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Volume 240 Issue 61

ResEd reinstates Kappa Sigma house

By KRISTIAN DAVIS BAILEY
DESK EDITOR

Kappa Sigma fraternity will be reinstated to its former house at 1035 Campus Drive for the 201213 academic year, announced Deborah Golder, Dean of Residential Education (ResEd), Friday afternoon. The decision comes nine months after ResEd removed Kappa Sigma from the house, following two years of behavior that Golder called dangerous, in an interview with The Daily last March. They have more work to do and theyre not done yet, but we were very impressed with the amount of work theyve done and want to show good faith in their

projected trajectory, Golder said. We were really looking for a profound shift in attitude and culture. The guys have put in a lot of work over the past couple of months, said incoming Kappa Sigma President Malcolm McGregor 13. Weve been taking a critical look at ourselves and creating an organization that reflects what we want as members of the fraternity and what the campus wants from us. Its a decision weve worked hard for, said Brian Barnes 12, outgoing Kappa Sigma president. Were happy to be back. ResEd actions ResEd gave Kappa Sigma a yearlong hiatus from its house in

March 2011, after the fraternity violated its alcohol and party probation and students complained about feeling unsafe in the house. ResEd also gave Kappa Sigma a list of seven criteria for improvement last March. The criteria were: 1) vision and organizational identity; 2) shared accountability and responsibility; 3) stewardship and financial responsibility; 4) role of alcohol in the house and organization; 5) partnerships; 6) community membership and responsible citizenship; and 7) learning and engagement, according to a ResEd document. ResEds actions against the organization came just months after the group came under review

from the national Kappa Sigma Supreme Executive Committee (SEC). Along with an advisory panel of faculty, administrators and students, ResEd judged Kappa Sigma based on a rubric of these criteria, in addition to a two-hour formal relevancy presentation that 10 members of the fraternity gave Thursday night. The review panel consisted of: ResEd staff; Robinson House Resident Fellow Rod Taylor; Angela Exson, assistant dean of the Office of Sexual Assault and Relationship Abuse (SARA) Education and Response; and student representatives from the Greek community. Golder, ResEd Associate Dean Nate Boswell and ResEd Greek Advisor Amanda

Rodriguez also contributed to the process. Fraternity progress Since losing its house in March, Kappa Sigma has reorganized its internal structure and partnered with University offices and campus groups on community-based projects. Some of the weaknesses we identified with the former structure of Kappa Sigma was the lack of internal accountability and that our lack of a concrete vision stemmed from a lack of organizational structure, McGregor said. According to McGregor, Kappa Sigma has replaced a previous structure that included

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NEWS BRIEFS

WORLD & NATION

NBC reporters escorted from Crothers

By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF The Stanford University Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) was called to escort National Broadcasting Company (NBC) reporters out of Crothers Hall Sunday evening around 5:15 p.m., according to an email sent to dorm residents by Resident Fellow Corinne Thomas. NBC was interviewing residents about several incidents in the dorm earlier this month. Earlier this week, the Stanford Police sent an allcampus alert after a female, Crothers Hall resident reported a subject reaching his hand under a shower curtain and attempting to photograph her on Monday evening. That was the fourth such incident in Crothers this month, though the previous three incidents were not reported until Monday. The NBC interviews including one with Stephanie Goss 14 aired at 11 P.M. Sunday evening. In the email, Thomas requested that anyone who saw the reporters again notify the police, and that students interacting with the media do so outside the dorm. [NBC reporters] are not allowed in the dorms to solicit interviews: this is your home and it is a private residence, she said. If anyone wants to be interviewed and find themselves on the evening news by NBC or other media, you can meet them elsewhere. She also noted that all reporters should go through the Stanford News Service.
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Political groups weigh in on Republican race

By EDWARD NGAI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Student leaders of the Stanford Republicans and Stanford Democrats predict that Republican Mitt Romney is most likely to win the party nomination, even after losing by 12 points in the recent South Carolina primary. Almost all the talk of [Stanford College Republicans] is about Romney, wrote Mary Ann TomanMiller 14, president of the Stanford College Republicans, in an email to The Daily. [Toman-Miller is a Daily staffer.]

She also noted that College Republicans are enthusiastic about the election as a whole and are actively engaged in the nominating contest. Everybody that I have talked to in our group is preparing to strongly support whoever is our . . . nominee, she wrote.Our members have been very active watching the debates and feel that debating all the issues is vital for the country. Vice President of the Stanford Democrats Rahul Sastry 13 agreed. In the long run Romney will win out, he said. He seems like he has a better-organized campaign thats less prone to . . . volatility, and more substan-

tial backing by party insiders. However, in a volatile race that has seen three different candidates win in each of the three states that have held votes so far, Romney is far from securing the nomination. Its been really interesting to see the campaign . . . with so many ups and downs, Sastry said. Its made for some great entertainment for people on both sides of the aisle. The Republican primary has had five national poll leaders in 2011, including Texas Governor Rick

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Research examines tobacco ads

By ROB FRANKLIN A recent School of Medicine study chronicles the intricate advertising campaign crafted by cigarette companies using doctors endorsements to promote their products as healthful, starting in the 1920s and continuing for half a century. Senior author Robert Jackler, professor of otolaryngology, called the advertisements uncovered by the study outrageous. Tobacco science used pseudoscientific experiments to arrive at a preordained conclusion, he said. The advertisements used endorsements by celebrities Mickey Mantle for Viceroys, John Wayne for Camels and even Santa Claus for Marlboro and Lucky and throat doctors to validate their claims. At that time, people werent so concerned about lung cancer, Jackler said. People were concerned about throat irritation. So throat doctors would endorse their products. Memos from companies such as Philip Morris reveal that tobacco companies recruited doctors from Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania to promote their product. They also used slogans such as Lucky Strikes, the Finest Flavor and protects the throat, and Old Golds, ask your dentist why Old Golds are better for the teeth. The study, published in the January issue of The Laryngoscope, also determined that physicians were paid about $11,000 annually, making an additional $5,000 in endorsements a substantial incentive to comply with industry rhetoric. In addition, companies funded extravagant dinners for those throat doctors willing to comply. Not only would [doctors] recommend smoking, they actually prescribed cigarettes, saying smoke this brand because theyre better for your throat,

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Stanford surprised many when it withdrew its proposal for an applied sciences and engineering campus in New York City on Dec. 16. The city awarded the opportunity to Cornell University, Stanfords main competitor in the process.

