January / February 2004

In the News

Alumni in the headlines

Medical Modesty

Where does it hurt? Just ask the diagnostic doll.

Mail Room

Data Points

The latest in campus research.

Fresh Ink

New from Brown authors

Flying Bears

Looking Back: The short, happy life of Brown’s first flying club.

In the Crossfire: Jeff Nussbaum ’97

The first trick to writing for James Carville is to tick him off, says Jeff Nussbaum, who coauthored Carville’s Had Enough? A Handbook for Fighting Back (Simon & Schuster).

Life in Revolution: Jack Corcoran ’53

He never intended to become a missionary, but after the navy it seemed right.

A Statesman of Oncology

Farewell: Paul Calabresi

The Tides of Change

Farewell: Rosemary Pierrel Sorrentino ’53 Ph.D.

Obituaries

Mutch’s Legacy

Is Anybody Out There?

The fleet of spacecraft descending on Mars this winter represents the biggest and most-determined effort yet to look for life beyond Earth. Guess who’s leading the way.

Brave New Kids

A primer for parents who are better at giving advice than following it themselves.

Fear and Loathing in Rhode Island

Jincy Willett ’78, ’81 A.M. writes with a pen as sharp as a razor.

An Apology For Art

Arnold Weinstein is at it again.

Selling the Bowl That Burps

How Tupperware parties really set women free.

The Learning Tree

What the death of a single elm can tell us about who we are.

Game Day

Breaking the Heps Hex

Men’s cross-country wins its first-ever Ivy championship.

Fun and Games

Back atop the Ivies, the men’s soccer team makes a disappointing first-round exit from the NCAA tourney.

Domestic Goddess

A granddaughter discovers just how much her grandmother really knows.

Navigational Fix

A student at sea discovers new bearings for his life in the classroom.

Health-Care Marker

Getting women to stop ignoring their own general health.

Obstacle Course

For this father-daughter marathon team, the miles were the easy part.

Prisoners of the Pen

A reminder that words in some countries can still be dangerous.

60 Seconds With

Presidential intern Allen Feliz ’03

Fuzzy Math

Is need-blind changing the calculus of financial aid?

Gangsters Rapped

Spike Lee blasts young people for getting hooked on cultural opium.

Person on the Case

A student who wants to transform girls from bystanders to participants.

A Green Light on Guns

President Simmons approves the arming of campus police.