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www.stanforddaily.com Volume 238
September 21, 2010 Issue 3
UNIVERSITY
“I don’t think any of us...want [ourselves as] 19 years old made into a movie.”
Tiews fills — AARON SORKIN, “The Social Network” screenwriter

new arts
position
New role will seek to unify
campus arts initiatives
By ANNA SCHUESSLER

Stanford students who feel the Universi-

ty’s commitment to the arts is lacking have
new reason to be hopeful. Even though the
campus already enjoys programs put on by
the Stanford Lively Arts, the Stanford Arts
Initiative (SiCa) and the Cantor Arts Cen-
ter, the sheer size and diversity of the stu-
dent body present challenges to arts-orient-
ed organizations working to foster an envi-
ronment enthusiastic about the arts.
In fewer than two weeks, however, these
groups might be able to breathe a little easi-
er with the appointment of Matthew Tiews
as executive director of the arts programs
for the School of Humanities and Sciences
on Oct. 1.
Tiews, who currently serves as the Hu-
manities Center’s associate director, will fill
and innovate the role of Karen Nagy, assis-
tant vice president for the arts. Nagy’s posi-
tion was devoted to orchestrating the efforts
of the many groups dedicated to bringing
the arts in conversation with the Stanford
campus,among other responsibilities.Tiews’
appointment will ensure that the arts also
have a place in cross-disciplinary discus-
sions as well as in the residences. The posi-
tion’s situation within the School of Human-
ities and Sciences, in conjunction with its
physical office location in Wallenberg Hall,
signals a heightened interest in integrating
MICHAEL LIU/Staff Photographer
the arts into the average student’s experi-
ence. At a question-and-answer session in Roble Theater on Monday morning, actors Eisenberg, left, Garfield and Hammer talk with moderator Tobin, second from right, and Sorkin, right.
“The idea really was to bring all of [the]

Facebook film hits campus

facets of the arts on campus together, and to
make connections between the teaching, the
research projects and the arts activities that
are happening on campus,” Tiews said.
He sees his new position as an opportuni-

Please see ARTS, page 9

NEWS BRIEFS
PG&E top 100 list
includes Junipero Serra
pipeline segment
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
Following the Sept. 9 San Bruno pipeline
explosion, utility company PG&E released
on Monday a list of the 100 top pipeline seg-
ments that “warrant further evaluation,
monitoring or other further action.” One of
those top projects includes four sections of
pipeline along Junipero Serra Boulevard,
which runs through campus.
A Stanford spokesperson told locals not
to be alarmed, but said the University has
questions PG&E needs to answer.
PG&E “adjusted” the cathodic system
in the Stanford-area pipelines preventing
pipeline corrosion and said in 2009 the sys-
tem “showed marked improvement.” It still
appears on the list because of the threat of
potential corrosion and its status is listed as
“monitoring.”
The company says in the report it does
not plan “further action” at Stanford, but
spokesman Denny Boyles said at least one
more follow-up on the pipeline segments
would be conducted within a year.
Boyles on Monday discussed the list and
its implications, calling the list “a long-
range forecast for engineers. The areas are
not in need of immediate help, but engi-
neers will continue to survey and monitor
the segments found on the list, Boyles said.
He said the segments near Stanford’s
campus were on the list “probably because
of the location of that line, especially its
population density and proximity to the
campus.”
Please see PIPELINE, page 9
“The Social Network” screening and Q&A address film’s portrayal of Web protagonists
By LAUREN WILSON
DESK EDITOR
Promoters for “The Social Network” are
hammering home Facebook’s college con-
nection, bringing the film back to campuses
that provided the inspiration and the first
users for the social networking site. The film
was screened at Aquarius Theater in Palo
Alto for a packed crowd of Stanford students
on Sunday night, followed by a question-
and-answer session Monday with screen-
writer Aaron Sorkin and actors Jesse Eisen-
berg, Andrew Garfield and Armie Hammer
in Roble Theater.
“The Social Network” tells the story of
how Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg
(Jesse Eisenberg), now the youngest billion-
aire in the world, and his business partner,
Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), creat-
ed the world’s most popular social network-
ing website. Directed by “Fight Club” auteur
UNIVERSITY
Crothers plans for new global-citizenship theme
By CAROLINE CHEN
STAFF WRITER
Crothers Memorial Hall joins the ranks of
themed dorms this year as a “global citizen-
ship”-focused dorm. It aims to foster a com-
munity of students interested in global issues
and, according to its website, help its residents
“reflect upon, and engage with, key chal-
lenges of globalization and interdependence.”
The idea for the theme started last January,
when Director of the Freeman Spogli Insti-
tute for International Studies (FSI) Coit
Blacker started discussing the idea of a dorm
focused on global issues. Crothers Resident
David Fincher, “Network” connected with
the enthusiastic audience, garnering laughs
with its surprisingly frequent dark comedy
and extremely loud whooping whenever the
film referenced Stanford — either through
the characters or with details like Zucker-
berg’s Coupa Cafe cup in the deposition
room.The movie isn’t afraid to delve into the
more unsavory bits of Facebook’s origins,
which include sex, drugs and alcohol: the
Stanford University logo’s first appearance
is on the backside of a half-naked coed’s un-
derpants.
“I thought it was pretty interesting,” said
Carl Kelm ‘09. “I think the way they framed
it was unique but also it added to the story-
telling . . . we kind of know the story so it’s
more about the relationships Mark Zucker-
berg forms and, in some cases, destroys.”
“I thought it was pretty cool,” said Omar
Diab ‘14.“I don’t know how much of a d-bag
Zuckerberg is but I though was pretty
Fellows Stephen Stedman ‘79 M.A. ‘85 Ph.D.
‘88 and his wife, Corinne Thomas, successfully
applied for Crothers to take on that theme.
Stedman is a senior fellow at the Center for
International Security and Cooperation and
FSI. Thomas advises Stanford in Govern-
ment.
The dorm will be formally tied to FSI,which
will work with Crothers to create opportuni-
ties where students can meet and learn from
faculty, experts and visitors to campus. Some
of the speakers this fall will include John Pren-
dergast, a prominent anti-genocide figure and
co-founder of the Enough Project, and Carlos
Pascual ‘80, the current U.S. ambassador to
harsh.”
The three stars and Sorkin took part in
the question-and-answer session Monday
morning in front of a full Roble Theater au-
dience, where Eisenberg channeled his char-
acter in Zuckerberg’s trademark hoodie.
Film and media studies lecturer Adam Tobin
moderated the event, beginning with a
thank-you to the cast for making Stanford
look good with the film’s “unbelievably sexy
Stanford party.”
Actors discussed the film’s unique posi-
tion of portraying real people in recent histo-
ry but creating the film without the involve-
ment of Facebook’s creators.
“I’ve played real people before but
they’ve always been involved with a movie,”
said Eisenberg on portraying Zuckerberg.
“In this case, we were discouraged from
doing impressions of our characters so there
was no need to find and mimic Mark Zucker-
berg . . . Aaron’s script invented this charac-
Mexico.
Besides talks by professors and other
guests,students also can work closely with fac-
ulty through the Crothers Fellow Program.
There are 14 fellows, including Larry Dia-
mond ‘73 M.A. ‘78 Ph.D. ‘80, director of the
Center on Democracy, Development, and the
Rule of Law; law professor Tino Cuellar M.A.
‘96 Ph.D. ‘00, who has served in the Obama
and Clinton Administrations;and history pro-
fessor David Kennedy ‘63.The fellows will at-
tend special faculty-student dinners hosted by
the RFs and interact closely with Crothers
theme residents.
In addition to the star-studded cast of fel-
ter. It didn’t require much else.”
“I just wonder how they’ll feel about it, if
they’ll watch it,” said Garfield. “I hope he
[Saverin] thinks I’m ok or whatever.”
They also discussed working with Justin
Timberlake, who plays Napster entrepre-
neur Sean Parker in the movie, mentioning
going to the MTV Video Music Awards with
him in particular.
“It’s like going to Disneyland with Mickey,”
quipped Eisenberg.
Sorkin, who arrived late, addressed accu-
sations of sacrificing truth for Hollywood
glamour. He confessed that he was drawn to
the tale because of its Shakespearean themes
of friends, enemies and power.
“We were pretty serious about accuracy,”
Sorkin said, explaining that they even re-
searched the kind of beer Zuckerberg was
drinking when he made Facemash.
Please see SORKIN, page 9
lows, students are encouraged to initiate pro-
gramming, such as student-led courses, de-
bates on international policy issues or interna-
tional film screenings. Resident Stephanie
Liou ‘13, who pre-assigned to Crothers, said
that was something that attracted her to the
dorm.
“It’s the first year, so we can essentially
make it what it is, so that was appealing,” she
said.
Indeed, Stedman believes these student-
led programs and student participation will be
key to the residents’ experience in the dorm.
Please see CROTHERS, page 9