Stanford officials reflect on NYC proposal

By CAROLINE CHEN
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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This is the first in a series of articles by The Daily News Staff exploring Stanfords bid and subsequent withdrawal from the competition for an applied sciences and engineering campus in New York City. The next article will weigh the costs and gains of Stanfords participation in the competition.
Stanford withdrew its bid for a New York applied sciences and engineering campus because the city repeatedly revised the terms of its offer and could not be trusted as a reliable partner, said

Stanford administrators, responding to media reports that Stanford was not adequately prepared for the tough negotiation style of New York officials. Stanfords sudden withdrawal on Dec. 16 surprised many, as the University was considered a frontrunner in the competition. The University press release announced that Stanford had decided,it would not be in the best interests of the University to continue to pursue the opportunity, but did not provide any details or explanation. Cornell, Stanfords main competitor and the ultimate competition winner, announced a $350 million gift hours after Stanfords withdrawal,

prompting speculations that Stanford had pulled out after hearing about Cornells donation in advance, an allegation that Stanford administrators have denied. Meanwhile, The New York Times reported that the University, with no experience building in New York, recoiled at meeting terms laid down by the city after its proposal was submitted, while Cornell, with extensive experience in the city its medical school is in Manhattan expected such negotiations.The New York Times quoted a city official as saying, Stanford

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LOCAL

Stanford hospital enters NorCal medical alliance

By CATHERINE ZAW
STAFF WRITER

Stanford Hospital & Clinics has partnered with several Bay Area medical practices to form the University HealthCare Alliance (UHA), a not-for-profit medical foundation that manages medical groups. UHA was founded on Jan. 1, 2011, and is co-sponsored by Stanford Hospital & Clinics and the Stanford University School of

Medicine.According to the medical foundation model, UHA owns, operates and provides staff to medical clinics in Northern California. It also contracts with several individual medical groups who employ physicians and advanced practitioners to provide medical care to patients at UHA clinics. According to the San Francisco Business Times, this alliance may pose increased competition for other health systems, including Kaiser Permanente and Sutter

Health. Health care is undergoing many changes from a regulatory perspective, making it more important than ever for doctors and hospitals to work together, said Kanani Quijano, a marketing and communications specialist for UHA. Our mission is to deliver value to our patients. An affiliation between SHC and community physicians enables us to provide coordinated preventive, chronic, acute and long-term care.

According to Quijano, UHAs goals include providing high quality clinical care and continuing to make significant advances in medicine. In action and attitude, the patient will be at the center of everything, Quijano added. The alliance was formed under the premise that that having multiple providers and facilities would help the customers experience.

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loosely-defined executives and non-executive roles with little oversight. The fraternity now has four executive positions in addition to the president, he said. Together, these five roles will provide oversight for non-executive positions. In this new structure, each of [ResEds] seven criteria to address corresponded with the job description of one of those executive members, McGregor said. The criteria are things well be incorporating into our daily operations for years to come. Divide and conquer The fraternity took a divide and conquer approach, to address issues of accountability and improvement, according to Barnes. Barnes split the fraternitys 60 members into 11 groups, each focused on a different facet of fraternal life. Topics included community outreach, the pledge process, the treatment of women and the role of alcohol in the house. He tasked each group with completing a proposal for what the best practices in each of those fields would look like, and the fraternity presented these projects to the review panel Thursday. Additionally, Kappa Sigma will host a themed-service project each quarter, McGregor said. Every winter we have decided to focus on Student Awareness Events, wrote Kappa Sigma community service chair Danny Organ 13 in an email to The Daily. Last winter, the fraternity hosted the Kappa Sigma Save the Music Benefit Concert, as well as a Safe and Open Spaces at Stanford (SOSAS) panel. The events raised money for music education in public schools and awareness for issues facing LGBT students and their allies, respectively. This quarter, we are partnering with SARA to co-sponsor an event hosting Kevin Powell to speak about issues of masculinity and relationship abuse awareness, Organ said. According to McGregor, Kappa Sigma may also co-host a SOSAS event for the entire Greek community. The fraternity plans to host one lecture by an alumnus every fall as part of The Stanford Family theme and to do service off the Farm every spring in an effort to

go Beyond the Stanford Campus. As a result of the programming, U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos 77 J.D. 80 came to campus in the fall to discuss the implications of the March 2011 tsunami. Kappa Sigma is also looking to host a more Stanford-specific version of the Say Something program that works to discourage bystander apathy in situations of high-risk drinking. The Office of Alcohol Policy & Education (OAPE) first hosted a Say Something event in September that was largely attended by Kappa Sigma members, according to Barnes. Barnes said he views these relationships as beneficial to Kappa Sigma, partnering organizations and the University at-large. Wed like to use OAPE and SARA to build a partnership because they are much more specialized than we are, Barnes said. Wed like to bring up our level of understanding and to give them the manpower to put on bigger events. No babysitting Golder warned Kappa Sigma members that they should not take her decision lightly. I explained to them that on the one hand, it feels great to be the guys who got the house back, but that it is with very clear expectations and zero tolerance for any of the behaviors that got them removed from the house in the first place, Golder said. We are not planning on babysitting Kappa Sigma [they] have to take responsibility for themselves as an organization, Golder said. If they dont do those things we will get involved. McGregor said he understands being a housed organization is a privilege from the University. With that devotion [from the University], there is an obligation to contribute back to campus, McGregor said. This is something we hadnt really considered in the past and something the entire Greek community can take to heart a little more. ResEd will be working with Kappa Sigma over the coming months to identify benchmarks to reflect on how the fraternity is attempting to meet these standards. Golder said ResEd will develop a supplemental process in coming weeks to hire student residential staff to live in the house next year. Contact Kristian Davis Bailey at kbailey@stanford.edu.

