May/June 2002

Features

COVER STORY

Strictly Ballroom

What began as a small celebration of Austrian formality in 1978 has mushroomed into Stanford's fanciest student social event, the Viennese Ball, featuring months of planning, hours of primping and a lot of fancy footwork.

'She Was Radical and She Was Right'

Before Eavan Boland came along, Irish poets weren't interested in portraying women except as symbols. Boland's fierce advocacy broke the patriarchal grip on the canon, and her powerful verse gave voice to everyday domestic life.

Hooking Up, Hanging Out, Making Up, Moving On

Students always complain that nobody dates at Stanford. Is it true? Our reporter spent a few Saturday nights in the dorms trying to find out: just what is a "date," anyway?

Committed to Memory

Researchers Danielle Lapp and Jerome Yesavage know how to make good memories—they've been working at it for years. Their experiments point to a fundamental truth: enriching our memories means enriching our lives.

The Man They Called Danny

Most people saw him as an enterprising reporter murdered by Pakistani extremists and a symbol of national mourning. But to those who knew Daniel Pearl, that was only part of the story.

Columns and Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The Trouble with Dating

Who needs a date?

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Three Reminders About Why We're Here

Powerful legacies

1,000 WORDS

Can't Top This

ON THE JOB

Hooked on Cooking

Excellent taste

STUDENT VOICE

Who's the Senior Here?

Age and enlightenment

EXAMINED LIFE

An Uncommon Man

A peerless public servant

END NOTE

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Gender neutral

Red All Over

The Oregon Trail

Back to Ashland

Engaging Television?

The single guy

A Day on the Farm

Community center

A Ringing Endorsement

A towering achievement

Carving New Paths

Finding a new way down

FOLLOW-UP

Where the Boys Are

Where are they now?

Farm Report

News

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

Honoring Great Teachers

Some fine fellows

VISITORS

Anita Hill Tells of the Aftermath

Anita Hill, 10 years later

STUDENT LIFE

A Chance to Teach

Students as teachers

PUBLIC POLICY

Making Gray Matter

All about aging

LECTURE HALL

Inaugurating Korean Studies at Stanford

Korean studies kicks off

HEALTH RESEARCH

A Dream Drug for HIV?

HIV's new enemy

LAW SCHOOL

The Sound of a Different Gavel

Legal tender

RESEARCH

Legendary Subjects

According to legend

ADMISSIONS

On Essay Help and Early Decision

Is this fair?

IN PRINT

The Truth About Falsehoods

That's deceiving

Sports

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Returning to the Sweet Sixteen

Sweet-16 season

MEN'S BASKETBALL

An Inconsistent Season

On the rebound, sort of

MEN'S SWIMMING

Touched Out by Texas

Just shy of a title

WOMEN'S SWIMMING

Third in the Nation-'We're Not Satisfied'

Third in the nation

ATHLETICS

Coaching Parents to Be Positive

Accentuate the positive

Showcase

AUTHOR, AUTHOR

A Penchant for the Absurd

That's absurd

Shelf Life

New books by Stanford authors

Class Notes

Profiles

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO . . . DAVE EPPERSON, '54

'A Pioneer of Women's Volleyball'

Basketball player Dave Epperson

TIME CAPSULE: 1974

Love, Labor and Anti-Sotoism

Just like a bunch of freshmen

SPOTLIGHT: JOHN SAWOSKI, '85

The Entertainer

Music man

SPOTLIGHT: GOGI HODDER, '91, AND LARA MENDEL, '90, MA '90

Little People, Big Change

Teaching tolerance

Farewells

REMEMBERING DAVID HAWKINS, '34, MA '36, 1913-2002

On the Inside of History

Manhattan Project historian