Index Features/2 • Opinions/4 • Sports/6 • Classifieds/9 Recycle Me

2 ! Tuesday, September 21, 2010 The Stanford Daily

FEATURES themes and décor may seem frivo-

lous and time consuming,the final re- Professor Snapshot:
sult is actually crucial to the fresh-
man experience.
“It takes a lot longer than you
might think, especially painting,”
said Adrian Castillo ‘12, a Rinconada
RA. “We decorated pretty much
non-stop. It’s a cool, kitschy thing we
do, and it’s a big part of the freshman
experience, to come to a dorm all
decorated. It makes them feel more
at home.”
Meticulous touches to dorm dec-
orations aren’t the only activities to
which RAs devote their time. In
order to accelerate bonding with the
incoming freshmen, freshman dorm
staff undertakes the daunting task of
memorizing every student’s face,
name and hometown.
“We go on a lot of staff retreats,”
Castillo said. “There, we focus on
memorizing the faces of all of our
dorm’s students. We use flashcards
with their pictures and practice with

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them over and over.”

Krosn
Even then, this time-old method
is not as perfect as it seems.

f Jon
“Sometimes when they arrive
with haircuts or look completely dif-

tesy o
ferent from their pictures, it throws

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you off a bit,” Castillo added.
It is also at these retreats that RAs The Daily e-mailed faculty a short
discuss and establish the rules of the questionnaire that strayed beyond

PREP TO
house, which they convey creatively
ANASTASIA YEE/The Stanford Daily in skits and presentations for the
freshmen.
For instance, Junipero’s skit was a
their work at Stanford. Here is a Favorite Movie:
glimpse into the personalities be- Can’t pick just one.
hind your professors.
If you could only eat one

PEP
“Bad J-Romance” music video, Jon Krosnick food group for the rest of
Residential assistants in freshman dorms reveal based off of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Ro- your life, would it be
mance.” Department: Political Science, grains,meat,vegetables or
what goes on behind the scenes in staff training “It’s a little nerve-wracking,” said Communication, Psychology
fruit? Hmmm. Meat? Fruit?
Meat? Fruit? Pasta!!
Jessica Rowe ‘12, one of J-Ro’s RAs.
“You know, being dressed up like an Classes Taught: Political Psy- If I hadn’t gone into acade-
also learned a lot about taking care ate and coordinate planning activi- idiot, performing in front of all these chology, Social Science Research
of residents, such as diet, getting ties with fellow RAs from different people you barely know. But it was Methods, Questionnaire Design.
mia,I’d be: Working as a survey
enough sleep, etc.” dorms. researcher in the private sector by
an overall hit, and we got a positive
By JENNY THAI An essential part of RA training “It’s definitely a great way to response from our audience.” Hometown: Morrisville, Pa. day, drumming by night.
CONTRIBUTING WRITER is not only learning to recognize know the other RAs better,” said Despite the challenges laid out Undergrad: Harvard Universi- Primary Research Inter-
crises, but also practicing how to deal Stephanie Garrett ‘12, a Trancos RA. before them, the dorm staff are en- ty, psychology major est/Project: I study how Ameri-

