May / June 2006

Intrusions

Kirstin Allio’s unforgettable first novel begins with a corpse and continues through the unraveling of a town. [Arts]

Double Vision

Insights into mental illness from a poet with schizophrenia and her psychiatrist twin sister. [Arts]

What We Eat

Anna Lappé is changing the world, one forkful at a time. [Arts]

Jew-venilia

Sean Altman and Rob Tannenbaum take Jewish comedy way beyond Mel Brooks. [Arts]

The Mother of All Proms

It’s in Racine, Wisconsin, and here’s why. [Arts]

Replay

[Sports]

Comeback Kids

Mary Seid '06 ends a career marked by early injuries and late triumphs. [Sports]

Reviving a Dinosaur

Richard Wiese '81: Exploring today is about looking deep, not far. [Brief Profile]

Old Before Their Time

Leslie Gordon 91 ScM, '98 MD urgently researches a rare and fatal genetic condition that afflicts children - including her own son. [Brief Profile]

Critic or Thief?

Eric Doeringer '96: Can a copy of a contemporary painting itself be art? [Brief Profile]

Back to Chicago

The provost gets a promotion. [Elms]

The (Computer) Revolution to Come

The inventor of Mac’s operating system talks about the past and future of computing. [Elms]

It’s Not the Economy, Stupid

Columnist David Brooks argues that culture matters more than money in determining class. [Elms]

The Morning-After Plan

A student life committee aims to tame campus parties. [Elms]

Keeping the Faith

Brown’s new Muslim chaplain wants to explore our differences. [Elms]

It Takes a Woman

A former first lady and current senator talks about leadership and change. [Elms]

The Book Business

Administrators reject a proposal to let Barnes & Noble run the bookstore. [Elms]

Mr. Faulkner Comes to Class

William Faulkner cultivated a public image as a hard-drinking Southern gentleman impatient with intellectual discussion. But the Faulkner who visited students reading one of his greatest books forty years ago was a more thoughtful and complicated man. [Features]

The Ultimate Sport

They are superbly conditioned athletes who sleep on floors, pay their own expenses, and practice far from campus. They believe in games played with honor, not referees. They are national champions, coached by one of the best in the world. So why have you never heard of them? [Features]

Starting Over in the Gulf

So far only 40 percent of the people who fled New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina have returned. For them, and for others in Louisiana and Mississippi, rebuilding homes may be the easy part. Much harder is the struggle to rebuild their lives. [Cover Story]