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Marques to leadProgram onHuman Rights

By CAITY MONROESENIOR STAFF WRITER

Stanfords Program on Human Rights (PHR) hiredNadejda Marques as its new program manager,accordingto a press release from the Freeman Spogli Institute.

Marques,who previously worked as the research coor-dinator for the Cost of Inaction Project at the HarvardSchool of Public Health, has 15 years of experience inhuman rights activism.

Marques said that PHR has several planned activitiesfor the year aimed at responding to and capitalizing onstudent interest in human rights.The main focus of theyear will be around issues addressing human trafficking.This topic will be explored in depth during a workshopwith Madeleine Rees and Stanford faculty and graduate

students in December, as well as in the Sanela DianaJenkins Speakers Series in the winter and a conference inthe spring designed to further develop an ongoing humantrafficking research agenda.

The problem with trafficking is that criminal and im-migration law havent worked so far to cure the prob-lem,said Helen Stacy,director of the PHR and senior fel-low at the Center for Democracy Development and Ruleof Law (CDDRL).Numbers are going up, trafficking ismore and more being run by underground rings that rundrugs,run arms and now people.So the problem is grow-ing and because its now part of this large, illegal blackmarket; the violence and the brutality is also gettingworse.

Marques emphasized both the severity of the problemas well as its potential for richness in academic study,mak-ing it an ideal focus for Stanfords human rights initiative.

Its a pressing issue, of course,but also the way thathuman trafficking correlates with urban violence . . . theway it correlates with exploitation and labor rights . . .the way it correlates with immigration . . . All thosethings come together,and its a very,very rich topic aca-demically as well as serving something for activists,Marques said.

There are so many ways [to teach human rights],shecontinued.There are ways to use art, to use drama,to usemusic. . . and thats really empowering.

Another initiative, the Human Rights Collaboratory,will hold workshops that focus on issues of human well-

being and the environment.PHR will also focus on devel-oping human rights curricula to help high school and col

lege teachers incorporate the study of human rights intotheir classroom whether they teach math, science orhumanities.

Finally,PHR will also hold a regional human rights se-ries,which will focus on Latin America this year,and willcontinue to sponsor the Undergraduate Human RightsFellowship.

We want to grow the undergraduate student commu-nity that works on human rights,Stacy said.

Marques,a native of Brazil,was born during the coun-trys authoritarian period,making human rights a press-ing issue for her on a personal level,she said.

I experienced abuse of civil rights from an early age,

RESEARCH

Study linksinfertility,heart ills

By ALICE PHILLIPS

Researchers at the School ofMedicine found in a recent studythat childless men suffer a highermortality rate due to greater risk ofcardiovascular disease. Childlessmen in the study were at a 17 per-cent greater risk of developing car-diovascular disease than men whohad fathered children.

Here we are seeing a real healthimpact from childlessness, saidMichael Eisenberg,assistant profes-sor of urology and lead author of thestudy.The reason is unclear,but if itis biologic . . . we may have a chanceto save lives.

Eisenberg, a male infertility spe-cialist, initiated the study in 2009during his urology residency at theUniversity of California, San Fran-cisco. He designed the study in re-sponse to growing data indicatinginfertility as a warning sign of otherlong-term health issues. Eisenbergadded that, based on the studysfindings, recommended medicaltreatment for achieving a goodsperm count such as maintaininga healthy diet and exercising may

also help in maintaining cardiovas-cular health.Cardiovascular disease is one of

the largest [healthcare expendi-

HEALTH

Hospital expands brain tumor centerBy AUSTIN BLOCK

The Stanford Cancer Instituterecently designated its long-stand-ing program on brain tumor re-search to be the new Brain TumorCenter in response to the contin-ued expansion of brain tumor re-search.

According to Griffith Harsh,professor of neurology and direc-tor of the Stanford Brain TumorCenter, this change in name will

increase a sense of group identi-ty among the doctors involvedand allows the group to betterpresent itself to the Stanford com-munity and the general public as amultidisciplinary group offering

innovative therapy. Harsh be-lieves the new name implies fo-cused expertise, state-of-the-artmedical techniques and patient-focused, patient-friendly coordi-nated care.

In the community, [thechange in name] lets people knowthat we are dedicating resourcesand research time to brain tu-mors, clinical assistant professorof neurology Seema Nagpal said.I think for us its a nice big step

into showing that Stanford is com-mitted to brain cancers and braintumor sciences.

The center, which focuses ontreating tumors of the brain, thebrain lining and skull base, pitu-

itary glands and the spine andspinal cord,is made up of a multi-disciplinary group of physiciansand nursing and rehabilitationpersonnel. Since its inception,theprogram has treated thousands ofpatients, some of whom have trav-eled from Asia and South Africafor treatment. Members of theprogram meet regularly as a boardto discuss individual cases,and pa-tients have access to joint clinics,where they can meet with multiple

physicians and have imaging stud-ies performed all in one day.Nagpal emphasized the cen-

ters focus on patient care.

By MARIANNE LeVINEDESK EDITOR

The Sexual Violence AdvisoryBoard (SVAB) and the Board onJudicial Affairs (BJA) aim to com-plete an evaluation of the wayUniversity officials have respond-ed to sexual assault cases on cam-pus since the pilot launch of theAlternative Review Process(ARP) in 2010,according to Assis-tant Dean of Student Life JamiePontius-Hogan.

The ARP is a pilot program in-tended to more thoroughly reviewaccusations of sexual assault whilemaintaining greater confidentiali-ty for all parties involved.

The SVAB,established in 2005,comprises of students, staff andfaculty who offer advice related tocampus sexual violence, relation-ship abuse and stalking.

The University recently low-ered its standard of proof andgranted sexual assault victims theright to appeal final decisions dur-ing University judicial proceed-ings. These changes are in re-sponse to a new set of guidelinesissued by the Obama Administra-tion in early April 2011 through

the Department of EducationsOffice of Civil Rights. The newfederal guidelines served to speci-fy interpretation of the Title IXlaw that forbids sex discriminationin schools receiving federal funds.

This has been a major policyissue for student leaders across the

nation,especially at Stanford.Thiswas a big issue for [myself and for-mer ASSU President AngelinaCardona 11] to advocate for withthe administration, said ASSUPresident Michael Cruz 12. Outof that, after the [new nationalguidelines were] received in win-ter 2011,we have been working onother ways to aid the [ARP re-view] process in any way we can.

While the Universitys decisionto lower the standard of proof andits establishment of an appealsprocess for sexual assault victimswas in response to the new nation-al guidelines,Stanfords review ofits sexual assault policy has beenan ongoing process.