N
inety-five percent fun.
Five percent crisis.” The
succinct job description
of a typical residential
assistant (RA).
While other students were savor-
ing the delights that late summer
holds, on Aug. 26, the 2010-2011 RAs
moved back to campus, gearing up
for three intense weeks of RA train-
ing. The training covers the basics in
dealing with dorm crises — mental,
physical and social ones.
“One of the big issues is recogniz-
ing conflict,” said Christopher
Longyear ‘12, a Trancos RA.“That is,
if the residents are just letting it fes-
ter — and mediating conflict as well,
instead of just letting it explode. We
with them.This is accomplished in an
activity called “Small Groups,”
where small discussion-based groups
of eight to 10 RAs from different
dorms get to role-play various situa-
tions.
“Role play is one of the most effec-
tive ways to practice,” said Pooja
Bakhai ‘11, an Arroyo RA. “It’s the
closest you can get to reality without
actually doing your job.The situations
we practice vary in intensity, from
homesickness to being quiet and shy
to more intense issues, such as eating
disorders and sexual assault.
“Everyone takes it very serious-
ly,” Bakhai added.
Another advantage of Small
Groups is that RAs learn to cooper-
“It’s nice to have resources all over
campus.”
The main show of training, of
course, is New Student Orientation
(NSO). RAs, particularly those for
freshman dorms, put a lot of extra
time and effort outside of training
into ensuring the incoming class’s
first taste of Stanford packs plenty of
energetic kick.
One such way is promoting dorm
community through dorm themes.
“We had about 45 theme ideas,”
Longyear said. “Trancos is hard be-
cause it rhymes with absolutely noth-
ing and the ‘o’ sound we could have
used sounds a lot like other dorm
names, like Arroyo and Cedro.”
Although discussing dorm
thusiastic, ready to watch their fresh-
men take their first steps as members
of the Stanford community and later
grow.
“I hope to make their year bet-
ter,” said Sarah Hennessy ‘12, a Tran-
cos RA. “Or at the very least, not
make it worse.”
For Castillo, things are off to a
good start.
“I’m already loving it,” Castillo
said. “It’s already surpassed my ex-
pectations and it’s only been day two
[of NSO]. We’ve got a good group of
freshmen this year and I’m looking
forward to it.”
Contact Jenny Thai at jthai1@stan-
ford.edu.
Grad School: University of
Michigan, doctorate in social psy-
chology
Hobbies: Playing jazz drums
with my electric fusion trio,
Charged Particles, and snorkel-
ing in beautiful places all around
the world
#1 on My Playlist: “Shrub-
bery” by Caleb Hutslar (on
Charged Particles’ new CD
“Sparks”)
Favorite Book: The forthcom-
ing autobiography by drumming
superstar Peter Erskine
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sues, when and why people be-
come so passionate about an issue
that it becomes a major focus of
their thinking, how people decide
whether to vote or not in an elec-
tion, how people decide which
candidates to vote for and how to
do surveys well to accurately meas-
ure what Americans think and
want, so the public has a voice in
telling governments how to do
their work. A special focus for us in
recent years has been understand-
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global warming.
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RESEARCH
RESEARCH

