November / December 2006

The Trip From Hell

If you thought your summer vacation was hot and buggy, check out this journey. [Arts]

Art You Can Walk On

Painter Colette Crutcher started making mosaics when she was named artist-in-residence at the San Francisco dump. [Arts]

The Person He Wanted to Be

John Lloyd Young talks about Brando, his mom, and Brown. [Arts]

Big Man in Town

Belting out Frankie Valli’s falsetto in Jersey Boys, actor John Lloyd Young catapults to stardom. [Arts]

We're Not in Leipzig Anymore, Toto

In the Broadway version of Spring Awakening, alt-rocker Duncan Sheik gives the classic a whole new sound. [Arts]

Fresh off the Boat Is One Thing She's Not

Suzanne Whang’s alter egos include a Korean immigrant would-be comic and the sleek hostess of House Hunters. [Arts]

Party Animals

Campus Democrats and Republicans gather over pasta and salad to discuss Iraq, capitalism, and whether or not their fellow students really care. [Features]

How Life Works

The huge new life sciences building gives researchers the tools they need to explore fundamental biological mysteries. [Features]

The Healer

Every year millions of the world’s poorest people die unnecessarily from treatable diseases like AIDS and TB. Jim Yong Kim ’82 has dedicated his life to changing that. [Cover Story]

Meeting My Illness

A patient goes looking for the cause of her seizures. [Alumni POV]

Sports - The Big Chill

Summing up football and some winning fall teams. [Sports]

Constitutional Duty

Hate speech should be protected not banned, a professor argues. [Elms]

Rock On

Found: the Western Hemisphere’s oldest known writing sample. [Elms]

Use of Force

Two police incidents prompt campus demonstrations and charges of racial profiling. [Elms]

Storm Watchers

Two New Orleans–based journalists visit campus to accept public-service awards. [Elms]

A New Kind of Fun

Dean to new students: enjoy learning, even when it’s really really hard. [Elms]