Cardinal Chronicle
BY MICHAEL PEÑA
Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend this year's Information Technology Open House in Meyer and Green libraries on Wednesday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 70 campuswide library and technology services groups will offer information and advice. Vendors also will showcase new products, including software. Information on the Stanford-Google Library Project will be available. Visitors can tour Green Library and see the book-scanning robot. Those who register will have a chance to win a MacBook. The event is sponsored by IT Services, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources, and Campus Wide Agreements. For more information, go to http://itopenhouse.stanford.edu/.
The Health Improvement Program (HIP) is highlighting two classes that employees can now sign up and pay for with STAP funds. They are listed on HIP's website (http://hip.stanford.edu/) as "Be Your Own Coach" and "Biofeedback for Stress Management." Psychotherapist ANNA RANIERI will teach the motivational coaching class Nov. 1 from noon to 1 p.m. in Hoover Pavilion, Room 249 ($190). The biofeedback class, which will focus on stress reduction, will be held the following day in the same room from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. ($500). The cost includes four one-hour appointments by personal arrangement with the instructor, DIANE ESCOFFON, who has a private psychotherapy practice in Mountain View.
Also on Nov. 1, the Drama Department will present the first of three dance performances that will enlist audience participation. Dance legend ANNA HALPRIN is a visiting artist this quarter teaching a 10-week workshop for students and the elderly from several Palo Alto senior centers. They will jointly re-create portions of Ten Myths, Halprin's 1967 performance set that helped launch some of the 20th century's most radical participatory theater and dance experimentation. The other performances will take place on Nov. 15 and Dec. 6; all are to be held in the Roble Dance Studio at 7 p.m. The performances are free and open to the public, and each will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the students, seniors and Halprin, who is now 86 years old. The Stanford Center for Longevity is co-sponsoring the program with the Dance Division, along with additional support from the President's Fund.