Same-sex census New e-Skin could

study fills gap in
family research match human skin
By KATHLEEN CHAYKOWSKI rubber can hold. When the rubber is
By CAITY MONROE DESK EDITOR compressed, the capacitance increas-
DESK EDITOR es, and when the rubber expands, the
Soon,robots may be able to feel — capacitance decreases. The change in
In debates over the legalization of not emotion, but touch-related senso- capacitance is detected by the elec-
same-sex marriage,the issue of child-rais- ry information they capture through trodes, measuring the pressure on the
ing often arises in rhetorical form, but a an “e-Skin” Stanford researchers surface. The total thickness of the e-
new study from Stanford recently added have developed using an electronic Skin can be 100 microns or fewer.
to the conversation with empirical re- sensor that rivals the sensitivity of Stefan Mannsfeld, co-author and
search. human skin. former postdoctoral researcher in
Stanford sociologist Michael Rosen- The e-Skin could be used in a vast chemical engineering, said that by
feld’s study published in August on same- array of future applications, includ- using micro-structured rubber films,
sex families uses U.S. Census data to pro- ing prosthetic limbs, burn victims’ the team was able to make the rubber
vide important information to a previous- treatment, touch-screen displays layer behave more like an ideal
ly scarce body of research on the results such as iPhones and iPads, and med- spring.
of same-sex parenting. The study, which ical instruments that need to make The largest sheet of skin produced
compared the rates at which children of controlled incisions. The skin is sen- so far is about seven square centime-
same-sex couples repeated a grade with sitive enough to detect the landing ters, and the sheet has the ability to
those of children of married heterosexual of a butterfly or small insect, and re- wrap “like a sticker” around sharp
couples, showed that the two groups of searchers say it could give robots angles and curves, Mannsfeld said.
children have essentially the same level “feeling.” Other research teams, including
of educational achievement. Furthermore, bandages could be one at the UC-Berkeley, also have
Rosenfeld’s research helps address a equipped with the sensors to ensure been working on the advancement of
pre-existing lack of evidence on the ef- they are applied with the proper electronic sensors. However, while
fects of same-sex parenting and infuses tightness.Sensors could also be incor- the team at Berkeley essentially lam-
the argument in favor of gay marriage porated into steering wheels to detect inates a transistor with a pressure-
with further evidence. when a drunk or fatigued driver loses sensitive surface, the Stanford team’s
“I recognized,in reading the literature his or her grip on the wheel, trigger- skin makes the transistor itself pres-
on same-sex marriage and court deci- ing an alarm to alert the driver or au- sure-sensitive.The Stanford team’s e-
sions and reading the briefs in those court tomatically slow down the vehicle, Skin is more sensitive because of the
decisions, that there was a fundamental said Benjamin Tee, co-author and micro-structured rubber, which can
lack of empirical research on children graduate student in electrical engi- quickly rebound to its original shape.
raised by same-sex couples,” Rosenfeld neering. “We started with transistor device
said. Zhenan Bao, associate professor and said, ‘Can we put something in
The research that did exist prior to of chemical engineering, has led the them to turn them into a pressure-
Rosenfeld’s study was often derived from research since the summer of 2005. sensor?’” Mannsfeld said.
a narrow sampling size and lacked the She has worked on the development Although the main components of
representative legitimacy afforded by of flexible electronics for many years, the e-Skin are biocompatible — the
Rosenfeld’s use of the census.Opponents and the e-Skin project came out of rubber is used in breast implants —
of gay marriage have often used that evi- the intention to apply her group’s Bao said the team will need to use
dence in their arguments. Claims that the electronic expertise to robotics. more biocompatible polymers and
educational achievement of children of Her team has patented the tech- surface molecules before the skin can
same-sex parents was comparable to nology and their work was published reach its full biomedical potential.
those of married heterosexual couples on Sept. 12 in “Nature Materials.” “In the future, we would like to
could therefore be disputed by those op- The e-Skin is composed of a thin, make these devices more skin-like,”
posing gay marriage or adoption on the highly flexible layer of rubber sand- Bao said.
basis of narrow sample sizes or unrepre- wiched between two electrically con- “Currently we make these devices
sentative data. ducting layers. The researchers call on plastic substrates,but the substrates
“The problem was that people who their rubber “micro-structured” be- we are using right now aren’t elastic
were opposed to same-sex marriage made cause it is molded into a grid of tiny enough to enable them to behave like
the argument that all of the empirical lit- pyramids that number between sev- what real skin is like . . . We want to
erature on same-sex couples and their eral hundred thousand and 25 mil- demonstrate some of the biomedical
children didn’t amount to much because lion.The grid’s pores fill with polymer applications that these sensors will en-
we didn’t have a real representative study when the rubber is compressed, fluc- able in the future,” she said.
. . . and how could we endorse this social tuating the rubber’s ability to hold The research was funded in part by
change if we didn’t know what the ramifi- electrical charge. the National Science Foundation and
cations would be?” Rosenfeld said. The rubber stores electrical charge, the Office of Naval Research.
Courtesy of Benjamin Teely
The e-Skin uses sensors to detect pressure changes, mimicking human skin. Each of the pyramids in the and a change in pressure on the rubber
Please see ROSENFELD, page 9 changes the capacitance of the rubber, Contact Kathleen Chaykowski at
sensors, shown here under a microsope, is six microns, or about a tenth of the human hair diameter by or the amount of electric charge the kchaykow@stanford.edu.
comparison.
4 ! Tuesday, September 21, 2010
OPINIONS
G IRL YOU K NOW I T ’ S T RUE
How to Get Admitted to
Stanford
H
ello, freshmen! It is very possible that
this modern campus frightens and
confuses you, and for the most part,
you’re going to have to figure those issues
out on your own. Sorry, but I’ve got my own
problems.
But there is one question I can answer for
you: how did that guy get admitted?
In some cases it is obvious: basketball re-
cruits, straight-up geniuses and so on. But in
some cases you may encounter a fellow stu-
dent who seems as if he couldn’t find his way
out of a wet paper bag and can’t dunk. How
did these kids get here? In fact, how did you
get here? Are you even supposed to be read-
ing this?
Let’s see. Anyone whose admission is a
mystery will generally fall into one of these
eight categories.
The Legacy
This guy may try to under-emphasize his
ties to the University, but considering his
grandfather was the bastard child of Herbert
Hoover and Jane Stanford, he was going to
get in.
The Richie Richington
If someone in your dorm has the same last
name as that dorm, it is rarely a coincidence.
So if you meet a Carey Arrillaga, Mabel
Maples or Donald Theclaw, that campus
