March/April 2006

Features

COVER STORY

Top Gun

NRA president Sandra Froman, ’71, combines legal brilliance and personal conviction to lobby for the nation’s gun owners. Whether analyzing the Second Amendment or trading shots with gun control advocates, her aim is the same: to win the debate about firearms in America.

Economy of Scales

Experts agree that farmed fish help feed the world. Stanford researcher Rosamond Naylor wants to make sure they don’t ruin the environment.

'All, All Is Destruction'

Hours after the 1906 earthquake shattered Stanford, a student from Arkansas wrote home to describe the scene. Her letters offer a vivid portrait of a university in shambles, but ready to rally.

One Useful Thing In My Life

The winner of the Stanford fiction contest features a protagonist as world-weary as the Alzheimer’s patient she cares for.

Columns

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Not Exactly Trigger-Happy

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Crossing Borders

END NOTE

Split Decision

Departments

1,000 WORDS

Kelp Wanted

STUDENT VOICE

Conditional Love

Mama Stanford

E-MAIL FROM . . .

Mali: Net Working

Fighting malaria

Red All Over

Wake-up Call

Reviving Sleep and Dreams

Ready for His Close-up

Shooting stars

Farm Report

Showcase

Exhibits A through Z

Hoover’s treasures

Brought to Book

Doing it yourself

From Asia, a Musical Mission

Coming to America

Class Notes

Profiles

SPOTLIGHT: TED LILIENTHAL, '34

His Household's Names

SPOTLIGHT: ANN POWERS TURNER, '64, MD '70

She Can Relate

SPOTLIGHT: MARA MANUS, '81

The Bottom Line Backstage

SPOTLIGHT: JOHN BARTUNEK, '90

Our Man at the Vatican

Farewells

REMEMBERING KENNELL A. JACKSON JR., 1941-2005

Friend to Freshmen