September 2017

Features

What It Was Like to Be an African-American Freshman in 1962

The Moral Force of Deborah Rhode

What 'Ghost Particles' Might Tell Us About Our Origins

Farm Report

Roundworms Live Longer on the Mediterranean Diet. Will People?

Your New Indulgence: Veggies

The Frosh File

No More Soup for You

At Last Count: $28

WHO WE ARE

Engineering a Better Future for Women

ECO-TIPS

Paper, Plastic or Reusable?

Stanford History, a Snapshot

Virtuoso Professor Saw 'the Beauty of Math'

Mismanaged Mismanagement

BREAKTHROUGHS, BRIEFLY

A Drug for Lymphedema?

BREAKTHROUGHS, BRIEFLY

Self-affirmation Keeps Students of Color on the College Track

For Stanford Softball, It's Turnaround Time

So, What's Your Mile Time?

Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Brave Steps on the Path to Pluralism

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Advancing Access

Letters to the Editor

1,000 WORDS

Shades of Enlightenment

Books, Etc.

CONSIDER THIS

Re: The Thought Police

STUDENT VOICE

Why I Won't Reject the Western Canon

SPOTLIGHT

Where Does Fake News Come From?

END NOTE

Sugar-Fixing Our Stress

Class Notes

THE DISH

Stanford Alum Joins Newest Astronaut Candidate Class

THE DISH

For Every Great Novelist, There's...

THE DISH

The Secret to a Long Life (of Skiing)

THE DISH

Piloting a Pot Test

THE DISH

Stockton's Mayor Sets the Standard for Service

Farewells

FAREWELLS: MIGUEL MENDEZ

Beloved Legal Scholar and Role Model

FAREWELLS: MARSH TERRELL MCCALL, '86,

Admired for His Wit and Kindness

FAREWELLS: MARC BERTRAND

Fondness for All Things French

Obituaries

The Notes