Summer 2000
As deadlines loom for Palestinian and Israeli peace negotiations, Yasser Arafat adviser and envoy Nabil Abuznaid ('79) heralds the political acceptance of his people and the historic opportunity to make peace, not war, in the Middle East.
The Alumni Board of Directors selected six enthusiastic and adorable Madison Mugs as the top winners of the Future Dukes Photo Contest. (Find the other contestants on the webzine.)
Through her integrated science and technology major, Meghan Bauer ('00) creates the prototype for a Digital Earth center. Through the center decades' worth of satellite imagery can be accessed by the public to track pollution, land use, population, wildlife migration, traffic flow and almost anything else a world view has to offer.
The adventures continue for author Geoffrey Morley-Mower, who regarded his flying days - "the intoxicating and dangerous freedom to move through the blue air" - during World War II with the same sense of romanticism he breathes into his teaching of English literature.
James Madison rescues the young republic as its 13 independent states flaunt their autonomy not only from Britain but also from each other.
More goings-on with JMU professors, students and alumni.