20 Man in the Middle

22 Beautiful Minds

28 Holy Cow!

30 The Price of Success

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
Royal music, Hell's gate and a whiff of history

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: Self Scholars win research support, graduate tackles Middle East peace

16 Sports
Scott Russell wins second NCAA title; Mangino assembles coaching staff

35 Association News
The 2002 Board elections

37 Class Notes
Profiles of a treasury secretary, a Nike executive, a hoops director and more

54 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

56 Rock Chalk Review
The Divine Miss Em revisited, a prize professor retires and infant formula gets reformulated

60 Oread Encore
Smoke 'em if you got 'em