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Heres the deal.Stanford is looking to break a

trend nearly a decade in the making.USC is seeking revenge. Both teamssuffered devastating losses last week.The No. 16 Cardinal (4-1,1-1 Pac-10)and the Trojans (4-1, 1-1) resume oneof the Pac-10s longest rivalries, onethat has taken on a particular tone inrecent seasons, when the two schoolsconverge on Stanford Stadium Satur-day night at 5 p.m.

Last November, the Cardinal em-barrassed the Trojans 55-21 in theColiseum, sending fans to the exits bythe end of the third quarter.But Stan-ford head coach Jim Harbaugh wasnot done, as he controversially at-tempted a two-point conversion (itfailed) after taking a 27-point leadwith under seven minutes to play.Thepost-game midfield conversation be-tween Harbaugh and then-USCcoach Pete Carroll spawned a briefmeme Whats your deal? aswell as Stanford footballs newestmarketing slogan.

Much has changed since then,par-ticularly for the Trojans. Carroll left,replaced by Lane Kiffin, and USCwas hit with far-reaching sanctionsthat have already led to an exodus oftalent. Stanford,meanwhile, has con-tinued its rise to the upper echelon ofthe conference and,for the first timein recent memory, will be favoredagainst the Trojans. Itll also be goingfor its first back-to-back wins overUSC since the 2001 season.

When Stanford played USC itwas always How bad is the scoregoing to be this year? said redshirtsenior cornerback Richard Sherman.It has changed a little bit.

But neither team is concernedwith the past. Both are looking to re-bound after losses last Saturday Stanford was blown out in the secondhalf against Oregon,and USC squan-dered a late lead to Washington.The

defeats marred each squads previ-ously perfect record. That alone, Kif-fin said, was enough fuel for thisweekends game.

We have so many things that weneed to correct. We let a game getaway from us that we should havewon, Kiffin said.

Indeed, this USC team is hardlythe same squad that took home threeconsecutive Rose Bowls earlier thisdecade.NCAA sanctions,and subse-

quent transfers, have left twith only about 70 scholaers, as opposed to the 85 athe NCAA. Harbaugh USCs troubles and turnover are the least of hi

[There are] some subences, particularly defentheyre not dramaticallyUSC has an identity,both oand defensively, HarbaEvery team is going to bthe following year.Its a traUSC to be well-coached.

The focus on preparing tphysically and mentally adays losses permeated Hand Kiffins attitudes on thing match.Both noted the nprove defensively: USC apass, Stanford against thstruggling Jake Locker tothe Trojans for 310 yards thair,while the Ducks talliedyards on the ground.

We didnt tackle very cially in the secondary, KWere not playing as fast ato . . . were digesting the dstead of playing really fast.

Itll be a challenge thiswas last week, Harbaughweek, we played a tremenand this week, well play are just as good.We have tothat challenge and get reaphysical run defense.

Stanford must also deainjuries. Its top two receivRyan Whalen and junOwusu, are banged up.Whdislocated his elbow agaForest, was adamant thatplay this weekend, but thOwusu,who was involved helmet-to-helmet collisioOregon,is still unclear. USbeen nicked up,but both cODowd, the anchor of the fensive line,and playmakiStanley Havili, who is

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Cyrus Pinto 13 will take a literal apptalking while he hops between tailgatefootball showdown against USC. Accomstudent volunteers, Pinto will implemencling initiative at pre-game events aroundium and spread awareness about propposal.

Pinto, a member of Students for Suford (SSS), is heading a bottle and canSaturday as part of an initiative to makeletics more eco-friendly. While the plaparticular event began last summer, Aover a new leaf in 2008.

The Universitys athletics departmagainst 61 applicants for a $120,000 gstates Department of Conservation Twelve other schools and organizations cial assistance, totaling $1.5 million,as part of the Beverage ContainerRecycling and Litter ReductionProgram.

The goal of the program is toincrease recycling of CRV bever-age containers by providing edu-cation on recycling at Stanfordathletic facilities,wrote JanineCorcoran, accountsexecutive for Car-dinal Sports, LLC,in an e-mail to TheDaily.

Stanfords Cal-Recycle initiative,intended to runthroughout the en-tire 2008 footballseason, was tem-

porarily put on holdbecause of thestates financial cri-sis. The grant was re-opened midway through the2009 football season,giving Ath-letics time to revive the program with rections at the end of that season,as well and softball games.

Projects aimed solely at collection wesince 2004, with recycling bins at the fooStanford Athletics,Cardinal Sports and Pitary Service,Inc. (PSSI) have since plasoccer,baseball and softball stadiums.

But in 2008,we still felt there was a nour fans on recycling and remind themgames, Corcoran said.

The grant will allow for receptacles covering a total of 350 events and garnerfrom more than one million attendeesready been purchased for use at the Sunthe softball field and Maloney Field, wtures reminders on the PA systems games.

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Quake drill rollswith some bumpsBy CAROLINE CHEN

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The earthquake evacuation drill onThursday morning conducted by the Officeof Emergency Management came and wentpeacefully for most. For others, however, itdidnt happen at all.

According to a school-wide e-mail fromGreg Boardman, vice provost for StudentAffairs, the AlertSU outdoor sirens were tosound for 45 seconds to signal the begin-ning of the exercise yesterday. At 10:05a.m.,sirens began going off but on someparts of campus they were barely audibleand, to some, underwhelming. The high-pitched tone had to compete with sounds of

traffic and planes overhead, and stoppedafter less than a minute.It stopped ringing so fast, it was like,did

that just happen? said Julia Ko 13. Thesound needs to be louder.

Nick Isaacs 12 didnt even hear the alarmin his Spanish 1A class.We were singing asong about Spanish verbs to the tune of LaCucaracha, he said. We did not hear thesirens.

It wasnt until a student read the AlertSUtext message that Isaacs class realized theyshould evacuate the building.

Keith Perry,campus emergency manager,was not ready to give an immediate assess-ment of the drill on Thursday. For studentsreflecting on the drill,s ome dont remembermuch they simply slept through thesirens, which were quieter than the sirenstypically used inside dorms for fire drills.

Those who did hear the sirens in class-rooms near the Quad began leaving thebuildings immediately, around 10:06 a.m.,only to experience another glitch.

According to the protocol,students,facul-

ty and staff were supposed to go to their nea r-

est Emergency Assembly Point (EAP) andcheck in. But most people seemed unsurewhere to go, bemusedly milling around andfollowing the crowd.

I was looking around for a congrega-tion point, said Ava Lindstrom 14, who

joined the group clustered outside GreenLibrary. I think we should actually have amap with meeting points on it, to make iteasier for everyone to figure out where togo.

In fact, there are 115 EAPs on campus,and each building on campus has maps indi-cating where to go. However, as Lindstrompointed out, those not in a building at thetime of the drill might have difficulty figuringout where to go.

While the drill confused some, most par-ticipants believed it was a worthwhile exer-cise. There are a lot of people from out ofstate who wouldnt know what to do in anearthquake, Lindstrom said. So thatsvaluable.

Regina Roberts, a librarian at Green Li-brary,agreed with Lindstrom.Of course itsa good idea, she said. At least the peoplewho work in Green now know where ouremergency meeting point is.

At Memorial Church, the staff reflectedon a different issue.

Our staff were able to exit the buildingquickly and effectively,said Scotty McLen-nan of the Office for Religious Life.What Iam worried about is the fact that [Universi-ty organist] Robert Huw Morgan tried to getthe tourists out,and a lot of the tourists did-nt leave. So if we had a serious emergency,we would really have to work on getting thetourists out, and we think it was a linguisticissue not all of them understand English.