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KENNETH FIELDS

By CARL ROMANOS

ou can see its kind of funky and disorganized, but I kind of know where things are, said Kenneth Fields Ph.D. 67, a longtime professor of English and creative writing. Once in a while, I discover something Id forgotten about. The room features a rustic looking armchair, an oft-used couch and a desk stacked with knick knacks in charming disarray. There are books everywhere: on shelves, on the desk, on the floor. In fact, the floor space is

nearly non-existent, which makes the room both look and feel even more chaotic. Also present are Fields energetic miniature Australian shepherds, Dot and Jinx, compounding the rooms mismatched aura of homeliness and anarchy. The eccentric and cluttered nature of Fieldss office he claims there is a trumpet stashed somewhere in the room, as well as an Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo mirrors his unique upbringing and education, which inspires much of his writing. Fields was born to a pair of farmers in Texas. He had a twin brother who died when they were

only a day old. Hes buried in this little country cemetery in Texas, [and] Ive been back there a couple of times, he said. It turned out that that had something to do with my psychology as it comes through in my poems. Fields moved to California as a young boy, and after finishing high school, he attended UC-Santa Barbara. I went there with no particular interests, Fields said. I wanted to play football; I didnt think very far along the line like could I be playing this when I was 70 or something. It was at UCSB that Fields found his two main passions in life, reading and writing, through the people he encountered. These individuals included Homer Swander, a wonderful professor of Shakespeare, as well as Edgar Bowers M.A. 49, Ph.D. 53, a poet who studied at Stanford under the famous critic Yvor Winters. Through the encouragement of these mentors, Fields decided that he wanted to study English at Stanford.

After two years in the Army as part of his involvement with Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), Fields finally moved to the Farm, where he has remained for 45 years, first as a graduate student, then as a professor and poet. There were lots of people around who were interested in writing, and I guess I just stayed with it, Fields said. I thought I was good at it, and its what I loved doing. Fields has numerous books of poetry, including a collection of blank verse sonnets entitled Classic Rough News. Now, Fields is working on a novel, tentatively called Father of Mercies. I essentially consider myself a poet, he said. How I got into the novel, I dont know probably half of the English professors in the world have a secret novel in their desk drawers. With this breezy spirit as a writer, one might argue it follows that Fields appreciates improvisation as an important aspect of writing. In fact, improvisation is a big part of one of Fieldss other hobbies: photography.

I love the sense of shooting from the hip and seeing what the camera sees as an artist, he said. At the same time, Fieldss image of himself as a writer has never been clear-cut, he said, and his encounters and relationships with a wide variety of individuals during his long tenure at Stanford have affected his perspective. Lots of different people have come and gone, Fields said. Just being around other writers, the combination of younger writers coming in as fellows and my colleagues, has had a big effect on how I think of myself as a writer. The most important time to Fields, however, was his years in college that sparked and nurtured his still-developing passion for writing. He holds that teachers need to model the excitement they have for their disciplines so that students can truly become enthralled by their experiences in the classroom, as he once was. The key is to look for something that moves you, he said. Contact Carl Romanos at cromanos@stanford.edu.

Digitizing the diagnosis

By STEPHANIEWANG and MOLLYVORWERCK
enerations of children have walked into the doctors office to be greeted by a white-coated physician with a stethoscope and a folder in his hand. But the last detail, if a trend at Stanford Hospital and Lucille Packard Childrens Hospital is any indication, is about to change. Medical centers across the country, Stanfords among them, are adopting electronic medical records (EMRs) in response to some pragmatic concerns and financial incentives from the federal government. Dr. Scott Sutherland, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Lucille Packard, believes that EMRs are a positive addition to the medical profession. It used to be that blood pressures were charted on paper flow sheets, and it was easy to look at the past 24 hours worth of blood pressures, he said.Now, the flow sheet goes on forever, so I can look at the past seven days worth of blood pressures and [chart] those trends. With the capability to essentially Google searchthe information they need, doctors now have easy access to more data than ever when assessing the proper treatment for their patients.

In addition to UC-Los Angeles and Harvard University, Stanford is one of the leading universities to adopt EMR use in their facilities. In the past, patients would have volumes and volumes of paper records that were not very well organized, Sutherland said. Electronic medical records allow you to keep all the information in one spot. Along with Dr. Christopher Longhurst, Lucille Packard chief medical information officer, and Dr. Jennifer Frankovich, Lucille Packard pediatrics instructor, at Stanford Hospital, Sutherland recently used EMRs to determine the proper treatment for a girl who had a rare case of lupus, an autoimmune disorder. By using these digitized records, the team of physicians was able to statistically determine the best treatment for the girl rather than rely on anecdotal evidence from their own experiences and those of their colleagues. These EMR systems will allow us to do clinical research based on aggregated patient data, Frankovich said. Dr. David Blumenthal, the Obama Administrations former national coordinator for health information technology and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, was one of the vanguards of EMR advocacy, and continues to promote the electronic records within the broader scope of American healthcare reposal, it would require us to make concessions which would reduce future opportunities for the core campus . . . and compromise the university campus. Officials at both the New York Mayors office and the New York City Economic Development Corporation refused to comment on the negotiation process and whether they had played a bait and switch game with Stanford. All schools were competing on the same terms and all of the terms were outlined specifically in the RFP (Request for Proposal). Its that simple, said one city official, who asked to remain anonymous and declined

form. Massachusetts General Hospital has been implementing an electronic health record since probably more than a decade ago, Blumenthal said. The hospital has a combination of systems that were self developed, and they were deployed in the early 2000s . . . when I first started using electronic health records. And the benefits of these records, according to Blumenthal, are many. At the simplest level it means that records are more easily accessible and not lost, he said. Theyre available at the time the patient is seen and you dont have to request for them in advance. And the advantages reach beyond expedient access, he argued. At a more complex and important level, the records are more complete and the data is easier to assemble, he said. It improves the completeness, quality and safety of care, and I think over time will save in expenses. However, Blumenthal admits that there are a series of challenges that come with adopting such records, even if the pros might eventually outweigh the cons. There is more data entry required because the chart is structured and therefore every physician doesnt create his or her own template, he said. Information is more complete, therefore it is more time-consuming to digest . . . Physicians and other to comment further. Nothing about the RFP was firm, said University spokesperson Lisa Lapin. The city was making changes to all of the terms of the project. For instance, Lapin said that the city required Stanford to proceed with the project even if the city revoked the $100 million it promised to the competition winner. There were issues about liability for . . . the environmental risks involved in the site, Provost John Etchemendy Ph.D. 82 told The Daily.They wanted us to indemnify them for anything they had done, anything that had happened. So for

