China.com
Internet entrepreneurs are finding fertile
ground in China's emerging market economy,
and some Stanford alums are leading the
way. Online business is fostering community
in the world's most populous nation, and
helping change the place that is changing
the world. BY joel
mccormick
China
101
Stanford's latest overseas partner. BY
Kevin cool
Shared
Vision
Bringing people together leads to epic
success.
CALLING ALL WRITERS
Enter STANFORD's annual fiction contest! The deadline
is November 1. The first-place winner will receive $750, and the story will
be published next spring.
Heavy
Metal
Is the car we drive an ethical choice? Debate
about global warming and the effects of oil consumption
on U.S. foreign policy have put automobiles—and
SUVs in particular—squarely in the high
beams. Stanford anthropologist Sarah Jain says
the issue isn't just gas mileage—it's America's
four-wheeled culture. BY
kevin cool
The
Cleaning Agent
During 20 years of advocacy, Ted Smith has helped
write environmental law and reform the computer
industry's thinking about toxic waste they produce.
With so many victories, isn't he ready to relax?
Not by a long shot. BY
joan o'c. hamilton
Teaching
Apathy?
Researchers in the School of Education may have
found a clue as to why young people don't vote.
In a survey of high school student councils across
the country, they found that students' first experiences
with representative democracy, the high school
election, is often considered a joke. BY
Marina krakovsky
