They were scattered across the globe for the ultimate New Year's celebration, but that didn't stop Stanford Travel/Study participants from following the Cardinal's fate in the January 1 Rose Bowl. Highlights:
Dijon, France The game starts at 11 p.m. Diehard fans gather around a speaker-phone in the hotel bar and listen for three hours as the game is transmitted over a phone line from a radio in Palo Alto.
Mississippi River More than 150 alums assemble aboard the Mississippi Queen (somewhere between Natchez, Miss., and Baton Rouge, La.) to watch a live satellite feed on a big-screen TV.
Jaisalmer, India Alumni on the Northern India Seminar spend January 1 aboard the Palace on Wheels train. They get news of the game two days later by phoning California from an Indian "cyber café" -- located in a 14th-century fortress.
Fakarava, French Polynesia Moored offshore aboard the Paul Gauguin, 48 alums wait two days for a videotape to arrive -- shipped via FedEx, an island transport plane and a small boat. They finally watch the game in the ship's grand salon.
