January/February 2001

Features

COVER STORY

This Precious Plot

Stanford's 8,000-acre campus isn't just the province of the University anymore. As elected officials and environmentalists staked out their territory during recent land-use negotiations, Stanford learned what it will take to keep its future on solid ground.

Heart of Darkness

A half-mile underground in Minnesota, a team of scientists is setting a trap for an exotic and elusive particle. Catching one could have cosmic implications.

After Hours

They race Ducati motorcycles, breed champion horses, make wine in their driveway and . . . win Nobel prizes. Meet some faculty members whose outside lives are as compelling as their scholarly pursuits.

A Doomed Democracy

He was on the verge of reinventing Russia, but when the Boldsheviks overturned his democratic revolution, Alexander Kerensky escaped to a scholarly exile, seasoned with a taste of Farm life.

Columns and Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Rough Terrain, High Stakes

Who gets the high ground in the preservation debate?

ON THE JOB

Rapture of the Deep

A scientist-surfer who is immersed in his work

BRIGHT IDEAS

Strength in Numbers

The power of many over the power of one

STUDENT VOICE

It's Not Easy Being SLE

What it means to be SLE

END NOTE

Why I'll Keep Nagging

Why I keep nagging my kids

Farm Report

Digest

FARM REPORT DIGEST

A Haus for a Home

FARM REPORT DIGEST

Ardent About Arbors

FARM REPORT DIGEST

Cricket Fans Chirping Again

FARM REPORT DIGEST

Outed on TV, He's Richer for It

News

LIFE OF THE MIND

'What Are the Values We Are Contributing?'

What's the purpose here?

REUNION HOMECOMING

Snapshots to Remember

HISTORY

'Every Historian Has an Ax to Grind'

Historians grind their axes

MUSIC

Why Should We Listen to New Music?

Why listen to 'new music'?

FACULTY

Good Advice for Freshmen

Good advice for freshmen

SCIENCE

From Physics to Rainbows

Quantum physics and rainbows

ETHICS

Humanities for Students Who Feel 'Written Off'

Humanities for low-income learners

Shelf Life

AUTHOR, AUTHOR

Roadside Attractions

Lowbrow adventures

EXCERPT

There Goes the Neighborhood

Changing human nature

Class Notes

Profiles

TIME CAPSULE

What We Did for Fun

SNAPSHOT: KENT MITCHELL ROWING TEAM

Pulling a Fast One

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO . . . PAUL GOLDSTEIN, '98

Rising in the Rankings

SPOTLIGHT: ANNIE AND AMY SMITH, '85

Sold--for a Song

Farewells

DAVID HENRY BLEE, '38, 1916-2000

A Life of Intelligence

David Blee, influential CIA officer