Features
Just Cool It
A pair of Stanford scientists has found an answer to performance enhancement that has nothing to do with drugs. Their device to cool the body core not only may revolutionize sports, it could improve quality of life for medical patients, too.
by Eva Ciabattoni
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Leave the Lights On
Call it the campus that seldom sleeps. Whether it's baking bread in dorm kitchens or pounding the treadmill at Tresidder, something is usually going on in the wee hours. Join our reporter on a middle-of-the-night prowl around the Farm.
by Joshua Fried
Features
Head of the Class
When the future chief justice of the United States arrived on campus in 1946, fresh from service in World War II, he had no particular plan. Then he met a professor whose scholarly specialty inspired a career in the law, and whose ideas shaped the views that would change American jurisprudence.
by Charles Lane
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In the Name of the Fathers
The descendant of generations of tribal leaders, Raymond Cross knows the Indian wars did not end in 1890 at Wounded Knee. After a federal dam swamped his ancestral homeland, his quest for justice led him all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
by Paul VanDevelder
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This Is Who I Am'
A blind student gets an A+ in a surgery course. A dyslexic student learns a foreign language. They may require extra time and technology, but students with disabilities don't let anything get in the way of their educations.
by Diane Rogers
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Smallville
Superfast integrated circuits, more effective methods of drug delivery, increased understanding of disease. The promise of nanotechnology is proof that good things come in little packages.
by Lee Bruno With additional reporting by Kevin Cool
Features
The Troubles that Occur
Misapprehended lyrics, a disputed inheritance, a charismatic orphan, a threatened tradition vignettes about contemporary African life won this year's Stanford fiction contest.
by Jacob Doll
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Still Life
During a career spanning three decades, Joan Myers's quiet, evocative photographs have brought new perspective to natural wonders and man-made horrors.
by Jack Fischer
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The Brains Behind the Wheel
Engineers in Stanford's Dynamic Design Lab are working on a car that could save your life and make motoring more fun. Is it ready for a test drive?
by Greta Lorge
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New Kids on the Quad
Lacking the advantages of freshman bonding, transfer students cut their own path with gumption and guts, and enrich the campus with an outsider's perspective.
by Joshua Fried
