22 The Green Grass of Home

28 The Incidental Comic

34 Masterwork

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
Air-guitar hero, groundbreaking sans shovels, so long sofas and more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes: Honors program expands; design students get blitzed.

18 Sports
Wiggins, Black bring talent and savvy to hoops; Meghan Potee leads resurget women's golf.

42 Association News
Homecoming and Black Alumni reunion bring Jayhawks back to campus.

51 Class Notes
Profiles of a photo entrepreneur, a Las Vegas researcher and a food fighter.

68 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

72 Rock Chalk Review
A photographer's collection portraits, a new novel from Kent Haruf and more

76 Glorious to View
Scene on campus