March/April 2000

Features

COVER STORY

The Parent Trap

Perplexed by the advice of child-rearing extremists, a young father discovers Stanford psychologist William Damon, a guru of "authoritative parenting."

A December to Remember

Yes, they played (and lost) a football game, but for Stanford's Rose Bowl team, that was only part of the story. One Cardinal player shares his diary.

Into the Outback

Fresh out of Stanford, Herbert Hoover went Down Under in 1897 to scout Australia's goldfields. When he left the following yera, he was a rich man -- and a local legend

Once More, With Feeling

These robotic hands can actually feel what they touch -- and they're smart enough to learn from the experience.

Taking It to the Streets

As a law student, Cory Booker wanted to help Newark, N.J.'s inner-city residents fight for their rights. No one expected him to move into the neighborhood.

Columns and Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Graduating Stanford -- Again

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Making Sense of Tuition

1,000 WORDS

Grate Expectations

ON THE JOB

He Published Seinfeld. Now What?

With Rob Weisbach

STUDENT VOICE

Home Improvement?

Don't turn my crunchy co-op into Wilbur

BEING THERE

Adrift on the Sea of Love

Inside a Silicon Valley singles convention

ROUNDUP

They Write the Shows

The Farm's TV-writing mafia

END NOTES

Why Do You Ask?

Bemoaning the Age of Inquisitiveness

Farm Report

Sports

BASKETBALL

Finally, the Brother Act Gets Off the Ground

The Collins twins step up

SOFTBALL

A Star at Center

Jessica Mendoza plays longball

Shelf Life

REVIEW

Getting to the Front

The remarkable women who covered World War II

AUTHOR, AUTHOR

Writer, Interrupted

Mary Jarrell writes of life with her husband, Randall

EXCERPT

Cracks in the Ivory Tower

A peek behind higher education's ivory curtain

Class Notes

Profiles

SNAPSHOT: THEODOR JACOBSEN, '23

Master of the Universe

At 98, this astronomer is still a star

SPOTLIGHT: CHARMAN JAMES AKINA, '54, MD '58

A Country Doctor in Hawaii

A Hawaiian doctor goes back to his roots

TIME CAPSULE

The Squirrels of Roble Hall

An experiment in squirrel hygiene

SPOTLIGHT: KATHERINE PETRIE, '92

Made for Television

Oversees TV moviemaking

Farewells

REMEMBERING ALF E. BRANDIN, '36, 1912-1999

He Broke New Ground

Campus business manager