20 Featherweight Fighter

22 To build a better Jayhawk

26 Surround sound

28 Fall lineup

36 No place like Rome

3 First Word
The editor's turn

4 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

6 On the Boulevard
A calendar of cultural, academic and athletic events

8 Jayhawk Walk
Joy in a beret, lighting the way for love, geeks to the rescue and more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes from Mount Oread, including a fantastic Jupiter discovery and Stallworth's return

15 Explore
Roger Martin rocks

16 Sports
There's no controversy about this quarterback's guts, plus news on women's hoops, tennis and more

38 Association News
Ellsworth honorees, license-plate update, events, staff news

42 Class Notes
Profiles of a movie mogul, an icy exec, a concerned voter and a hep county cat

54 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

56 Schoolwork
News from academe

60 Hail to Old KU
Kick 'em 'Hawks