26 Man's First Best Friend

32 Sweet Suite Music

38 Protest Past

40 Over Here

4 Lift the Chorus
Letters from our readers

7 First Word
The editor's turn

8 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

10 Jayhawk Walk
Paying it forward, celebrating Woodstock, welcoming Phog and more

12 Hilltopics
News and notes: Memorial Drive renewal wraps; base budget cut by $20 million.

18 Sports
Football hits reset button; Lawson leads talented team with high hoops hopes.

46 Association News
Choice Giving launch gives donors new options; Millie Awards recognize local volunteers.

57 Class Notes
Profiles of a puppeteer, a prairie planter and a museum curator

76 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

80 Rock Chalk Review
Med school honors first black female graduate; poet ponders Vietnam and Kansas in new book.

84 Glorious to View
Scene on campus