November
2000
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
C O V E R
S T O R Y
An 'i' Toward Tough
Journalism
By Dale
Keiger
Charles Lewis (SIAS '77) and his band of truth-seekers at the
Center for Public Integrity ferret out the facts to expose the
"dirt" that government and Big Business would just as soon
hide.
O N
C A M P U S E S
What's Up, Underground?
Photos by
Mike Ciesielski
Venture down into the university's depths, where pianos get
tuned, penguins parade, and ions fly. Text by
Melissa Hendricks and
Sue De Pasquale.
Updates: Mourning the loss of
Zanvyl Krieger '28... ruling stirs outrage... new venues for
favorite events... Olympic glory
P U B L I C
P O L I C Y A N D
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
A F F A I R S
Vile Crimes
By
Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson
Each day, women and girls around the world are trafficked into
slavery and forced prostitution. Easing this crisis is the aim of
The Protection Project at SAIS.
Briefings: More relevant to the
"real world"... enabling the blind to tune in... making
desegregation work
H U M A N I T I E S
A N D T H E
A R T S
A Scholar's Progress
By Dale
Keiger
Artist William Hogarth, who found beauty in all the "wrong"
places, was consigned to a back shelf until English professor
Ronald Paulson came along.
Musings: Timpanist on a mission...
making sense of trauma's terror... dissecting the string
quartet
H E A L T H
&
M E D I C I N E
Hopkins 24/7: The Post
Mortem
By
Sue De Pasquale
What's life like now for the heroic Hopkins patients and doctors
whose stories unfolded before millions of TV viewers? Plus: Why
some at Hopkins Hospital feel betrayed.
Vital Signs: A better method for
breast cancer detection... the buzz in pop... change needed in
PSA screening?... improving the "Pill's" protection
S C I E N C E
& T E C H N O L O G
Y
"Witches' Fingers Grab My
Legs"
By
Jill Dopf
Baffled by the rare illness that besets her and her family, a
young woman sets out to find answers--and winds up in a lab with
Johns Hopkins researchers.
Findings: Vitamin D, without the
toxicity... mysteries unfold on a Jovian moon... a laser that's
out of this world... new promise for infection fighters.
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