September 2022

Cover Story

Throwing Out the Rule Book

Pull up a chair, sports fans. The past century’s paradigm—in which student-athletes compete in exchange for an education—is being upended. And where the ball will land is anyone’s guess.

Features

On His Terms

Turning the Town Around

‘A Consensus Builder by Disposition’

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Essays
Essays

Write On

My simple mistake changed everything.

by Kirstin Chen

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Mind Over Major

The case for using college to become more interesting.

by Dan Edelstein

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Winning Whiskers

Alfred Nash found his avocation right under his nose.

by Kali Shiloh

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What You Don’t Know About the Carillonneur

How and for whom the bells toll.

by Tracie White

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When Card Stunts Ruled

Once upon a time, student participation during football games was flipping awesome.

by Sam Scott

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I’ll Have Flies with That

When selling plants is a killer business.

by Kali Shiloh

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Meet Lauren Toomer

Honoring the human body through art.

by Tracie White

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The Ticker - September 2022

Stanford people in the news and on the move.

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The Plot Twist

How a TV news producer wrote her own Hollywood ending.

by Kelli Anderson

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Life, the Metaverse, and Everything

Millions of kids today make and play games on Roblox. They’re also helping build the virtual worlds of tomorrow.

by Louise Matsakis

Columns
Columns

Educating Active Citizens

First-year students begin their Stanford careers with a focus on civic responsibility.

by Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Columns

When to Phone a Friend

Two alumni journalists helped make this issue of the magazine shine.

by Kathy Zonana

Departments
Departments

Let There Be Light

by Summer Moore Batte

Departments

Dialogue — September 2022
Departments

Book Review: Murder, He Wrote

New and Notable

by Susan Wolfe

Departments

Biblio File: What to Read Now — September 2022

New releases that inspire us.

Farewells
Farewells

The Life of His Dreams

Roger Shepard

by Kali Shiloh

Farewells

‘Phenomenal’ Doctor and Mentor

Ifeanyi Onyeji, ’12

by Kali Shiloh

Farewells

Obituaries — September 2022