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I Can't Think of Any Obstacles'
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I Can't Think of Any Obstacles'

Battered by cystic fibrosis, she had her first surgery at age 7 and a lung transplant at 13. Although she was in and out of hospitals for all of her 21 years, Leslie Hotson didn't let the struggle to live get in the way of having a life.

by Jocelyn Wiener

The Matchbox Army

by Andy Grose

Island Hopping

by Meredith Aitken

What Freshmen Need to Know
Features

What Freshmen Need to Know

While there is little argument about the need to teach humanities to first-year students, there is plenty of disagreement about how to do it. After five years of tweaking, the latest pedagogical approach, Introduction to the Humanities, has begun to win converts.

by Diane Rogers

The Far Side of the Farm
Features

The Far Side of the Farm

Squirt-gun assassins. Go-naked rituals. Dorms nicknamed after aging Scottish actors. Here are 19 examples of surprising, delightful and outrageous Stanford phenomena that keep life interesting.

A Different Path
Departments

A Different Path

Magic formula

by Joshua Fried