July / August 2004

Smoke Screened

In his latest stream-of-consciousness documentary, Ross McElwee investigates his family’s tobacco-baron fantasies.

Chiaveri’s Dome

To Europeans, the year 1750 was only yesterday.

Obituaries

Winning, California Style

In May the women’s rowing team reclaimed the right to be called the national champion.

Taking Care of Business

For athletes and coaches, now is the time to recuperate from the highlights and lowlights of the year in sports.

Team Work

For athletes and coaches, now is the time to recuperate from the highlights and lowlights of the year in sports.

The Lady and the Tiger

In rural Colombia, a creature inspires stories both real and imagined.

A Daughter’s Grief

She learned to cope with her mother’s suicide. Then everything fell apart.

Mail Room

Codrescu’s Taxonomy

The popular NPR commentator comes to campus

Why We’re Here

A symposium tries to create urgency about AIDS

The Innovation Ecology

Even a great idea can be wasted if you can’t make anything out of it

Asking the Right Questions

Are certain cancer screenings biased towards married women?

Honorary Degrees

Side by Side

On Memorial Day 2,104 graduate, undergraduate, and medical students received their degrees. More than 7,000 people joined the Commencement procession. Oh, and there were a few surprises, too.

Into the Fire

Zac Unger grew up attending earnest progressive schools on the edge of Berkeley, California. He came of age as an environmental studies concentrator at Brown. So how did he end up chosing a career as a fire fighter?

Fresh Ink

On the Road Again

Mary Chapin Carpenter’s new CD is a map of journeys both physical and spiritual.

On a Fault Line

A portrait of Islamic society in shades of gray.

Stranger Than Fact

A novel based on the disappearance of a Rockefeller traces a son’s doomed quest.