History Detected

Knowledge of history among high school kids in the United States is abysmal. Now there's a new way to learn: personal letters, official documents and other original source material that forces students to think like historians.

• I Saw It in a Movie

Great Stuff

Whether literally precious or boundlessly cherished, the objects that attract collectors reflect individual sensibilities. We found six alumni and faculty whose passions have occupied a lifetime of pursuit—not to mention many rooms.

• Holding Hands
• Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
• Farm Favorites
• Art as Necessity
• No Place Like Oz
• How Far Is It to Bethlehem?

Alice's Wonder Lands

The journals of the late Travel/Study leader Alice Coogan brim with the artwork and descriptions of an observant wanderer who found in faraway places a contentment that sometimes eluded her in everyday life.

About Our Antagonisms

Where conflict comes from

News Briefs

• Bit by Bit

New Law Clinic Handles Religious Liberty Cases

Putting faith in the law

Joseph Frank, Renowned Dostoevsky Scholar, Dies at 94

Dostoevsky's epic biographer

With the Orphans

Lessons from an orphanage

Lipo's Silver Lining

When fat is good

How to Quantify the Shakespeare Debate

Research Notebook

Cantor Launches Family Art Days

Family fun at the museum

Pride, Disappointment at Season's End

Basketball's mixed feelings

Against the Odds

Heritage meets activism

Changing His Pitch

A quest for the Quakes

Red All Over

Seeds of the Story

Inspired by family

Cabaret Comeback

Cabaret!

Shelf Life

Open to Interpretation. History, That Is.

What really happened?

Financial Strength Enables Innovation

Excellence follows investment

Letters to the Editor

In Concert

Giving Us Paws

Puppy love, unrequited

The Dish

The Notes

The Streak that Nearly Snapped

"The streak is in grave condition."

Return to Mars

Dunder Mifflin Going Out of Business

Ode to Beethoven (and Bing)

Hoover Archives Shed Light on New Film

Postscript