 Scalia’s visit spurs clash of ideas
Liberal? Conservative? A pox on both houses, said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at a ceremony dedicating the law school’s Wood Hall on February 10.
Speaking before a crowd of more than 1,000 in Pamplin Sports Center, Scalia described himself as an "originalist," explaining that he interprets the U.S. Constitution according to the letter of the document and the meaning its authors intended for it.
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 Pepperdine prof tackles chemistry misconceptions
"I freely admit that I’m a nerd. I have a driving curiosity to understand the world. I want to know why something works or doesn’t work," says Douglas Mulford ’94, who has developed a tool that is helping to reform the way chemistry is taught.
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 Newest Pamplin professor focuses on urban economics
Although he is the author of the nation’s best-selling textbook on urban economics, Arthur O’Sullivan’s career itinerary never included a stop in a bona fide metropolis. Until now.
"Maybe it was about time," says O’Sullivan, who moved to Portland last fall to become the Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Professor of Economics at Lewis & Clark.
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| |  Violinist’s legacy benefits past and future students
For decades, Raphael Spiro was Oregon’s violin teacher par excellence.
"You’ll find his former students in major orchestras throughout the world," says violinist Robin Cook ’82, who performed with the Boston Esplanade Pops and Boston’s opera and ballet orchestras for 16 years before returning to Portland to play with the Oregon Symphony.
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 NYC study program survives 9-11
It was September 16, just five short days after the tragedy of September 11. The students and I were on a walking tour of Manhattan’s Upper West Side when we encountered a firefighter from Engine Company 40/Ladder Company 35. His eyes told us that he wanted to show us something.
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