20 Career 2.0

24 The Gloom of Doom

30 Tastes of Home

5 First Word
The editor's turn

6 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

8 Jayhawk Walk
Pennies for parking, the fine art of flirting, a silver-medal chef and more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: School of Medicine expansion targets Salina and Wichita.

14 Sports
Conference realignment shakes up the Big 12; Jayhawk vaulter takes NCAA championship.

32 Association News
Ellsworth and Wintermote winners named; new board officers elected.

38 Class Notes
Profiles of a baseball blogger, an award-winning teacher, a gentleman farmer and more

56 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

60 Rock Chalk Review
Research shows too much texting on the road; grad student finds new species of giant lizard

64 Glorious to View
Scene on campus