landmark is probably named after him or
her.
The Athlete In an Obscure Sport
Though many sports do not offer scholar-
ships, it’s not uncommon for some kid to have
spent their childhood honing their talents in
fencing so that they could someday win the
privilege of eating at Wilbur — or, colloquial-
ly,Wilbo. (This will catch on.) While it may be
tempting to ask the Obscure Athlete about
his sport, just remember that you have made
it this far through life without ever deciding to
learn about synchronized swimming, and
there is probably a good reason for that.
The Kid Who Crushed the SAT
Stereotypically, this kid is supposed to be
a moody, withdrawn genius with poor social
skills, but she is just as likely to be a bubbly
blonde girl. It’s very confusing for those of us
who would rather our stereotypes remain un-
challenged.
The Person From a Weird Place
Wondering who that yokel is dancing to
“Cotton Eyed Joe” while wearing sus-
penders and chewing a piece of hay? That’s
the Class of 2014’s West Virginia delegation
— to be fair, I just told you I love stereotypes.
Stanford admission officers live for the fact
they can say students came from all 50 states.
Literally nothing — nothing — means more
to them. If that leads to ill-advisedly admit-
ting a few Bristol Palins and Hannahs from
Montana, so be it.
Write to us.
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Jordan
Carr
The Person Who Already Accomplished
Something
These come in two types, usually. First, the
internationals. Perhaps she was a star in
Canadian soap operas, or a professional
Turkish cricket player. Now, having exhaust-
ed the possibilities in their native land, it’s
time to prove that the skills that led to win-
ning “Ukraine’s Got Talent” or whatever can
transfer to success in America.
Second, the olds. They have done some-
thing so worthwhile with their lives that you
will never, ever be interesting to them. They
tend to say stuff like, “So there I was, a single
mother, and all of a sudden I had the number
one song in the country” and “I’ll never for-
get the time I accidentally wandered into the
DMZ. Who would have thought I’d be mak-
ing love on a jet home with Bill Clinton two
weeks later?”They will one-up you no matter
what. Don’t even try to compete.
The Progeny of a Famous Person
Generally, this is the type of famous per-
son who you are more impressed with than
legitimately interested in. If meeting the
daughter of the secretary of agriculture or
son of the president of Latvia sounds appeal-
ing, then you’re in luck. If you want to meet
one of Madonna or Angelina Jolie’s Malaw-
ian adoptees, try elsewhere.
The Kid with Pointless Musical Talent
For reasons that remain unclear, an
alarming number of students here have a
musical talent. Rumor has it that when pre-
vious Director of Admission Shawn Abbott
left, all the musically inclined but otherwise
unexceptional students gathered in Maples
and surprised him by playing his symphony
as he wept upon realizing he had an impact
on their lives after all. Or maybe that was
the end of “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” It’s hard to
say.
Though these few explanations may not
cover every admission mystery (but it should
— double check the first two if you still are
confused), you will meet every single one of
these people during your time at Stanford.
And if you want to find the money and
knowledge to produce a musical that re-
volves around polo players in Idaho, every-
thing you need is right here.
Want to tell Jordan how you got admitted? E-
mail him at jcarr1@stanford.edu.
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esterday started in the same fashion
that a weekday has for years. My
alarm’s insistent buzzing prompted
me to wonder why I, again, somehow lacked
the foresight to avoid morning classes. I woke
up groggily and stumbled around my room,
trying to get dressed quickly and quietly. I
completed my morning routine with one eye
closed and paused, standing on one leg like a
flamingo, to answer a silly e-mail on my
phone from an old friend. I slowly typed with
awkward thumbs and switched feet before I
remembered: being just “a few minutes late”
is no longer an easy and forgivable indiscre-
tion for me.
Now, I ride the Marguerite to campus, and
if I miss my bus, the next one doesn’t arrive
for half an hour, surely pushing my tardiness
into the “unacceptable” category.
Trying to catch my breath at the Mar-
guerite stop reminded me again of how much
has changed. No longer did I see familiar
faces on my stroll down the Lower Row, but
instead tried to discreetly wipe off my fore-
head sweat as I guessed the role of my fellow
Marguerite passengers: Med School staff
member? Engineering Ph.D. student? Defi-
nite GSB student. I absolutely adore this
game, and my strife at having nearly missed
the bus melted away, along with my baffled
indignation that my 13-minute commute to
the Quad has become a 30-minute journey
with multiple legs.
I am a graduate student. I am a graduate
student. It is taking a little bit of time to get
used to.
To be specific, I am a co-term, and after
four years of living happily, intensely, gleeful-
ly on campus, I have embarked on an adven-
ture to branch out, grow up and move off
campus. As such, my life has become a study
in unexpected similarities and differences.
My days usually flit between feeling just like
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outlet and inevitable Gchat bonanza com-
pletely overshadows any productivity. It
Jade feels exactly like the past four years. Staying
up too late with my longtime roommate
Wang looking at cute things on the Internet is de-
lightfully the same. Though we are suppos-
edly bordering on real adulthood, vacuum-
ing regularly is still not a desire that seems
to have set root in either of our hearts, un-
fortunately.
While my hip friends are trying out life as
young professionals, I remain entrenched in
My life as a co-term student life. Though we no longer complain
about classes together, and I have trouble
participating in the inaugural griping about
mundane office life, I still fall back into the
old habits and inside jokes. Even our beat-up
has become a study furniture that accompanied us through the
first four years of Stanford remains, lending
our new locales a sense of familiarity. It
would be eerie, except my insistence on per-
in unexpected sonifying all objects has made the coffee
table and faithful futon seem like old friends
who have been with me through a lot.
It’s interesting to find myself in this in-be-
similarities and tween place, when I thought I had so careful-
ly engineered my life to allow me to avoid the
distracting nostalgia for my first four years at
Stanford. Initially, I lived in a state of minor
differences. fear that some deja vu would launch me into
a sentimental sobbing fit, but increasingly, I
appreciate these echoes of my older life. It’s
unexpected, and while I run for the bus and
learn to adjust to one more tier in adulthood,
I am also learning again about handling and
normal — one more year of the same won- even embracing the unexpected. Unexpect-
derful Stanford — and being completely jar- edness is difficult for people like me, people
ring and disorienting — a year spent in the with color-coded calendars, but I am begin-
same geographic location, but completely ning to understand that there is a lot for me
foreign in its happenings. to learn outside of the plan.
When I set up my laptop at a quiet-look-
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SPORTS
A SOLID START Jacob
Jaffe
Fields of Failure
Capital One Cup is
bad for Stanford