caretakers dont have that problem to that extent when is the information is written. Since 2009, the Obama Administration has encouraged the use of EMRs in hospitals and doctors offices across the country. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a series of provisions entitled the High Tech Act set aside up to $29 billion dollars to prompt physicians and other professionals to adopt electronic records in lieu of traditional paper ones. Hospitals and physicians could receive the funding if they used socalled certified electronic health records in a meaningful way, Blumenthal said.That gives importance to the term meaningful use. Physicians can get extra money if they become users of electronic health records. Dr. David Feinberg of the UCLA Medical Center, like Blumenthal, argues that there are both advantages and disadvantages to using these types of records. According to Feinberg, EMRs have not been pivotal in diagnosing a specific case at UCLA, however they are currently in the process of implementing EMRs throughout their four hospitals and 200-plus clinics in Southern California, which might bode more promising results. This process should be done in about a year. example, if somebody sued about exposure to chemicals 20 years ago, we would have been liable; and thats an example. Hennessy added that the city also backtracked on the amount of land they had promised. Originally, Stanford believed they would be granted land from shore to shore on Roosevelt Island. But New York cut back the land offer, which meant that Stanford would have to pay to buy additional land if they wanted to build the campus for which they originally planned. Finally, Hennessy said Stanford could not see eye to eye with the city on how quickly the campus could scale up. We would not compromise our faculty hiring standards, Hennessy said. Particularly when many faculty already believe they live in Nirvana . . . [that] increased some of the issues for us in terms of how to scale up. Hennessy and the faculty committee resisted the citys push to ramp up quickly. This needs to be one university, two campuses, not an A campus and a B campus, Hennessy said. Clearly,a smaller campus but it cant be different quality-wise. And that I think was a real point of differentiation between Stanford and what the city wanted. Besides the changing terms of the RFP, it seems that Stanford was turned off by the tone of the negotiations, which led the University to feel that it could not work successfully with the city. I think Stanford wanted very much to do this, if we had a willing partner in New York City, said Jim Plummer, dean of the School of Engineering. I think that it became clear as we went through the negotiations that it was more of a city talk-

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EMRs allow us to manage quality in a more robust way, Feinberg wrote in an email toThe Daily.Theyallow us to become even an even greater learning organization. Ultimately, physicians like Sutherland, Feinberg and Blumenthal feel that EMRs will be more widely adopted over time, so long as they are used in a manner that supports their overarching goal. It wont happen automatically; they must be used to their full capacity, Blumenthal said. They certainly have some potential to reduce spending in ways that would not be possible with paperwork. Contact Stephanie Wang at swang93@stanford.edu and MollyVorwerck at mvorwerc@stanford.edu. ing to a land developer kind of discussion, rather than a partner talking to a partner. All together, these aspects made Stanford feel that success could not be guaranteed. If we could not succeed in achieving everything that NYC wanted, then we would have had a campus 3,000 miles away that would end up being an albatross around our neck, Etchemendy said. In New York, Roosevelt Islanders said they were shocked to hear that Stanford was withdrawing. Everybody was completely stunned beyond imagination; the news flew through the community like wildfire, said Denise Shull, a common councilor on Roosevelt Islands Residents Association Silicon Island Subcommittee. Schull said she was disappointed that Stanford dropped their bid. From my perspective . . . the island was much more in support of Stanford. They just have a fabulous reputation. Theres just no two ways about it, she said. On the other hand,residents have also welcomed Cornell enthusiastically. In reflection, now that Cornell is going to be here, New York is going to be able to do its own thing, rather that be a satellite to Silicon Valley, said Jonathan Kalkin, former director of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. At the end of the day, Stanford maintains that the bid was worthwhile, even though the proposal cost the University $3 million. The saying nothing ventured, nothing gained is most apt, read the University press release at the time of Stanfords withdrawal. Contact Caroline Chen at cchen501@ stanford.edu.

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could not or would not keep up. Up until now, Stanford officials have not spoken publicly about specific details of the failed negotiations. Last Thursday, President John Hennessy discussed his decision with the Faculty Senate. The city made a set of requirements which from our perspective, would increase the risk and cost, and decrease some of the long term benefits, he said. While we believed we could win the pro-

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t would be majorly difficult for me to pick my favorite Stanford tradition. Sure, Full Moon was fun in a very strange Cant-Believe-Stanford-AllowsThis-Orgy-to-Happen kind of way (The Great Mono Outbreak of 2011 that hit my dorm soon after was not so fun, but thats another story.) And all the events of Big Game week especially Gaieties were definitely cray. But, if forced to decide, I would say ski trip has been the best experience of my year thus far. For two days, my dormmates and our fabulous RAs spent time relaxing in the beautiful mountains of Lake Tahoe. It was a perfectly peaceful weekend full of fuzzy ski socks, hot chocolate, skiing and plenty of naps. Oh wait, did I say it was relaxing? Im sorry, I meant crazy as hell. From before we even left campus, our trip seemed doomed. Due to weather conditions, one of our bus drivers cancelled on us a mere 30 minutes before our scheduled departure time of 6 p.m. (Apparently the driver was not prepared to drive through snow. Even though he obviously knew we were headed to a ski resort. Lets pause let that irony sink in for a moment, shall we?) With no way to secure more buses due to the weather, the chances of our trip happening at all looked slim. Fortunately, my RA Aleena stepped in to save the day. She was forceful enough to convince the transportation company to send us another bus. My dorm rejoiced at this new development and quickly piled onto the bus and headed to Tahoe less than two hours behind schedule. The rest of that night and Saturday passed without event except for our food situation. Stanford Dining provided us with enough food for seven meals, which, in theory, should have been just enough. Unfortunately, the kids in my dorm majorly suck at rationing food. By Saturday morning, less than 12 hours after we had arrived in Tahoe, most of our sandwich bread and all of our snacks were completely gone. We spent the rest of the weekend on a Regina George All-Carb Diet of bagels, breakfast pastries and frozen lasagna. But this tiny little first-world problem paled in comparison to the epic journey that was our trip back to Stanford. This time, one of our buses got stuck in a snowdrift while it was en route to pick us up. Bruce the bus driver reacted in a logical way by

