July/August 2000

Cover Story

The Vexing Legacy of Lewis Terman

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?

Features

Eastside Story

The Drinking Dilemma

'The Last Great Newspaperman'

Poet Provocateur

Holding On

A Tale of Two Termites
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Profiles
Profiles

The Medical Mystery Tour

Revealing the medicine behind the magic

by Heather Rock Woods

Profiles

Calling 'All Peace-Loving Peoples'

Celebrating VJ Day

Profiles

Making a Scene

All his world's a stage

by Theresa Johnston

Profiles

One of the Few

The very model of a modern major

by Kathy Zonana

Columns and Departments
Columns and Departments

That Would Make a Good Story

by Mark Robinson

Columns and Departments

A Castle in Spain

by Gerhard Casper

Columns and Departments

Who's Who
Columns and Departments

Letters to the Editor
Columns and Departments

Algorithms Al Fresco
Columns and Departments

Sleuthing in San Francisco

He skates to work and chases clues on the net: Alex Kline is a new breed of private eye.

by Diane Manuel

Columns and Departments

Cardinal Numbers
Columns and Departments

Finding My Inner Russian

A Peace Corps volunteer gets in touch with her inner Russian

by Sarah Cameron

Columns and Departments

Century at Stanford

by Karen Bartholomew

Columns and Departments

It Was the Best of Times

A Dickens of a reading group

by Irene Noguchi

Columns and Departments

Confessions of an Anti-Mom

Just call her the anti-mom

by Susan Caba

Digest
Digest

The Pajama Princesses of Pop Culture

Sushi-themed pajamas

Digest

Diamonds Aren't Forever
Digest

It's Not Exactly a Stanford Education'
Digest

Make Food, Not War

Food for peace

Digest

Tune In, Turn On and Gas Up
Digest

Quote
Digest

I Was a Teenage Author

A survival guide for girls

Digest

From a Cosmic Coincidence, a Partnership

STANFORD as matchmaker; census on target

Farewells
Farewells

One for the Record Books

Fund-raiser extraordinaire

Farewells

Obituaries - July/August 2000

News
News

For Provost, a Logical Choice

A philosopher for provost

News

The Profs Behind the Pols

The profs behind the Bush-Gore Russia debate

News

The Law School Signs a Top Free Agent

Luring a cyberlaw star

News

Head of the Class
News

Stanford's Slice of the Start-Up Pie

Stanford gets bitten by the start-up bug

News

Is Back Pain All in Your Head?
News

Tribal Rites
News

The Class of 2000 Exits Smiling

Sending off the seniors

News

The Five Frosh -- All Grown Up
News

Inquiring Minds
News

Testing the Alternatives
News

Now It's Up to the Voters

Tom Campbell's tenure trade-off

News

Campus Notebook
News

Look Who's Talking
News

A New Trial Brings New Hope

A Stanford scholar awaits a new trial

News

So Many Recruiters, So Little Space

No room at the recruiting booth

News

Every Spring, Voting with Their Fees
News

Bookmarks
News

What's in My Backpack?
News

For Alumni Volunteers, Star Treatment

A star-studded gathering

News

Sex, Lies and Undergrads

Shelf Life
Shelf Life

Let Us Prey

Catherine Chalmers photographs nature, red in tooth and claw

by Ray Isle

Shelf Life

No Jacket Required

Have e-book, will travel

by Taylor Antrim

Shelf Life

Book Blurbs
Shelf Life

Diary of a Child Anorexic
Shelf Life

Stanford Bookstore Bestsellers

Sports
Sports

Serving Up Three Championships

Stanford sweeps singles titles

Sports

After 66 Years, They're No. 1

After 66 years, a national championship

Sports

Sports Notebook