20 'The Best Beat in Journalism'

24 Where the Music Moves

32 Happy Together

2 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

4 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

7 First Word
The editor's turn

8 Jayhawk Walk
Weather Jay rides again; student runs for Jubilee; art history packs a wallop; and more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: Buses to ease parking crunch; KU Info returns to Kansas Union

16 Sports
Baseball and softball ride Big 12 titles to NCAA; football to build practice facility

36 Association News
New board members elected

38 Class Notes
Profiles of a Kansas City writer, an Ethiopian doctor, a globetrotting couple and more

52 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

56 Rock Chalk Review
A wind ensemble CD, an epilepsy breakthrough, a Glenn Cunningham bio and more

60 Oread Encore
History’s houses