Cardinal Chronicle
BY MICHAEL PEÑA
Staff support for Community Partnership Day has been huge so far, with more than a third of the 250 volunteer slots filled since sign-ups started two weeks ago—especially given that the new event has mostly gotten out by word of mouth, according to ANNA WILSON, events and communications coordinator for the Office of University Communications. Some programs that still have openings include the Ecumenical Hunger Program and Second Harvest Food Bank. Urban Ministry had a few slots, but those have since been filled by three chefs and six other staff members from Stanford Dining who will prep and deliver food to the VA Hospital in Menlo Park on April 28. There, the nonprofit Clara-Mateo Alliance runs a small homeless shelter and feeds individuals and families. But there's no space for cooking or food storage, so dinner for up to 100 people will be prepared at Wilbur Hall and then brought to the shelter. Stanford Dining also gets out in the community to provide the homeless with holiday dinners and crab feeds.
With spring cleaning under way—or perhaps on your mind—green collection bins for electronic waste are in place near the Bookstore, in classroom recycling areas and at Tresidder Union for items such as broken keyboards, small electronics, old CDs and unused wire. Artist STEVEN SIEGEL will be on campus the last week of April to turn the techno trash into a sculpture on the front lawn of the Cummings Art Building. No computers, printers or batteries will be accepted, but old floppies and even instruction manuals will. The project brings together the Art Department, Cantor Arts Center, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) and the President's Panel on Outdoor Art. "The piece will reflect on the enormous amount of digital waste generated by the Stanford community in a playful and aesthetically pleasing way," said TOM SELIGMAN.
In addition to tossing old toys, early adopters with "fifth-generation" iPods can watch any of the 15 high-definition videos just created by EH&S, in partnership with the School of Medicine. The short safety videos are meant to help laboratory researchers identify and manage hazardous waste. They can be downloaded for free from the Stanford Community iTunes website onto any iPod designed to play video or viewed online at http://itunes.stanford.edu/community/. The limited-access website requires a SUNet ID.