May/June 2005

Features

COVER STORY

Smallville

Superfast integrated circuits, more effective methods of drug delivery, increased understanding of disease. The promise of nanotechnology is proof that good things come in little packages.

Cold War, Warm Welcome Audio

Just three months before the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet and U.S. athletes came together in Stanford Stadium for a track meet that demonstrated the true nature of sportsmanship.

'This Is Who I Am' Audio

A blind student gets an A+ in a surgery course. A dyslexic student learns a foreign language. They may require extra time and technology, but students with disabilities don't let anything get in the way of their educations.

In the Name of the Fathers

The descendant of generations of tribal leaders, Raymond Cross knows the Indian wars did not end in 1890 at Wounded Knee. After a federal dam swamped his ancestral homeland, his quest for justice led him all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Columns

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Deciding What Gets In

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Joining Forces to Attack Big Problems

International affairs

END NOTE

The Sweet Life

Just desserts

Departments

1,000 WORDS

Slippery When Wet

STUDENT VOICE

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Confessions of a teaching assistant

BRIGHT IDEAS

Mister Firefox

A kinder, gentler web browser

Red All Over

A Comedy of Errors

Bonds baseball brouhaha

Exhibitionists

A dorm-room museum

Farm Report

Showcase

Screen Player

Screenwriting success

SHORT TAKE

A Mighty Pen

He Brakes for Fine Art

California impressions

No Laughing Matter

Honest Abe, comics character

Class Notes

Profiles

SPOTLIGHT: JUNE DIEMER BAILEY, '47

Always Facing the Bar

SPOTLIGHT: TONY KING, '67, AND PAMELA GLASSCOCK, '72

They Paint, Naturally

SPOTLIGHT: BRENDAN SULLIVAN, '96

Coaching for Life

SNAPSHOT: CHARLES WETHERILL, '01

Love That Car

Farewells

OBITUARY: GENE SCOTT, PHD '57, 1929-2005

Maverick Evangelist

OBITUARY: ELIZABETH LLOYD "LISBY" MAYER, PHD '74, 1947-2005

Psychologist and Reveler