January/February 2010

Features

COVER STORY

Game On Video

Tara VanDerveer took the Cardinal from doormat to dynamo and helped boost women's athletics. But as far as she's concerned, it's still a work in progress.

Learning the Hard Way

Every day, the Martu people of Western Australia go to extraordinary lengths to find or hunt what they need to eat. How they do it offers lessons for the rest of us, say anthropologists Doug and Rebecca Bird.

Meet President Jordan

Applauded for his guidance and vision, vilified for his pacifism and support of eugenics, Stanford's first leader created a complicated legacy.

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Hoops, and Dreams

A win-win story

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

When Less Is More

The Farm gets greener

1,000 WORDS

The Wind in Our Sails

END NOTE

Point of Lights

Keeping the flame alive

Red All Over

Farm Report

Planet Cardinal

PURSUITS

Mystery Afoot

Michael Rugg, ’68, makes it his business to follow Bigfoot

BRIGHT IDEAS

The Do-Good Bunch

Using a carrot to make businesses better citizens

ON THE JOB

Growth Industry

A blossoming career in the green roof movement

Showcase

Not a One-Man Show

Four decades of homegrown theater

Class Notes

Profiles

SPOTLIGHT: GEOFFREY R.W. SMITH, '67, JD '70

Lawyer at the Barre

SPOTLIGHT: CHETAN MAINI, MS '94

Watts That Car?

SPOTLIGHT: CAMY AKIMOTO TANG, '94

A Bento Box of Fiction

TIME CAPSULE: TOD SURMON, '95

The Wrestler

Farewells

Better Practices

Craig W. Johnson

A Man of the Wide World

Steven Julius Torok

One Up on Icarus

Francis M. Rogallo

Online Exclusives