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Let There Be Art
With a bold new addition and some badly needed seismic repairs, the Stanford Museum reopens as a visual arts complex fortified for a new millennium. Plus: When the Curtain Rises

What I Learned from Joel
Back in 1979, Joel Dickholtz wrote a Daily column explaining why he was dropping out. It changed at least one reader’s life.

What’s Next?
He’s a prize-winning chemist, entrepreneur, novelist and, now, playwright. The “father of the Pill” can’t stop.

Trial by Fire
Caroline Paul set out to write an exposé of sexism in the San Francisco Fire Department. She ended up as a firefighter.

Letters from the Western Front
Eight decades after the guns fell silent, the letters and diaries of three Stanford veterans bear witness to the horrors of World War I.



 

Economics: A Love Story
In a new memoir, Milton and Rose Friedman celebrate an enduring, endearing partnership.

In Search of the Real Jesus
God, man, saint, sinner -- Christ has been all things to all people.

Stanford Bookstore Best-Sellers

Book Blurbs
Four new books by Stanford authors:

  • "First Thoughts": Life and Letters of Abigail Adams, Edith B. Gelles, senior scholar at the Institute for the Study of Women and Gender
  • 12 Drummers Drumming, Diana Deverell, ’70
  • Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind, Hans Moravec, PhD ’80
  • A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America, Shelby Steele, Hoover Institution research fellow


 

First Impressions
How do you add new buildings to an old campus? The changes aren't always easy.

Virtual Stanford
Starfish have no brains -- and other factoids from a website devoted to trivial pursuits.

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

Student Voice
Halfway through college, the simplicity of high school beckons.

Cardinal Numbers

On the Job
For Jon Nakamatsu, winning the Van Cliburn gold medal opened the door to Carnegie Hall.

Follow-Up
A young widow's award-winning story brings solace in cyberspace.

Start Small

  • Whimsy on Wheels
  • Retailing Health
  • Truth and Lies at Harvard
  • Campus Cats: They're Feline Fine
  • Of Bytes and Beer

Being There
A senior finds that being a resident assistant is not all sweetness and light.

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

Who's Who
Meet some of the writers, photographers and artists whose work appears in these pages.

Endnotes
Ten years ago, Cal's mascot was released from Cardinal captivity. But the bearnappers remain at large.



 

Alumni Tidings from Around the World

Class Notable:
Curtis Barnes, ’35, MA ’38

Class Notable:
Peter Wales Nadan, ’89

Obituaries

Remembering:
Edward Leonard Ginzton, Engr. ’38, PhD ’41, 1915-1998



The Food We Eat Chinese and Italian are out, Thai and Middle Eastern are in. Campus cuisine has gone polyglot -- and the results may surprise you.

Beyond the Lab As AIDS makes devastating inroads in East Palo Alto, Stanford caregivers try to reach across a geographic and economic divide.

The Butterflies’ Way In Madagascar, scientists help design a park and save a species.

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