News & Views
Letter from the President - Public and Private |
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I summarize for you the two concerns I addressed: the elusive distinction between public and private... By Gerhard Casper
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On Campus
A Wild Show |
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April showers bring May flowers.
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No Great Boomer Bear Market |
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As retirement age approaches for the baby boomers, a debate is stirring about the effect that their exodus from the work-force will have on the stock market.
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A Productive Decade |
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Continuing studies prepares to celebrate it 10th anniversary.
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A Home Amid the Trees |
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A nearly 100-year-old bronze statue has finally found a home.
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Saving the Shores; |
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President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore visit Hopkins Marine Station.
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Meaning Behind Money |
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Business School is not just about learning how to make businesses profitable and how to become a millionaire before 40.
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Heads Up |
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Stanford faculty and student awards and
honors.
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Campus
Briefs |
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Gould Back on the Farm ’98 - Gould returns to his professorship. 
Cybercase - Trial by internet?.
Stanford's Highwire Act - Launch of online print journals.
A Campus "Sidfest" - A celebration of Sidney Drell.
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Science & Medicine
A Brand-New Quad |
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The Science and Engineering Quads new look.
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Earth Not an Alien destination |
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Bad news for you X-filers, the truth may be out there, but we don't have it....yet.
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Virtual Creatures |
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Remember Biology class? Dissection gets a whole new dimension thanks to technology.
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Sun Quakes |
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Alexander Kosovichev leads a team of researchers to study the effects of Solar Quakes.
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Science &
& Medicine Briefs |
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Dino Droppings - Finding out how the dinosaurs ate, by looking through it.
New Cancer Clinic - UCSF Clinic Cancer Center to open in1999.
SLAC Hackers - Hackers infiltrate SLAC computers, bringing work to a halt.
Healthful Habits - Living healthy equals living longer.
Telephone Goes Techno - Making copper lines run more efficiently.
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Sports News
A Coachable Leader |
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Troy Walters' life has revolved around football since he was a tot.
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Four in Four |
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For the fourth consecutive year, Stanford wins the Sears Directors' Cup.
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Sports
Briefs |
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Bye-Bye Hutchinson - Chad Hutchinson leaves for St. Louis.
A Team for Freshmen - The 25th year of Women's Basketball starts with some new faces.
More Newcomers - The Women's Volleyball team loses, and gains, some key players.
Swimming Ahead - Coach Skip Kenney's men's swimming team looks towards this year for another NCAA championship.
Two for one - Frosh Gabe Jennings qualifies for the World Junior Championships with two new records.
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Features
Interview: Tobias Wolff |
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The author of This Boy's Life recalls his days at Stanford University. By David Schrieberg
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Tenure on Trial |
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Academia's granting of, in effect, a job for life is going through hard scrutiny.
By Larry Gordon
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Commentary: The Cold War Era and the Modern University |
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Barton Bernstein adds his comments to the Stanford Today forum on a controversial book about
Stanford’s postwar emergence as a research
powerhouse.
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Summer - The Fourth Quarter |
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Summer happens on the Stanford campus. Photography By Linda Cicero
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At the Center of the Physics Universe |
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They trap atoms, smash particles, probe subatomic elements, freeze molecules and collect nobel prizes. By Robert Lee Holtz
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