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calling a snowplow to come free the bus. (Actually, this very nearly ended in tragedy, as the snowplow came dangerously close to falling off a cliff while it was attempting to dig the bus out.) However, Bruce made one tiny mistake: he forgot to call our RAs and tell them he was stuck. After several hours had passed, we were still one bus and one bus driver short, and our RAs were close to calling the police and filing a missing persons report. Apart from the fact that we misplaced Bruce, our RAs still had one more major problem to solve: how were we going to get home? Given the icy roads, low visibility and the fact that our bus driver was lost on the frozen tundra, it was decided that half of the dorm would stay in the rental house for another night if we could not secure another bus. That would have been a fine idea, except for the minor fact that we only had cake and frozen lasagnas left to feed 40 people. (Im pretty sure that was exactly how the Donner Party started, by the way.) Fortunately, before any of us resorted to cannibalism, Bruce and the missing bus were located. He quickly made his way over to our house, and each member of my dorm made it home safely by 4 a.m. only eight hours after our original ETA. So, in one word, Twain ski trip was a shitshow. And yet, those were still some of the best 48 hours of my life. Why? Because through all of the challenges we faced, our dorm forged a tight bond. It would have been easy to whine and complain about our lack of real food, or the fact that our rental house was insanely crowded, or the fact that our bus driver went AWOL and we came dangerously close to being stranded. But instead these setbacks became ways to form friendships with people in the dorm who we didnt typically talk to. After all, its pretty impossible not to bond with someone if youre sharing a twin bed with her and three other people. Looking to form a bond with Bianca in her bed? Try your luck at blchavez@stanford.edu.

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The boy who cried war

mericas last good war that is, a war the vast majority of the population could agree was worth fighting formally ended on the second of September, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri. Since the Japanese surrender that day, the American people have become ever more reluctant to go to war, less and less likely to agree about when and where we ought to fight, and ever less unanimous in our collective determination to keep on fighting once we decide to start. Conservatives tend to interpret this gradual march toward pacifism as a symptom of American decline, to attribute this dearth of fighting spirit to the enervating influence of a cowardly, degenerate liberalism. This interpretation of history attributes our lack of national unity on Vietnam, on Iraq, on Afghanistan and now on Libya to the weakening resolve and increasingly craven will of a people no longer prepared, as we once were, to suffer and die for freedoms sake. But I disagree. Our troops are no less brave, our national character no more degraded. We are certainly no less patriotic or caring for our soldiers than we used to be, even if we

still do not care quite as much as we should; I have yet to hear about a returning soldier being spit upon or mocked, as Vietnam vets often were, and the national celebration of bin Ladens death-by-SEAL was nearunanimous, even here at notoriously liberal Stanford. No, the American people are unwilling to fight because we have been lied to too often, for too long and to the great and irreparable loss of too many. The nation has become skeptical about war because, like the proverbial townspeople guarding their sheep, we feel we can no longer trust the people calling us to action. The lies started in Vietnam, when presidents, policymakers and pundits fed the American people a series of falsehoods that would eventually kill millions.They told us that the war would be easy; that, once we had started to fight, we were winning; and that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Asia would follow. The war was not easy; we did not win; and the rest of Asia did not turn red. But as the last American helicopter left South Vietnam, the lies began to take their toll, and disillusionment, discord and a distrust of government began to set in.

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When the time came for war in Iraq, so also came more lies. Here is former deputy ambassador to the U.N. Ken Adelman in February of 2002: I believe that demolishing Husseins military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk. Here is Dick Cheney on Aug. 26, 2002: Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. Heres Cheney again, in March: My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators . . . I think itll go relatively quickly . . . Weeks rather than months. Here is George W. Bush, standing proudly in front of a banner reading Mission Accomplished on May 1, 2003: We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning . . . In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have

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Stat on the Back

BEARS BULLY CARDINAL

STANFORD LOSES THIRD STRAIGHT ROAD GAME
By ANDERS MIKKELSEN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ate Saturday night, or more accurately early Sunday morning, I watched one of the most fascinating sporting events Id ever seen. It kept me up until 7 a.m. even though it was my first time watching the sport in several months. I had no strong rooting interest, but it was still one of the most rewarding experiences Ive had watching sports in a long time. The event was the Australian Open final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. The top two players in the world played one of the best tennis matches ever, obliterating the record for the longest Grand Slam final in history by squaring off for nearly six hours. Six hours. You could watch the entire third season of Arrested Development in that time and still have enough time to watch a whole basketball game, too. It wasnt just the length of the match that made it fascinating. Djokovic and Nadal are two of the best players in tennis history, and they showed why in this match. Even after five hours of running, diving, jumping and smacking the Wilson logo off the ball, these two guys were still peppering blistering shots all over the court. Some of the best points Ive ever seen were at the tail end of this match, when any mortal person would have been fainting from exhaustion. For a while, a six-hour marathon seemed very unlikely. Djokovic looked flat early, allowing Nadal to take the first set 7-5. After that, Djokovic took control, winning the next two sets and appearing to cruise toward victory.As the fourth set wore on, though, Nadal just kept hanging around, and a late spurt allowed him to win the fourth and nearly take the match in the fifth. Djokovic ended up winning, but anyone watching the match had to be impressed with Nadals fight in that match. Now, it may have just been the sleep deprivation in me, but the match got me thinking about something several thousand miles closer to home: the Stanford mens basketball team. Yep, the Cardinal is like Nadal. I know it seems like a stretch, but bear with me. This year, Stanford got off to a quick start, winning 10 of its first 11 games and nearly knocking off Syracuse. The Cardinal has since hit a rough patch, going just 5-5 over its past 10 games, including a bad home loss to Butler and four road losses by double digits. Just like Nadal, Stanford looks to be down and out. Of course, Stanford is nowhere near as good at basketball as Nadal is at tennis, but thankfully the Pac-12 is no Djokovic. And thats exactly where the parallel comes in. Were halfway through the Pac12 season, and even with the poor performances by Stanford, the Cardinal can look up at the standings and see a golden opportunity to get right back in contention. Nadal saw his opportunity and parlayed it into a nearwin in the Aussie Open. Whether or not Stanford is able to finish strong and contend, the opening is there for the taking. This was particularly evident in last nights game at Cal. Stanford was very flat early, shooting below 30 percent for much of the first half. The Golden Bears couldnt build a very big lead, though, and an unexpected boost from Stefan Nastic allowed the Cardinal to hang around. Stanford got virtually nothing from its backcourt duo of Chasson Randle and Aaron Bright (two points, no field goals in the first 34 minutes), yet the Cardinal actually took the lead in the second half and was still just one small run from taking control for much of the game. Stanford is a very inconsistent team, as evidenced by the sudden outbursts from role-players and the equally frequent disappearances from starters. Even with these woes, the Cardinal is still in position to contend in the Pac-12, two games behind co-leaders Washington and Cal. Just nine games remain, and five of them will be at Maples Pavilion, where Stanford is 11-1. The Cardinal doesnt have to play the Washington schools anymore, and two of the four remaining road games are against bottom-feeders Utah and USC. Of course, just like Nadal against Djokovic, Stanford didnt have enough down the stretch against Cal.

