January/February 2000

Features

COVER STORY

Ready for Takeoff

For an elite group of students, the much-hyped world of Silicon Valley is hardly theoretical. They're getting hands-on exposure to start-ups before they even finish college.

Divided They Stand

A messy academic scuffle drove the Stanford anthropology department to split in two. The story behind the unusual breakup reflects a widening schism in the field.

First, Take 14,000 Chicken Breasts

No longer content to merely feed 3,800 students 19 times a week, University Dining Services wants to reinvent itself as a restauranteur. The result? Hello artichokes, good-bye glop.

Falling Apart

He was a Marshall scholar, a college president and, finally, a top Stanford administrator. But mental illness changed everything. A victim of depression remembers his breakdown.

Into Africa

She's young, she's impatient, she's blunt. Susan Rice is a different kind of diplomat.

Was It Murder?

In a case that gripped the nation, David Lamson was charged with killing his wife in their campus home. Despite four trials and intense media coverage, the 1933 death remains a mystery.

Columns and Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Department of Complaints

1,000 WORDS

Kiss Me, Katie

ON THE JOB

In a World of Hurt

with Joelle Tanguy

BRIGHT IDEAS

You Think Your Commute Is Bad?

The 180-mile, 4 1/2-hour daily commute

STUDENT VOICE

Easy Money, Hard Choices

A job-seeker resists the lure of quick cash

END NOTES

Married . . . with Roommate

Three's company -- or is it a crowd -- when a married couple lives with a roommate

Farm Report

Sports

BASKETBALL

Young Squad in a Hurry

Fast break for a young squad

CROSS-COUNTRY

For Top-Ranked Women, a Stumble at the Tape

Top-ranked Cardinal comes up short

FOOTBALL

Seeing the Field Through Rose-Colored Glasses

A diehard fan's reflections on the 28-year wait for the Rose Bowl

Shelf Life

REVIEW

Outing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Outing the Pentagon's anti-gay policy

Class Notes

Profiles

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO . . . THE ROTC MEN OF '44

Mission Accomplished

SPOTLIGHT: PAUL MCENTIRE, '65, MS '81, PHD '82

Don't Sell Him Short

A bearish stock fund manager

SPOTLIGHT: DAVID WINSLOW BURLING, '73

Going Against the Grain

Furniture maker goes against the grain

TURNING POINT: MIRIAM ROCKE, '99

'I'll Pin My Hopes On Today'

Miriam Rocke fights a rare disease

Farewells

REMEMBERING GERALD HOUGH TRAUTMAN, '34, 1912-1999

He Gave Us the Axe