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University President John Hennessyhighlighted the endowments recovery atThursdays Faculty Senate meeting, whichalso saw a detailed overview of undergrad-uate admission and financial aid two yearsinto a financial aid overhaul that pressuredUniversity finances but erased tuition forhundreds of students families.

The endowments growth to $13.8 bil-lion this year marked a turnaround fromthe $4.6 billion drop to $12.6 billion lastyear, the largest single-year fall in the Uni-versitys history. Were beginning to seesome greater stability, Hennessy said.Itsa long way back to where we once were.

He repeated Stanford ManagementCompanys comparison between the 10-

year performances of Stanfords principalinvestments, with a return of 6.9 percent,and the U.S. equity market, which declinedover the decade.

I think it still shows the advantage of ahighly diversified portfolio,although in thefinancial crisis of the last few years,no port-folio was completely safe,Hennessy said.

I think going forward, we hope to beable to continue to deliver good returnswhile ensuring that the endowment canmeet its obligation payout to the Universi-ty,he added.

Heading into the final year of the Stan-ford Challenge, a five-year, multi-billiondollar fundraising campaign,Hennessy saidthe University has seen a significantjumpin annual giving. It is helping close thedeficit in undergraduate financial aid,which Stanford hopes to seal in four to five

years, the president said. Alumni must un-derstand the importance of that supportwhen they consider giving,he added.

The endowment payout funds morethan $60 million of the financial aid budgetthis year. The remainder of the $100 mil-lion-plus budget is covered by the StanfordFund, general funds,the Tier II buffer andother sources. Slightly fewer students arereceiving financial aid this year than last.

Hennessys remarks came after a cam-pus-wide earthquake drill Thursday morn-ing.I think we discovered that we s till havea lot of work to do, Hennessy said aboutthe communitys readiness.A major earth-quake in California is a matter of when,not if,added law Prof.Hank Greely.

Shaw Talks Test-Score Trends, Recaps AidDean of Undergraduate Admission and

Financial Aid Richard Shaw last made aformal report to the faculty two and a halfyears ago, just as Stanford made a majorcommitment to more financial aid. OnThursday, he recapped those changes andprovided a detailed glimpse at the under-graduate demographic.

The $15.5 million financial aid boost of2008-2009, which erased parent contribu-tions for families making less than $60,000and tuition for families making less than$100,000,has helped protect families homeequity, cost-of-living adjustments and re-sponsibilities to multiple children in collegeas the economy flagged,Shaw said.

In fiscal year 2010, more freshmen withfamilies making between $100,000 and$200,000 received financial aid, he added.

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By KATHLEEN CHAYKOWSKIDESK EDITOR

The Havana Room of the Graduate CommunityCenter is filled with friends and family sittingaround dinner tables covered in red table-cloths.An expanse of food is laid out in the backof the room, with everything from chicken

masala,to kebabs, to korma,to naan.Friends reunite after a summer away from campus,and

little girls in sundresses are playing with balloons thathave fallen on the floor. Outside of the doorway, youngMuslim women wearing saris pull out high heels fromtheir handbags and change out of their flats before enter-ing the room.It is the annual Eid celebration at Stanford,one of the largest gatherings co-organized by the MuslimStudent Awareness Network (MSAN) and the IslamicSociety of Stanford University (ISSU), in celebration ofthe end of Ramadan.

Boisterous conversation dies down as students makespeeches at the podium. Next in line is a first-year Stan-ford Law student,Omar Shakir 07,who takes the floor tobid farewell to Ibrahim Almojel, a recent graduate ofStanfords Ph.D. program in Management Science andEngineering (MS&E), who made nothing short of atremendous impact on the Stanford Muslim community.

He helped people detained in airports,Shakir said ofAlmojel, a soft-spoken 31-year-old sitting near the frontof the room with his wife, Sara, and one-year-old son,Saad.His car was the community car. . . He was the bigbrother I never had.

Shakir announced that in honor of Almojels contribu-tions, the communitys Muslim-American ScholarshipAward will be named in Almojels honor.

When Shakir handed Almojel the microphone at the

front of the room,Almojel was speechless for a few mo-ments,moved to tears.The beautiful thing about this community, Almojel

finally said,is that I feel I know everyone here this isour family.

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For the past six and a half years, Almojel, knownamong Muslims on campus as grandfather, has beenworking tirelessly behind the scenes to build a cohesiveMuslim family that is engaged with the rest of campus, achallenge without a community center or a full-time staffmember.

When I first came, it was a place to pray and saySalaam, Almojel said of joining the community. Afterbeing involved, it became my life.

Some of Almojels contributions could only be noticedat the micro level, like ensuring that a room on the thirdfloor of Old Union is reserved every quarter for Friday Ju-muah prayer.

Other efforts were more noticeable, like working topreserve the independence of MSAN, whose emphasislies in engaging both Muslim and non-Muslim students inexploring social and political issues,from the ISSU,whichfocuses on students personal religious lives.

Other structural changes included creating the MuslimBoard a discussion forum comprised of leaders of MSAN

the news or at somecampus events, likeone widely advertisedlecture, The Trou-ble with Islam,which was upset-ting to some stu-dents.

Sometimespeople think thatyou can stand up to terrorism and Muslims by standing upto Islam,Almojel said.But if you attack an identity,younever really get anywhere.

And to raise Islamic awareness, he pushed to expandIslamic studies on campus and developed the communi-tys relationship with administrators.

This country has a very Islamophobic environment,and Ibrahim was the guy youd always know would haveyour back and advocate that things would be done anddone correctly,Shakir said.How do you build a commu-nity thats inclusive and open to everyone? He was able touniquely do that.

Almojel said Muslim students at Stanford are con-fronted by the same issues that Muslims have to cope withanywhere in the United States:defining what their faithmeans to them,which can translate into abstaining fromdrinking, avoiding wearing tight or immodest clothingand not dating, difficult standards to adhere to if peershold different values.

For example,last summer,MSAN distributed a surveytitled,What does Stanford know about Islam?

About 100 people across campus filled it out, saidMSAN president Mai El-Sadany 11.When asked whatpeople thought about when they saw the hijab,or head-scarf, the most common responses were: Shes probablyoppressed; I wonder if shes forced to wear it;I wonder ifshes hot.

Almojel said his passion to help the community was in-spired by a peer who helped him when he studied at Van-derbilt as an international student from Saudi Arabia andby the value he places in his faith.

To Almojel, being Muslim is about a feeling that youare connected directly to God,and no one has power overyou except God it gives me a lot of freedom. It helpsme make sure Im on the right path.

Although Almojel returned to his home country towork for the company that funded his Stanford studies, heis sad to leave the University and the people he has be-come so close to.

Stanford grows on you,and its very difficult to leavethis place,Almojel said.

He has only one wish for the community that has beensuch an important part of his time at Stanford:that it willhave the wisdom to remain cohesive and discuss thethings that matter most.

Contact Kathleen Chaykowski at kchaykow@stanford.edu.

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OPINIONSThree cheers for new Science

and Engineering QuadA

number of us on the editorial boardare non-engineering majors, morefondly known as fuzzies. So imag-

ine our surprise when we returned this falland noticed that a glittering white quadran-gle had sprung up near Y2E2. Our techiefriends explained that this was the new Sci-ence and Engineering Quad.

Our response:wow.The anchor of the quad is the new

Huang Center,named in honor of Jen-HsunHuang M.S. 92, co-founder of NVIDIA. Ifyou havent seen it yet, drop what youredoing and go right now. Walk through thecourtyard under the blue California sky andpeer into the glass offices of Nobel laureates.Curl up in a comfy red sofa and munch on asandwich from Ikes. (Youll never think ofsandwiches the same way again.) Ask your-

self:would you rather work on your thermo-dynamics problem set in Terman or in thisstunning engineers paradise?

