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As the son of a New Deal icon, Harold Ickes once wanted nothing to do with politics. Yet he ended up as one of the most influential Democrats of his generation. His latest assignment: getting Hillary Clinton elected to the U.S. Senate.

by John F. Harris

Four dozen Stanford athletes hope to swim, run and jump their way to Olympic gold in Sydney. Meet a cyclist who lives in a van, a sprinter running for president and a fencer who carries a stuffed frog.

by Sherri Eng

We unveil our definitive list of 101 things -- from fountain-hopping to library-napping -- that students must do to fully experience life at Stanford. How do you score?

Alzheimer's devastates families. But there can be surprising consolations, as the wife of a Stanford professor discovered.

by Michael Castleman, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, and Matthew Naythons

Former executive Dana Gioia wants to take poetry public. Down with Ivory Tower elites. Up with bootstrap culture.

by Cynthia Haven

Stanford officials take an unusual -- and subtle -- approach to student alcohol consumption. Our reporter, a Stanford senior, goes inside the campus drinking culture.

by Jim Tankersley

He hunts, surfs and rides a Harley. But Otis Chandler made his name turning his family's Los Angeles Times into a journalistic powerhouse. The paper's sale this spring marked the end of an era.

by Alex Beam

As a Stanford student, Chris Bischof tutored elementary school kids in East Palo Alto. As a graduate, he turned an empty lot and a few portable buildings into the city's first prep school.

by Deborah Claymon

He devoted his life to promoting smart kids and launched a study still under way at Stanford, but the gentle mentor also favored controlled human breeding. Looking back, what do we make of the early psychologist and his work?

by Mitchell Leslie

by Mitchell Leslie