22 Quintessential KU

28 Fire Drills

34 Piano Man

36 Jayhawk v. Jayhawk

2 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

5 First Word
The editor's turn

6 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

8 Jayhawk Walk
Food (or lack thereof) for thought, a new man for Maytag, a novel Rock Chalk Revue duet

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: a visit by Sara Paretsky and KU's stellar ranking in national student survey

18 Sports
Mark Mangino begins new football regime

40 Association News
2002 nominations for the Board of Directors

48 Class Notes
Profiles of a songstress, a QB turned coach, a photographer who saw it all on 9-11, and more

58 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

60 Rock Chalk Review
Book reviews, an alumna filmmaker, Billy Taylor and geologist' prescient predictions

64 Oread Encore
Lynette Woodard