The answer should be obvious.As long asStanford remains a residential university,the physical spaces we occupy will affect ourproductivity in material ways.After all, whydo students flock to the Bender Room dur-ing finals week? Why not head over to one ofthe frats instead and crack out a book whileyour friends play rounds of beer pong? Weall know the answer: because we are moreproductive if the space meets our needs.Working on CS 107 with your friends is thatmuch more difficult when there arentenough outlets.And as any student will tell

you,ready access to sources of caffeine aftermidnight is critical to surviving the quartersystem.

But magnificent buildings like the engi-neering quad go one step farther and add asense of wonder to this campus.Wonder,onemight claim, has no practical value and is awaste of tuition money. But Stanford andother top schools in the country attract thebest talent from around the country in partbecause they inspire dreaming.If you are anaccomplished high school cellist,would youpractice late into the night so that one day inthe future,you could to Stanford and play onthe Dinkelspiel stage? No. Would youdream about performing in the forthcomingBing Concert Hall, with its first-classacoustics that determined the shape of thehalls exterior, which echoes the vineyard

configuration with a distinctive, fez-shapeddesign, as the University describes it? Yes,please.

Yet disbelievers, including some on theeditorial board, do have a point. Thesespaces are an enormous investment. TheUniversity cannot in good faith devote all itsresources to designing architectural master-pieces on a whim. There are financial aid,professor salaries and research funding toworry about which is why, for the firsttime in our Stanford career,a few membersof this board wandered into the engineeringquad and stood for some time in front of thelist of donors. It seems even we ungratefulyouth can be moved.So thank you.

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Yesterday,I opened a door with the raredesire to really make an entrance. Iwas en route to meet with a friend:my

audience.The gesture I yenned for belongs toone Michael Vang 13,who is a self-describedhot mess.He swings doors open and lungesinto rooms,flourish ing his free hand and say-ing to his chosen audience member theirname,then a beat, then,You are a goddess.The word floats in the air for minutes after-ward, because how could anybody launchinto an ordinary conversation after that?

But I was having a bit of a dilemma.Thefriend whom I was en route to meet wasGeorge.Which is not a girls name. I wasntabout to spoil the giddy magic of the gestureby using the inappropriate gender. But as Istood there,poised to open the door into theroom in which he waited, I realized I justcouldnt bring myself to say the words,George,you are a god.They felt wrong.

At first I thought it was the meter.I ended up walking out,blinking a bit and

then remarking on how weird this phenome-non was.

Its not like Im religious. Its just thatYou are a god meant something muchstronger than I wanted to communicate.Godis powerful, is awesome.The user im-plies his own humility. He grovels.I only feelcomfortable applying it as a direct reaction toacts, when they are near-divine (for instance,had George just baked delicious bagels).Butit simply is not seemly as a general commenton a persons character. And, while Ive al-ways understood that this applies to callingsomeone God, (particularly given the factthat in our culture,many people believe in aone-and-only), this definitely also applies tothe phrase a god, as in one of many. Itseems like, according to the semantics ofthings,all this should apply to the word god-dess, too.But it just doesnt.

It is at about this point in my reasoningthat I started blaming the media. Ad cam-paigns for womens razors have ruined femi-nine divinity forever! And Western womenwere so willing to be flattered that it was fea-

sible And the god damned hippies Womens

should be possible to bring god down togoddess level. And I just cant imagine itworking. Which is troubling, because I canimagine most things.

It really does come down to meter.Godis masculine.God-ess is a feminization.Asecondary one. This isnt like Emp-eror,Emp-ress: with god,that -ess is blatantlytacked on.There is no counterpart masculinesuffix. This inequality must have precededthe words.A quick romp through the OEDreveals that god derives from the Pro-toGermanic and was neuter until it startedbeing used to refer to the Christian God.Never in the English-speaking world did fe-male deities pack quite the punch males did.Somewhere in the monotheistic tradition,they decided the one-and-only was a He,andit stuck.

I guess this shouldnt come as a surprise

About a month ago,a professor askedme: why is it important that studentsdevelop and cultivate internal

realms? He meant to get me to reflect on mybelief that fostering earnest, including criti-cal, self-reflection in all students should be aparamount aim of a Stanford education.Here goes.

To put his worry in more concrete terms,imagine the Wall Street Journal headline:Stanford Says Students Must ChallengeTheir Values. A skeptic might legitimatelywonder:If a student does not want to soul-search during her time in college, isnt thather prerogative?

In the simplest sense, of course it is: nosoul searching happens unless we get the soulon board.But I want to discuss why the Uni-versity should even aim to help students de-velop and cultivate internal realms.

Perhaps I should start by acknowledgingthe dangerous ground I stand on in talkingabout internal realms and souls. Whatdoes that even mean? The internal realm I amreferring to is our conception of self,the realmfull of feelings, reflections, hopes and valuesthat form our deeper identity. This deeperidentity is the springboard for a ll our Whys?in life, the world we venture into when we askquestions that are only for our ears.

From a students perspective,involving thispersonal realm in our education may seemlike a scary proposition.It means acknowledg-ing that we are all fallible creatures with thingsto learn and room to grow. It means puttingour most precious convictions and values precious because they are part of our identity on the line.That is no easy prospect.

And yet, becoming vulnerable enough toengage what we learn with who we are offersso many rich possibilities that a reserved ed-ucation forecloses. It frees us from being

shackled to views we have, at best, only pri-vately scrutinized. It retrieves from the side-lines those central questions questionsabout what we think and stand for that areat the heart of directing our own life paths.

For good reason, a liberal education isabout engaging those personal questionswith a much wider world. As W.E.B.Du Boisdescribes (and a kind professor pointed out

to me),a university is,above all, the organ ofthat fine adjustment between real life andthe growing knowledge of life.A universityeducation is about bringing ourselves to amuch wider table. It is not merely aboutmemorizing facts or regurgitating a profes-sors arguments;it is about putting our beliefsand values in dialogue with what our fellowbeings have to say.That is why an educationneeds to involve developing and cultivatinginternal realms. Deep convictions stem onlyfrom those depths.

And aiming to develop and cultivate in-ternal realms also means, importantly, re-sponding to the fact that students have them!I was struck this past summer by a passage inFernando Pessoas The Book of Disquietin which the narrator learns that an employ-ee at his regular tobacco shop in Lisbon com-mitted suicide.With surprise, the narrator re-flects on how this man, too,was truly a soulcapable of suffering.

Like the tobacco shop emphave depths beneath the venUniversity Mental Health Reness Room and the Bystandesuggest, many students deamental health issues. In the dand existential questions are scollege experience.The biggesleaving souls on the sidelinesleavingsouls on the sidelinespossess the root aspiration forcation, one involved in deeflourish as individuals.The Unrespond to these desires.

So much for why I think it engage internal realms in a Sttion. Here is why I think itStanford students will one daplaces all over the world.Mansitions of power and respon

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The major hiccup is that trsoning and responsibility arecan be memorized in a textboethics or race history, no secon global warming or war ortouch my beliefs when the ponly about getting the gradahead.Learning involves soulturing in simultaneously intellsonal ways. If we do not assimlearn into who we are,the de that true adjustment betwethe growing knowledge of lifhave happened. In fundameUniversity education will hav

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Students lately may have noticed

large light-up signs around campusproclaiming,Helmets save brains.Coupled with rumors last month,in-cluding a post on The UnofficialStanford Blog, that undercoverStanford police officers were issuingmore bike tickets, bike safety mayseem more at the forefront of Stan-fords streets and sidewalks.

