September/October 2005

Features

Danger Ahead

They tramp through mangrove forests, dive among coral reefs, trap rodents in Montana and scour Antarctic ice looking for clues. Stanford researchers from many disciplines work to learn why global warming is occurring and what can be done about it.

The Lionheart

With tenacity born from a scrappy childhood and with charisma that has endeared him to everybody from college undergraduates to New York's elite, Vartan Gregorian has redefined the notion of public intellectual

The Bard, the Bunny and the Beat

Scholars and students pry open the past at Stanford's special collections, a trove of the rare and priceless.

The Emergence of Nicole Krauss

She began as a poet, enthralled by the work of Joseph Brodsky. Now Nicole Krauss’s novel The History of Love is getting wide acclaim and something she didn't expect - a wide audience.

Columns

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The Risks of Guessing Wrong

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Time for the Next Big Step

END NOTE

Reality Bites

The accidental dentist

Departments

1,000 WORDS

Out on a Limb

STUDENT VOICE

Lights, Coffee, Action

Hollywood the hard way

BRIGHT IDEAS

Sound Advice

Find your groove

ASKED & ANSWERED

What's Wrong With America

Democracy questions

ON THE JOB

Re-established Happiness

Rebuilding the past

Red All Over

The Real Story About Dating

The dating game

Farm Report

Showcase

Escaping the Pit

Behind the music

Walking on Eggs

Elizabethan intrigue

The WMD That Wasn't

Deadly chemistry

Class Notes

Profiles

SPOTLIGHT: JOHN KELSEY, '42

Alaska Booster

UNFORGETTABLE TEACHERS: WILLIAM L. RIVERS

He Made the Most of Typos

TIME CAPSULE

Divest Was Yet to Come

SPOTLIGHT: LOUIS F. O'NEILL, '90, MA '92

Seeking Peace in Azerbaijan

Farewells

REMEMBERING JAMES BOND STOCKDALE, MA '62, 1923-2005

Defiant Prisoner of War

REMEMBERING GEORGE BERNARD DANTZIG, 1914-2005

Math Whiz Transformed Resource Management