A few years ago, the SVABcollaborated with the Office of Ju-dicial Affairs (OJA) to identifyareas of concern in how issues ofsexual assault were being adjudi-cated,Pontius-Hogan wrote in anemail to The Daily.

According to Pontius-Hogan,Vice Provost Chris Griffith assem-bled a working group in the sum-mer of 2009 to draft a proposal ofa new process for sexual assaultcases, titled the Alternate ReviewProcess. The working group con-

sisted of BJA members, JudicialHearing Panelists, students andOJA staff. Pontius-Hogan saidthat the Board on Judicial Affairsis not involved in individual sexu-al assault cases, but instead pro-

Apple founder Steve

Jobs dies at 56

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Steve Jobs, founder of AppleInc., died Wednesday at the age of56 after a long battle with pancreat-ic cancer, according to an an-nouncement on the company web-site. As the former CEO of Apple,he became the force behind andthe face of its transformationinto a trend-setting, pop-culturephenomenon.

News of his death was greetedwith an immediate outpouring ofgrief and tribute from countlessworld and industry leaders as well asfans on the Internet.Several tech-re-lated sites paid tribute to his memo-ry through comments and imagesfeatured on their front page.

Jobs,a Bay Area native and PaloAlto resident, was long a familiarpresence within the Stanford com-munity. His and Apples close tieswith the University have beenforged through millions of dollars indonations and several collabora-tions, including the popular iTunesU site, where Stanford content re-cently hit 40 million downloads.Jobswas a patient at the Stanford CancerCenter.

His commencement address tothe Class of 2005,which he gave justover a year after he was first diag-nosed with cancer, has frequentlybeen revisited by the media since hestepped down from the company inAugust.In it,he explored the topic ofdeath, encouraging students to re-member their mortality in order toinspire them to focus on what theyfound most important.The prescient

remarks,which Jobs himself seemedto follow in the ensuing years, havebeen quoted extensively.

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Nadejda Marques, formerly a Harvard researcher, is thenew program manager of Stanfords Program onHuman Rights. With 15 years of work in human rightsactivism under her belt, she plans to draw on both herpersonal and professional experience to encourage stu-dents to pursue their academic interests in the subject.

Childless men more likelyto have heart disease

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soon is the most important tool Iveever encountered to help me makethe big choices in life, Jobs said.Because almost everything allexternal expectations, all pride, allfear of embarrassment or failure

these things just fall away in the faceof death, leaving only what is trulyimportant.

Ivy Nguyen

Former provost and

Dean of School of

Humanities and

Sciences dies at 90

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Former Dean of the School ofHumanities and Sciences AlbertHastorf passed away Sept. 26, at theage of 90.

Hastorf graduated from AmherstCollege in 1942 and served in theU.S. Army Air Corps Aviation Psy-chology Program from 1942 to 1946.He received both a masters degreeand Ph.D. in psychology fromPrinceton in 1947 and 1949, respec-tively.

Prior to joining the Stanford fac-ulty in 1961,Hastorf served as both afellow at Stanfords Center for Ad-vanced Study in the Behavioral Sci-ences and as a National ScienceFoundation Fellow-in-Residence atStanford. While on faculty, Hastorfserved as executive head of the De-partment of Psychology from 1961to 1970, Dean of the School of Hu-manities and Sciences from 1970 to1974 and Provost from 1980 to 1984.

Hastorf was also one of the foundingdirectors of Stanfords Human Biol-ogy Program.

Hastorf is best known for his in-fluential social psychology study ti-tled They Saw Game, co-authoredwith the late Hadley Cantril, formerchair of Princetons psychology de-partment. The study demonstratedthat support for one team over an-other during a football game impact-ed viewers interpretation of the

overall game.Though Hastorf retired in 1990,

he remained active in the Stanfordcommunity,teaching freshman sem-inars and speaking up on campus is-sues as an Emeritus Standing Guestof the Faculty Senate.

During his time at Stanford,Has-torf was honored for his service tothe Stanford community. In 1979,hereceived the Lloyd W. DinkelspielAward for Outstanding Service toUndergraduate Education. In 1987,Hastorf received the StanfordAlumni Associations Richard W.Lyman Award for his dedication tothe University and its alumni.

Hastorf is survived by his wifeBarbara; his sister, Jean Doar; hisdaughters Elizabeth and Christine;and his grandson Nicholas.A memo-rial service will be held 3:30 p.m.Oct.26 at Memorial Church.

Marianne LeVine

New Stanford regimeneliminates kidney-transplant patients

dependency on drugs

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Researchers at the School ofMedicine recently developed a newprocedure designed to remove kid-ney-transplant patients dependen-

cy on immune-suppressing drugs.Transplant recipients must typicallycontinue to take two to three im-mune system suppressing drugs forthe remainder of their lives,follow-ing the transplant procedure.Whilethe drugs prevent transplant recipi-ents bodies from rejecting the kid-ney, these drugs include numerousside effects and do not always pre-vent kidney failure. The new tech-nique differs from standard kidney-

transplant procedures by implanti-ng stem cells from the kidneydonors blood into the transplantrecipients lymph nodes, spleen andthymus.

By adding the donors stemscells to the transplant recipientsblood,the transplant recipients im-mune system is better able to acceptthe new organ.The kidney recipientwill receive radiation treatment im-mediately following surgery. Tendays later, the transplant recipientwill receive an injection of theorgan donors stem cells.While thepatient is initially put on two of thesame immune-suppressing drugs,one of the drugs is withdrawn, al-lowing the patients body to natu-rally adjust to the new organ. Re-searchers believe this new method

will be more cost-effective by pre-venting the failure of a transplantedkidney. Whereas the failure of atransplanted kidney costs $80,000during the year, this new process isexpected to cost between $20,000 to$40,000 a year.

Marianne LeVine

New Stanford math

formula predictssuccess of cancer

therapy

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF

Researchers at the School ofMedicine recently found that com-putational biology can be used todetermine the rate of how humanlung tumors respond to initial treat-ment. Scientists discovered that thesuccess of therapies targeting can-cer-causing genes is due to theirability to slow the speed of tumorcell division.By targeting particularcancer genes, researchers are now

able to respond with appropriate

therapy.Oncogene addiction occurswhen the presence of cancer is de-pendent on a single cancer-causinggene. Cancer tumors of this natureregress with oncogene-targetedtreatment. Stanford researchershave shown that oncogene-targetedtherapies eradicate the addicted tu-mors by reducing survival signals.Acells life is dependent on the bal-ance of life or death signals.The sur-vival signals allow the death signals

to continue.The equation developed corre-

lates changes in death signals withtumor regression rates. Based onthe newly developed formula,a pa-tient with an oncogene-addictedtumor will have a different rate ofregression than a patient with a non-addicted tumor.The formula helpedpredict which patients had onco-gene-addicted tumors based on therate of tumor regression from thera-py.This new formula can help deter-mine what treatment will work bestfor particular cancer patients.Whilethe focus of the research was onlungcancer,Stanford researchers hope toextend the formulas predictive suc-cess to other forms of cancer.

