Fall 2000
Features
The unforgettable fire
Q & A
First choice, last chance
Departments
Alma Matters
Letters
Academe
Memīries Sweet
Riff Ram
Purple Heart
AlumNews
Class Notes
Purspectives




Cover Story: The unforgettable fire
The annual Gates of Chai lecture series bring Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel to campus in September.

Q & A
We ask the questions, and TCU's new vice chancellor for finance and business gives us answers about the endowment.

First choice, last chance
TCU's Institute of Behaviorial Research has been researching drug abuse and treatment for 35 years. It also seems to be an expert in helping repair lives.



Alma Matters
Young engineers and artists take over the campus... tow more new deans... and urban school int he J school... and a match made in Cliburn heaven

Letters
Where's yours?

Academe
Voice instructor Colleen Mallette gives birth from her diaphragn... language professor Arturo Flores looks for expatriot writers in his Chilean homeland...and scientist Julie Anderson like DNA, from greatest to yeast.

Memīries Sweet
As constant construction dust indicates where TCU is going, Joan Hewatt Swaim '56 reminds us of where it has been.

Riff Ram
Senior tackle David Bobo is one big reason why the Frogs may go undefeated this fall.

Purple Heart
Shannon McLinden '97 is a groovy role model for girls growing up everywhere.

AlumNews
The Sixth Floor Museum's Ruth Ann McBeth Rugg '79.

Class Notes
Where's your class note?

Purspectives
Gary Blevins '62 remembers the father who sang to him.