January / February 2000 Timekeeper to the World Richard Ormond '61 may be the first man on earth to step into the new millennium. He's already helped change how some of us view the last one. There’s something about Morey Failure in Kosovo The World According to Glass Why do 900,000 people drop everything once a week to tune in to a radio show called This American Life? Ira Glass '82, that's why. Becoming Virtual High technology and the moral life. A River Runs Through It Roy told a President's Lecture audience she would "rather be loved by a river than a nation state." The Race-Report Card Graduation rates for blacks and whites. Punch, Counterpunch Malina Brown '01 and Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci discuss media and celebrity on Brown's new BTV talk show, Point Taken. The Shoo-In Provost A campus veteran gets a new promotion and a load of controversy. Wrong Number The curse of 867-5309. True North Iceland's president on why his country matters. Play Right David Mamet spares no one. Since Last Time Try this at Home Walking off the holidays. Carrot Money George Soros on the global economy. The Big Push Are early admissions getting out of hand? Behind Every Bench A (very) short history of women and the Supreme Court. Balkan Musings A U.S. deputy secretary of state visits campus. Alumni, Call Home Alumni relations vice president Lisa J. Raiola '84 Sports Carrying the Mail The BAM 100 Here & Now On This Bus Finally... Books