Marianne LeVine

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vides community voice to overar-ching pol icy.

The working group said it exam-ined other University policies re-garding on-campus sexual assaultand consulted with experts in thefield of campus sexual assault poli-cy before developing the ARP,which was implemented in April2010. While the Office of JudicialAffairs typically manages the adju-

dication process for cases involvingHonor Code and FundamentalStandard violations, sexual assaultcases go through the ARP.

There are several differencesbetween the ARP and OJA adjudi-cation processes for non-sexual as-sault cases. The ARP process con-sists of four reviewers, instead ofthe standard six. The four review-ers comprise three students andone faculty staff.Instead of the casebeing heard in one session, thoseinvolved meet separately multipletimes to allow for greater confiden-tiality.

Pontius-Hogan added that de-spite the changes made to the Uni-versity sexual assault policy, theARP already met the majority ofthe national guidelines released in

April 2011.The ARP was put in place to

address concerns of timeliness, pri-vacy and fairness, Pontius-Hogansaid. As we are still in the pilotstage, we are working to make im-provements as we progress.

Since the ARPs creation, therehas been a significant increase inthe number of sexual assault casesreported on campus to the police.According to the 2011 Annual Se-curity and Fire Report released bythe Stanford University Depart-ment of Public Safety (SUDPS),the number of reported on-campusforcible sexual assaults doubled,increasing from 10 cases each in2008 and 2009 to 21 cases in 2010.Despite the increase in reporting tocampus police, the Universitys ju-dicial process remains separatefrom that of the criminal justicesystem.

The change to the judicial af-fairs process for handling reportsof sexual assault/sexual miscon-duct does not alter the way inwhich police conduct criminal in-vestigations or the criminal justiceprocess, wrote Chief of PoliceLaura Wilson in an email to TheDaily. Reports of sexual assaultmay be investigated through boththe criminal justice system and thejudicial affairs system at the sametime,but they are separate and dis-tinct processes.

According to the report, theARP will govern disciplinary casesinvolving sexual harassment, sexu-

al misconduct and dating violence.Both the victim and the perpetra-tor have the right to due processunder the ARP.

The Office of Judicial Affairswebsite elaborates further on thepolicies listed in the report. Thewebsite states that all reports ofsexual assault must be filed withthe Office of Judicial Affairs. Thewebsite also outlines the rights ofthe accused student. In addition,the Office of Judicial Affairs web-site also describes the rights of theimpacted party, or the victim, aswell as the rights of the witnesses,the selection process for investiga-tors and reviewers, the investiga-tors process and obligations, thereviewers process and obligationsand the appeals process to the Vice

Provost, to which both the impact-ed party and the responding stu-dent are entitled.

The Board on Judicial Affairs isscheduled to publish its review ofthe ARP by winter 2012. The re-view process seeks to update Stan-fords sexual assault policy byaligning the ARP with the most ef-fective practices nationwide. De-spite the Universitys efforts to re-form sexual assault policy on cam-pus,Pontius-Hogan described someof the challenges remaining.

The greatest challenges that re-main are the need to have a perma-nent process like the ARP to adju-dicate these types of cases and find-ing hearing panelists willing toserve on these difficult cases,Pon-tius-Hogan said.

Contact Marianne LeVine at mlevine2@stanford.edu.

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she said. I always wanted to be in-volved with human rights.

Marques lost her father to thedictatorship he was tortured andkilled when she was nine monthsold.Her mother then fled Brazil andlived as a refugee until she and Mar-ques were reunited with the help of

Amnesty International a year later.Stacy said that Marques experi-ence greatly colors her work inhuman rights.

[Marques] has her own personalperspective from her own life and herfamilys life . . . that means she is in-tensively empathetic, has a deep de-sire to see changes in the world andthe humor and persistence to persistat difficult problems,Stacy said.

While Marques was forced toconfront human rights issues earlyon in her personal life, she soonstarted tackling them professionallyas well. She has worked as a foreigncorrespondent for the WashingtonPost, has a long history of workingwith Human Rights Watch in Braziland Angola and, prior to coming toStanford, worked at the HarvardSchool of Public Health as a re-search coordinator for the Cost ofInaction Project at the Franois-Bagnoud Xavier Center for Health

and Human Rights.I think Stanford [along with]many schools around the state andthe world is moving forward withthis human rights education and try-ing to develop human rights within[its] curriculum and to get studentsinterested,she said.

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By KYLE GSCHWEND

Its 3:10 p.m., Monday afternoon. Over 600 stu-dents are crammed into Hewlett 200 like cannedsardines. The students who arrived 20 minutesearlier are fortunate enough to find seats.Otherstudents must seat themselves in the aisles. The

rumble of animated chatter dies down when they areall greeted by an energetic, bespectacled man asso-ciate professor of computer science Mehran Sahami92,M.S. 93,Ph.D. 99.

Sahami has attained mythical status on campus forhis teaching ability, but few students are aware of the

origins of his passion for computing and teaching.It all started in fifth grade.My class got a Commodore PET,Sahami said, re-

ferring to a personal computer produced in the late1970s and early 80s. Interestingly enough, the PETfailed to kindle Sahamis interest in computing. Saha-mis fascination with computing remained latent untilhis matriculation to Stanford in 1987, where he en-rolled in CS106A.

He took CS106A with former computer science lec-turer Stuart Reges M.S. 82, and [that] was the mo-ment I rediscovered my passion for computing,Saha-mi said.

Sahamis own experience with CS106A alsosparked his interest in teaching.

Stuart Reges made me realize that teaching couldbe a career,and that really excited me, Sahami said.

He credited associate professor of computer sci-ence Daphne Koller Ph.D. 94, who served as his doc-toral advisor, and computer science professor Eric

Roberts, for providing direction in his studies andteaching philosophy.After earning his bachelors,masters and doctorate

degrees in computer science from Stanford, Sahami

took a break from academia to enter the software in-dustry, where he first worked as a senior engineeringmanager at Epiphany and then as a senior research sci-entist at Google.

But industry wasnt his calling.I decided that if the opportunity to come back and

teach at Stanford was given, I would take it, Sahamisaid.In 2001, Sahami joined the Stanford computer sci-

ence department as a lecturer. He held the position

until 2006, when he was subsequently made an associ-ate professor as well as the departments associatechair for teaching.

