| Sat 10/7 | Stanford vs. Notre Dame Football on NBC |
| Sun 10/8 | Stanford Book Club Meeting |
| Sat 10/14 | Stanford Author Presentation |
| Thu 10/19 | Stanford and Brown Young Alumni Happy Hour |
| Fri 10/20 | Ivy Singles Event |
| Wed 11/8 | WDCSA Board Meeting |
| Mon 11/13 | Washington National Opera – Madame Butterfly |
| Sat. 12/2 | Big Game |
| Sun 1/7 | Stanford Men’s Basketball at University of Virginia |
Volunteer for Alternative Spring Break, Buck
Cardinal Award
Stanford Football
Saturday, Oct. 8 2:30pm, McFaddens, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington
DC
Stanford’s football game against Notre Dame will be televised live on
NBC. Come join other Stanford fans in rooting for your favorite team! And don’t
forget the Big Game is on Saturday, December 2 at 3pm! Details in November newsletter.
Stanford Book Club Meeting
Sunday, Oct. 8 6:00-9:00pm
The Washington DC area Stanford Book Group is discussing Karen Armstrong’s
“The Great Transformation” on Sunday, Oct 8 at the home of Perry
Seiffert. Please contact Alison Westfall for more information at (202) 544-7314
or alisoncolew@hotmail.com, or
visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wdcsabooks
and click "join this group." The November book is Thomas Wolfe’s
“Look Homeward, Angel”.
Stanford
Author at Politics and Prose
Saturday, October 14 3 pm
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, ’94, the Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief
and a former editor-in-chief of the Stanford Daily, will talk about his new
book, "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone".
Steve Coll, the author of Ghost Wars, calls it "a dazzling, important,
and entertaining work of reportage about the American civilians who tried to
remake Iraq, and about the strange, isolated city-state in Baghdad where they
failed." For more information about the book, visit www.rajivc.com
Stanford and Brown Young Alumni Happy Hour
Thursday, Oct. 19 6:30pm
1212 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Join young alumni from Stanford and Brown at The Red and The Black for happy
hour on Thursday, Oct. 19th from 6:30 onward. The Red & The Black is a cozy
tavern and live music venue located in the H Street "Atlas" shopping
district. Decorated inside with New Orleans style tin ceilings, walls covered
in doors, and red velvet drapes, The Red & The Black is a comfortable place
to have a drink and some Jambalaya with friends or see some local live entertainment.
Questions? Contact Julie Shapiro (’03) at jbshapiro@gmail.com.
Ivy Singles Event
Friday, Oct. 20 6:30-9pm
Woman’s National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington DC
Join your hosts, the Cornell Club of Washington, for an evening of exceptional
non-partisan company and conversation in the Adlai Stevenson Ballroom of the
Woman’s National Democratic Club. The Club is located near Dupont Circle
in the Whittemore House, one of Washington’s most elegant, historic mansions
with ten function rooms and a garden.
Reservations: $25 by check to Steve Piekarec, 2535 West Meredith Drive, Vienna,
Virginia 22181, by Monday, October 16th. Make checks payable to "The Cornell
Club of Washington" and note your school on the check. $35 for email (Spiekare@cs.com)
or phone reservations (703-281-4311) and walk-ins. Please RSVP if possible by
e-mail or via the Evite. http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/spiekare@cs.com/wndc06.
WDCSA Board Meeting
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7PM
Stanford in Washington, 2661 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Join the WDCSA Board of Directors at their next board meeting on Wednesday,
November 8 at 7 PM at the Stanford in Washington campus (2661 Connecticut Ave,
NW – directly across from the Woodley Park metro). Please contact Lindsay Arnold
with questions at wdcsa.president@gmail.com
or (202) 256-1324
Washington National Opera Tickets
Monday, Nov. 13 7pm
"Madama Butterfly", the Puccini classic. In a spectacular production
from "Teatr Wielki National Opera Warsaw" – Conducted by Placido Domingo.
Deadline for ordering is October 24th. Tickets will be mailed by October 31st.
Prime Orchestra seats are $141.50 and Second Tier seats are $69.50. For tickets
– Send a check payable to WDCSA to Betty Byrne, 1822 Ingleside Terrace NW, Washington
DC 20010. Contact Betty at (202) 483-4048 or bettybyrne@stanfordalumni.org.
Stanford Men’s Basketball at University of Virginia
Sunday, January 7, 2007 5PM
The Stanford Men’s Basketball Team will make an infrequent visit to our area
to play the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on Sunday, January 7,
2007 at 5:00pm. Plans are being made for discounted game tickets, a pre-game
event (with a talk from a Coach), and a chartered bus. Stay tuned for details,
and meanwhile….SAVE THE DATE!
Volunteer With Stanford’s Alternative Spring Break
Help out with Stanford’s Alternative Spring Break service learning trip to
Washington, DC! The ASB program funds twelve students to spend their Spring
Break (March 27-April 1, 2007) in DC focusing on Sustainable Development. They
will study the environmental, political, and social aspects of "sustainable
development" — how can development meet present needs without compromising
future generations meeting their own needs? Student ASB Trip leader Pamela Sud
needs YOUR help!
–Guest Speakers and Site Visits. Do you or anyone you know in DC do work related
to sustainable development? Perhaps environmental lobbyism, renewable energy,
green building design, international development, or foreign aid? If so, we
would LOVE to have you as a guest lecturer, do a site visit to learn more about
the organization, or even a service project.
–Housing/Meals. Want to have 12 engaging Stanford undergrads over for dinner
one night? Or, know of a central location in downtown where 12 students could
stay for five nights? Please contact Pamela Sud (pamsud@stanford.edu)
if you can help in any way!
Chris Shinkman and Garry Tyran Receive Buck/Cardinal Award
At the Fall 2006 meeting of the Buck/Cardinal Club (the fundraising arm of
Stanford Athletics) two WDCSA Board Members, Garry Tyran and Chris Shinkman,
were presented with the Edgar A. Luce, Jr. Award of Merit. Garry and Chris were
honored in particular for their work on the 2005 Stanford at Navy football game
and tailgate which attracted 1000 Cardinal fans.