But neither safety reminders nortickets are new techniques, saysDeputy Sheriff Allen James of the

Department of Public Safety (DPS).Theyre simply part of StanfordsBike Diversion Program, whichbegan as an educational project be-tween DPS and Parking & Trans-portation services (P&TS) in 2008.

Through the program, bicyclistswho receive citations can attend abike safety presentation instead of

paying a fine or going to court.Weve always recognized that

we do have a bicycle problem here,said James,who heads the program.Bicyclists dont obey the law.

The program formed to changethe enforcement of bicycle viola-tions from a punitive to a more edu-cational system,he said.

The classes, which teach funda-mental bike safety, are held twice amonth and are open to the public,at-

tracting a lot of people who justwant the education,James said.

Although James reports that thenumber of ticketed bikers has re-mained relatively stable over thepast three years,there was a markedincrease immediately after the Di-version Programs installment.

Many police officers were more

lenient before the programs onsetbecause fines for a ticket,which canreach amounts upward of $180,could be expensive for college stu-dents, James said. But since the di-version program intended to in-crease bike safety education, thesesame authorities have since losttheir sympathy.

A chief concern of DPS is helmetuse, or the lack thereof, which theelectronic signs aim to mitigate.The

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This report covers a selectionof incidents from Sept. 30 to Oct.7 as recorded in the Stanford De-partment of Public Safety bul-letin.

A series of car burglaries,drugcitations and bike thefts in Rainsand on the Row occurred duringthis period.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 30IBetween 5:00 p.m. and 9:45a.m.,the victims U-locked bikewas stolen from bike racks nearDonner.He later reported find-ing his bike in the bushes.

I In an incident that occurredbetween Sept. 8 and Sept. 9,unknown suspects stole thevictims laptop and acces-

sories while she was in theprocess of moving from herresidence in the Oak Creekapartments.

IOn Sept.30, the victim reportedthat unknown suspects used thereporting partys Social Securi-ty number for medical services.

FRIDAY, OCT. 1IBetween 3:00 p.m.and 6:00 p.m.

on Sept. 30, the victims cable-

locked bike was stolen in frontof Lagunita Court.

IOn Sept.30 between 11:30 p.m.and 9:30 a.m., unknown sus-pects rummaged through thevictims parked vehicle at 624Mayfield Ave., stealing variousitems from the glove box and

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Card set for SoCal swing

from a dislocated shoulder, areexpected to play.

Though the Cardinal is deep atthe receiver position,Whalen andOwusu have often been safetyvalves for redshirt sophomorequarterback Andrew Luck, whohas thrown four interceptions inthe past two weeks. Harbaugh

maintained that his star passerplayed an outstanding gameagainst Oregon,but Luck was un-able to lead Stanford to a secondhalf score. Still, against a USCsecondary that has not had atremendous amount of successagainst deep and midlevel routes,Luck will have a chance to re-spond.

To their credit, the Trojanspossess a fine young quarterbackof their own a much-improvedMatt Barkley, who is in the top 15in passing efficiency.He presentsperhaps the first significant pass-ing threat to Vic Fangios new de-fensive scheme.

Its a big game, both teamsare hungry for a win, Harbaughsaid.

He emphasized that the Car-dinal has responded well to lastweeks defeat.

We probably had our best

Monday practice that weve everhad since Ive been around here,the fourth-year coach said.I feltlike the attitude was good.

As for any sort of grudgematch? Both Harbaugh and Kif-fin described history as irrele-vant.

Were not even going to talkabout it, Kiffin said. All thatmotivation stuff, as soon as theball is kicked off,goes away.

Stanford will kick off againstUSC at 5 p.m. on Saturday atStanford Stadium.The game willbe nationally televised on ABC.

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The No. 1 Stanford womens volleyballteam looks to remain perfect as it venturesdown to Los Angeles in what could be one ofits most challenging weekends of conferenceplay this season.

After dominating the Oregon schools lastweekend in Maples Pavilion,the Cardinal ladies(13-0, 4-0 Pac-10) will face two ranked oppo-nents on their turf,No. 8 USC (13-1,2-1) on Fri-day and No.12 UCLA (11-3, 1-2) on Saturday.

Playing on the road is definitely more dif-ficult than playing at home, said senior out-side hitter Alix Klineman.There are so manythings to get distracted by travel,school,op-posing crowds and it definitely requires100-percent focus. I think we were reminded ofthis during our first Pac-10 road trip to Ari-zona. However, this weekend, I think every-body is really excited to play two strong teams,and [we] are not going to let anything get in theway of playing our best.

Currently sitting at fourth in the Pac-10, theTrojans have risen from their No.10 preseasonranking to the No.8 spot thanks to a 12-game

win streak that included big victories over

cross-town rival UCLA and No. 5 Hawaii.After suffering a five-set defeat to the No. 9Washington Huskies in Seattle last weekend their first loss of the season the Trojanswill look to bounce back against the Cardinalthis Friday.

Junior outside hitter Alex Jupiter, who putdown her 1,000th career kill several weeksback against UCLA, is second among all Pac-10 players in service aces (0.52 per set),fourthin points (5.48 per set) and fourth in kills (4.43per set). Junior setter Kendall Bateman,a for-mer teammate of Klinemans at Mira CostaHigh School in Manhattan Beach, leads theconference in assists,averaging 12.1 per set.

I played with Kendall and [freshman out-side hitter Falyn Fonoimoana] in high school,[senior middle blocker Zoe Garrett] in cluband [senior defensive specialist/outside hitterGeena Urango] on USA teams,so there are alot of familiar faces on the USC team,Kline-man said. Just generally speaking, almostevery team in the Pac-10 has players that Ihave either played with or against in highschool.Its a lot fun to compete against them atthe next level, especially having played withthese players so much in the past.

Like USC,UCLA has had a largely success-ful season thus far its only three losses todate have been to top-10 teams and is re-turning home after a disappointing three-setloss to the Huskies on the road last Saturday.

While the Stanford offense comes into Sat-

urdays match with the clear statistical advan-

tage the Cardinal currently leads the Pac-10in kills,assists per set and average hitting per-centage the UCLA defense may slow downits front row firepower.UCLA leads the con-ference with 16.11 digs per set as a team (Stan-ford is second with 15.3), and junior liberoLainey Gera currently tops the individual Pac-10 standings with 4.71 digs per set (Stanfordssenior libero Gabi Ailes is not far behind infourth,with 4.26 digs per set).

The Bruin offense is led by senior outsidehitter Dicey McGraw, an All-Pac-10 Honor-able Mention selection last season,who had 12kills in the loss to Washington and is averaging3.89 kills per set (eighth in the conference). Ju-nior middle blocker Katie Camp leads the Pac-10 in blocking with 1.27 blocks per set.

The Cardinal has fared well against bothteams in years past, with a 53-18 edge overUSC and a 40-32 record against the Bruins.TheCard has won its last five matches against theTrojans, but split the series with UCLA lastseason, suffering a five-set defeat in MaplesPavilion in the teams most recent meeting.

Despite sweeping its last three opponentsand still being undefeated over a month intothe season,the Cardinal doesnt see the No.1ranking as an excuse to let up in either prepa-ration or matches.

I think our team knows that being the No.1team now guarantees us nothing at the end ofthe season, Klineman said. Every team outthere is improving every day,and for us to stay

at the top means that we have to do the same.Even though we have been so successful

early in the season, our coaches challenge usevery day at practice, and we are remindeddaily that there are still lots of things we needto get better at, she added.With this team,getting too comfortable really isnt much of an

issue,and Ive really been impressed with howmotivated everyone is.Stanford takes on USC on Friday and

UCLA on Saturday. Both matches are set tostart at 7 p.m.in Los Angeles.

