16 The Agony and the Ecstasy

26 A More Perfect Union

5 First Word
The editor's turn

6 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

8 On the Boulevard
KU & Alumni Association events

10 Jayhawk Walk
Quirky candidates, post tournament T-shirt trends, pennies for playground, Student Senate peddles yellow bike plan

12 Hilltopics
News and notes: Hoglund Brain Imaging Center opens; a physics professor's infrared teaching technology, and more

32 Association News
Donna Neuner retires; classes reunite

35 Class Notes
Profiles of a principal with a national profile, a European grocer on Mass. Street, and an actor from TV's hit "The Shield"

50 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

52 Rock Chalk Review
A writer in the style of Flannery O'Connor; director Neil LaBute shares his new film; the Hall Center designs its new home

56 Oread Encore
Paul Newman casts his eyes toward KU