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May/June 2008  
  A river runs through it
  Sideline satire
  Cardinal Numbers
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  Diving deep to save the oceans
  Humans inside out
  New support for transgender students
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  The net advantage
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  Music: A trumpeter's triumph
  Memoir: A POW tells his story
  Design: What makes a flag stand out
  Short Takes
  Shelf Life
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Can the West Lead Us to a Better Place?
Land of legend, purveyor of myth, the Western United States occupies a role as one of the world's most influential political and economic regions. How successfully it meets the challenges of environmental conservation, immigration and water management will help determine America's future. BY David M. Kennedy

 

A Team to Remember
Led by a luminous star, the Stanford women's basketball team defied predictions and advanced to the national championship game. By Diane Rogers and Kelli Anderson

Heard This One?
Inventor, composer, professor and performer, Mark Applebaum makes music unlike anything audiences have ever heard. They like the sound of it. By Brett Campbell

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Stretch of the Imagination
Their assignment: make something useful with the lowly rubber band. In the Innovation Challenge, doing a lot with a little produced some interesting twists.

Farm Aid
Under Stanford's new financial aid program, all families earning less than $100,000 get tuition free. How can the University make that commitment, and why is it necessary? Provost John Etchemendy and dean of admission Richard Shaw provide the answers.

  On the Job: To the left on your dial  
  Being There: Judaism's new space  
  Department of Good Works: In Cambodia, a hand up  
  The dish on alumni near and far  
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  First Impressions The lure of the West  
  President's Column The DNA of innovation  
  Letters to the Editor  
  1,000 Words  
  Student Voice Dimension-deficit disorder  
  End Note Mom's mortgage, my self  
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