Full contents - Spring 2004:

• Assignment Baghdad
  How I started a magazine in a war zone, to avoid the post-college job market

• Blockbuster
  It would be an apt super-hero name for Brad Meltzer '92, author of thrillers and comic book epics.

• With Their Will, They Made Their Way
  A dramatic duo convinces the Royal Shakespeare Company to open rehearsals to budding directors

• The Quest for the Gold-Plated Collision
  U-M physicists hope to help prove the existence of the Higgs boson

  • Related Story: The Eventful Life of Bing Zhou
    A former motorcycle factory worker is now one of U-M's top physicists

• What Makes Us Sick?
  The new field of Darwinian medicine seeks to explain what makes our body vulnerable to illness

• A Potato Chip Currency Ratio Protected This Fast-Traveler
  The price of Pringles proves a potent predictor of a fair rate of exchange

• Spelling Champ-Turned U-M Student Finds Fame is Enduring
  Someone will spot Nupur Lala '07 and ask, “Aren't you …?”

• Reminiscences of 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
  Five members of the U-M community recall the impact of the 1954 case that outlawed racial segregation in schools

  • Richard Tillinghast
  • Adye Bel Evans
  • B.J. Evans
  • President Mary Sue Coleman
  • Lester Monts

• The Ages of Rock
  Jane Scott ’41 chronicled them for a half century in the Rock Capital of the United States, Cleveland

• Bear River Writers’ Conference 2004
  This year’s Bear River Writers’ Conference will be held June 3 through June 7, at Camp Michigania

• Man or Mouse
  To genetic researchers like Miriam Meisler, this is no longer an apples-oranges distinction

• Hill Auditorium Reopens
  Historic restoration, modern amenities

  • Related story: Hill Auditorium and Its Historic Site
    An octagon house, part of a 19th century architectural craze, stood where Hill is now

• Institute for Humanities offers spring seminar
  Maybe taste isn't arguable, but it is discussable