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Mens water polo opens conferenceseason against powerhouse USC

After a pair of disappointing tour-nament finishes to open its season,theStanford mens water polo teamopens play in the Mountain PacificSports Federation (MPSF) on Satur-day at home against No.1 USC.It willbe the No.6 Cardinals first home con-test of the season.

Stanford (6-4, 0-0 MPSF) openedits season with two victories at theUCI Invitational over Pomona-Pitzerand the Redlands but turned in lack-luster performances at its last twotournaments.

At the NorCal Invitational,hostedby California, the Card advanced tothe semifinals but fell to fourth placeafter consecutive losses to UCLA andCal. While Stanford hung tough inboth matches, it lost both by a com-bined four goals.

A similar fate befell Stanford atlast weekends SoCal Invitational,hosted by UCLA. The Card won itsfirst match over UC-San Diego, butfell to UC-Santa Barbara by two goalsto end up in the consolation bracket.While Stanford did manage to ad-vance to the fifth-place game, it fellagain to the Golden Bears, 13-9,for afinish of sixth in the tournament.Thelosses saw Stanford drop two spots inthe national rankings to its currentspot of No. 6.

With the Trojans coming to town,Stanford has had little time to recoverafter its tournament in SoCal.USC isthe defending NCAA champion andthe top team in the nation, boasting a15-0 overall record (including a 1-0record in MPSF play). Last season,the Trojans edged the Cardinal bothtimes the two teams met, once in theregular season and once in the MPSFTournament.

Stanford will rely on a trio of high-powered scorers juniors JacobSmith and Peter Sefton along withsenior Jeffrey Schwimer to pro-vide the bulk of the offense againstUSC. It will also need strong playfrom junior goalie Brian Pingree tohelp contain a powerful USC attack.

Saturdays match is scheduled tostart at 3 p.m.at Avery Aquatic Center.

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Stanford researchers see the head lightBy JENNY THAI

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A revolutionary treatment for men-tal illness beyond manipulating brainchemicals may be on the horizon ofbioengineering.

Stanford researchers are working toexplore a means of controlling neuralactivity using light through gene ma-nipulation to trigger muscle move-ment.

Optogenetics the technique ofusing light in gene control is anemerging tool that holds powerful po-tential for bioengineers,particularly inthe field of neuroscience.Building onthe 2002 discovery of channel-rhodopsins, light-sensitive proteinsfound in green algae,the research teamengineered a bold invention: a virusthat assists in delivering the algae geneinto brain cells.

These brain cells are stimulated bylight of varying wavelengths.

Neurons can be inhibited with redlight,while a shift to blue light can ex-cite them, said neuroscience Ph.D.candidate Viviana Gradinaru, who isworking alongside 41 other scholars onthe research.

By exposing the cells to light of dif-ferent wavelengths, scientists can now

control which cells to turn off andwhich cells to turn on. One of theweaknesses that this research address-es is the lack of precision in neural ac-tivity mapping.

Gradinaru said the Stanford teamdeveloping optogenetic brain stimu-lators to control brain function and itsapplications to psychiatric disorders.

Advances in neuroscience researchhave long been limited to the technolo-gy used in neural imaging scans. Scien-

tists could measure electrical signalsfrom individual neurons or observe thebrain as a whole using magnetic reso-nance imaging.

But before optogenetics, no tech-nology allowed researchers to look atspecific clusters or areas of neurons,limiting current knowledge on howneurons affected mental and neurolog-ical illnesses such as schizophrenia andclinical depression.

This opens up exciting and new op-portunities for scientists seeking totreat diseases that target specific typesor clusters of not only brain cells butpotentially cells in other parts of thebody as well.

It can also be applied to all ex-citable cells, such as muscle cells, gutcells,heart cells,Gradinaru said.Withthe opto-xr tools engineered to control

intracellular signaling pathways, therelies the possibility of expanding thattechnique to all types of body cells.

Although the field of optogeneticsis young,it has received enormous en-thusiasm from researchers all over theworld.At least 600 research universitylabs have expressed interest in the tech-nology.

Karl Deisseroth, the associate pro-fessor in bioengineering and psychiatryleading the research,seems to have no

trouble keeping up with new researchavenues. Hes already published fivepapers since 2007.

A lot of people thought about [theidea of using protein to control humancells], he told Forbes Magazine in July.But nobody was crazy enough to try it.We were.

He was unavailable for an interviewwith The Daily.

There is still much work to be done the data collected are solely basedon animal models.

The ultimate goal is to help scien-tists speed up the investigation of ex-citable cells, Gradinaru said. Thenwell be able to gain further understand-ing into diseases like Parkinsons.

Contact Jenny Thai at jthai1@stanford.edu.

I stop at stop signs,and I obey alltraffic signals,but no one else does,said Sheta Chatterjee 14. Thatswhat scares me. Trying to do theright thing makes you end up gettingin an accident.

In fact,pedestrians, not just bicy-clists, need to be aware of their sur-roundings,said Sean Troxel 14,whochooses to wear a helmet any timehes biking between 10:00 a.m. to

3:00 p.m. what he feels are peaktraffic hours.

Pedestrians are walking bikeproblems, he added. They dontknow whats going on.

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The number of freshmen getting aidin that range dropped back in FY11.

Trends in the entering class includea drop since 2003 in the number of stu-dents reporting their class ranks aLake Wobegon effect, Shaw said.Forty-one percent of the Class of 2014reported their class ranks to Stanford,compared to 83 percent in 2003.

Median verbal SAT scores for theentering class have hovered between710 and 730 in the past decade, land-ing this fall at 720.The median mathscore this fall was 740 on the highend for the decade and the medianwriting score was 730, the highest ithas been since that sections introduc-tion in 2006.

Shaw turned to other universities,telling faculty 26 percent of studentsadmitted to the Class of 2014 also

were admitted to UC-Berkeley; 21percent to UC-Los Angeles; 18 per-cent to Princeton; 17 percent to Har-vard;15 percent to Yale;13 percent to

UC-San Diego; 14 percent to Duke;and 13 percent to M.I.T.

Of the 14 admits who did not en-roll at Stanford, 32 percent choseHarvard;16 percent,Yale;14 percent,Princeton;and 13 percent,M.I.T.UC-Berkeley was not among the top 20schools those students chose.

At 71.6 percent of 2,340 admits,yield this spring was the highest sinceat least 1954.Shaw attributed that, atleast in part, to connections alumnimade with applicants who participat-ed in the pilot alumni-interview pro-gram in several U.S. cities last year.The Committee on UndergraduateAdmission and Financial Aid found avery small effect of the interviewson evaluations of Stanford hopefuls,and will decide the future of thethree-year pilot after its wrap-up thisyear.

Up Next:Libraries, SUES,ROTCDavid Spiegel, psychiatry profes-

sor and 35-year faculty member,ap-peared as the new chairman of the

Faculty Senate on Thursday.I shouldwarn you as a psychiatrist that I havenever before undertaken group ther-apy on such a massive scale, he

joked.The Senate now looks to an Oct.

21 report on the future of Stanfordslibraries, which earlier this year af-firmed their support of a massivebook-scanning partnership withGoogle Book Search.On Nov.4, pro-fessors Sue McConnell and JamesCampbell Ph.D.89 are due to deliveran update on the Study of Under-graduate Education at Stanford(SUES),a major review of undergradcurriculum.

When the ad hoc committee onROTC will report to the faculty is un-clear. When U.S. Senate Republicansblocked debate on a proposed repealof the dont ask,dont tellpolicy lastmonth a repeal expected when thead hoc committee formed in March the timing and likely outcome of adecision at Stanford were thrown intodoubt. But the committee is meeting,Spiegel told The Daily,and he is suretheyll report sometime this year.

