Our
Town
Is Palo Alto a college town? Was it ever? Take a jaunt down University
Avenue, past and present, and a look at students' ties to the town Leland
Stanford built.
Hot Spots Some hangouts
have hung on.
The Company She Keeps
Carey Perloff rebuilt San Francisco's Geary Theater and re-energized an
actor's conservatory. Ten years after she began this dramatic turnaround,
gutsy artistic choices and an innovative style are again bringing down
the house.
Avon Calling What
if Shakespeare fooled us all?
Mighty Mouse
They were young, hungry and oozing talent. And when this group of product
designers from Stanford developed the first Apple mouse in 1980, they
also became revolutionaries.
By Design A few greatest
hits
This Is the Side of the Road
Our annual fiction-contest winner features a young traveler teetering
on the edge as her friend and companion slips away.
Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Gone are the fat paychecks and dreams of early retirement, but so are
the 80-hour work weeks. In the aftermath of the latest boom-to-bust cycle,
some alumni learned that getting ahead wasn't worth leaving everything
else behind.
On
the Job