Mens hoops needs to fight like Nadal

Hoping to rebound from a tough journey through Washington that saw it drop from first to fifth in the Pac-12, the Stanford mens basketball team (15-6, 5-4 Pac-12) traveled to Berkeley Sunday night to take on the rival California Golden Bears. Despite a strong first half, the Cardinal was not able to stick with the Bears, ending a disappointing road trip with its third straight loss, 69-59.

MENS BASKETBALL STANFORD 59 CALIFORNIA 69 1/29, Berkeley, Calif.

Cal (17-5, 7-2) was coming off a surprising defeat at the hands of Washington State, but had been utterly dominant at home, entering the matchup with a sterling 13-0 record at Haas Pavilion. Sophomore forward Dwight Powell made his second straight appearance in the starting lineup

after being hampered by injuries for much of the season, and he immediately made his presence felt. Powell had scored 20 points in Stanfords last meeting with the Bears and seemed poised for another big game, scoring nine of the Cardinals first 14 points. The rest of the Stanford team, however, couldnt buy a bucket, and the Bears roared to a 25-16 lead 15 minutes into the first half. At this point, sophomore center Stefan Nastic took over. The big man, who had played over 10 minutes just once this season, scored eight of his career-high 11 points in the last five minutes as Stanford stormed back to take a 33-32 lead into the half. Both teams came out of the locker room weakly, combining for just five points in the first five minutes. The poor shooting continued, leaving Cal clinging to a slim 44-43 lead at the 10-minute mark. At that point the wheels started to come off for the Cardinal. Stanford shot 6-for-14 from the field to close the game, as well as a horrendous 4-for-9 from the

charity stripe. The Cardinal also committed nine of its 25 fouls over that time frame, with Powell fouling out at the 4:55 mark. Poor shooting has been a recurring theme for the Cardinal, as it suffered from its third straight horrible performance, hitting just 38.5 percent from the field, 63 percent from the line and 13.3 percent from three-point range. It marked Stanfords seventh straight game making fewer than 70 percent of its free throws, a terrible figure that head coach Johnny Dawkins needs to work on correcting as the Cardinal falls further and further from NCAA Tournament contention. Stanford was outrebounded for just the fourth time this year (yet second time in a row). The Cardinal was especially hurt by a weak performance on the offensive boards, as it managed just four to Cals 10. Cals senior point guard Jorge Gutierrez managed to snag 12 rebounds, more than doubling his season average and equaling the number of boards grabbed by

Stanfords leading rebounders Josh Owens and Josh Huestis combined. The Bears pulled away after halftime due primarily to an impressive effort from senior forward Harper Kamp. Kamp scored 13 of his 15 points in the last 15 minutes while taking just five shots from the field the entire game. For the second straight game, Stanford was unable to stop the opposing guard play. Gutierrez, Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs combined for 42 of the Bears 69 points, with Crabbe leading all scorers with 18. With another loss, Stanford has now fallen into a tie for fifth in the conference, two games back from leaders Cal and Washington. The Card will return to Maples Pavilion this week to take on Arizona State and Arizona, needing wins in order to stay in the hunt for the Pac-12 crown and an NCAA Tournament bid. Contact Anders Mikkelsen at amikk@stanford.edu.

WOMENS SWIMMING AND DIVING

By GEORGE CHEN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Stanford sweeps SoCal road trip

The dual meets may pile up weekend after weekend, but the Cardinal womens swimming and diving team just keeps on rolling. For the second weekend in a row, No. 8 Stanford (8-1, 5-0 Pac-12) took tough back-to-back meets in stride, beating UCLA 164-134 and No. 7 USC 160.5-139.5 on the road. Against the Bruins on Friday, the Cardinal swam to a record-setting night, shattering pool and meet records left and right. Senior sprint specialist Sam Woodward continued to make the best of her senior season by breaking both the pool and meet record in the 50 freestyle. En route to a victory in that event, Woodwards time of 22.67 seconds easily shattered UCLA Spieker Aquatic Centers previous pool record of 22.90. Senior teammate Betsy Webb also broke the old pool and meet record in the 50 freestyle, but finished second behind Woodward by two-tenths of a second. The 50 freestyle was one of two individual event wins for Woodward, who also won the 100 butterfly with a come-from-behind performance to touch out UCLAs Yasi Jahanshahi.

WOMENS SWIMMING STANFORD 160.5 USC 139.5 1/28, Los Angeles, Calif.
But Woodward wasnt alone on the action. Junior Andi Murez likewise broke the pool and meet record in the 100 freestyle, holding off Bruin swimmer Kathryn Murphy down the stretch. Sophomore Felicia Lee also broke the meet record in the 200 backstroke a

record that had been untouched since 1994 and in the process, smoked the competition field by almost three seconds. While these Cardinal swimmers showed terrific mid-season speed, the toughest swimmer of the meet might have been sophomore Andie Taylor. Not only did Taylor win three individual events, but she also posted times that were faster than the NCAA B cut in two of the three events the 200 freestyle and 400 individual medley.

