What He Did Next summer, Gerhard Casper will step down as University president. STANFORD examines his legacy -- from boosting morale and reforming curriculum to raising funds and building up campus.

Student Counsel Facing steep competition for admission to the nation's top colleges, high school students are looking for an extra edge. Here come the consultants. Plus: Next Step: McPrep Achieva College Prep Centers plans a one-stop counseling shop on a street near you. Me and My Consultant How one student got the advice she needed.

Three Days in McMurtryville A young writer heads to West Texas to talk to the author of Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment. He learns a little about Larry McMurtry -- and a lot about himself.

Now It's Michael's Turn Three decades after he graduated, a father returns to campus. This time, he's handing Stanford over to his freshman son.

New Quad on the Block Science and high-tech mingle as never before in a campus complex that was envisioned more than a century ago.

Still Crazy After All These Years Known affectionately as "Old Farts," some alumni of the Stanford Band don black pants and red sportcoats to play and party with the student musicians.

Digest

• Celluloid Stanford
• Root of the Rivalry
• At the Top of Their Game
• If You've Got the Time, He's Got the Book
• Read Her Clips
• Hikers, Leave the Phone at Home

Follow-Up First, Bilingual Ed -- Now the Senate?

SPORTS

• Football "We Live and Die With Them"
• Cross Country Fleet-Footed Frosh
• Sports Notebook

NEWS

• Facilities Charting the Next Decade of Campus Growth
• Biology A Colossal Gift Brings a Bioscience Center to Life
• Donations Broadening the Base
• Head of the Class
• Public Policy Caught in the Abortion Crossfire
• Hoover Institution An Archive Blunder Turns Harvard Crimson
• "Excuse Me, Where's the Quad?" An Orientation Photo Essay
• Inquiring Minds
• SLAC "Why Are We Here?"
• Advising The Counselor Is In
• Campus Notebook
• Bookmarks
• Field Trip Medical Man on a Mission
• Computing All the Right Moves
• Top Jobs For the Education Dean, It's Back to the Books
• Syllabi
• Landmarks For Hoover Bells, a Tune-Up
• Essentials What's In My Bookbag?
• Health Research A Case of Lane Envy
• Mechanical Engineering Building a Smarter Car

Review Read it and weep

Author, Author Poet Timothy Steele stands up for rhyme and reason

Bestsellers

Author, Author Dorothy Patent's 100th book -- and counting

Book Blurbs

• Having Everything, by John L'Heureux
• The Real Deal: The History and Future of Social Security, by Sylvester J. Scheiber and John B. Shoven, '62, PhD '69
• Turtle Island: Tales of the Algonquian Nations, by Jane Louise Curry, MA '62, PhD '69
• Women Who Stay with Men Who Stray, by Debbie Then, MA '81, MA '83, PhD '86

First Impressions High Anxiety

President's Column

Who's Who

Letters to the Editor

1,000 Words

Bright Ideas A documentary follows 10 freshmen to graduation and beyond

On the Job with Grant Baze

Cardinal Numbers

Century at Stanford

Student Voice Don't hate me for my cell phone

Making Waves W's Hoover helpers

Endnotes Days of wine and poses

The Notes: Tidings from classmates near and far

Snapshot At 91, James Penfield is in the swim

Time Capsule The red pigeons of the '58 Big Game

What Ever Happened to . . . Peter Lundin triumphed over kidney disease to become a kidney specialist himself

Spotlight A daring woman on the flying trapeze

Grad Notes

Obituaries

Remembering Trustee and athletic booster Frank Lodato