D
uring your first week at Stanford,
you learn a lot about the place —
the names of the freshman dorms,
the amazing research opportuni-
ties, the craziness of LSJUMB (and
what LSJUMB stands for), the Nobel laureate
professors, the extracurricular activities offered
on campus and the mind-blowing things your fel-
low classmates have already done while you
were just struggling through AP tests.
What you might not learn unless you are a) an
athlete, b) an avid college sports fan or c) a loyal
reader of The Stanford Daily, is the unprecedent-
ed success of Stanford sports.While other articles
can delve more deeply into the specific triumphs
of Stanford athletic teams (such as the 34 consec-
utive years with an NCAA championship),I want
to focus on a particular award:the Directors’ Cup.
The Directors’ Cup is an award somewhat un-
known to most people outside the Bay Area,and
that is not surprising considering how long it has
been owned by Stanford.The purpose of the Di-
rectors’ Cup, which is given annually by the Na-
tional Association of Collegiate Directors of
Athletics (NACDA), is to honor the school with
the best overall athletic department in the coun-
try. If this seems like a big award, it should. The
best overall athletic department in the country
should be a fairly important title.
Unfortunately,the award does not get close to
the recognition it deserves, and much of that can
be attributed to Stanford’s dominance. The Di-
rectors’ Cup, which was originally called the
Sears Cup, was first awarded in the 1993-94 sea-
son. Stanford finished second in the nation that
year, losing only to the University of North Car-
olina. That performance was an all-time low for
the Cardinal, though, as Stanford has won the
award all 16 years since. Just think about that for
a moment:every year for over a decade and a half
(almost as long as this year’s freshmen have been
alive), Stanford has had the best athletic depart-
ment in the country, and for the last few years it
has not even been close.
Because the Cardinal has been so dominant
in the Directors’ Cup standings,other schools try
to find ways to make their athletic programs look
superior.They talk about who wins the so-called
“big sports,” which is code for football, and claim
that Stanford would trade all of its Directors’
Cups for one BCS title.While this argument is un-
true to begin with (Stanford prides itself on hav-
ing a broad-based athletics program), it has also
lost much of its impact as the Cardinal football
team has gotten better and better (see the 10-
touchdown performance against Wake Forest).
With few remaining options for knocking off
Stanford as the best athletics program in the
country, the NCAA took a drastic step — it
made a new award. The Capital One Cup will
debut this school year, and its website states that
it “annually awards the best men’s and the best
women’s Division I athletics programs.” Sounds
familiar, doesn’t it?
So if this award is so similar to the Directors’
Cup, how will it avoid the same dominance by
Stanford? Well, while the purpose might seem
similar, the Capital One Cup made some subtle
changes that seem engineered to keep Stanford
from winning every year. One clear difference is
that the Capital One Cup has separate awards for
men’s sports and women’s sports, while the Di-
rectors’ Cup combines the two. Stanford has a
very strong women’s program (its 39 national
championships are the most in the country), and
it has sometimes carried the men’s program in
the Directors’ Cup standings.
The main way the Capital One Cup directly
hinders Stanford’s success is by its tiering system.
The Cardinal traditionally does the best in sports
such as tennis (35 national titles between men
and women) and water sports (29 total in swim-
ming,diving and water polo).Every sport counts
equally in the Directors’ Cup,so Stanford’s depth
gives it an advantage, but the Capital One Cup
rewards certain sports more than others.The tier-
ing is done very nebulously; the website claims
that the tiers are “based on fan interest, school
participation and other factors.” This essentially
means they were created arbitrarily, and there is
no doubt that the tiers hurt Stanford’s chances.
Tier 3 sports count the least in the Capital One
Cup formula, and they include many that Stan-
ford is a traditional or current power in, such as
tennis, golf, cross country and rowing. Mean-
while, Tier 1 and Tier 2 sports include football,
men’s basketball and lacrosse, which are all
sports that are unlikely to give Stanford many
points.Tier 1 sports count for three times as much
as Tier 3 sports, and Tier 2 sports count for twice
as much as Tier 3 sports, making a baseball or
football title count triple.
With this formula, Stanford still has a great
chance at the women’s award, because the Tier 1
sports of softball,volleyball and basketball are all
successful Cardinal teams. However, there does
not seem to be much of a chance for Stanford to
overcome poor showings in the top men’s sports,
even if it wins multiple national titles in lower-
tiered sports.
While there is no way of knowing how much
Stanford’s 16 straight Directors’ Cups influenced
the decision to create a new award, the Capital
One Cup undoubtedly puts Stanford at a disad-
vantage,particularly for the men’s award.And al-
though the Directors’ Cup was a great achieve-
ment for Stanford, it only consists of a trophy,
whereas the new Capital One Cup will give
$200,000 to both winning schools. Moreover, the
Capital One Cup has already received more pub-
licity than the Directors’ Cup ever has, and it will
be awarded on national television at the ESPY
awards.
An optimist might say that a new award like
this will only bring more publicity to schools with
great depth in their athletic departments. The
cynic in me sees an award whose board is made
up of people from schools like USC, Alabama
and Ohio State,which are traditionally very good
at the high-profile sports (that happen to be
worth triple in the Capital One Cup) and less so
at the lower-profile sports.
The Stanford fan in me only sees an award de-
signed,as board member Lisa Leslie said,to “see
some other schools getting in there.”
Jacob is looking over his shoulder, making sure
the big, bad people at Capital One aren’t coming
to get him too. Tell him he’ll be ok (or to watch
out) at jwjaffe@stanford.edu.

