Stanford Culture - Phoenix Five, Stanford Tree, Kzsu, All Right Now, Philosophy Talk, Entitled Opinions, Richard Powers, Stegner Fellowship (Paperback)

Chapters: Phoenix Five, Stanford Tree, Kzsu, All Right Now, Philosophy Talk, Entitled Opinions, Richard Powers, Stegner Fellowship, Huntington's Disease Outreach Project for Education at Stanford, Swingtime Dance Troupe, Come Join the Band. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Phoenix Five were a group of five University of California, Berkeley (Cal) students in Theta Chi who stole/liberated the Stanford Tree from the Band Shak on the campus of Stanford University in the early morning hours of October 17, 1998. The Phoenix Five held the 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) costume and university's unofficial mascot "hostage" for two weeks, and the reaction to the heist by school administrators fueled a frenzy of media coverage which resulted in the prank being regarded as one of the most famous and notable in the history of the Big Game rivalry between Cal and Stanford. The Phoenix Five used pseudonyms to hide their true identities, going by Mr. Black, Mr. Green, Mr. Orange, Mr. White, and Mr. Yellow. The five Cal students were all members of the Mu Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity, and drove to the campus of Stanford University as part of a brotherhood activity. Their initial intent was to steal signs from the campus, as was a common prank in the lead-up to the Big Game, the annual football game between Cal and Stanford. Upon arrival, the students discovered that "Cardinal Chaos" was taking place that night, the first practice of the Stanford men's and women's basketball teams. Posing as Stanford students, the Five entered the event at Maples Pavilion and contemplated pulling a prank during the festivities, but failed to find any legitimate opportunity to do so. After the conclusion of Cardinal Chaos, the Five were by their car in an adjacent parking lot when ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=862540