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March, 2000


STUDENT ON THE LINE
Meet the future Peace Corps volunteer, the rock climer, and the medievalist who man the phones at Pitt’s TeleFund office....by Jennifer Andrews

TOUCHDOWN!
Where Pitt football is headed...by Laura Shefler

SHADES OF SPEECH
The power of rhetoric—presidential and personal—has held Ted Windt’s students spellbound for 30 years....by Mark Collins

WITNESSING A REBIRTH
A new University of Pittsburgh Press book offers a documentary portrait of Pittsburgh in the early 1950s.....by Laura Shefler

MORE THAN A GAME
A stream-of-conciousness account of the last seconds of play at Pitt Stadium....by Mark Collins

4200 FIFTH AVENUE
Fifty shades of grey

LETTERS
Our readers write

TUCK SHOP
Music Building curiosity...Class of 2003...Chinese art

THE COMMONS ROOM
Conference on nuclear
abolition...Human Foosball for
new MBAs...Medical students
learn about life on the margins

EXTRA CREDIT
Education: Teachers’ stories
Business: Shakespearean advice
Sociology: Battering and welfare-to-work women

NEWS FLASH
Happenings ‘round campus...
Research Periscope...Newsmakers

WORK IT
Curtis Smith—one-man whirlwind

FIRE ON ICE
Last nights on ice

CORNERSTONES
Anna Tisherman’s special gifts...Boost to Latin American Studies

HOMECOMING
Class Notes and Spotlights...
Alumni Association Notebook

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOTEBOOK
Alumni Association Notebook

42ND FLOOR
Last Tango in Pittsburgh....by Alan Friedman



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