Stanford Club of San Diego
Events - January, February,
March 2005
Ivy Movie Club meets on the second Wednesday of every month.
For information, including updates on what the group plans to see, contact David Choi at dchoi (at) cal.berkeley.edu.
Thursday, January 13th, 7:30 p.m.
PLEASE
NOTE LOCATION CHANGE
The Stanford Book Club will be held next Thursday,
January 13, at 7.30 p.m., at the La Jolla home of Connie and George
Beardsley. (NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THIS MEETING! Address below) We will
be discussing Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, with extra credit if you Read
Part I of Azar Nafisi's 'Reading Lolita in Teheran'. New members and
visitors are always welcome!
Please notify Lynn by the previous Tuesday, January 11 that you will be
able to attend. Driving instructions are below.
E-mail LGBasquez (at) aol.com. Phone: 858-361-4414 See you next week!
Directions to the home of George and Connie Beardsley
7336 Monte Vista Ave. La Jolla
From La Jolla Blvd, take Marine St. west (Marine Street is one block south
of Pearl St.). Turn left (south) on Monte Vista Ave. and park; we’re in
7336 Monte Vista, behind another house (7334). Enter through blue gate and
work your way back; hopefully the lights will be working. In emergency,
858-459-6075.
Saturday, January 15th, 7:00 p.m.
We meet at 7
PM, this month at a private residence in La Jolla. The cost is $3 to cover
refreshments and prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers. Chicago
format. Enjoy light refreshments, relaxed play and good conversation.
Players of all levels welcome Will take first 20 people who respond. For
more information, contact Scott A. van Hoften, '63 at 858-453-8504 or svh
(at) aol.com
Sunday, January 16th, 2:00 p.m.
All Souls Episcopal Church
1475
Catalina Blvd. (corner of Chatsworth), Point Loma
Ample free on- and off-street parking.
The Stanford Mendicants are the oldest a cappella group at Stanford with 39 years of rich musical tradition. Last year, the all-male group visited Hong Kong and mainland China for their annual spring break tour, serenaded students and faculty on Valentine's Day, and released their 21st album titled "Best Laid Plans." The Mendicants are excited to perform for the Stanford Club San Diego Stanford Club on their annual LA tour. Similarly, for Counterpoint: Counterpoint is Stanford's only all-female a cappella group, and they are thrilled to be performing at the San Diego Stanford Club. They have done the performance several years in a row on their LA tour, and it is always fun. In addition, last spring the group released their sixth album, Cover Charge," and are currently planning a tour to Hawaii over this year's spring break.
Cost: $10
per person for Stanford Club of San Diego members,
$12 for non-member adults; $5 for students and children.
Light refreshments will be served.
Questions/RSVP: Ron Ball, '66, (760) 434-2890.
with David Hoffman, PhD (Class of 1994)
Wednesday, January 19,
6:00 p.m.
La Jolla Public Library, 7555 Draper Avenue,
FREE!
Our speaker is David I. Hoffman, Ph.D., Senior Democracy Advisor with
USAID/US Embassy Mission in Afghanistan, and his topic is Building
Democracy: The Afghan Way . David Hoffman, was Senior
Democracy Advisor and elections team leader for the USAID/US embassy
Mission in Afghanistan, and he spearheaded U.S. efforts to support the
political stabilization of Afghanistan between July 2003 and October 2004.
This past October 9 was the day Afghans, for the first time in their
history, directly elected their country's leader. American foreign policy,
which in the very recent past openly eschewed fuzzy notions of
“nation-building” and long-term commitments, has come full circle, and
nowhere was this more in evidence than in Afghanistan over the past two
years. Afghanistan has served as a laboratory for democracy-building and
for the American belief that democracy is fundamental to any hopes of
long-term stability and economic development. The elections in Afghanistan
are only one part of a larger effort to build a functioning state and
government, an effort that includes drafting a new constitution,
setting-up government ministries, protecting human rights, and that has
thrust the US firmly into the lead role in international efforts to
stabilize this war-torn country.
David I. Hoffman, Ph.D. a native of San Diego, holds degrees from Stanford University in Physics and International Relations, and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, in Political Science.
From 2000 to 2003, he was stationed in the five post-Soviet republics of
Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan) with the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID). In July 2003, he returned to Afghanistan on a long-term
assignment where he served as the leader of the embassy interagency
elections working group until October 20, 2004.
Contact Greg Martellotto, '96, for more info - tuavita (at) yahoo.com,
(619) 269-0874
Friday, January 21, 7:00
p.m.
Catch the Cardinal in action against the Tritons. Come out to cheer on
Stanford as they begin another season. This is not an organized SCSD
‘event’, just an opportunity for Stanford fans to gather at the RIMAC and
root for our guys.
Time: 7 PM at RIMAC Arena (visitor seating is on east side), UCSD campus. Ticket price: $7.00 each (parking is extra).
Directions: From I5 take Genesee Ave. west; turn left on North Torrey Pines Rd., left again on North Point Rd.; stop at Visitor Information booth for parking pass and directions to lot.
For event and ticket information, call (858) 534-4211 or visit
Tuesday, February 1,
6:45 p.m.
San Diego Restaurant Week
Tuesday,
February 1st at 7 PM will be the inaugural SCSD dinner club. The
restaurant selected is Bertrand at Mister A’s, 2550 5th Ave in San Diego.
Bertrand Hug is a well-known restaurateur in San Diego and Greg has a
special menu for our group consisting of three courses, soup or salad, a
choice of 3 entrees and dessert for the price of just $30 plus beverage,
tax, tip.
*There are a limited number of seats available for this incredible
offering. An RSVP is a COMMITMENT to attend. Valet parking is available $5
Contact Greg Martellotto, '96, for reservations and information at (619)
269-0874 or tuavita (at) yahoo.com
Friday - Friday-Sunday, February 4, 5, & 6
Day and Time to be determined, but maybe the 6th?
This is very
early in the college baseball season, but a huge rivalry between two of
the consistently best programs in the country. CSU Fullerton is the
defending ('04) national champion; in '03 LSJU eliminated them from
contention. What the Club has in mind is no bigger an
"event" than recruiting a few companions to drive up to Fullerton (maybe
Sunday, 2-6?) and root. George Beardsley has agreed to be the point of
contact to arrange this event. If we get more than his car will
hold, then someone else can drive too. George will organize things
to this extent: let people know the game times, pick a date, call CSUF
about tickets, meet the riders at an appointed
time and place. (George thinks the trip is about 1˝ hours assuming OK
traffic.) Contact George at gmb (at) photon.com or 858-459-6075.
Sunday, February 27, 3:00 p.m.
The Ivy book group will meet at 3:00 p.m. at Clare de
Lune Coffee House, 2906 University Avenue, in the North Park section of
San Diego. The book under discussion is The Razor's Edge, by W. Somerset
Maugham.
For information, contact Peter St.Clair at Phstc (at) aol.com.
CAREER NETWORKING ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES -
MALIN BURNHAM
Tuesday, March 29, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Stanford alumnus Malin Burnham, '49, chairman of the board of Burnham Real Estate, San Diego's oldest commercial real estate company, will be our guest speaker. Mr. Burnham will share his experience and thoughts about the San Diego real estate market past, present and future. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres served. Please RSVP by Monday, March 21. For additional information or to RSVP, contact Helen Cheng, JD '99, (619) 594-8790 or h (at) stanfordalumni.org.
Location: Centre City Development Corporation
Downtown Information Center
225 Broadway, Suite 1100 (across from Horton Plaza)
Cost: $10 per person for Stanford Club of San Diego members; $15 for
non-members.