In 2008, Sahami chaired the committee tasked withrevising the curriculum for the computer science majorto reflect the evolution of the field,increasing the flex-ibility and options for students to take as part of themajor and promoting more multi-disciplinary work tohighlight the connections of computer science to otherfields.

Sahami is famed for not only his ebullient style of lec-turing, but also for rewarding students who participatein lecture with candy.To say that professor Sahami em-ploys an unorthodox teaching style is an understate-ment; but there seems to be a clear method behind it.

What I try to do with the candy and other tech-niques are to get and keep the students engaged inwhat Im teaching,Sahami said.Research shows thatwhen students are actively participating in class theyare more likely to retain information that is present-ed.

Sahamis teaching approach is also his method ofaddressing a common teaching problem present inlarge lecture classes.

I am trying to break the invisible wall between my-self and the students, Sahami said. Unfortunately,[the wall] is what happens in many lecture classeswhere the professor drones on and the students just re-ceive the information instead of actively processingand thinking.

Based on student reaction to his teaching,his meth-ods appear to achieve their goals.

How many professors bring a lightsaber to class?said David Arnold 13.He makes the class very laidback,but were still learning.

Hes amazing,added Phil Opamuratawongse 13.Ive never had any teacher as cool as him.

Contact Kyle Gschwend at kyleg2@stanford.edu.

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How manyprofessorsbring a

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I am trying to break the invisible wall between myselfand the students.

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Akey difference betweenStanford and the Stan-fords of the East Coast is

that a much larger proportion ofour students go into unconvention-al career paths straight after gradu-ation. I think this is awesome. AtStanford, were encouraged to pur-sue wild self-actualization in aplethora of forms. In the spirit ofthis tradition, Id like to exploreone of the archetypes embracingthis wild self-actualization.

Id like to explore the life-hacker.

I woke up at 9:45 a.m. to myalarm after eight hours and 15 min-utes of sleep, turned off the sleep-enhancing rain music emanatingfrom my laptop, ate one and a halfbowls of high-fiber, low-carb cere-al with once-a-day multivitaminand Omega-3 capsules from 9:46

a.m. to 9:53 a.m., speed-read arti-cles on Google Reader for sevenminutes, then showered for nineminutes. I logged in my iPhoneleaving Synergy at 10:13 a.m. Imade a note in my journal to parkmy bike on the other side of thebike rack in the future for moreefficient access. I biked down theRow listening to a TED Talks pod-cast. I sat down when I got to class,checked analytics on my computerusage from the day before on Res-cueTime, which automatically logsany activity and opened Evernoteto review recent goals and lessonsin the computer science section ofmy academics notebook. I thenset my iPhone to airplane mode toallow myself to be totally presentand launched Concentrate, whichId set up to open required applica-tions, block off distractions and

send me regular supportive mes-sages throughout the lecture say-ing,This class is valuable for yourpersonal growth! After an hourand 15 minutes of class, I openedmy Omnifocus and reviewed myto-dos. I was with my computer, soI decided to execute action stepsfor the day filtered by the Emailcontext, which included checking-up on tasks Id recently outsourcedthrough oDesk.It was a good day;Ihad two hours and 45 minutes ofrecreational time!

Just another day in the life of alifehacker. Throw away what youpreviously thought was possible.Re-envision what you can accom-plish. Turn over the page in your

journal and write a new heading:Part 2.0.

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Ive never been more ecstatic toset foot on campus than this fall:my last first day of school as a

Stanford undergrad.Summers spentworking long and lonely hours at acubicle or living abroad without In-ternet access would make anyoneother than a hermit lust for friend-ship; for me, seven months awayfrom the place that I love sent meover the edge.I spent the last monthof summer counting down the daysuntil the start of the quarter, fanta-sizing about all the old friends I

could catch up with and all the newpeople I could meet.Life was burst-ing with opportunity.

That first week of school sped byin a haze of supercharged social en-ergy; we were screaming at eachother from across White Plaza, giv-ing each other giant bear hugs andbooking ourselves solid with catch-up dates. By the end of the week, Iwas hoarse from hours of talking,strung out on caffeine and brokefrom Fraiche.

But with week two at a close, theenergy has shifted. That bubbly,over-the-top enthusiasm goes flat aswe resign ourselves to the dailygrind. Between classes, advisormeetings,three clubs,tutoring,prob-lem sets,papers and at least a mod-icum of hygiene and sleep, where

does spontaneous social interactionfit in? When our schedules solidify,the first thing to go is that samehuman connection I, for one, socraved upon starting school.

My first-day-of-school excite-ment is melting into a sad little pud-dle of insecurity and complacency.Either Im just too lazy to walkacross the street to Xanadu,too pre-

occupied with writing this column tointeract with anyone around me(hmmm, somethings wrong withthat picture) or so insecure thatwhomever I text either doesnt want

to get together or that once we starttalking there will be nothing to say.So, I find myself sending phantomtexts to no one while crossing WhitePlaza to avoid awkward encounterswith people I know well enough tosay Hi to, but not well enough toengage in full-on conversation.

Of the many trends presentlymanifested among Stan-ford students,few are more

readily apparent than the increas-ing popularity of computer science.With a record-high of over 660 stu-dents enrolled in CS106A for fallquarter, the surfeit of new comput-er science students has begun totest the limits of Stanfords physicalinfrastructure.Explanations for thegrowing popularity of computerscience at Stanford typically focuson the strong performance of tech-nology companies,often local ones,and the jobs they create,along withwhat many characterize as the al-most addictive nature of program-ming itself. Such explanations areimportant,but a good deal of cred-it should go to the particular pro-grams and teaching styles em-ployed by Stanfords computer sci-ence department and the atmos-

phere that it creates. By borrowingsome of these methods, other de-partments and universities can bet-ter serve students in the future.

In many university courses,inter-action between students and in-structors is confined to one 50-minute section per week, which caneasily grow too large to allow mostattendees to participate.By employ-ing a large number of undergradu-ate section leaders, the computerscience department is able to pro-vide students with small sections aswell as weekly one-on-one sessionswhere homework is discussed. Sec-tion leaders also take turns staffingthe Tresidder Lair computing clus-

ter, which offers students help onhomework assignments late into thenight.The system serves a dual ben-

efit, giving students lots of personalattention and section leaders an op-portunity to refine their skills andprogress in the field.

Students at Stanford who de-cide to pursue computer sciencefind many opportunities for workopen to them right in the depart-ment, often before their secondyear of study.Whether through sec-tion leading or summer research,early work experience luresprospective students and keepscurrent ones focused on their pro-gramming work. Though virtuallyall of Stanfords academic depart-ments offer opportunities for work,the computer science departmentgenerally seems to accommodatemore of its students and does soearlier in their careers.

