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Tom Nakashima wrote:
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Stanford allows the public to use their libraries. It's not quite as easy
as wandering in off the street, but it's not difficult.

Thought you had to have a Stanford ID.

A member of the public can get a card permitting them access to the
libraries for some fixed number of visits per year. I don't recall exactly
how many. Also, alumni and alumnae have free access.

I found the link to the Stanford Libraries for public access:
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/how_to/b...ers/index.html


My son is a freshman at Stanford University. Says he loves to study in
the music library because very few students use it.
He also thinks it's haunted. Late one night he was the only one in the
music library, looking over their great selection of cello concertos and
said he thought he heard someone playing the harpsichord very softly.
-tom

Good for your son. It's an achievement even to get in. Stanford is a great
place to go to college. It has just the right mix of brilliant professors,
serious students, a beautiful campus, and nearly perfect weather. I taught
there occasionally as a visiting scholar when I worked at SRI, and I have
a residence in Menlo Park, virtually right next door. My wife went there
for undergraduate study and law school.

That's great rw for you and your wife. Stanford is indeed a beautiful
campus, my son is a local boy, 30 min. from home and 7 min. from my work. I
asked my son about the academic load, says the exams aren't that hard, it's
just that the professors try to make you use your brain. I guess they
figure any Stanford student can ace a normal test, so they throw in a lot of
trick questions.
My son plays the cello for the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, wants to major
in Biological Sciences and someday become a physician. It's a long haul for
me as well, as I had ideas of retiring at 55, but it looks as though I'll
have to put that on hold.



I highly recommend going to a baseball game at the sunken diamond, the
most intimate baseball venue I've ever seen. Stanford regularly has a
kick-ass baseball team, too.


Yes, I plan to watch a few sports events on the campus in baseball,
basketball and swimming.
-tom