Cardinal Chronicle

THE STAFF AT THE CANTOR ARTS CENTER KNEW they had a winner with the exhibit "Corot to Picasso: European Masterworks from the Smith College Museum of Art," featuring works by artists including Gaugin, Monet, Kadinsky and Picasso. Still, they've been awed by the size of the crowds its attracted, said spokesperson ANNA KOSTER. Nearly 6,000 people visited the museum the week of July 9 when the exhibit opened. In two weeks time, good reviews and word-of-mouth had bumped that figure up to 8,400 people in a week, Koster said. So far, exhibit attendance has broken all records except one: the record 16,616 people who visited the museum the week it reopened in 1999 after a 10-year closure for earthquake-related repairs and expansion. "I don't see how we could ever beat that," Koster said. "Give away gold bars, maybe."

TURNS OUT THE WINNER OF A $2,500 GIFT certificate in the recent "Stanford Friends" recruitment program drawing and the person he referred for a campus job were more than just friends. RORY BROWN, who works in the Human Genome Center, was awarded $750 and became eligible for the Aug. 7 drawing when he successfully referred his wife,
CHANTAL BROWN, for the job she holds in human resources in faculty affairs. Both Browns became winners when Rory's name was pulled from a box of 33 names at the top of Hoover Tower on Aug. 7. Rory won a gift certificate for the Stanford Shopping Center and the couple, parents of a young child, plan to make spending it a family project. "We're going to make a day of it," said Chantal. "We'll get a babysitter and have a nice dinner. Maybe go to the spa." The quarterly drawing isn't the only way to hit the jackpot, said MONICA VALERIO, the Stanford Friends program administrator. Some departments, including Information Technology Systems and Services (ITSS), sweeten the pot for selected jobs by offering additional bonuses of up to $3,000, she said. There's no way to tell from the job listings which job referrals would carry extra bonuses, but interested staff can call Valerio at 723-4075, she said.

Write to Barbara Palmer at barbara.palmer@leland or mail code 2245.