Earlier this year, Stanfordscomputer science departmentbegan offering three courses to the

public for free on the Internet withfull interactive grading and confer-ral of a statement of accomplish-ment upon completion. The mostpopular of the courses,dealing withartificial intelligence, saw over58,000 people enroll. By offering averifiable achievement less than adegree but still bearing the credibil-ity of a major university name, thisformula offers a promising avenuetowards the democratization of ed-ucation.It also helps to foster the at-mosphere of openness and cooper-ation that helps make Stanfordcomputer science successful.Whena class receives national news cov-erage and 58,000 enrollees, who

wouldnt at least be interested?

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College is the only

time in our lives

when friends act as

a surrogate family.

I just came to sayHello

Hey Stanford! Heres somemore pseudo-advice to helpyou get through your Thurs-

day!DO: Be satisfied and happy.DOO-DOO: Climb the ladder

of success to be satisfied andhappy.

I love telling people I was a pole-vaulter in high school. There issomething about watching the im-mediate I call bullshitlaugh slow-ly fade into a hesitant, skeptical

Oh,-I-think-he-might-be-seriouslook and eventually settle in a socialsquirm of the body and tongue.Thats surprising wait, not sur-prising.Well its not surprising that

you were a pole-vaulter, just that pole vaulting, huh? Thats cool . . .Im going to leave now.

What I dont tell them is that Iwasnt a very good pole-vaulter atall. The only reason I was on theteam was because it was a no-cutsteam. Apparently theres no trackevent where even a 5-foot, 100-pound noodle of a person has a dis-advantage.

It wasnt just physical staturethat kept me from being a star ath-lete. I lacked the attitude as well(along with everything else that

makes someone a star athlete). Allthe best athletes have this no-non-sense,never-satisfied mentality thatdrives them to the highest level ofsuccess. I dont know what youwould classify my specific mentalityas, but I got disqualified from com-petition for wearing a cape.(Twice).

I had friends on the team whowere real track stars.They were theathletes that got to stand on thepodium in the middle of the field atthe end of the track meet. They

were the athletes that got their pic-tures in the paper. They were theathletes that every parent was se-cretly watching when they weresupposed to be videotaping theirown kid.

But more often than not, theywere the athletes that left everymeet disappointed and discontent.No matter how fast they ran, theycould always go faster. No matterhow high they jumped, the barwould always be set higher. Win-ning the race, clearing the bar orwearing the gold was no longerenough.

I think there is a similar mindsetat Stanford, a campus full of over-achievers so competent at over-achieving that we make it look like

regular achieving. We wrap ouridentity and our worth in our ac-complishments.

Its not enough to just be a doc-

tor; I need to be going to the num-ber one medical school. Its notenough to just be a student; I needto be starting dozens of clubs while

juggling 20 units and a dance team.Nobody is saying this out loud, buteveryone is saying this in one way oranother.

This raises the most importantquestion anyone will ever ask you.(Bold. Arrogant. Probably incor-rect, but now youre paying atten-tion.) What is enough? What ac-complishment or status, onceyours, will leave you completelysatisfied? If you dont know whatis enough, youll never know whenyou reach it.

Discovering what is enough

Chase

Ishii

Leslie

Brian

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SPORTS

A few simple rules before you black out

After this weekends football gameagainst UCLA,it became apparent tome that Stanford needs a lesson in howto black out correctly.

No,overeager freshmen,this isnt another partof AlcoholEDU. I mean that Stanford footballneeds to make better use of those fantastic black

jerseys. Everyone knows that black jerseys are

popular nowadays even teams without blackin their color scheme are adopting dark uniforms but even though the Cardinal has now wornblack uniforms two years in a row, it hasnt beenusing them correctly.Therefore,we need to estab-lish some important rules for blacking out.

The first rule of wearing alternate jerseys isthis:the team thats dressing up needs to use themfor an important game.The entire idea of wearing

cool alternate uniforms is to get the team pumpedfor a big game thats why Nike makes pro com-bat uniforms for rivalry games like Pitt-West Vir-ginia last season and Adidas made brand-newuniforms for Michigan-Notre Dame this season.

Take the Georgia Bulldogs for example. Backin 2007, No. 10 Georgia played host to No. 17

TRYING TOSTAY ON TRACK

By CAROLINE CASELLIDESK EDITOR

After a rocky start, the No.7Stanford womens volleyballteam is looking to solidify itsspot in the top half of the Pac-12 this weekend, searching forits first conference victory out-side of Maples Pavilion andaiming to extend its win streakto four matches.

The Cardinal (10-3, 4-3 Pac-12) will hit the road for the firsttime since a disastrous two-losstrip to Southern California,hoping for better luck up northagainst Oregon State on Fridayand No.15 Oregon on Saturday.

In the series 52-match histo-ry,the Card has never lost to theBeavers, a winning tradition itlooks to keep alive at least onematch longer. A young teamwith just one senior on its ros-ter, Oregon State (11-5, 3-3)stands only one spot belowStanford in the conferencethanks in large part to the playof junior Camille Saxton andfreshman outside hitter/middle

blocker Arica Nassar.Saxton, an outside hitter,ranks tenth in the Pac-12 withan average of 3.58 kills per setand fifth with .34 aces or anace for every three sets played.Nassar has been a force at thenet, ninth in the conferencewith 1.15 blocks per set,makingher the only freshman to ap-pear in the conferences top ten

blockers. Sophomore liberoBecky Defoe has been equallysolid for the Beavers back line,ranking fifth in the conferencewith 4.39 digs per set and com-ing close to setting her ownschool record with 28 digs inlast weekends three-set loss atNo. 3 Washington.

Oregon (12-2,5-1),currentlyhalf a game out of first place inthe conference, is one of sixPac-12 squads ranked in thetop-15 nationally. The Ducks,who shocked then-No. 1 squadPenn State with a 3-1 victory inState College, Penn.earlier thisseason, will be looking to re-bound this weekend after suf-fering their first conference lossto Washington on Sep. 30.

Oregons impressive offense fifth in the nation in both as-sists and kills per set will be atough match for Stanfordsequally acclaimed defense.As ateam, the Card leads the nationin blocks per set and leads theconference in digs, while juniormiddle blocker Carly Wopat isthe countrys individual block-

ing leader with 1.71 per set,something she attributes to arenewed mental focus on thecourt.

The key to my early seasonsuccess has really been learninghow to outsmart my opponents,rather than just relying on myathletic abilities, she said.

Please see BLANCHAT, page 7

By MILES BENNETT-SMITHMANAGING EDITOR

A sellout crowd is already expected to fill thestands at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium on Sunday whenthe mens soccer team takes on California,but muchmore than mere bragging rights will be on the line inthis years annual clash.

