Summer 2002 Volume 25, Number Two

F E A T U R E S

  The Emissions Counselor n By Tony Cook
Developing new technologies to improve the emissions of heavy trucks nationwide is bringing $4 million each year to WVU for faculty and student research.
   A Changing University: The Student Perspective n By Amy Quigley
Five years have passed since WVU received the dubious honor as the nation's top "party school." Today, the accolades are for innovative student life and academic programs and top-notch facilities.
   All WVU, All the Time n By John Antonik
Gale Catlett arrived on campus in 1958. By 1963 he had been to the NCAA basketball tournament twice and helped the Mountaineers win more than 70 games. Later, as head coach, he helped WVU win 439 more.
   Jazz on the Road n By Charlene Lattea
If you know what the lindy hop is—and especially if you don't—there's much to learn about the jazz music culture of the 1930s from WVU's Christopher Wilkinson.
  Flying with 'Fame's Favored Few' n By Jim Davis
J. Kemp McLaughlin '41 survived the air war over Europe to return to West Virginia—and a 30-year career as the founder and commander of the West Virginia Air National Guard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 D E P A R T M E N T S

Phenomena The Task at Hand u By Tony Cook

Letters to the Editor Parental Guidance, Tired of Work, Women's Crew Team, Jackson's Mill Artist, Black Alumni

Pathways Vehicle Emissions, Improving Lasers, Fighting Obesity, Childhood Depression, Juveniles and Hate Crimes, Marketing Leftover Wood, American Indian Families

Around Campus and Beyond Alumnus Lost on 9-11, Honoring Chris Gray, Courses Focus on 9-11, USA Today Scholar, Designer's Work on Tour, Festival of Ideas, Health Sciences Expanding, Writing Center Opens, Student Musicians Praised, Library Dedicated, Distinguished Alumni Named, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Entrepreneurship Center

Foundation Highlights Enriching Student Experiences, Capital Campaign Leaders, Chambers Family Gift, Creative Arts Gift, Big Numbers, Law Professorship, Mining Engineering Gift, Miller Scholarship, Scholarships On-line, Son Honors Parents

Book Reviews West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers, Memphis Tennessee Garrison, Dismal Mountain, Under the Shade of the Trees, Non Campus Mentis

Hail, West Virginia New Basketball Coach Named, Rodriguez Preparing for New Season, Jones Wins Wrestling Title, Turnbull is Coach of the Year

Class Notes Achievements and Transitions, Studying West Virginia Bears, Law Grad Fights Terrorism, Stolarczyk Among Fast 50, 25th Annual Crab Feast, Music for Palm Pilots, The Dominion Seven, Bush Visits Alumnus's Business, Hiner and Arnold Honored

Great AspirationsA Librarian for Congress and the Nation u By Monte Maxwell

ExpressionsMaking Government Work for the People u By Mike Wood '02

 


FRONT COVER: Coach Gale Catlett during his final season at WVU. Photograph by Mike Hardy.

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