Rex Jamison, academic secretaryto the University, promised: There

wont be any dragging.

Contact Elizabeth Titus at etitus@stan-ford.edu.

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IAt 12:30 p.m.,a gas turbine at thecogeneration plant at 288 Cam-pus Dr. lost power and caused abreaker to open, making a loudboom noise and producing asmell of natural gas.No injuries ordamages were reported.

SATURDAY, OCT. 2IBetween 10:00 p.m. the previous

day and 8:00 a.m.Oct. 2, unknownsuspects wrote graffiti on report-ing partys apartment door inMunger Building 2.

SUNDAY, OCT. 3IBetween 1:00 p.m. the previous

day and 9:30 a.m. Oct 3, the vic-tims U-locked bike was stolenfrom near the Rains apartmentcomplex.

IBetween 12:00 p.m.and 3:00 p.m.,the victims U-locked bike wasstolen from Alondra in FlorenceMoore Hall.

MONDAY, OCT. 4IBetween 6:00 p.m. the previous

day and 8:00 a.m. Oct. 4, two U-locked bikes were stolen from thebike rack in front of Durand andanother from the racks outside ofFrench House.

IAt 12:15 p.m.an unlicensed driverwas cited and released at the inter-

section of Campus Drive and Ar-guello Road.

IBetween midnight and 10:00 a.m.,unknown suspects used a dry erasa-ble marker to write Cal slogans on abench in front of the post office inWhite Plaza.There were no perma-nent damages to any structure, butplenty done to the reputation of Calstudents worldwide for not usingsomething more permanent.

TUESDAY, OCT. 5IAt 3:10 p.m.,an arrestee was cited

and released at parking lot threeon Quarry Road for knowinglyand fraudulently using a Califor-nia handicapped parking placardnot issued to him.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6IBetween 5:00 p.m.Oct. 4 and 12:30

p.m. Oct. 5, the victims cable-locked bike was stolen from in

front of Terra.

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Inside Job

Screening

Cubberley AuditoriumFree with SUID

7:30 p.m.

Sophomore

Formal

San Francisco Bay

6:00 p.m.

A Cup o Pella

CoHo

5:00 p.m.

Stanford vs. USC

Stanford StadiumIf you didnt get a

ticket, watch the

game at the CoHoor The Axe &

Palm

10:00 p.m.

Theta Delta

ChiReer Day

Theta Delta Chi

8:00 p.m.

Sunday Flicks

MemAudShowing

Twilight: Eclipse

7:00 p.m.

Fall South Asian

Music Festival

Havana Room,

Graduate Community

CenterIts free!

7:30 p.m.

Jazz Jam Session

CoHoBring your instru-

ments!

7:30 p.m.

Writers Showcase

Bldg 420, Rm. 040

8:00 p.m.

Professional

Comedy Night

CoHoCome laugh for

free

8:00 p.m.

The Sexual

Politics of Meat:

A 20th Year

Anniversary

Pigott Hall, rm. 113Open to public

7:00 p.m.

Salsa Lessons

The Axe & Palm

Come learn salsafor free with Los

Salseros deStanford

2:00 p.m.

Walking tours of

the Medical

Center

Architecture

Stanford Hospital

9:00 p.m.

Alpha Phi

Alphas Thump

Off ThursdaysUjamaa TV Lounge

Haircuts start at $1

5:30 p.m.

Moving Your Way

to a Good Night

Rest

Medical School OfficeBuilding, Rm. 303

Class fee is $25

7:30 p.m.

Rascal Flatts

Shoreline AmphitheatreFeaturing Kellie

Pickler

8:00 p.m.

Aimee Mann

Yoshis SF

8:00 p.m.

The English Beat

Don Quixotes

International Music

Hall21+

8:00 p.m.

Maroon 5

Greek TheatreWith opening act

OneRepublic

8:00 p.m.

Remy Zero

Caf Du Nord21+

8:00 p.m.

M.I.A.

Fox Theater

8:00 p.m.

Teenage Fanclub

Great American MusicHall

8:00 p.m.

The Script

The Fillmore

8:00 p.m.

Macy Gray

Bimbos 365 Club

8:00 p.m.

Gogol Bordello

Fox Theater

8:00 p.m.

Paul Oakenfold

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The song is ethereal in every sense of the word, from its abstract, poetic lyrics to Johns

otherworldly vocals. He sings nothings gonna change my world, and for the brief dura-

tion of the tune, we believe in his mystical universe.

John considered this one of his best. Paul and George listed it as their favorite track off The White

Album. Its themes of sexual perversion and violence make it hands down Johns darkest, most

twisted song.

The perfect antithesis to Pauls exuberant Penny Lane, Johns contemplative ode to his

childhood affected Brian Wilson so much he shelved the Beach Boys next album because

he felt he couldnt compete.With the songs poignancy and subtle psychedelia, its not

hard to see why.

The soothing lullaby-like track is dedicated to Johns mother but spends most of its time indirectly

alluding to Johns love, Yoko Ono, the ocean child. He hardly sings more than one note the entire

song, but his gentle vocals coupled with the sparse instrumentation lend a frail loveliness to this

under-appreciated tune.

One day, John got up, sat down at his famous white piano and tapped out the serene

melody to Imagine. Its a testament to his skill as a songwriter how easily he could

knock out the graceful, hopeful anthem.

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The idea was simple: write

100 words, every day. Lara

Ortiz-Luis,11, Wyatt Roy 11

and Chris Rurik 11 took these sim-

ple instructions and created All of

100, a blog where contributors are

invited to post their own 100-word

works.

100 words is just catchy

enough to be compelling without

being too kitsch, Roy said.Its

graspable. Anyone may sign on to

the challenge, and there are no con-

tent or format limits outside of the

exact 100-word requirement.

This year, the three authors

compiled their favorite daily blurbs

from the blogs first year and self-

published the All of 100 collec-

tion. Its pages contain glimpses of

plays, short stories and poetry.

The authors celebrated with a

book launch Monday at La Maison

Franaise. Dim lights and friendly

chatter set the mood that night,

which was a proper introduction to

a down-to-earth reading session.

Reactions to the stories could

be heard in the midst of people

smiling, mingling and eating. The

responses were as diverse as the

blurbs themselves, which detail

covetous condiments, lost loves,

feminist fairy tales and whimsical

wordplay. A broad range of narra-

tives and emotions play out in the

mini-stories, from longing to joy.

My favorite types of pieces are

the ones that leave me ultimately

with a sense of a thought, Roy

said. I appreciate subtlety.

One by one, the authors and

friends took to the mic Monday

night. Some pieces were what Roy

described as no story, no plot, no

development . . . but a linguistic

fitzblitz, a conglomeration of

sounds that feel that they were

made for a mouth to swallow and

say. Performances of the words

included a rendition of one story as

Gandhi and another as a Miley

Cyrus-embodied Taylor Swift song,

which brought laughs.

The book release is a milestone

for the project, which was initially

started from an abstract idea of

Ruriks.

If I were a basketball player,

Id shoot free throws every day,

said Rurik.It started as a disci-

pline, not as a project for me.Soon

I realized it had this great poten-

tial. After he asked Ortiz-Luis and

Roy to read his work, they quickly

volunteered to join in. Each blurb

was posted on a blog, initially

shared among the three authors.

The idea became so accessible

that fellow dormmates and even

F

amilies, hipsters,professors

and stoners were out in full

force at the Sunday nightArcade Fire concert at the Greek

Theatre in Berkeley.

