Founding Fathers
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard came up with great products, but what they really invented was a new way to innovate. Plus: A Legacy: Giving on a Grand Scale The pair’s generosity shaped Stanford -- and that’s only the beginning.

What Do I Do Now?
In the grueling race for a Rhodes Scholarship, one contender finds that the toughest questions come after the contest is over.

Into the Wilderness
From the snowy peaks of the Cascades to the scorching deserts of Southern California, two young alums spent four months hiking the 2,600-mile Pacific Crest Trail.

Out of Africa
Three students were held hostage in 1975 by Laurent Kabila. Now he’s president of Congo -- and they’re angry. Plus: A Nation in Ruins.

On the Road
Where have all the teachers gone? From Madagascar to Montana, Japan to Jericho, Stanford professors are working and playing hard this summer.

Beating the System
New York publishers said his novel would never sell. So he peddled it to the rest of the world first.

Stanford Bookstore Best-Sellers

Book Blurbs
Four new books by Stanford authors:

Embracing Victory: Life Lessons in Competition and Compassion Mariah Burton Nelson, '78

The Paradoxes of the American Presidency, Thomas E. Cronin, MA '62, MA '64, PhD '69, and Michael Genovese

From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America, Vicki L. Ruiz, MA '78, PhD '82

Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life, bell hooks, '73

First Impressions
Sadly, we say goodbye to our business guru, morale czar -- and steadfast friend.

Being There
A student sneaks into physicist Stephen Hawking's lecture on "cosmic inflation." The effect is mesmerizing.

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

Student Voice
Sure admission to a Stanford doctoral program is impressive. But just how super does it make you?

Cardinal Numbers

Breaking News
A Washington journalist and pundit frets about press ethics but enjoys the thrill of the hunt.

Short Stuff

• Business is Booming
• Road Trip
• Quiz Wizards
• The Waiting Game
• Steinbeck Country

Still in the Game
Former senator and basketball player Bill Bradley spends a year on campus thinking big thoughts -- and mulling a run for the White House.

E-Mail from The Hague
A Bosnian doctor goes on trial for genocide. Can a high-tech court break an ancient cycle of revenge?

Endnotes
Why members of the Alumni Association should vote to approve a merger with the University

Alumni Tidings from Around the World

Class Notable:
Jeffrey Katz, MS '78

Class Notable:
Brad Davies, '97

Obituaries

Remembering:
Jack L. Davies, '49, 1923-1998

Offbeat Pursuits How do Stanford students blow off steam? Every way you might imagine.

The Cold War University A book about Stanford's emergence as a postwar research powerhouse triggers debate and controversy on campus. Excerpts from a forum.

The National Sleep Debt Yawning on the job? You're not alone. More than half of Americans suffer from a sleep disorder, says expert William Dement.

. . . and more in the Stanford News Service's section.