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CARD EKES OUT WIN OVER CAL

By DEAN MCARDLE Sophomore forward Chiney Ogwumike tallied career highs with 27 points and 18 rebounds to lead the No. 4 Cardinal to a 74-71 overtime victory against rival California on Saturday. this type of environment. This was a tournament environment and Im really proud of our team. Both teams struggled shooting in the first half, going 1-for-16 combined from beyond the arc. Stanford made up for its poor shooting by capitalizing on Cal mistakes. The Cardinal scored 10 points off turnovers to climb ahead by halftime. The Cardinal led 38-29 at the half and held that lead late into the game. The Golden Bears trailed by as many as 14, but they clawed back and the lead was only nine with 2:27 remaining in regulation. Clarendon, Cals leading scorer on the season, took over in the final two minutes. The junior accounted for seven of the nine points during Cals late run, including two free throws with 27 seconds left to tie the game. Nnemkadi Ogwumike missed a jumper for Stanford in the final seconds to send the game into overtime. The late miss reflected a difficult game offensively for Stanfords senior leader. They were doubling, thats it, its as simple as that, Nnemkadi Ogwumike said, but once they double me, that leaves one other person open. And clearly they took their chances, and Chiney can take care of business, and thats how we work. Nnemkadis sister Chiney more than picked up the slack. Chiney Ogwumikes layup early in the extra period was the only field goal for the Cardinal in overtime, and she later added the front-end of a one-and-one to give the Cardinal a one-point lead. Stanford dominated the inside game, notching 44 points in the paint to just 24 for the Golden Bears. The Cardinal shot poorly from three-point range, however, going just 3-for-20 on the night. Freshman Bonnie Samuelson was the only bright spot for the Cardinal from beyond the arc, making both of her threepoint attempts. We have great three-point shooters. Theyve been working

WOMENS BASKETBALL CALIFORNIA 71 STANFORD 74 1/28, Maples Pavilion

Chineys sister, junior Nnemkadi, contributed 12 points, jumping ahead of Val Whiting for fourth place on the all-time scoring list. Sophomore Toni Kokenis added 16 points, sinking two free throws with 23 seconds left in overtime to seal the game for Stanford. With the win, the Cardinal (18-1, 9-0 Pac-12) remains perfect in conference play and builds a three-game lead in the Pac-12 over the Golden Bears (15-6, 63), who are tied for second with Arizona State. Stanford has won 15 straight overall and has yet to lose at Maples Pavilion this season, stretching its home winning streak to 74 games. Cal was the last team to beat the Cardinal at home, doing so in 2007, and almost repeated the feat on Saturday. The Golden Bears surged for the final nine points of regulation to force the game into overtime. In the overtime period the Cardinal defense held Cal to two points on 1-for-9 shooting. Cal had late opportunities to tie the game with two potential gametying three-pointers, but both missed the mark. Freshman Brittany Boyd paced the Golden Bears with 19 points and junior Layshia Clarendon chipped in 17. Clarendon, who started the day with 999 career points, became the 22nd Cal player in history to reach the 1,000-point milestone. This was the first overtime game for the Cardinal this season. All of us, players, coaches, we can all learn from a game like this, said Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer. Coaches and players will really benefit from

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Sophomore guard Toni Kokenis had 16 points, including the final two points of the game, to help No. 4 Stanford hold off archrival Cal in a surprisingly close 74-71 overtime victory Saturday at Maples Pavilion.
really hard in the gym this week. I think that theyre maybe just putting a little pressure on themselves, VanDerveer said after the game. We can win other ways. When our threes start falling then well be really good. Both head coaches were pleased with their teams effort, expressing admiration for how well the game was played. It was quite a basketball game, said first-year Cal head coach Lindsay Gottlieb. I think [the game was] really good for womens college basketball, and for the Bay Area. I told our players when I walked in our locker room that Ive never been more happy to be their coach, and the only thing that could have made me happier is if they were jumping up and down celebrating with a win. VanDerveer articulate a similar sentiment. This is great for us. This is great for Bay Area womens basketball. The saddest thing for me is the fact that it wasnt on television. Stanford travels south for two Pac-12 games in the Grand Canyon State this week. Arizona State hosts the Cardinal on Thursday and Arizona does the same on Saturday. Stanfords next home game is Feb. 9 against USC. Contact Dean McArdle at dmcardle@stanford.edu.

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The way the team is playing during this three-game losing streak, there doesnt appear to be much left to hope for. But at 5-4 in the Pac-12, things could really go either way for this young team. The opportunity is still there. Its time for Stanford to finally start taking it. Jacob Jaffe is currently the subject of an internal investigation in his dorm after five residents submitted complaints about his alleged boisterous cheering during the match at four in the morning. Send him your support at jwjaffe@stanford.edu and follow him on Twitter@Jacob _Jaffe.

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Perry, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Romney. Each has enjoyed momentary front-runner status in the press. Perry and Cain have since dropped out of the race. This kind of volatility has led news media outlets to dub the 2012 race themost fluidRepublican primary ever. Some believe this volatile primary may benefit Democratic nominee President Barack Obama come November. I think half [of Stanford Democrats membership] would like to see a drawn out race, where Romney, or the eventual candidate, is weakened by the people that are competing against him, so that makes it easier

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The No. 8 Stanford womens swimming and diving team had a very successful weekend road trip to the Los Angeles schools, setting several pool records in a win over UCLA before a tough victory at No. 7 USC.

for Obama to campaign, Sastry said.But theres the other argument that a drawn-out and competitive primary season will result in a stronger nominee, which was certainly the case between Hillary [Clinton] and Obama in 2008. Romney holds commanding leads in Florida polls, which will close on Tuesday. An NBC News/Marist poll conducted between Jan. 25 and Jan. 27 puts Romney ahead by 15 points in Florida. Despite this, Gingrich leads recent national polls by as much as nine points. According to Sastry, there is a reason why Stanford students favor Romney. I think Gingrich is a bit of an extreme candidate, even by the partys own measure, he said. I think people gravitate to Romney because hes more moderate than Gingrich or Santorum. Contact Edward Ngai at edngai@ stanford.edu. gional and national forces while enhancing growth and supporting the community-based service model here in the East Bay. BMVG notes that, although the affiliation will not impact its availability to take care of its patients, and that individuals and families can continue to see the physicians they have been seeing, patients may observe changes in the management support because UHA brings new information technology. This includes the addition of an electronic health record and more online communication tools for BMVG. UHA expects that the Affinity Medical Group (AMP) will join the alliance later this year in February. AMP includes more than 25 physicians, and is a growing multi-specialty group comprised of AMP itself, Alameda Pediatrics Associates and other groups in the East Bay. UHAs Board of Directors includes members of Stanford Hospital & Clinics, the Stanford School of Medicine and community members and physicians. Stanford Hospital & Clinics Vice President of Network Development Bruce Harrison serves as chief administrative officer for the alliance. We believe that by fostering more cohesive working relationships between high quality community physicians and SHC, we can ultimately enhance customer value for patients and their families, and improve clinical practice across a broader enterprise, Quijano said. Contact Catherine Zaw at czaw13@ stanford.edu.