MEN’S WATER POLO

Card settles for fourth
in NorCal Invitational
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Junior forward Stephanie Byrne has been one of Stanford’s offensive leaders in the early season. Along with sophomore defender Becky
Dru, Byrne leads the Cardinal squad in scoring with three goals and seven points, including a game winner in overtime against Iowa.

The No. 16 Stanford field hockey team
got off to a strong start this season, posting a
5-2 record before classes even began.
After decisive victories over Pacific and
UC-Davis (6-0 and 3-1, respectively) in its
first two contests of the year, the Cardinal
dropped a heartbreaker to No. 7 Michigan
State, 3-2. The Spartans traveled to the Farm
as heavy favorites, but were given quite a
game by the underdog Cardinal. Stanford
twice trailed by a goal, but got equalizers
from freshman forward Hope Burke and
sophomore forward Kelsey Lloyd.
With the game tied 2-2 with just over a
minute left, Michigan State got the decisive
goal from Kristen Henn to win it.
Stanford quickly rebounded from the loss
with three consecutive victories over Kent
State, Iowa and Robert Morris, all in contests
played in Kent, Ohio. The Iowa contest was
the most hard-fought of the wins, coming 2-1
in overtime. Junior forward Stephanie Byrne
knocked in the game winner to seal the win
for the Card.
The winning streak came to an end this
past Sunday with a 2-1 loss to NorPac rival
California. The Golden Bears squeaked by
the Cardinal with a goal in the 66th minute.
Stanford will have another shot at Cal this
season, though not until the final game of the
regular season on Oct. 29.
Through the first seven games of the year,
Byrne and sophomore defender Becky Dru
lead the Cardinal with three goals and seven
points apiece. In goal, junior Alessandra
Moss has started all but one game, and is 4-2
with a 1.33 goals against average.
The Cardinal now heads east for a two-
game road trip. On Sunday, it will face North
Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., and will square
off against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem,
N.C., on Monday.
—Daniel Bohm
By KABIR SAWHNEY
FIELD HOCKEY MANAGING EDITOR MEN’S WATER POLO
9/19 vs. California L 2-1 Last weekend, the No. 4 Stanford men’s water polo team 9/10 vs. California
entered its second tournament of the year, the NorCal Invi-
L 11-8
tational. The Cardinal (4-2) was highly successful on Satur-
UP NEXT day, winning both of its matches over ranked oppositions to
advance to the semifinals. However, the squad couldn’t UP NEXT
NORTH CAROLINA keep its momentum through Sunday, falling in two consec-
(7-0)
utive matches.
Saturday’s competition in Pleasant Hill, Calif., pitted the
SOCAL INVITATIONAL
9/26 Chapel Hill, N.C. Cardinal against two ranked opponents — No. 15 UC-
10/2-
10 A.M. PST Davis and No. 6 UC-Santa Barbara. 10/3 Los Angeles
The Cardinal’s first match of the day came against UC- All Day
GAME NOTES: No. 16 Stanford will travel to Davis, whom Stanford easily dispatched, 13-5. Nine Stan-
North Carolina to begin a three-game road ford players scored in the match, including a hat trick from GAME NOTES: The Cardinal will try to get
trip. The Cardinal is coming off a heartbreaking sophomore Travis Noll and two goals each from junior back to its winning ways in the SoCal Invi-
defeat to rival California. North Carolina is un- Jacob Smith and senior Sage Wright. Stanford’s defense was tational which pits it against some of its
defeated on the season having outscored oppo- also solid, with junior Brian Pingree making nine stops in chief rivals: California, USC and UCLA.
nents 33-3 in its seven wins. the cage. Stanford hopes to stop a rare two-game
losing streak.
Please see POLO, page 7

