Stanford Report, January 11, 2006

Cardinal Chronicle

BY MICHAEL PEÑA

The consensus seems to be that the stormy weather that doused the Bay Area during the break caused no major damage here. "We had a handful of trees come down. We had a couple of minor roof leaks," said CHRIS CHRISTOFFERSON, associate vice provost for facilities. RODGER WHITNEY, executive director of student housing, reported no flooding or broken windows; and as for the various construction projects around campus, none seemed to be set back by the storms, said JACK CLEARY, director of the Department of Project Management. This includes renovation work on the stadium. Don't believe it? Go to http://stadiumcam3.stanford.edu, or replace the "3" in the address with a "1" or "2" to see live shots taken by a trio of webcams mounted at the site.

This Saturday, the Stanford women's basketball team will commemorate the first-ever women's intercollegiate basketball game when the squad faces off with UC-Berkeley. The historic match also was against Cal and was played in April 1896 in San Francisco's Page Street Armory. Nine players per team stood in three zones, which the rules said they couldn't leave—nor could they move more than 5 feet without passing. Stanford won by a score of 2-1, with AGNES MORLEY scoring the winning basket. Members of Morley's family plan to attend this Saturday's game, which tips off at 2 p.m. here at Stanford. The university and the Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative are sponsoring a leadership lunch for women before the game. For more information, visit the women's basketball page at http://www.gostanford.com.

And here's a win-win: Student NICO MARTINEZ won the 2005 JEOPARDY! College Championship back in mid-November, outscoring 14 undergraduates from around the country during the two-week tournament. The grand prize was $100,000. Meanwhile, former student BRIAN RIKUDA took top honors on the reality show Ultimate Hustler, Black Entertainment Television's answer to The Apprentice. Rikuda beat out 15 other aspiring entrepreneurs for the chance to wheel and deal with hip-hop mogul DAMON DASH. In addition to winning a fully loaded 2006 Jeep Commander and jewelry, Rikuda, co-owner of a record label called Conduit Entertainment, also won the chance to collaborate with Dash on his winning sales pitch during the show's live finale in October, which was to build an 18-story luxury condominium complex in Harlem. Rikuda said the project could break ground within the next few months.