Both teams had nearly identical, and somewhatdisappointing, starts to the conference season the

Cardinal (3-6-1, 0-2 Pac-12) and Bears (3-4-2, 0-2)both dropped two games on the road at San DiegoState and UCLA last weekend and the loser ofthis weekends matchup faces an uphill climb to thepostseason with just seven games to play.

Stanford lost three straight games to open theseason,but swept Harvard and Vermont in the Stan-ford Nike Classic to move just a game under .500 atthe start of conference play. But since junior DersuAbolfathi knocked in the game winner early in thesecond half against the Catamounts,the Cardinal hasfailed to score a single goal a drought of over 222minutes.

Freshman forward Zach Batteer said that a com-bination of factors has slowed the offense,which hasalready been shut out six times and has scored justeight goals through the first 10 games of the season.

The biggest challenge in road games is alwaysthe travel and how hard it is to win away from home,Batteer said. But specifically against San DiegoState, I missed a few chances that couldve put us

ahead, and we werent able to put together all thepieces that are necessary to win a tough conferencematch.

Cals offense hasnt struggled quite as much, asthe Golden Bears have 12 goals in nine games, buttheir defense has been very porous, conceding fourgoals in a game twice already and 14 goals overall.

That could mean plenty of opportunities for jun-iors Adam Jahn, Eric Anderson and Abolfathi tocontinue their success on the attacking end.Jahn andAbolfathi are tied for the team lead with two goalsapiece, and Anderson has a team-high three assistsfrom his new position on the Cardinals left flank.

Coach Bret Simon says the team isnt having trou-ble creating chances, but rather hasnt been able tocapitalize in the clutch.

Weve been creating a fair number of goal-scor-ing chances, so were spending time in training repli-cating situations weve been seeing in games, he

A GOLDEN CHANCE

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Senior midfielder Clayton Holz (above) and the Cardinal have been struggling offensively for

the past few games, but have a good chance to break the slump against Cal this Sunday.

Cold Card offense triesto wake up against Cal

Billy Gallagher

Jack Blanchat

Stay a bitlonger,

Red Zone

When are you going toleave? The questionposed by many in theRed Zone Saturdaynight perplexed me.

They began at the half with Stanford

only up 17-7 and continuedthroughout the game. By the fourthquarter, the Red Zone had thinnedconsiderably, and the upper levelslooked like a Marlins-Reds game.

I guess I shouldnt be surprised . . .why would you want to stay and watcha top-five team with the best quarter-back in the country calling his ownplays in the no-huddle offense in thefirst home game since classes started?

I realize that this is Stanford andeveryone is incredibly busy. But thegame was on a Saturday night.I serious-ly doubt many of the early-leavers hitthe books hard afterwards.

I would almostunderstand peopleleaving early if the game was in the bag but the score was 17-7 at the half!Maybe the third quarter Red Zone ex-odus can become our new Stanfordfootball tradition, like the Ohio Statebands script,the Penn State white-outor Notre Dames Touchdown Jesus.

Now, I know were not a footballschool.Im glad we arent.Im glad ourquarterback values his education morethan tattoos. Im glad his father sup-ports him getting a diploma,not a pay-check that he might not but probablydoes know about. Im glad our coachisnt Pete Carroll (no veil there).But forGods sake, can we please watch theteam?

And its not just the students whosuck as fans. It appears as though thegood people of Palo Alto and the sur-rounding Valley were very recently in-formed of the existence of Stanfordfootball.No word yet on whether theyknow it will exist beyond this season

when [insert your own Luck-runs-outpun here].So the question becomes, who

should have the privilege of watchingthe Cardinal? My economics profes-sor would probably urge me that who-ever is willing to pay the most wouldreceive the most enjoyment. Mybrother would argue that it should bewhoever cares the most (by which wePhiladelphians of course mean who-ever is willing to wait in the snow fordays for tickets to a game that ourteam will inevitably lose). My friendswould all say to let the students in.Butthe Red Zone was already expandedthis offseason.

Additionally, revenue from a prof-itable football team can help offsetcosts of other varsity teams,so we needas many ticket sales as possible.

If I were Director of Athletics BobBowlsby, Id have great seats to everygame.And Id also charge non-studentfansmuch higher prices for this sea-son. Or make them lock into a multi-year commitment for tickets.Or Id pullwhat Kansas athletic department didand require a gift pledgefor the priv-ilege of buying tickets.

Personally,I would favor a Card lit-eracy test for entrance to games. Itwould be very short:

1.Which one is not like the others?A. Plunkett B. Elway C. Rodgers D.Luck

2.What is a Toilolo and how do youuse it?

3. Name one player not namedLuck on the Cardinal who will (mostlikely) be drafted in the first round thisyear? (Hint:heguardsLuck)

4.Whats your deal?But I dream.By now, youve probably either

stopped reading this or youre wonder-ing what the point is.

Its simple: Once you get throughthe incredibly convenient, never-fail-ing, quick-loading Red Zone ticketprocess and get to the stadium on gameday,please stay.I dont particularly carewhether the game is all you have to livefor,you dont know what a first down isor you fall somewhere in between.Juststay and watch.Because not that manypeople in the country have the opportu-nity to watch a team this good.BecauseI want to stop hearing ESPN talk abouthow bad Cardinal fans are.But most ofall, because these players deserve toplay to a packed house every single

week.Not a half empty stadium in thefourth quarter.

Billy Gallagher is somewhat of a hyp-ocrite,because he did in fact leave the

stadium at halftime of the Eagles-Nin-ers game on Sunday.Laugh at him fornot thinking Alex Smith could makePhilly fans wish it was 1980 again atwmg2014@stanford.edu.

Please see MSOCCER, page 8

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Sophomore outside hitter Rachel Williams (above) and the Cardinal needanother good weekend against the Oregon schools to keep advancing up thestandings in the strong Pac-12. The Cardinal is currently in sixth place. Please seeWVOLLEY,page 7

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SPORTS BRIEFS

Womens soccer captain Teresa Noyola afinalist for Lowes Senior CLASS Award

Stanford senior Teresa Noyola was named one of10 finalists for the Lowes Senior CLASS Award inwomens soccer, given out each year to recognize stu-dent-athletes for their contributions on and off the

field.To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete mustbe classified as an NCAA Division I senior and havenotable achievements in four areas of excellence community, classroom, character and competition.

Noyola, who is also a finalist for the Hermann Tro-phy award given out annually to the top collegiateplayer in the country, is a captain for the No.1 Cardi-nal (11-0-1, 2-0 Pac-12), who return home this week-end to take on USC on Friday before a showdownwith No. 2 UCLA on Sunday afternoon.

