STANFORD Magazine: March/April 2007


MARCH / APRIL 2007

Winning Survivor
Michelle Wie, ’11
What You Don’t Know About campus caterpillars

Football’s new face
Basque in the limelight
The robot valet

Basketball: Staying steady

Photo: Glenn Matsumura

Painting As cluck would have it

Music Songs for our sake

Film Movies with good taste

Shelf Life

Cover Story: The Effort Effect
Psychologist Carol Dweck has shown that people who believe intelligence is static struggle to overcome adversity, while those who see achievement as a product of effort shrug off setbacks and keep climbing. What are the implications for school, business and society?
BY marina krakovsky

Intelligent Designs
Striking back at banal PowerPoints and misleading graphics, Edward Tufte seeks to bring both artistry and truth to presentation.
BY Fran Smith

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Read "The Natural History of Don Juan" and "My Auntie's Wedding," the honorable-mention stories in our annual fiction contest, plus judges' comments.
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Outbreak
In the spring of 1903, typhoid fever ravaged Stanford’s campus, killing eight students. With no local hospital and few nurses, a heroic band of student volunteers helped keep the death toll in check.
BY Theresa Johnston

The Art of the Doodle
Dennis Hwang has made tens of millions smile with his artwork. His canvas: the Google logo.
BY Joan O’C. Hamilton

The Countess of M—
STANFORD’s fiction contest winner serves up greedy suitors, surprise proposals and the rewards of
inner beauty. FICTION BY GEORGIA SHREVE