

Contact Jenny Thai at jthai1@stan-ford.edu.

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largely consists ofultrapop,up-beat hits.

However,Lovato made anundoubtedly savvy move in

constructing an album whichconforms to the mainstreamsound that has albums flyingoff the shelves (see also:Perry,Katy).Thanks to the big namecollaborations, such as WhosThat Boyfeat.Dev,Togetherfeat. Jason Der?lo and YoureMy Only Shortyfeat.Iyaz,Unbrokencontains at leastfive potential hit singles thatcould prop up album sales for along,long time.

Besides, an entirely weepyalbum might be expected froma 19-year old fresh out of rehab.

Instead,Lovato shows her re-

silience by combining bothheartache and happiness in herlyrics and her beats. For in-stance, the title track,Unbro-ken,is unexpectedly upbeatwhile touching on her tumul-tuous past (Im gonna love youlike Ive never been broken).Onher first single, Skyscraper,

Lovato brings the heat,pas-sionately singing her heart out.

The Disney starlet couldhave easily drowned in thisalbum,but the effort is largelytriumphant, even in its mostpoignant moments.Unbro-kenis more than enough forLovato to regain her momen-tum and find success as an im-mensely talented and muchwiser adult artist.

andrea HINTON

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By JACOB JAFFEDESK EDITOR

For the third straight week,the No. 5 Stan-ford football team appeared out of sync in the

first half. But for the third straight week, theCardinal responded with a dominant secondhalf,blanking Arizona after the break to win37-10 in Tucson.

In a highly touted battle of quarterbacks,Arizonas Nick Foles was far superior in thefirst half, completing his first 17 passes of thegame while shredding the Stanford defensefor 183 yards.The Cardinal responded, hold-ing Foles to just 56 yards on 7-for-16 passingthe rest of the way.

FOOTBALL

STANFORD 37

ARIZONA 10

Sept. 17, Tucson, Ariz.

Meanwhile, the Stanford offense rolledover the overmatched Wildcat defense. Red-shirt junior quarterback Andrew Luck led theway for the Cardinal, racking up 325 passing

yards and two touchdowns. Junior runningback Stepfan Taylor had a career day on theground,rushing for 153 yards on 22 carries.

Early on,though, the Stanford offense hadtrouble breaking through a pumped-up Ari-zona defense. After a punt on its first series,the Cardinal drove inside the Arizona 10-yard line until Luck appeared to throw hissecond interception of the year. However,theplay was overturned on replay, as the balltouched the ground,giving redshirt freshmankicker Jordan Williamson the opportunity tokick a short field goal to put the first points onthe board.

In the remaining three offensive series ofthe first half, Stanford ventured into the redzone each time. Leading 3-0, first-year headcoach David Shaw elected to go for it onfourth-and-one from the Arizona 24. Themove paid off,as a misdirection pitch left soph-omore running back Anthony Wilkerson openfor an untouched 24-yard touchdown run.Thatwould be the only Cardinal touchdown of thefirst half, though, as Stanford had to settle forshort Williamson field goals on its last twodrives.

On the other side of the ball, Stanford hadno answer for Foles and the Wildcats passinggame.Thanks to a sack and staunch run de-fense, the Cardinal forced punts on each ofthe first two Arizona drives, but then Folesstarted to go to work.His first six throws werecompleted to six different receivers, and theWildcat wideouts found plenty of room un-derneath, consistently beating the Stanforddefensive backs.

Trailing 13-3,Arizona mounted a 79-yardtouchdown drive. Due to a poor runninggame, Foles actually threw for 84 yards dur-ing the drive, capping it off with a six-yardthrow to wide receiver Juron Criner, who

played just 12 days after undergoing an ap-pendectomy Criner led the Wildcats withsix catches on the day.

At the end of the half, Arizona had achance to take the lead. Trailing 16-10 with

just seconds remaining, Foles had Crinerstreaking open down the left side. It lookedto be an easy touchdown,but senior quarter-back Johnson Bademosi alertly grabbedCriners arm to prevent the score.The passinterference penalty left Arizona with a fieldgoal try on the final play of the half,but Ari-

zonas Jaime Salazar shanked a 45-yarder tokeep the score 16-10 at the break.

Salazar missed an even shorter field goalon the first drive of the second half,and fromthere it was all Stanford.

Luck used his stable of tight ends to good

effect, throwing second-half touchdowns toredshirt sophomores Levine Toilolo andZach Ertz.Toilolo,who had no catches in thefirst two games of the year,led Stanford with102 receiving yards on just four catches.

The Stanford running game, which start-ed slowly once again, eventually wore downthe Arizona defense. The Cardinal burnedseven minutes off the clock with a 12-play,91-yard drive in the fourth. Nine of thoseplays were runs,including a two-yard touch-down scamper by redshirt senior running

back Jeremy Stewart to close the scoring at37-10.

Despite the win, Stanford suffered somebig losses during the game. Senior wide re-ceiver Chris Owusu,redshir t junior tight endCoby Fleener and junior linebacker Shayne

Skov all left the game due to injury, and onlyOwusu returned to action.Fleener appearedto sustain a concussion,but Skovs injury ap-peared much more serious. Skov could notput weight on his left knee and was in a braceon the sideline for the rest of the game.

The injured Stanford athletes will havetime to rest, as the Cardinal has a bye thisweek. Stanfords next game will be at homeagainst UCLA on Oct. 1.

Contact Jacob Jaffe at jwjaffe@stanford.edu.

SPORTS

No.5 Stanford

in the hunt for

a national title

By JACK BLANCHAT

DESK EDITOR

After three games,the Stanford footballteam is right where it wants to be sittingwith a perfect 3-0 record and boasting thenations longest active winning streak, cur-rently 11 games dating back to 2010.

After steamrolling San Jose State 57-3on opening weekend,crushing Duke 44-14on the road and playing a flawless secondhalf to roll Arizona 37-10 in the desert,No.5Stanford (3-0,1-0 Pac-12) gets a break fromcompetition this weekend with an opendate to prepare for a home matchup againstUCLA on Oct.1.

But even though Stanford has opened up2011 with large margins of victory and ahigh national ranking,the start to the seasonhasnt been all flowers and sunshine. TheCardinal hasnt struggled to put up points orkeep opponents out of the end zone, but acouple of speed bumps so far have beenself-induced.

After scoring 27 points in the first half inthe season opener against San Jose State,the Cardinal struggled to separate itselfearly against Duke and Arizona,leading theperfectionist Cardinal players and coachesto express concern as they head into theheart of the Pac-12 season.

We have a lot of things to improve on,obviously, said superstar quarterback An-drew Luck after the Arizona win, echoingthe works of head coach David Shaw.

We just need to establish a rhythm,Shaw said. We had a couple of nice drivesin the first half. But in the second half wecame out in rhythm. We need to start thefirst half like we start the second half.

While Stanford did find its feet in bothgames to pull away for convincing wins,the

nitpicking is a sign of just how high the ex-pectations are on the Farm this season.On offense, Heisman Trophy-candidate

Luck has been predictably excellent so far he has racked up 786 yards and eighttouchdowns against just one interceptionthrough the air, and added another touch-down on the ground with a scramble for ascore in the first game of the season.

Lucks quick start has also helped ink hisname into the history books beside someelite company; he passed 1970 HeismanTrophy-winner Jim Plunkett for the third-most passing touchdowns in Stanford histo-ry with his two touchdowns against Ari-zona.

The redshirt juniors sup