Hat Trick

Is it safe to go in the water?

Shuttle diplomacy

War of words

It crept slowly out of a fetid slum overrun with rats, but before officials could contain it and crack a cover-up that went all the way to the governor an outbreak of bubonic plague left 1900s San Francisco reeling and racially divided.

by Marilyn Chase

Social critic and author Stephen Carter isn t interested in chummy orthodoxy. During a career of throwing curveballs to his colleagues, Carter has developed a reputation for thinking straight, demanding facts and keeping the faith.

by Christine Foster

You re smart and accomplished, right? That fancy degree on your office wall says so. Well, with graduation looming, here s a test that will challenge what you know about diplomas.

by Laurie J. Vaughan

Among the many lessons of college, figuring out how to live with a total stranger is one of the toughest. Despite a national trend toward single rooms, Stanford has stuck to its policy of togetherness, often intentionally pairing roommates who have little in common. It s funny how it works out.

by Ann Marsh

I can't decide!

by Summer Moore Batte