Stanford Today
January/February 1997

  “This guy from Cal asked me,
  ‘Do you guys always ride like
  this?’ I said, ‘No, usually we keep
  on going ’til there’s only
  one person left.’ ”
  DAVE BAILEY, Stanford
    doctoral candidate and
    cycling team member.

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EDITOR Alan Acosta

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SCIENCE Janet Basu & David Salisbury

UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE Marisa Cigarroa

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PHOTOGRAPHY Linda Cicero

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WEBSITE MANAGER Grace Evans

LIBRARIAN Yae Ozaki

CENTRAL OFFICE Cynthia Lindsey

Photos: Cover: Courtesy of Gallery Paule Anglim In This Issue: William Mercer McLeod Letter from the President: Linda Cicero Creating Critical Mass: Linda Cicero Like a Hurricane: Linda Cicero Campus News: top and middle, Linda Cicero; bottom, Chuck Painter His Beaker Runneth Over: Linda Cicero HighWire Act: Linda Cicero Science and Medicine News: top, Visual Art Services;   bottom, Hassaun Jones-Bey Basketball Bounces Back: Sasha Mitelman, Stanford Daily Sports News: top, Rod Searcey; bottom, Linda Cicero Beijing by the Bay: Stephen Schauer Through a Glass, Lightly: Linda Cicero Learning Curve: William Mercer McLeod Class of 2000: William Mercer McLeod The Prince of Darkness and Light: photograph, Linda Cicero;   art work courtesy Gallery Paule Anglim Back Cover: Stephen Schauer