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.
Posted 10/27/04
Race, gender and nation
Slices of everyday life can shed light on big concepts.
Posted 10/27/04
Drama and engineers
What happens when geeks from different disciplines meet? Here’s a first-person account.
Posted 01/06/05
Supporting Democrats
From Al Sharpton to Wesley Clark: third-year Matt Sonneborn’s experience as a delegate to the DNC.
Posted 10/01/04
Poets and printmakers
Visual and verbal images come together in a cross-disciplinary class.
Posted 01/27/05
What are you looking for?
Wilkinson can help you find it — or get rid of it — on eBay
Posted 09/01/04
Bob Marley and the Great Thar Desert
Peace Corps volunteer Steve Iams takes a life-altering camel journey.
Posted 08/01/04
His and her books tattle on marriage
Daniel Jones (English ’85)
Posted 07/01/04
Hairy contributor
Brian Barthelmes gives all he’s got to U.Va. and Locks for Love
Posted 06/01/04
The accidental novelist
Williams turns beauty into fiction
Posted 04/01/04