The Palo Alto native has helped lead Stanford to

the NCAA College Cup in three straight seasons onthe Farm and has once again been at the top of hergame thus far this year. Through 12 matches, Noyolahas six goals and five assists, and she scored the win-ning goal in overtime on Sunday to beat Washington1-0.

Although just 5-foot-3, Noyola has had a big pres-ence on the field since she first arrived on the Farm.As a freshman, the attacking midfielder was honoredas a NSCAA First Team All-American after tallyingsix goals and 10 assists for the Card. Last season, sheonce again found her way onto the All-American ros-ter, becoming just the fifth player in Stanford historyto be so honored twice.

A media committee chose the 10 finalists from alist of 30 candidates for the award, and the winner willbe chosen by a fan vote that continues until Nov. 14 atwww.seniorCLASSaward.com.

Miles Bennett-Smith

Sophomore setter Lauren Plumengineers the Ducks offense, lead-ing the Pac-12 with 11.89 assists perset, sixth best in the country. Two

junior outside hitters, AlainaBergsma and Katherine Fischer,provide the firepower, with Bergs-

ma beating out Stanford outsidehitter Rachel Williams for the con-ferences second-most kills (Bergs-ma averages 4.72 per set, Williamshas 4.54) while Fischer contributesanother 3.09 kills per set.

The Cardinal will kick off thetrip against Oregon State on Fri-day,Oct. 7 at Gill Coliseum in Cor-vallis, Ore.

Contact Caroline Caselli at caro-linecaselli@stanford.edu.

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Auburn at home in a rivalry game sobig that its called The Deep SouthsOldest Rivalry. The Dawgs cameout wearing black uniforms for thefirst time in school history and rolledto a 45-20 win on their way to a 10-2season.The players were so pumpedup about wearing new uniforms thatthey took their excitement out in abig game, not a game they weregoing to win anyway.

The two times Stanford has wornblack jerseys, it has been againstWake Forest and UCLA. The com-bined scores of those games were113-43 in Stanfords favor. Couldntthat enthusiasm have been betterused against USC,Oregon or Cal?

The second rule is that the teamneeds to make sure the fans actuallyknow about the blackout and partic-ipate in it. Again, this is somethingthat the 2007 Georgia Bulldogs didcorrectly when they did the black-out. Every single fan was wearingblack and going crazy some fanseven painted themselves black fromhead to toe.Do yourself a favor andgo watch a few old videos of thegame,and youll see just how ampedeveryone in the stadium is was.

The best example of how to getyour fans involved comes from PennState, which stages a white-outgame every season.All 106,572 fansare decked out in white, and I canonly imagine how the opposing teammust feel when they run out into ablizzard of howling fans.

Stanford has yet to do this cor-rectly both last season and this sea-son. The entire Red Zone andeverybody else shows up wearingred and white, and is left lookingaround quizzically when the speak-ers blast Back in Black.The team

just looks dumb when theyre the

only ones in the stadium wearingblack. Its like showing up to a poolparty wearing a coat and tie. Its notthat it doesnt look good, it justmakes everybody else feel awkward.

The third and most important rule of coming out decked inblack is that you better back it up.Remember how great that 2007Georgia game was and how pumpedup the fans were? Well, the No. 3Bulldogs tried it again in 2008against No. 8 Alabama and gotthumped 41-30 in their own house.The Crimson Tide had talked trashall week about how Georgia waswearing black because it was goingto be their funeral, and then theBama fans got to revel gleefully inbursting the Bulldogs bubble, leav-ing Georgia not only beaten but alsoembarrassed.

So while those fans and play-ers who showed up wearing allblack felt like James Bond when theywalked into the stadium, they un-doubtedly felt like the cover of a Twi-light novel walking out.

So there you have it three verysimple rules that will enhance yourblackout experience.Thankfully,Stan-ford has followed the most importantrule so far and will be wearing cool newuniforms for a big game against NotreDame later this season (becauseeveryone hates Notre Dame), buttheres still room for improvement.

Perhaps next year, and many yearsinto the future,the sold-out StanfordStadium will be rocking when the Car-dinal puts a bow on another blackoutwin, but this time, itll be over USC.How sweet would that be?

Jack Blanchat wears nothing but polo shirts; so while he has somesound fashion advice for the footballteam, he is also a prime candidate forTLCs What Not to Wear.To sched-ule a Ralph Lauren mauve-and-bur-

gundy-out, follow him on Twitter@jmblanchat or drop him an email atblanchat@stanford.edu.

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said. Most importantly, both ourplayers and our staff have lots ofconfidence that the goals and re-sults are coming.

But if history tells us anything, itis that nothing will come easy forthe Cardinal on Sunday. Stanfordhas lost seven of its last eight gamesagainst Cal, managing just threegoals in those games, and it hasntbeaten the Golden Bears since thecurrent senior class was freshmen.Those stats are somewhat mislead-ing,as the Cardinal backline has al-lowed one or zero goals in six ofthose matches, but the offense hasbeen unable to break through, fail-ing to score six times in the previouseight matchups.

Batteer believes the team willbenefit from having a couple ofextra days off to prepare for thegame.

Its obviously tough to lose twogames in a row, especially confer-ence games, he said. That beingsaid, weve wiped the past twogames out of our memory and are

just focusing on our next gameagainst Cal, and were all really ex-cited and looking forward to that.

I think we need to just play ourgame. Being at home is obviouslyan advantage for us, so I think its

just a matter of outworking Calfrom the first whistle and finishingthe chances that we get, Batteercontinued.

Kickoff on Sunday is scheduledfor 6 p.m. at Laird Q. Cagan Stadi-um.

Contact Miles Bennett-Smith atmilesbs@stanford.edu.

MSOCCERContinued from page 6

As the cost of a college educa-tion rises ever higher and punditsdebate the existence and size of thehigher education bubble, univer-sities and academic departmentsacross the country would do well toconsider what they can do to remain

a good investment of time andmoney for their students. In its will-ingness to adopt new methods ofclass organization, help studentsfind interesting work on campusand advance open education for the

general public,Stanfords computerscience department has set a strongexample. In academia there is anunfortunate tendency towards com-placency and ossification,but as theStanford computer science depart-ment shows,it can be resisted.

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Suddenly Im afraid to recon-nect. Its almost as though thewords Lets grab coffee! or, Wereally should catch up! have be-come synonymous with See youlater! another sign-off whosemeaning carries no real weight.Upon parting ways, who knowswhether the other person actuallymeant he wanted to connect, orwhether it was just a routine gestureof politesse?

Aside from insecurities, thereare a whole slew of things that get inthe way of making and keepingplans. When deadlines loom, can-cellation becomes the default. Wetell ourselves that there will be an-other time later for that coffee, butlets be real: for the average Stan-ford student, theres never an op-portune moment to spend an houror two just catching up.

