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• Spring 2006 •

Cover Story
The Secrets of Sweet Oblivion

by Cherie Winner
photography by Robert Hubner

What happens in our brains when we go to sleep--and what happens to us if we don't sleep enough--are questions that keep this research team up at night.

Features
Ghost Towns of the Anasazi by Hannelore Sudermann photography by Robert Hubner For the past three decades, WSU archaeologists and their students have been searching the Southwest with tools ranging from trowels to computers to uncover the story of a vanished people.
Crow Canyon
Bridging Two Cultures by Hannelore Sudermann photography by Robert Hubner A small school district radically retools to serve its Hispanic students.
Cool, Soothing, Lucrative Mint
Panoramas
Cell phones help students and parents stay close-sometimes too close
Doggy Dream House
See shells far from the sea shore
Words on Words
Eat More Garlic
When Pullman Was a Ski Town
Faith and imagination transform a Pullman landmark
The Clothesline Project
Growing as an artist
Tracking the Cougars
An interview with Rebecca Miles
Farming in the Rain
Kelly Smith
Digital Daddies
Cooking is its own reward

WEB EXCLUSIVES

Better Living . . . through Solar

By Tina Hilding

During college, students go to classes. They take notes, solve equations, and head to labs. And some build a house. Start to finish. An innovative, solar house that you can take apart and ship across the country to Washington D.C., then reassemble on the National Mall . . . in four days.

James Donaldson's Journey

by Scott Holter

For seven-foot two-inch James Donaldson, a 20-year career as a professional basketball player was never an end in itself, but rather a stepping stone to the rest of his life. Now, his first career over, he's ready for the next one.

Chef Betsy's Chipotle Shredded Pork Burritos

In our February 2006 issue we interviewed personal chef Betsy Rogers about her switch from corporate life to running her own business, Seattle-based Ovens to Betsy. She shared with us the recipe for her popular Chipotle Burritos.