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The Greatest Hits of Arthur P. Barnes He arranged "All Right Now" and 300 other tunes. Now the incomparable director of the Stanford Band retires his baton. Special: Check out a photo-rich version of the article , which takes a little longer to download.

Taming the Tube Kids spend more hours watching TV than sitting in a classroom. Our expert offers 10 ways parents can regain control.

Reviving the Honor Code With cheating on the rise at universities nationwide, Stanford is breathing new life into its old-fashioned Honor Code.

A Matter of Life and Death Crafting a novel legal argument, Carla Kerr took a controversial right-to-die case all the way to the Supreme Court.

The Prisoner and the Professor "Dutch" Brandt had spent 13 years in Alcatraz when Harold Bacon started teaching him calculus. Their exchange of letters from 1950-56 changed the lives of both men.



 

'I Am Outraged Still'
David Harris has written a powerful denunciation of U.S. policy in Vietnam.

Spinning Tales of Gold
Karen Cushman's literature for children is a treasury of historical details.

Stanford Bookstore Best-Sellers

Book Blurbs
Four new books by Stanford authors:

  • Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose , by Stephen Schneider
  • The Future of the Book , edited by Geoffrey Nunberg
  • Among Warriors: A Martial Artist in Tibet , by Pamela Logan
  • Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln , compiled and edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher


 

First Impressions
Ailing parents and 'boob tube' kids raise difficult questions for many of us.

Letters to the Editor
Comments, congrats and catcalls from you. Zap us a letter while you're here.

Student Voice
Want to study with a Nobel laureate? Take pictures in Egypt? Then you've come to the right place.

SAA Corner
A pilot program puts alumni in touch with top college-bound students in three cities.

A Century at Stanford
A look at issues and events that shaped campus history.

Cardinal Numbers

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

Virtual Stanford
At an innovative after-school program, kids learn to rebound from bad grades--and shoot some hoops.

Poll
Alcohol Policy.

E-Mail From Sarajevo
A husband and wife help rebuild Bosnia.

Endnotes
From the Super Bowl to the NBA playoffs, a female sportscaster goes inside the 'brotherhood.'



 

The nitty-gritty on classmates

Class Notable:
Keith Kim, '85

Class Notable:
Lorry Lokey, '49

Obituaries

Feature Obituary:
Charles E. Steinheimer, '36