September/October 1996

Features

Who Gets In?

A look at the history of race and gender-based preference programs at Stanford and how they work today.

The Time That Binds

Dreading his 20th reunion, a cynical alum is surprised to discover how much common ground he shares with his former classmates -- and how much he learns about himself.

Head of Steam

In 1965, a son of the famous Maytag washer-dryer family bought an ailing beer company and found his calling.

Lifting the Veil

After 17 years in the United States, an Iranian American returns home and, in conversations with taxi drivers, shopkeepers and students, finds disappointment with the Khomeini Revolution.

Leland's Journal

Tresidder Facelift

Campus Quote

All in the Family

The Five Most Popular Majors at Stanford

High-Tech Hijinks

Sorry, No Baywatch

ON THE JOB WITH JOE SACHS, MD/MA '85

Doc Hollywood

What's in a word? Apparently enough to cause a national uproar when the word is ebonics.

Cardinal Numbers

E-MAIL FROM VOLGOGRAD

The Sweetness of Raspberries

Helping Russia to help itself

A Century at Stanford

HIGHLY UNSCIENTIFIC POLL(TM)

Name That Team

STUDENT VOICE

Dark Side of the Net

The dark side of the Internet.

BOOK REVIEW

The Science of Sex

AUTHOR, AUTHOR

Master of the Truly Stupid

Jeff Parietti, '77, and his new book, The Book of Truly Stupid Sports Quotes

Stanford Bookstore Bestsellers

Book Blurbs

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

The Envelope, Please

Stanford's editor explains how a reader's letter sparked our special report on affirmative action

Letters to the Editor

SAA CORNER

Man on a Mission

On the stump with Gerhard Casper

END NOTES

'We Owe It To Bill'

A former student remembers Communication Professor Bill Rivers

Class Notes

Profiles

CLASS NOTABLE: JEAN EBERHART DUBOFSKY, '64

Her Day In Court

CLASS NOTABLE: LISA TRUITT, '83

Living at the Edge

Farewells

REMEMBERING HERBERT BOSWELL NANNEY, MA '51, 1918-1996

The Music Man

Obituaries

The Notes