The diverse audience

indicative of Arcade Fires wide

appeal lent itself to great peo-

ple-watching in the hours before

the show and contributed to what

has to have been one of the nicest

rock concert crowds ever experi-

enced. The civility with which

people negotiated spots in the pit

was mind-blowing. It was as if the

beautiful setting of the Greek

Theatre or perhaps some trans-

planted Canadian ideals (a la

Arcade Fires homeland) chilled

out the crowd.

Or maybe it was the effects of

the ever-lingering thick cloud ofmarijuana that prompted front

man Win Butler to comment,Me

and my brother grew up in a

Mormon family, so weve never

intentionally gotten high, but we

always look forward to coming to

Berkeley as theres so much smok-

ing going on, we get it second-

hand Thank you guys for

that!

The crowd warmly received

opening band Calexico, who

offered up a genre of music that

could best be described as cow-

boy rock. With one song starting

on a flamenco-inspired malague-

na riff and several other songs

offering catchy Spanish chants

that the crowd diligently attempt-ed to echo, Calexico was to rock

music as TexMex is to border

food. The music felt distinctly

American but with many South

American-, Spanish- and

Mexican-inspired flourishes. The

bands lead singer successfully

engaged the crowd in some

mimetic cooing on one of the last

songs of the set, and the band

exited the stage to rapturous

applause.

Following the south-of-the-

border beats, Arcade Fire opened

to the great surprise of the audi-

ence with Neighborhood #1

Tunnels. There were so many

people singing along it was dif-

ficult to hear the band over the

singing crowd in the pit that I

suspect that the few absent-mind-

ed attendees who did not know

the lyrics were mouthing along

anyway to go with the flow. The

steady pulse of the drum was

visually complemented by the in-

rhythm falling of snowflakes on a

JumboTron behind the band that

alternated between shots of the

audience, pre-filmed footage and

multi-layered shots of the band.

The band played nearly its

entire first album Funeral, a few

favorites from its sophomore fol-

low-up Neon Bible and six

songs from its latest effort, The

Suburbs. The crowd roared for

nearly every song, including the

new ones. Providing the necessary

level of spectacle,Butler surprised

the audience by climbing into the

upper limits of the audience dur-

ing We Used to Wait, and heads

were banging to the anthemic

Rococo.Each member of the band

was continuously switching

instruments throughout the

night. Front woman Rgine

Chassagne notably sang and

twirl-danced with the attitude of

a mate rejecting or egging on a

partner during bird dance-

courtship. This was only for a few

songs in the middle of the set,

though, before she switched back

to playing drums, accordion and

hurdy gurdy (a big medieval

instrument you have to spin,

Im wearing:

Forever 21 sweater, J Brand

Nordstrom boots and bag.

My style:

Clean, classic and put toget

events

Merissa Ren/Staff Photo

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Stanfords annual Party on theEdge, held every October at

the Cantor Arts Center, is

debuting student art this Thursday

night. Aptly held on the edgeof

campus north of the Oval, Party

on the Edge has been a Cantor tra-

dition for the last 12 years, drawing

in more than 2,500 students last

fall.

The party is, at its core, a fall

open house for the pieces created

by summer and continuing winter

student-arts grant recipients.

However, the annual party also

showcases myriad student arts and

performing groups on campus.

According to Kristen Olson,one of the organizers of the event,

an open call was held to allow as

many student groups to perform as

possible at the party. Performances

will be happening all over the

premises; students can check out a

cappella groups singing in the

Rodin Rotunda, intimate poetry

readings and singing duos upstairs

in the European gallery, interactive

artwork in the courtyard and larger

performance groups out on the

back lawn.

Students arriving at the event

will even be greeted with perform-

ances in the front of Cantor for the

duration of the evening. Attendees

can expect to see many popular

student groups, including Talisman,

Mariachi Cardenal, Alliance

Streetdance, Urban Styles, the

Spoken Word Collective, Everyday

People and Catch a Fyah.Along with the performances,

student films ranging from docu-

mentaries on traditional hat-mak-

ing to the life of one of Cantors

beloved maintenance workers will

be screened. And finally, students

not interested in art can at least

stop by for some food provided by

the organic Cool Caf at museum.

Expect hot, sugary churros.

Attendees also will be able to

preview the new exhibitions on dis-

play this fall. The new Mami

Wata exhibition explores represen-

tations of the African water spirit

through sculptures, paintings,

masks and other forms of art. Alsoon display is a contemporary pho-

tography exhibit on vodoun, col-

loquially known as voodoo, which

delves into the ceremonies and

practices of this religion through 25

diptychs.

For students who can only stay

for a short amount of time,the

jam-packed lineup may be daunt-

ing to navigate. But dont be con-

cerned with trying to hit up every

exhibit; the motivation behind the

party is to let students know that

there are outlets for their creativi-

ty, according to Olson, so atten-

dees are encouraged to wander

freely, enjoy the atmosphere and

keep an open mind.

cla i re COLBERG

contact c la i re:

cco lberg@stanford .edu

Sophi Newman

Sophi Newman chose to pro-

duce a series of photographs she

says were inspired by imagery

from a theology book published

in 1903, which she found as she

was taking out the recycling in

the photo lab where she works.She printed these images on the

actual pages of the book using a

process called type cyan. Her

intention was to explore the rela-

tionship between images and

texts, especially the underlying

sub-text of images themselves.

Jimmy Chion and Jason Chua

Jimmy Chion recently gradu-

ated from Stanford with a bache-

lors in psychology and is now

receiving his masters in mechani-

cal engineering. Jason Chua is a

senior from Chicago majoring in

product design. With their arts

grant, Chua and Chion collabo-

rated on a Visual Windchime.

This interactive piece of art con-

sists of hanging panels of light

that twinkle when students run

their hands through them. Their

motivations for this project were,

according to Jason, to create an

interactive, gratifying and

delightful experiencethat evokes

fireflies on a warm sunny day.

Jin Zhu

Senior Jin Zhu began pursu-

ing photography seriously after

making sound for films at the

Expression College for the DigitalArts. Her project, Water in the

West, explores the use of water

in California and the American

Southwest and the conflicts that

arise when deciding how to allo-

cate this precious resource. She

questions how we use our water,

who has water and who does not

and the consequences of taking

this water. She drew her inspira-

tion from long drives through the

deserts of Californias Central

Valley.

Nabila Abdallah

Nabila Abdallah 13, an

Indian-American raised in

Tanzania, created five works she

calls spiritual struggle that were

partially inspired by her experi-

ence in Structured Liberal

Education (SLE) during her

freshman year. She says she

approaches art as a spiritual

process, and her pieces address

her own inner conflict over iden-

tity. She drew from texts like St.

Augustines Confessions,

Homers Odysseyand The

Aeneid.

Santhi Elayaperumal

Elayaperumal is a Ph.D. can-

didate in mechanical engineering

with a concentration in designmethodology and robotics. Her

research focuses on medical

robotics and sensors for MRI-

compatible devices. Elayaperumal

created the Krotoscope, a device

that lets students control musical

elements with their minds. This is

done through monitoring levels

of attention and mediation in

students through a wireless EEG

that then controls the music cre-

ated by the Krotoscope. The

Krotoscope is also an expansion

on a brain-noise machine

debuted at the SOCAs An Art

Affair in April. Santhi collabo-

rated with other mechanical engi-

neering doctoral students on this

project: Greg Kress, Joel Sadler

and Jakob Wallsten.

Sam Pressman

Sam Pressman 10 created

three short films whose techno-

logical themes address and evalu-

ate modern forms of communi-

cation.

Jorge Olarte

Jorge Olarte 13 created a col-

lage of portraits that display

human emotions and other

abstract themes through largecharcoal drawings.

