Spring 2001
Features
Valley of the shadow
Safe at home
Departments
Alma Matters
Letters
Academe
Memīries Sweet
Riff Ram
Purple Heart
AlumNews
Class Notes
Purspectives




Cover Story: Valley of the shadow
The Hollywood movie Proof of Life pales next to the real-life tale of TCU parent Tom Hargrove's kidnapping by Colombian guerrillas. And... Daniel Shaw's '99 "man in black"

Safe at home
Political commentator Doris Kearns Goodwin hit the long ball in Ed Landreth Auditorium -- and slid safely into baseball nostalgia



Alma Matters
A field of dreams...some Pi Kaps "rise" to the occasion... the University's first-ever "Mini University" for kids

Letters
Where's your letter?

Academe
Examining, molecule by molecule, why some tires fail when the rubber hits the road

Memīries Sweet
Rachel Lynn DeSpain may not be a TCU household name like Addison and Randolph...but she was more than familiar to them

Riff Ram
TCU's 29th gridiron boss talks about Mobile and beyond

Purple Heart
TCU soccer goaltender Keith-Ann Wagner recovers from a paralyzing car accident -- inspiring others along the way

AlumNews
Medicine man C.W. Duncan '56 sprints backward to God

Class Notes
Where's your class note?

Purspectives
Rachel Stow Master '91 remembers Sticker, Spike, Neele and Thorn -- the horned frogs she raised for a summer