Cardinal Chronicle
BY MICHAEL PEÑA
More than a million pounds of recyclables were collected on campus during a 10-week period that ended April 5. That was the span of RecycleMania, which included 400 colleges and universities nationwide vying for first in categories ranging from the largest amount of recyclables per capita to the lowest amount of waste per person. When Stanford first competed last year, only one other university collected a higher gross tonnage of recyclables: Rutgers. As such, it won the Gorilla Prize. But guess who gets to be King Kong this year? Yep: Stanford, which weighed in with more than 1.2 million pounds of recyclables. The competition started in 2001 as a friendly feud between Ohio University and Miami University. It is administered by the National Recycling Coalition.
The Cantor Arts Center will host a day of free family-oriented activities this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Inspired by Cantor's current exhibit, "Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas," Family Day will feature hands-on projects, such as building a community totem pole and making canoe models. Storyteller JESSIE RIDDLE—a member of the Apache and Pit River tribes—will perform; and KIMBERLY STEVENOT, a member of the Mewuk tribe, will demonstrate traditional basket-weaving techniques. Guests can buy food (cash only), but families are free to bring a picnic lunch. For more information, call 725-3155 or visit http://www.museum.stanford.edu.
In order to make a 3-D map of the South Pacific with slabs of Spam impaled by pushpins, it requires precision and a unique perspective. Stanford MFA candidate MICHAEL ARCEGA, then, must have both in spades. The luncheon meat was used as a ration by the U.S. Army during World War II and so spread throughout the Pacific—hence, Spam as an appropriate symbol for America's ongoing presence in the region's island nations. Arcega's "SPAM/MAPS: Oceania" can be seen on his website, but he also will discuss his work on Friday night as part of "Mapping Identities: American Pilipino Artists at Stanford." He will be joined by LORDY RODRIGUEZ, also an MFA student at Stanford, who reinterprets traditional maps through various artistic re-imaging techniques. KORINA JOCSON, a postdoctoral fellow and visiting scholar at Stanford, will share original poetry. The event will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Tresidder Union's Oak Room. To RSVP for dinner, e-mail migonz@stanford.edu. For more about the event, visit http://www.kalutang.net/exhibits.
Write to Michael Peña at michael.pena@stanford.edu or mail code 2245.
