Who knew? Certainly not I. Alas, before you can bask in this knowledge and partake in one of their tournament games (thereby making them that much better than our men’s team), you should probably know that they were bounced today. Thanks for showing up, ladies! You got next. Next year. Yeah.
Well, "unfortunately," I was unable to make it to the naked hippie photo yesterday. I was too busy valuing my sanity. If you were like me and managed to steer clear of that meat market, well, we are all in luck. The Chronicle has a front page (at least online front page) article about it.
As to why they have a story so high on their front page about the world’s most unique protest? Well, I think we can all take a guess at that. Oh, The Chronicle. Will you ever print anything that positive about the Stadium Upgrade project?
And they have photos, too! Now, because I’m nowhere near as cruel as Xerxes, I will refrain from posting them here. But they are in the article up there, if you are a particularly hardy soul.
Some excerpts:
"About a hundred curious onlookers gathered as the activists stripped down, and some broke out cameras and even camcorders to record the event for posterity or other reasons. A few burly young men wore clothing emblazoned with the words "Stanford Rugby." The team lost to Cal Saturday, 83-0. "Don’t say we’re from Stanford," one player joked, using his hand to cover the Stanford logo on his shirt. "We’ll be blamed if anything goes wrong.""
""This is an activity I am proud to support and honored to be part of," said Debbie Moore, a co-founder of Berkeley’s nude theater troupe X-plicit Players. She said she has been arrested dozens of times and faced trial seven times for public nudity. "Besides, I never turn down a chance to take off my clothes.""
I need to meet this woman. PS Don’t tell my wife. Hmmm, perhaps posting this on a public blog read by at least one other person (thanks, Seth!) is not the smartest way to go.
And this man, the photographer, actually sent us a moderately sarcastic email the other night, "thanking" us for spreading word of the event. He finished up by reminding us how "grateful" he was. Maybe it was not sarcastic, because I was actually positive about his non-naked hippie photos (and I do think they are very cool). But I get the feeling it wasn’t totally on the level.
So, to recap:
You are welcome, Jack Gescheidt!
