September/October 2004

Features

COVER STORY

China.com

Internet entrepreneurs are finding fertile ground in China's emerging market economy, and some Stanford alums are leading the way. Online business is fostering community in the world's most populous nation, and helping change the place that is changing the world.

Heavy Metal

Is the car we drive an ethical choice? Debate about global warming and the effects of oil consumption on U.S. foreign policy have put automobiles—and SUVs in particular—squarely in the high beams.

The Cleaning Agent

During 20 years of advocacy, Ted Smith has helped write environmental law and reform the computer industry's thinking about toxic waste they produce. With so many victories, isn't he ready to relax? Not by a long shot.

Teaching Apathy?

Researchers in the School of Education may have found a clue as to why young people don't vote. In a survey of high school student councils across the country, they found that students' first experiences with representative democracy, the high school election, is often considered a joke.

Columns

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

What's China Really Like?

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

A Danger of a Different Kind

END NOTE

Baby Steps

Departments

1,000 WORDS

Big Picture

ON THE JOB

Show Me the Money

Liz Hill, California legislative analyst

FIRST PERSON

Nearer to Iraq

BEING THERE

Bale Bonding

Red All Over

No. 7 Joins the Immortals

Elway immortalized

Farm Report

Showcase

Class Notes

Profiles

TIME CAPSULE: ADELE GOLBY LANDGENDORF, '50

An Oven of One's Own

UNFORGETTABLE TEACHERS: ARTHUR MAYER

Film Lore, One Quarter at a Time

SPOTLIGHT: AMY SEBES, '88

Helping Albanian Women Help Themselves

SPOTLIGHT: LUCAS MAST, '96

Taking stock of NASCAR culture

Farewells

REMEMBERING FEDERICO BLOCH, '75, MS '75, 1954-2004

He Dreamed Dreams as Big as Airlines