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On the diving board, sophomore Stephanie Phipps continued her dual-meet consistency by sweeping the 1-meter and 3meter springboard events. Her efforts on the board helped the Cardinal outscore a deep Bruins diving squad by a collective score of 21-17. A day later, Stanford went into No. 7 USCs McDonalds Swim Stadium as a slight underdog according to the national rankings. But the Cardinal would have none of it, as the team started off the meet with a huge win in the 200 medley relay. The 1-3 finish in that event gave the Cardinal a 13-4 lead that was never relinquished. Woodward had another stellar performance by winning a total of four events, including two relays. The senior led a critical Cardinal 1-2-3 sweep in the 50 freestyle. Six events later, Woodward dove into the pool again and essentially sealed the meet for the Cardinal with a victory in the 100 butterfly. But the most intriguing matchup of Saturday was probably between Stanfords Maya DiRado and USCs Katinka Hosszu. The senior Trojan swimmer is one of the fastest and most versatile swimmers in the country. Hosszu is an Olympian who represented Hungary in 2008, a World Championship gold medalist, an eight-time All-American, a three-time NCAA champion in one year and the 2011 NCAA Swimmer of the Meet. But swimming unfazed, the sophomore DiRado held her own in the three events that she raced

against Hosszu. In the 200 individual medley, DiRado was just touched out by Hosszu, but the Cardinal swimmer defended her status as the countrys current fastest swimmer in the 200 backstroke by defeating Hosszu in that event by over a full second. Although Stanford dominated most of the meet, there were a few events where USC put up a tough fight. USC certainly took advantage Stanfords weak spot in the breaststroke events as the Trojans outscored the Cardinal 30-8 in those races. USC diver Victoria Ishimatsu swept the diving events, which helped the Trojans stay at least in contention throughout the meet. But even those advantages could not cancel out the Cardinals 1-2-3 sweep of the Trojans in three events. I was most pleased with our teams toughness and their enthusiasm. We are a process-focused team but obviously we are pleased with the outcome, said head coach Lea Maurer. We are focused on the Pac-12 and the NCAA championship. Every week our goal is to get better as individuals and as a team. Stanfords current five-meet winning streak is a testament to its ability to respond under heavy pressure, limited rest and tough adversity. The team will now have two weeks of uninterrupted training before the showdown with its biggest rival, California. As luck would have it, Cal is currently the No. 1 team in the nation. But the past two weekends have shown that the Cardinal is capable of beating a higher-ranked opponent on any given day. If Stanford can beat Cal, the womens team will end the regular season undefeated in Pac-12 competition. Contact George Chen at gchen15@ stanford.edu. ing historical marketing techniques, tobacco companies continue to advertise their product as sexy, glamorous, adventurous, liberating and fun. You dont see unattractive or overweight people in tobacco ads, do you? Proctor asked.The fact is that Americans still smoke about 350 billion cigarettes every year, enough to circle the globe some 800 times. The study was conducted as a part of Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising, with additional funding from the department of otolaryngology. Contact Rob Franklin at robfrank@ stanford.edu.

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prevailed. The war was anything but a cakewalk; we never did find those weapons of mass destruction; weeks and months eventually turned to years; and prevailed seems rather a strong term to apply to a nation still plagued by sectarian violence and fear. I would like to believe, as we all would, that war is never necessary. But there have been and will be again occasions in human history when Lady Justice must of necessity remove her blindfold, drop her scales and raise her sword. Military force can be employed in the service of good. But the more the American people are sent to war under false pretenses, the more fear is instilled to coax our soldiers into fighting, the more soaring rhetoric and fine words are used to cover up the essential falsehoods at the heart of our ostensible mission the less prepared, the weaker, the more cynical and the less certain the American people shall be when the time comes to fight the next truly necessary war. Like the villagers of the fable, we will greet the frantic calls for arms, troops, time and money with a measured indifference, secure in the knowledge that we have heard this all before and that this time, as always, it is all lies. Tell Miles the truth anytime at milesu1@stanford.edu. Hed love to hear it.

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Our team is a diverse group of people with a wealth of skills and experiences, joined together by a shared set of values, Quijano said. We value our patients and take pride in ensuring they are provided with compassionate care and service. We put the patient first in all we do and always remember that caring for the individual patient and their family is at the heart of our mission and philosophy. Through the collective and coordinated efforts of our team, we apply our diverse experience to benefit patients. Currently, the medical foundation includes multi-specialty medical practices with over 110 physicians and 15 advanced practitioners. UHA has 10 locations, with two clinics in Menlo Park and others in Hayward, Castro Valley, Danville, Pleasanton, San Jose, San Pablo, Alameda and Pinole. The Bay Valley Medical Group (BMVG) partnered with UHA last year in October, representing over 350 physicians that provide primary and specialty medical care, with 27 physicians and four office locations in the East Bay. According to the Bay Valley Medical Group News website, The affiliation of UHA and BVMG helps both partners flourish in the complex, increasingly competitive and rapidly changing health care environment. It will strengthen BVMGs ability to adapt to local, re-

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Jackler said. The Journal of the American Medical Association stopped publishing tobacco advertisements in 1953, but a number of state and local medical journals continued advertising cigarettes into the late 1960s, wrote Robert Proctor, professor of history, in an email to The Daily. Proctor, who teaches a class titled, Global Tobacco Science and Shenanigans, also noted that despite changes in legislation prevent-