Table of Contents: November 17, 1999

November 17, 1999 cover:
The world according to Katherine Betts '86
The editor of Harper's Bazaar cultivates her vision of a magazine for well-dressed women with well-dressed minds
by Katherine Hobson '94

Letters (list)

• Priority football seating
  
• Big Three race
  
• From Russia with love
  
• Peter Singer's methods
  
• Online with Princeton

Notebook (all articles)

• Should Princeton abolish the A-plus?
  Faculty committee proposes changes to halt further grade inflation
  
• Students need fatter wallets to buy textbooks for courses
  
• University ranks fourth in the nation for black graduation rate
  
• Menagerie mural for "Zoo" inhabitants

Princeton Diary

On the Campus: Web Exclusive (all articles)

• John McPhee, awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Annals of the Former World
  by Julia Boorstin '00

Features (all articles)

• The world according to Katherine Betts '86
  The editor of Harper's Bazaar cultivates her vision of a magazine for well-dressed women with well-dressed minds
  by Katherine Hobson '94
• Furniture with flair
  Silas Kopf '72 has worked for Bill Gates and others while gaining fame as a master of the revived Renaissance art of marquetry
  by Maria LoBiondo

First Person

• The Chosen
  A father considers the case for - and against - selecting a baby's sex
  by Marc Fisher '80

In Review (all articles)

• What I'm Working on Now
  Fourteen Princeton authors talk about their latest projects
• Book and video Briefings
  A sampling of recent books and videos of interest to Princetonians

Sports (all articles)

• After losing to Harvard, Princeton wallops Columbia
  Quarterback Tommy Crenshaw '02 throws 304 yards against the Lions
  
• Men's basketball team belongs to Carmody
  With its roster of young players, the squad is sure to be tested
  
• Field hockey setbacks
  For the Tigers, the Ivy League title is an outside chance

Class Notes (class list)

Memorials (full text)

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