Ariana Koblitz

Ariana Koblitz 12 created

three multi-layered glass panels

that echo Stanfords interdiscipli-

nary approach to academics by

mixing artistic and academic

materials.

Kiran Malladi

Kiran Malladi 11 created

three kites that, coupled with

photos that document local inter-

action with these kites, display

the joy found in carefree child-

hood activities.

Magdalena Gross

Magdalena Gross 13 docu-

mented graffiti murals in Lublin,

Poland with youth groups and

other various organizations.

These murals exist in order to

promote historical awareness and

combat the anti-Semitism still

present in modern society.

Nick Mendoza

Nick Mendoza 12 took

series of photographs that d

the culture of elderly Hispan

ranchers in Aragon, N.M. T

unique photographs were ta

during the annual cattle run

Surabhi Nirkhe

Surabhi Nirkhe 13 crea

abstract and mixed media p

traits that depict the conse-

quences of physical separati

families. In particular, Nirkh

work delves into ties betwee

ferent individuals and Amer

and Indian cultures.

Vaeme Afokpa

Vaeme Afokpa 13 mad

photo book that depicts the

impact on South African art

hosting the FIFA Soccer Wo

Cup this summer.

Viviana Arcia

Viviana Arcia 13 create

piece consisting of slips of in

cards assembled in a grid of

clothesline to positively expl

feminism and sex through

answers to the question, W

does being a woman mean t

you?

Pablo Garcia del Real

Pablo Garcia Del Real 1

created photomicrographs o

mineral rocks on a light sou

order to allow the viewer to cover the beauty of nature.

Sashendra Aponso

Sashendra Aponso 11 u

the summer arts grant to cre

10 mixed media paintings th

combine traditional and mo

forms to tell the story of an

from a native Sri Lankan pe

tive.

Blake Miller

Blake Miller 11 painted

triptych oil work in the style

Thangka painting and Chin

Mao-era propaganda to exam

the consequences of Chines

nationalism on human righ

Tibet.

Charity Fluharty

Charity Fluharty 11 ma

childrens pop-up books on

ers, emphasizing what she c

the underappreciated medi

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family members across the country co

tributed. Michael Brandt 11, a freque

writer for the blog, mentioned his sur

having written at all.

Writing daily is just like running

have to put the miles in, Brandt saidpointed to his lack of background in c

writing and focus on computer scienc

area of my brain lit up as I wrote, one

didnt realize could be so active before

Samuel Cohen-Tanugi 12, blurb-

and mutual friend, agrees that the bo

hype-worthy. The projects personal

ence on me has been positive, he said

Spend time on something youve tho

today. Put a lot or a little into it on

isnt nerve-wracking but it adds up

great product. Its a way to practice. W

the day comes to create a quality leng

work, hell be ready for it.

Im terrible at routine, but its fu

have a concept that ties it together,R

I turn to the blog instead of Faceboo

when I want to a moment to chill out.

Apart from a workshop already u

way with the Hume Writing Center, th

authors envision even more for the pr

They see it making its way to senior c

and K-12 schools, believing in the bre

and depth of stories to be told.

To those who want to try forming

piece, Rurik advised, Dont be afraid

censor yourself too much. Just do it. S

people want to make it perfect or fear

too pretentious. Instead, its become t

community where people inspire each

to write.

The authors maintain that no wr

pedigree is necessary to contribute.Its not about how good the piec

because I dont know what that mean

said. What makes me the happiest is

people seem to connect to the idea in

way.

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contact

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which produces the constant sound of abow-based instrument).

But perhaps the most entertaining and

impressive person on stage was the key-

board-drum-glockenspiel player whose

glockenspiel playing left most people under

the impression that he was doing a tribal

dance as he rhythmically and violently

extended his arms all the way over his head

between hitting each note.Will Butler, the

younger brother of front man Win, also

managed to beat his drum so hard that you

could clearly see specks of wood flying into

the air. After nearly depleting his drumsticks

during Neighborhood #2 (Laika),Will

Butler climbed up 30 feet of scaffolding on

the side of the stage only to start beating the

scaffolding with his drumsticks.

The highlight of the night, however,

came at the end of the bands encore, when

Arcade Fire played the classic and fan-

favorite Wake Up. Before starting the song,

Will Butler complained to the crowd that he

wasnt going to jump in if they couldnt

even help one kid crowd surf. This comment

sparked a wave of crowd surfing that leftsecurity at the show trembling in fear and

the band laughing in joy and surprise

(Arcade Fire concerts do not typically spawn

punk rock-level crowd surfing, or crowd

surfing at all for that matter). People left and

right were being launched up over the crowd

every five seconds throughout the show.

Meanwhile, those standing were powerfully

chanting the words and ohhs of the chorus

for all of Berkeley to hear. This lucky review-

er crowd surfed in the last two minutes of

the show to just in front of the stage, where I

goofily waved at the band and, in turn, was

tossed a tambourine (from a laughing Will

Butler) which I victoriously shook until the

band closed the song and left the stage, leav-

ing the audience in complete, blissful joy.

And yes, I am perhaps biased for having

the fanboy moment of the year.

brendan WEINSTEIN

contact brendan:

brendanw@stanford.edu

online

Standing on Treasure Island in the mid-

dle of the unforgiving San Francisco

Bay, the sensible individual should

immediately question his or her motives for

ever making that turn off the Bay Bridge.With the wind swirling and fog engulfing

everything and anything, Treasure Island is

the last place youd want to be in the heart of

Bay Area autumn.

That is, unless youre accompanied by

thousands of others, dancing the night away

with LCD Soundsystem or screaming their

lungs out with The National.

In a week, San Francisco welcomes the

fourth reincarnation ofTreasure Island Music

Festival. The only redeeming quality of the

man-made bay blemish, the two-day audio

orgy features the trademark polar lineup, with

electro-enthusiasts drooling over Saturday

and the reflective indie types embracing a

mellow Sunday.

Yet whatever fits your fancy, there issomething for everyone here, guaranteed.

And its damn well worth braving the cold,

shady surroundings and, for those caught in

the thick of school, midterms.

In four years, TIMF has evolved from an

eclectic experiment to a bona fide Bay Area

attraction. Capitalizing on the music festival

craze, California concert conglomerate

Another Planet Entertainment and Noise Pop

have attracted arguably the most diverse line-

up yet, mashing together 26 artists that will

shake the island for the weekend.

And the best part of it all? Youll be able

to catch them all technically. With no set

overlap, TIMF is unique in that youll have

time to catch each and every performance ifyour little heart desires. Of course to do so,

youll have to avoid the art exhibits, free hair-

cuts, giant Ferris Wheels and other promo-

tional distractions that will provide for some

hard decisions come the weekend. Hurry,

Four Tets starting, oh wait, FREE T-SHIRTS.

Barring free goodies, there is little to get

in your way besides other crowd members

if youre there for the music. Saturday,a

day for synths and laptops, features dance

saviors LCD Soundsystem, fresh off stops at

Coachella and Bonnaroo and on their second

tour in support of their newest album This

Is Happening.Preceding James Murphy and

Co. are pop upstarts Miike Snowand every-

ones favorite half mascot, half DJ,

Deadmau5.And Saturday isnt all about the headlin-

ers, as a solid midday congestion of!!! (pro-

nounced chk chk chk), Phantogram,

Jamaica and Holy Fuckwill take you from the

extremes of chill electronica to feet-shuffling

dance punk.Also sandwiched in there are

South African freak rap group Die Antwoord,

whose growing cult following, lyrical stylings

and fresh zeff make them a must-see.

Keeping with tradition, Sunday remains

the de facto indie day a day where you can

chill in the grass and recover from staring at

the strobe light during Deadmau5 the night

before. CutesyBelle and Sebastian the