March/April 2003

Features

COVER STORY

Read All About It

Like any student newspaper, the Stanford Daily has been both reviled and revered. But whether jabbing the administration or lamenting the perils of dating, reporters who’ve had their Daily dose keep coming back for more.

Winning Ways

Stanford Law School professor Barbara Babcock is used to being first. Her pioneering path for women in the law has hardened her resolve, sharpened her folksy wit and inspired a generation of students.

Frozen Assets

One writer called it “the last, best place.” Still virtually pristine, and epic in its grandeur, Antarctica attracts more scientific attention than ever. Stanford oceanographer Rob Dunbar, with a few undergraduates in tow, is trying to figure out what the icy continent can teach us about global warming.

The Rah-Rah Sisterhood

They travel long distances, scream until they’re hoarse and know that the pick-and-roll is not a dance maneuver. They are members of the Fast Break Club, and they are simply crazy about Stanford women’s basketball.

FICTION CONTEST WINNER

Going Home

In this year’s winning fiction entry, a son returns to his boyhood home to bury his mother and discovers her long-hidden secret. As he considers the life she wanted but never knew, he wonders: does duty outweigh the right to happiness?

Columns and Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Deadlines, Doritos and Daily Affirmations

Daily bred

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

The True Test of Free Speech

Speak freely

1,000 WORDS

Dish Dash

STUDENT VOICE

What I Learned at the Halfway House

Life 101

BEING THERE

I Fell for It

Falling fast

EXAMINED LIFE

Shooting Star

'He put Stanford on the map'

END NOTE

Second-Degree Angst

I can't decide!

Red All Over

A Trophy Assignment

Red carpet treatment

In China, a Prisoner Waits

Behind bars in China

Pet Project

In the doghouse

Geared Up Again

Sprocket Man

Farm Report

Sports

WATER POLO

When It Counts, Victory Over the Golden Bears

They just keep winning

WRAP-UP

Volleyball, Soccer Take Second

Success stories

ATHLETICS

What's Next for Title IX

A new Title IX?

SWIMMING

Training Technology and Its Trade-Offs

Listen for the beep

Showcase

NOTEWORTHY

On Wings of Song

Ancient choral treasures

AUTHOR, AUTHOR

In the Service of Uncle Samuel

A sailor's story

IMPRINTS

Humanities Feel the Pinch

Press pinched

Shelf Life

New books by Stanford authors

Class Notes

Profiles

UNFORGETTABLE TEACHERS: MARGERY BAILEY

Singularly Sharp

The incomparable Margery Bailey

TURNING POINT: RICHARD TURNER, '60

A New Lens on Life

Something clicked

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO . . . PHIL DEBAR, '78

Barbershop Booster

Singer Phil DeBar

SPOTLIGHT: CAROLYN LAUB, '95

Building Strong Alliances

Strengthening gay-straight alliances

Farewells

REMEMBERING HARRIET HUNTINGTON DOERR, '31, 1910-2002

Late to Bloom, She Stunned Them All