22 Back Story

28 Globe Plotter

32 Warrior Scholars

5 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

6 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

8 Jayhawk Walk
Ambler’s rec room, Rhino’s big run, Missouri’s open season on the Jayhawk and more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: Astronaut Steve Hawley comes home; Seymour Hersh wins White award.

16 Sports
Big men share hoops load—and love of mom; three-time champ eyes school pole-vault record.

36 Association News
The 2008 Distinguished Service Citations

40 Class Notes
Profiles of a Super Bowl chaplain, a Ugandan entrepreneur, a high-flying executive and more

62 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

64 Rock Chalk Review
A field guide touts Douglas County’s wild side; colleagues continue Narayan’s AIDS research.

68 Oread Encore
A Field House clock that never stops