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strip of faculty hobbyists  The secret lives of faculty, part 1:
Scuba diving, dressage, ballroom dancing, and more  – Among the
2,500 or so faculty members at UC Berkeley are 8 Nobel
laureates, 19 MacArthur Fellows, and countless other winners of
prestigious awards. But did you know that the faculty also
includes a champion horsewoman, a practiced scuba diver, and a
veteran gambler?  Amazingly, given their teaching and publishing
loads, many UC Berkeley professors still find the time to pursue
avocations far outside their academic fields. Inspired by the
College of Engineering's look at "Life Outside the Lab," we
reached out to departments around campus in search of faculty
with interesting double lives — and found more than we bargained
for. In this, the first of two installments, Boalt Hall Law
professor Jesse Choper reveals his racetrack predilection, East
Asian Studies' T.J. Pempel talks about scuba diving with Jerry
Garcia, Education's Glynda