Surprise, You’re Free
Thirty six hours out of prison, another Chinese dissident arrives on College Hill.
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Getting Inside Inside Baseball
A senior’s first job interview lands her a spot on reality TV.
Data Points
The latest in research on campus
Eat and Run
Looking for culinary adventure in a show that’s half Food Network and half MTV.
Paradise Lost and Found
Alison Smith’s memoir of her teenage brother’s death is a story of devastating grief and surprising rebirth.
Killing ’em Slowly
Jen Chapin evokes the sultry voices of the ’70s, with smooth R&B and jazz harmonies.
Minister of Propaganda
Josh Cohen wants to free music from the media conglomerates.
Crash Course
Two political scientists explore the dark side of airline safety.
In Gaytopia
Coming-of-age fiction comes out kindly.
Savings Account
Who’s up and who’s down
In The News
Alumni making headlines
The Best Thing Since …What?
From the April 1937 BAM
At the Old Ball Game: Eric Nadel ’72
Even after twenty-five years of calling plays for the Texas Rangers, the job still makes him smile.
Layers of the Past
Uncovering—literally—the history of a building.
Fresh Ink
New books by alumni authors
Sunstruck
Critic’s Corner
Art by the Ton
A Roy Lichtenstein comes to campus
Hot House
Climate change is good for some, bad for others.
Always a Smile, Always in Control
Farewell: Samuel M. Nabrit ’32 PhD
Once Upon a Time in America: June Suzuki Kawamura ’46
How one family went from national security threat to California state government.
A Cop with a Six-Pack: Karen DeLucia Pinch ’88
Meet the fittest female state trooper in the United States.
Oxford Diary
In which our correspondent provides an irreverent account of his life as a Rhodes Scholar.
Good-Bye to All That
When the old Sarah Doyle House was demolished last year to make way for the $94 million life sciences center, few people noticed. But invisible among the rubble was something that gave meaning to all that wood and brick.