20 Hail to the Chiefs

24 How We Play the Game

32 Halls of Academe

3 First Word
The editor's turn

4 Lift the Chorus
Letters from readers

6 On the Boulevard
Schedules of KU events

8 Jayhawk Walk
Smoking grass, Iron Chefs and more

10 Hilltopics
News and notes, including Gilded Age art, sea census and more

14 Sports
Football flirts with a mid-season turnaround and basketball gears up

18 Oread Reader
Patrick Quinn looks at a singular pluralist: FDR

19 Oread Writer
A great teacher takes on a great Dane

38 Association News
Woodward scholars, Homecoming and more

39 Association Calendar
The latest on chapter and KHP events

41 Jayhawk Generations
Welcome to the Hill

50 Class Notes
News from classmates

68 In Memory
Deaths in the KU family

70 Schoolwork
News from academe

76 Hail to Old KU
Birth of a bird

68 Hail to Old KU
Campanile by candlelight