Stanford Quad - Sep 10, 2016

27 Mar 2017 · 5 min

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In this solo walking tour video, Mario Sebok guides viewers around Stanford University's Quad on September 10, 2016. He begins at the central Memorial Church, noting its multifaith services and uncertainty about Muslim participation. He then points out a collection of original Rodin bronze statues—Jeanne d'Arc, Eustache de Saint‑Pierre, Adrien de Andres, Jacques de Vicennes, Jean de Finis, and Pierre Vicennes—originating from Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre‑Dame (referred to as “For Gaze of Kala”). Sebok describes the surrounding Memorial Court, its popularity with tourists and families, and the informal sports (frisbee football) that take place on the green. He identifies nearby landmarks such as Hoover Tower and the entrances to the Computer Science Engineering school and the Graduate Business School. The video concludes with a note that the following day, September 11, 2016, the campus will hold a remembrance ceremony for the 9/11 tragedy.

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So here we are, Stanford, at the Memorial Church in the center of the Quad. Saturday, 6 PM, September 10th. And let me show you around a bit. This was where Stanford started. And in the center of everything is the church. And the church holds religious service for Catholics, for Christians, for Jews, for Buddhists, for— I don't know even if they do something extraordinary for Muslims. I don't know. And I guess the Muslims don't want to come here. And over here, across this first portal here, you have the Rodin statues of Borges de Calas celebrating that book from Vitor Hugo. And yeah, these are Rodin bronze statues, original. Lots of Asians here and lots of Indians too. A few Americans, but not very many. As you know, this is The Jeanne d'Arc statue, and this is the Eustache de Saint-Pierre. Yep, and this one here. Is Adrien de Andres, and this is Jacques de Vicennes. This one is Jean de Finis, and this one is Pierre de Vicennes. All these are from the novel of the For Gaze of Kala. And over there is the exit to the main, uh, green in front of this, which is called the Memorial Court, which— here's the memorial tree. Over here, you can see it's quite a touristy place. On the weekends, families with children come everywhere. And over there you have the main exit on Stanford, and then you can see it is pretty amazing. This is obviously used as a fort for Playing sports. And now they're having some sort of frisbee football over there. And yeah, people attend this on spring and autumn and summer because it's a very mild temperature. And over there you can see is the Hoover Tower. And that way is to the computer science engineering schools. The other way is to the Stanford Graduate Business School. And over here we have the sports— I mean, informal sports, because this is more like Thank you. This is the center of Stamford. Hope you liked it. We'll be here tomorrow, on Sunday, September 11th, 2016, to remember the mourning of the tragedy of the Twin Towers. See you guys.