MEN’S SOCCER MEN’S SOCCER

Booting themselves into the win column

9/19 vs. Santa Clara W 4-1

By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
After falling from the national rankings
with four straight one-goal losses to open
the season, the Stanford men’s soccer team
(2-4) finally got the monkey off its back with
a hard-fought road victory Friday night over
San Francisco (1-1-3). It returned to the
Farm on Sunday night with renewed confi-
dence and emerged from the weekend as co-
champions of the Bay Area Soccer Classic
after a 4-1 triumph over Santa Clara (2-4) at
Laird Q. Cagan stadium.
“Success breeds confidence,” said head
coach Bret Simon after the win.“We are in a
much better situation psychologically as a
team.”
A thick fog accompanied by light rain for
the game against USF turned the game into
a slugfest — rough play from both sides re-
sulted in 30 fouls and six yellow cards.Senior
defender Bobby Warshaw said it was “the
perfect kind of night to roll up your sleeves
and really go at it.”
Eighty-five minutes of scoreless soccer
saw Stanford outshot by the Dons, but still
holding control over possession. In the 86th
minute, a giveaway by USF put Stanford on
the attack and a firmly-struck cross from
junior Alexander Binnie found senior Do-
minique Yahyavi’s right foot. Yahyavi slot-
ted the ball past the keeper in the fog and
the defense locked down for Stanford’s first
UP NEXT
win of the year.
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Jason
ST. MARY’S
Dodson was kept busy all night by the Dons’ (5-1-1)
relentless aerial attack. 9/24 Laird Q. Cagan Stadium 7 P.M.
“Every guy [on USF] was huge,” he said.
“They must have had four or five guys who GAME NOTES: After a rough start to the season Stanford en-
were at least 6’3” and their game plan was to ters this contest riding a two-game winning streak. Contin-
get the ball wide and cross it into the box. uing that streak will be a tall task against the Gaels, who
The coaches told me before the game that I are led by reigning West Coast Conference player of the
week, Doug Herrick.
Please see MSOCCER, page 7
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POLO
Continued from page 6
The second game of the afternoon
was much closer, but the Card even-
tually prevailed 7-6 over the Gau-
chos. The match was a tight, back-
and-forth affair. Stanford seized the
upper hand early in the match, hold-
ing a 3-1 lead after the opening
frame, but UCSB came back to tie it
at 3-3 heading into the break.
With eight minutes remaining in
the match, it was still tied, this time at
5-5. Stanford was able to pull away in
the final minutes to secure its 7-6 win.
Smith and Wright were critical again
to the Card, scoring three and two
goals respectively.
Sunday’s action saw Stanford
move to the Spieker Aquatics Center
in Berkeley, where it faced No. 2
UCLA in the tournament semifinals.
Though it battled well against the
Bruins, the Card was on the wrong
side of the one-goal margin in this
contest, falling 10-9.
While Stanford’s offense per-
formed strongly against UCLA, with
a hat trick from junior Peter Sefton
capping the day, its defense was un-
able to adequately contain a surging
Bruin attack. Pingree was only able
to make four saves throughout the
game, while his UCLA counterpart
stopped eight Stanford shots.
The Cardinal’s struggles contin-
ued in the third-place game, when it
faced tournament host and current
No. 1 California. Its defense once
again failed to rise to the occasion,
and Stanford fell to the Golden
Bears, 11-8.
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Stanford got behind early — it
was down 6-4 at halftime and was
never able to mount a credible come-
back. Despite another solid offensive
performance from Wright, who had
two goals, the defense and Pingree
couldn’t keep the Cardinal competi-
tive. While Pingree managed eight
saves, Cal made 12 on the match,
Stanford’s
offense was
strong,
but the defense
needs to improve
to compete.
more than enough to secure the win.
The Golden Bears ended the tourna-
ment in third place, while Stanford
settled for fourth.
In the tournament’s champi-
onship game, No. 3 USC held off
UCLA, 11-10, to secure first place.
Stanford will now take two weeks
off before heading to the SoCal Invi-
tational in Los Angeles on Oct. 2 and
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UCLA and will feature some famil-
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and will look to get back to its winning ways when it travels to Southern California for the SoCal Invitational in early October.
MSOCCER
Continued from page 6
would have to be very proactive in
order to be dominant in the air and I
couldn’t afford to sit back on my
line.”
Dodson finished the game with
his first career win and shutout.
Stanford kept its momentum
going on Sunday night, turning in an-
other strong offensive performance.
Three different attackers scored to
propel the Card to its second victory
of the weekend.
A crowd of over a thousand came
to support Stanford and was quickly
rewarded as Yahyavi opened the
scoring early in the 12th minute with
a nifty breakaway off of a lobbed
through ball by sophomore Dersu
Abolfathi. Warshaw tallied his sec-
ond goal of the year soon after with a
header from a Ryan Thomas set
piece, and the Cardinal was off and
running.
A spectacular Santa Clara free
kick found its way past Dodson be-
fore halftime, and it looked like the
match was going to be close.
However, Stanford began to
widen the gap after the break. Abol-
fathi opened his season’s scoring ac-
count after winning the ball from a
defender deep in the attacking half.
Yahyavi tacked on his third goal of
the weekend in the 83rd minute as
Stanford matched its highest offen-
sive output in two years.
According to Warshaw, the team
never panicked after suffering heart- Stanford Daily File Photo
breaking losses early, which was im- Senior midfielder Bobby Warshaw was an integral part of Stanford’s first two
portant for the team’s psyche. wins of the season. Warshaw tallied his second goal of the season in the Car-
“We always knew we were there,
but we needed something to go right, dinal’s 4-1 victory over Santa Clara in Sunday’s Bay Area Soccer Classic
something to fall into place,” he said. championship game.
“Early in the season we were trying
to find our personality as a team. It’s doesn’t mean we can just play the we are going to shut down oppo-
one thing to think about what kind of way we want to and expect to win,” nents. That will lead to our scoring
team we wanted to be,but it’s still an- he said. “We’re good, but we’re not chances.”
other to find what kind of team will that good. The Cardinal will have its first
win you games.” “We have to revamp our identity chance to build on its recent success
Simon is confident that the team so that we win the ball and defend to when St. Mary’s visits on Thursday at
is getting closer to where it needs to attack,” he added. “Our defending 7 p.m. at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.
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“Whether or not this succeeds will
depend on the residents and what
they’re willing to put into it,” he said.
“We’re going to go out of our way
to give them the resources to do a lot
of interesting things,so it’s really up to
them to take advantage of it and show
some initiative,” he added.
Stedman believes that the creation
of a global citizenship-themed dorm
is in line with Stanford’s vision.
ROSENFELD
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“That was a big argument in the lit-
erature and I saw it as my job to see if
I could find evidence in the census,”he
said.“The census is the largest individ-
ual-level data set that we have, and it
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thing different to my Stanford educa-
tion that otherwise wouldn’t have
happened,” Liou said.
“I thought it would be fun to do
stuff outside of my major,” said man-
agement science and engineering
major Agnes Omega ‘12.“I’ve always
been interested in global issues and
stuff, so if I could figure out a way to
force me to learn about them, I’m
down for that.”
Caity Monroe contributed to this re-
port.
Contact Caroline Chen at cchen501@
stanford.edu.
SORKIN
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“Nothing was invented for sensa-
tionalizing, for the sake of making it
sexy, for the sake of advancing a per-
sonal agenda,” he said.“If you saw it
in the movie, it’s because someone
very credible or more than one
someone said it was credible.”
Sorkin also claimed he doesn’t
understand why people complain
that his screenplay portrays Zucker-
berg as sex-crazed.
“I don’t know what they’re refer-
ring to,” he said. “There is less sex in
this movie than the first two minutes
of ‘Gossip Girl.’”
However, he does have some
compassion for the Facebook
founder. “I don’t think any of us
would want the things we did when
we were 19 years old made into a
movie,” he said.
Read The Daily’s review of “The So-
cial Network” in this Friday’s edition
of Intermission.
Contact Lauren Wilson at lhwilson@
stanford.edu.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 ! 9
ARTS
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ty to find “points of connection and
collaboration” among the existing
programs. Having spent his under-
graduate years at Yale,, Tiews has
memories of a slightly different col-
lege experience of the arts.
“When I was an undergrad, prac-
tically everyone — no matter what
department — had some hand in
art,” he said.“It was like this ‘let’s put
on a show’ mentality, which is some-
thing that I really want to foster.”
Tiews is well aware that the insti-
tutional disparities between the two
schools make them practically in-
comparable, though he does not find
the artistic impulses among Stanford
students to be lacking. He wants to
make engagement with the arts a no-
brainer for students who are pas-
sionate about studio art, perform-
ance art, music and more. In his years
as associate director, Tiews has had
the opportunity to survey students
about their relationships with the
arts on campus, remembering that
their most emphatic desire was for
spaces in which they could create.
“Not only did we get responses
that indicated that students wanted
to be able to engage with artists, but
we would also get responses that
PIPELINE
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The report says pipeline seg-
ments are evaluated by potential
for third-party damage, potential
for corrosion, potential for ground
movement, physical design or a
combination of those factors. Stan-
ford’s four listed pipeline segments
are ranked at #56, 60, 61 and 62.
Stanford University spokes-
women Lisa Lapin called the infor-
mation released Monday “sketchy”
and said Stanford utility officials
have asked PG&E to have a follow-
up meeting “very soon.” The Uni-
versity does not know the nature of
the pipelines’ problems, how
PG&E improved them, why Stan-
ford remains on the list or what the
concern is now, Lapin said.
“We’re grateful that PG&E has
identified it and shared this infor-
mation,” Lapin added. “We don’t
want anybody to be alarmed.”
said, ‘We want to have spaces where
we can do art,’” Tiews said.
The University and the office of
the vice provost for undergraduate
education have already expressed
new-found interest in investing in
the arts, especially in the residences.
Kimball Hall, under the guidance of
Jonathan Berger, has spearheaded
these efforts with the creation of
new performance spaces.
Students and arts groups alike
will benefit from the renewed sense
of energy the current associate di-
rector will bring to the table.
“I see Matthew’s role as a really
visionary step within the Universi-
ty,” said Jenny Bilfield, artistic and
executive director of Lively Arts.
“[He’s] looking across all of these
unique entities and finding the
points of connection that we can’t
necessarily see ourselves.”
Bilfield, who sees Lively Arts’
role as bringing both the campus and
its surrounding community together
in the arts, considers the creation of
Tiews’ new position an exciting step
in the right direction. As for Tiews,
his policy of encouraging student
input is as robust as it was at his pre-
vious position.
“I’m still interested in input to see
what people have to say,” he said. “I
hope my door will always be open.”
Contact Anna Schuessler at annas
7@stanford.edu.
Concern following the San
Bruno pipeline explosion has led to
various efforts on the part of
PG&E to better implement and
communicate pipeline safety ef-
forts. A request from the California
Public Utilities Commission led to
the publication of Monday’s re-
port. In addition, a hotline has been
set up for residents to call with in-
quiries about their proximity to
pipelines. Its number is 1-888-743-
7431.
— Caity Monroe
Correction
In “New admission director
lands” (Sept. 20), The Daily incor-
rectly reported that Robert Patter-
son worked at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill for
one and a half years; in fact, he
worked there for four years. Also,
Patterson does not oversee financial
aid.
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