November / December 2006 The Trip From Hell If you thought your summer vacation was hot and buggy, check out this journey. [Arts] Art You Can Walk On Painter Colette Crutcher started making mosaics when she was named artist-in-residence at the San Francisco dump. [Arts] The Person He Wanted to Be John Lloyd Young talks about Brando, his mom, and Brown. [Arts] Big Man in Town Belting out Frankie Valli’s falsetto in Jersey Boys, actor John Lloyd Young catapults to stardom. [Arts] We’re Not in Leipzig Anymore, Toto In the Broadway version of Spring Awakening, alt-rocker Duncan Sheik gives the classic a whole new sound. [Arts] Fresh off the Boat Is One Thing She’s Not Suzanne Whang’s alter egos include a Korean immigrant would-be comic and the sleek hostess of House Hunters. [Arts] Party Animals Campus Democrats and Republicans gather over pasta and salad to discuss Iraq, capitalism, and whether or not their fellow students really care. [Features] How Life Works The huge new life sciences building gives researchers the tools they need to explore fundamental biological mysteries. [Features] The Healer Every year millions of the world’s poorest people die unnecessarily from treatable diseases like AIDS and TB. Jim Yong Kim ’82 has dedicated his life to changing that. [Cover Story] Meeting My Illness A patient goes looking for the cause of her seizures. [Alumni POV] Sports – The Big Chill Summing up football and some winning fall teams. [Sports] Constitutional Duty Hate speech should be protected not banned, a professor argues. [Elms] Rock On Found: the Western Hemisphere’s oldest known writing sample. [Elms] Use of Force Two police incidents prompt campus demonstrations and charges of racial profiling. [Elms] Storm Watchers Two New Orleans–based journalists visit campus to accept public-service awards. [Elms] A New Kind of Fun Dean to new students: enjoy learning, even when it’s really really hard. [Elms]
