November/December 2002

Features

COVER STORY

And the Band Played On

Twenty years ago, Cal broke Stanford hearts in the most improbable finish in college football history. Players and fans reflect on how much it hurt, how much they've healed and why any of it still matters.

Balancing Act

Two years of recession and stock market declines have weakened Stanford's finances. Mike McCaffery, CEO of Stanford Management Company, and Provost John Etchemendy describe the University's fiscal worries and what is being done to ease them.

Spoiling Our Kids

Preoccupied parents, unregulated media and a proliferation of electronic gadgets in the home are damaging this generation of children, according to some Stanford experts.

The Color of His Dreams

Enigmatic and impossible to categorize, the art of Nathan Oliveira spans more than 50 years and multiple transformations. Now, as a retrospective exhibition of his work tours the country, this master artist/teacher discusses the inspiration and imagination that produced his colorful career.

Bay Watch

On a rocky point in Pacific Grove, near some of the world's most luxuriant ecosystems, scientists and students have explored the secrets of the sea for more than 100 years.

Columns and Departments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Play It Again?

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Why Foreign Students Are So Important

Bringing the world here

1,000 WORDS

Bye, Dad

BRIGHT IDEAS

Straight from the Source

Clickable art

ON THE JOB

The Accidental Model

Looks are everything

STUDENT VOICE

Making a Name for Myself

Identity crisis

END NOTE

Got Game?

What's the score?

Red All Over

Excuse Me?

Who's really No. 1

A Home for the Holiday

A homey Thanksgiving

Leland's Fixer-Upper

Remodeling Leland's house

No More Snoozing

Sleep and Dreams calls it a night

FOLLOW-UP

New Evidence Supports Klein

Klein's theory gets a boost

Farm Report

News

BUSINESS SCHOOL

Ethics in the Wake of Enron

The right thing to do

TOWN & GOWN

Where to Put the Trails

Unhappy trails

EDUCATION

Motivating Kids to Learn

Too much testing

FACULTY

Scholar, Teacher, Mentor, Friend

A legal giant dies

OVERSEAS STUDIES

Visiting Israel

On the ground in Israel

POLICY

New Rules on Relationships

New rules on romance

MAJORS

The Humanist Premeds

The doctor as artist

PASSIONS

Giving It a Go

Go!

IN PRINT

The Life and Times of Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky, the final chapter

TRENDS

What's Hip-Hop Doing in Academia?

The hip-hop university

STUDENT LIFE

Support for Gay Freshmen

Helping students out

HEALTH RESEARCH

What Alcohol Can Do to Women

Drinking problems

Sports

FOOTBALL

Fresh Faces on the Field

New faces on the field

BASKETBALL

Great Expectations

Think young

KAYAKING

Stanford's Newest Sport Makes a Splash

A new sport surfaces

Showcase

LAUGHING MATTER

Fortunes of a Funnyman

Sitcom success

CHAPTER & VERSE

The California Story-Unabridged

California reconsidered

REVIEW

It Has No Beginning, It Has No End

Not exactly a book

Class Notes

Profiles

SNAPSHOT: NANCY RAY, '41

Flying High

TIME CAPSULE: 1947

When the Men Came Back

Home again

SPOTLIGHT: FIJI FRIENDS, '50S

Call of the Wild

Fiji forever

SPOTLIGHT: JIM FAVARO, '78

Home Is Where the Museum Is

Art house

SNAPSHOT: JON STAENBERG, '82

He's Got the Ticket

Ticket master

Farewells

REMEMBERING ROBERT CARVER NORTH, MA '48, PHD '57, 1914-2002

Helping Peace Happen

Analyzing war to find peace

REMEMBERING FRANK C. ALBERT, '42, 1920-2002

He Fit Football to a 'T'

Wow Boys quarterback