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Leland Stanford Journal

Facts and Figures from around the Farm

Average number of hours a child
watches television each week:

28

Percent of kids who report TV viewing as their usual activity
between school and dinner:

80

Percent of adults who can identify Joe Camel:

67

Percent of 6-year-olds who can:

91




Number of honor code charges filed against
Stanford students in 1974-75:

11

In 1994-95:

47

Percent of students at schools with honor codes
who say they have cheated:

30

Percent of students at schools without honor codes
who say they have cheated:

45




Number of prisoners who served time on Alcatraz:

1,560

Longest sentence served:

26 years

Number of inmates whose attempts to escape failed:

33

Number of escapees who are unaccounted for:

3

Size of a prisoner's cell on Alcatraz:

5 feet by 9 feet

Size of a single freshman dorm room in Branner:

15 feet by 9 feet

SOURCES:(1) The Smart Parent's Guide to Kids TV, by Milton Chen; (2) Office of Dean of Students; 1995 study by Rutgers Professor Donald McCabe; (3) Alcatraz archives.