November/December 2006

Features

COVER STORY

A Crude Awakening

Reliance on imported oil threatens U.S. security in many ways. Easing that vulnerability requires a new way of thinking that doesn’t begin with “we got ours,” says a panel of faculty experts.

He'd Like to Build the World a Home

Jonathan Reckford might have chosen a simpler time to take over as CEO of Habitat for Humanity. Arriving soon after a scandal had roiled the organization, he then faced burgeoning need created by Hurricane Katrina. But so far the world’s largest home-building charity seems like the perfect place to hang his hat.

Pack Mentality

What makes rivalries so appealing? We asked faculty to analyze the nurturing arms of Us and the evil designs of Them. Imagine our surprise to learn that Bears are people, too.

Columns

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Tank Warfare

END NOTE

Now We Are Sixty

Departments

1,000 WORDS

Inauguration Day

BRIGHT IDEAS

Smooth Operator

Pressing news

ON THE JOB

Seriously Funny

His work is a joke

EMAIL FROM ...

Senegal: Peace Corps Once More

Return to service

EXAMINED LIFE

The Champion

Bob Mathias, hometown hero

Red All Over

Farm Report

Showcase

Fair and Balanced

Fair is fair

No Fads, Please

Better with age

Class Notes

Profiles

SPOTLIGHT: FRAN MEYER EDWARDS, '36

Always in Fashion

SPOTLIGHT: BARBARA BAER, '61, MA '64

The Fruit of Her Labor

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO . . . JAIR LYNCH, '93

Vaulting D.C. Neighborhoods

UNFORGETTABLE TEACHER: BILL RATHJE

He Loves Trash

Farewells

REMEMBERING: JAMES L. BURKE, '49

Keeping Bakersfield in Gear