Were all so damn busy schedul-ing every moment of our lives that

theres no space to breathe in be-tween blocks of time allotted forthis or that. For that matter, afterexpending so much energy playingmental Tetris with our schedules,who in their right mind would wantto deviate from the plan? If youhavent been booked into some-ones iCal, good luck catching himor her at a spare moment! But it isthis very preoccupation with our

schedule that disconnects us fromthe present and inhibits us from en-gaging with the here and now.

Im not saying to avoid yourhomework, skip showers or notapply to grad school. We do go toStanford,we are busy and there areimportant things that need to getdone.But dont we all need an hourof wiggle room every day to get dis-tracted by people you havent pen-ciled in or to let yourself stop forthose five-minute impromptu con-versations in the hallways?

Make time for human connec-tion. Make time for the people youknow well, as well as those youdont. Because at the end of the day,people are what matter most. Thatperson you keep meaning to reach

out to? You should. No matter howmuch time may have passed, itsnever too late or too awkward.Evena five-minute conversation goes along way, provided youre truly sin-cere and engaged the whole time.When you ask someone how theyare, mean it! Look them in the eye,touch them on the shoulder, con-nect with them,if only for a few mo-ments.Those little gestures of empa-thy can change both your day andtheirs more than you know.

College is the only time in ourlives when friends act as a surrogatefamily. We are literally surroundedon a daily basis by 6,800 of the mostamazing people on the face of theplanet. These are the people thatwill be changing the world in five orten years, and here we are, all livingtogether. Take advantage of yourfour years here to connect with asmany of them as possible.Not doingso? Now that would be the realwaste of the moment!

Think Leslie is one of those pretty amaz-ing people youd like to connect with?Shoot her an email and tell her what youthink at labrian@stanford.edu.

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tures], he said. Last year almosthalf a trillion dollars was spent on it.If we can somehow cut down onrisk factors earlier,we can cut downmorbidity and mortality.

The study, which was publishedSept. 26 online in the journalHuman Reproduction, tracked137,903 male American Associa-tion of Retired Persons (AARP)

members from the ages of 50 to 71for a 10-year period. The study waspart of a larger National Institutesof Health (NIH)/AARP diet andhealth study that has collectedhealth data from more than 550,000subjects since the mid-1990s.Partic-ipants in the study respond to de-tailed questionnaires distributed bythe AARP.

The larger NIH/AARP diet and

health study has contributed to ap-proximately 250 scientific papers.

Its the largest epidemiologicalstudy of its type ever done,AARPSenior Research Advisor Albert R.Hollenbeck said.

In order to ensure that the menin the study intended to reproduce,researchers only included subjectswho were married or had been for-merly married.Researchers also fo-cused solely on men who were overthe age of 50 at the start of the study.Due to the long-term nature of thestudy, researchers excluded menwith serious pre-existing health con-

ditions that had already affectedtheir long-term health outlook.

Obviously there are lots of rea-sons to be childless, Eisenbergsaid. Certainly some men dontwant to have children, but in thegeneral population as a whole thatsa minority.

Another recent study found thatmen with high levels of testos-terone were more likely to find

mates and father children thatthose with lower levels of testos-terone. Eisenberg drew a connec-tion to his study on fatherhood,say-ing that men with low sperm countsalso tend to have lower levels oftestosterone, which could poten-tially indicate broader underlyinghealth issues.

Eisenberg stressed that externalfactors must be considered whenevaluating the study, including therole of socioeconomic status in de-termining family size and thechange in lifestyle associated withhaving a child.

The other important thing tothink about is that fathers do havetheir children and their childrentake care of them, Eisenberg said.Having a child that is involved cer-tainly can help. We do know thatbeing married, living with a spouseand happiness all lead to longevity.

Contact Alice Phillips at alicep1@stanford.edu.

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We really focus on quality of lifeand we take care of the family, notjust the patient, she said.We rec-ognize that a brain tumor is a prettydevastating disease to be diagnosedwith.Theres a lot more than just themedicine and the chemotherapyhappening; theres huge life-adjust-ments, huge financial adjustments,huge planning for everything.

In addition to expanding its per-sonnel,the center has also achievedthree research breakthroughs in thepast year.The first was the discoveryof a new genetic deletion in glioblas-tomas, which Harsh called the mostmalignant type of brain tumor.

Harshs paper on the discovery waspublished in February in the NewEngland Journal of Medicine.

The second breakthrough in-volved identifying important contri-butions to tumor growth from meta-

bolic pathways and the tumorsunique blood vessel supply. Finally,Nagpal said that she and LawrenceRecht, the centers senior neuro-on-cologist, have identified a drug thatincreases quality of life for patientsdiagnosed with a glioblastoma afterstudying data from Stanfordglioblastoma patients since 2003.

To treat brain tumors, the centeruses new techniques such as entrop-ic mapping of speech and motorfunction,which allows the doctors toremove a tumor while a patient isawake and speaking.The center alsoremoves tumors through endoscopy,a surgery through the nose,eliminat-

ing riskier surgeries that involveopening the skull. Additionally, thephysicians use a Cyberknife ma-chine to focus radiation on specificareas of the brain and reduce the du-ration of radiation treatments.

Once the tumor tissue is re-moved,the centers doctors test thetissue for the most up to date genet-ic markers. By analyzing thesemarkers, they hope to develop per-sonalized medicine regimens thattarget each patients specific tumor.

While the technology for distin-guishing between the genetic make-ups of different tumors exists, Nag-pal said the medical community hasnot yet developed the medicine toeffectively target tumors based onthat knowledge.

Contact Austin Block at aeblock@stanford.edu.

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I spent my first week this quarterplanning out my classes so I couldgraduate two quarters early. Ithought that the sooner I got out ofStanford, the sooner I could get toLA and start working in the film in-dustry. Once I had a job or sold ascript,I would be happy;that wouldbe enough.And in that first week, Iwas completely miserable. I cantsee the future, but I can only imag-ine that even if everything went asplanned and I reached that level ofenough, it would not be enough.

The more I focused on every-thing I hadnt accomplished, thesmaller and more worthless I felt.The more I viewed contentmentand satisfaction as something to beattained in the future, the less I wasable to see it around me in the pres-ent. From personal experience, Ivelearned that the quickest way tocurb the unquenchable thirst forsuccess is with gratitude and humil-ity. Recently, Ive been trying tofocus and be thankful for the thingsI have and the opportunities Ivebeen given. When I lose sight ofwhat I have, I get bogged down byeverything I dont have.But when Ifocus on what I already have,I findit tends to be enough.

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