Society & Culture

Selected stories from the archive

Who’ll take care of Mom?
Two economics professors apply game theory to family decisions that aren’t much fun.

Race, gender and nation
Slices of everyday life can shed light on big concepts.

Drama and engineers
What happens when geeks from different disciplines meet? Here’s a first-person account.

Supporting Democrats
From Al Sharpton to Wesley Clark: third-year Matt Sonneborn’s experience as a delegate to the DNC.

Poets and printmakers
Visual and verbal images come together in a cross-disciplinary class.

What are you looking for?
Wilkinson can help you find it — or get rid of it — on eBay

Bob Marley and the Great Thar Desert
Peace Corps volunteer Steve Iams takes a life-altering camel journey.

His and her books tattle on marriage
Daniel Jones (English ’85)

Hairy contributor
Brian Barthelmes gives all he’s got to U.Va. and Locks for Love

The accidental novelist
Williams turns beauty into fiction