Stanford Today
November/December 1996

  Kei Ichihashi and her son,
  Woodrow, in the back yard of their
  campus home in the early 1920s.

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DIRECTOR Alan Acosta

EDITOR Alan Acosta

ART DIRECTOR David Armario

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Jack Hubbard

EDITOR, STANFORD REPORT Eileen Walsh

ADMINISTRATION Enelda Wade

WRITERS

SCIENCE Janet Basu & David Salisbury

UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE Marisa Cigarroa

ARTS AND HUMANITIES Diane Manuel

SOCIAL SCIENCES Kathy O’Toole

HIGHER EDUCATION Elaine Ray

PHOTOGRAPHY Linda Cicero

COPY EDITOR Heidi Beck

WEBSITE MANAGER Grace Evans

LIBRARIAN Yae Ozaki

CENTRAL OFFICE Cynthia Lindsey

Photos: Cover: Yamato Ichihashi courtesy of Woodrow Ichihashi In This Issue: Marcos Lujan Letter from the President: Linda Cicero Sophomore Success Story: Linda Cicero Campus News (top) Linda Cicero; (bottom) Stanford News Service Fourth Rock from the Sun: Linda Cicero Scientific Serendipity: Linda Cicero Science and Medicine News: (top) Visual Art Services; (bottom) Linda Cicero A Cardinal for All Seasons: Michael Johnson Sports News: Rod Searcey Genetic Roulette: Illustration by Anita Kunz; photos by Marcos Lujan Learning Curve: Michael Johnson Class of 2000: Michael Johnson ‘We Almost Wept’: Blue-book diary courtesy of Special Collections, Green Library, Stanford University; early arrivals at Amache courtesy of Record Group 210, National Archives; Woodrow Ichihashi in 1921 courtesy of Woodrow Ichihashi; Amache internees leaving for home courtesy of Record Group 210; Yamato Ichihashi with other students and David Starr Jordan courtesy of Special Collections; Tule Lake Relocation Center courtesy of Record Group 210; Lunchtime for workers on the farm at Tule Lake courtesy of Record Group 210; Adult education class at Amache courtesy of Record Group 210 A Personal Journey: Linda Cicero Contributors Page: Courtesy of Woodrow Ichihashi .