January 1997
Table of Contents
Features
The 1997 Bum Steer AwardsA year of absent atheists, barbecue bias, College Station Cinderellas, devilish Disney, exiting egrets, far-out fingernails, goatsucker galas, hysterical historians, indoctrinated inmates, junkie joinings, kosher konfusion, loaded lawyers, murderous martinis, naughty Nolan, outvoted orbiters, porcine psychics, quaff quarrels, rapture rifts, senile senators, tackling tarantulas, unconstitutional urine, variable vegetarians, Web site warnings, x-pired x-cursionists, yoicks! YA-HOO!, and zany zoning. So Much to Learn, So Little TimeToday students at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas are expected to master more hard-core science than ever before. Yet after graduation, they’ll have to keep studying, and be counselors and business experts too. A hard look at the way we teach our doctors—and why it has had to change. Whose Art Is It, Anyway?Most everyone agrees that Dominique de Menil did the right thing when she paid for two stolen Cypriot frescoes and had them painstakingly restored. But her decision to build a chapel to house them in Houston has proved controversial. |
Down on the DragPanhandling, digging through dumpsters for food, roaming the streets near the University of Texas campus: This is the life of Austin’s “gutter punks,” homeless kids with little money and even less hope. The Honeymoon Is OverIn the last legislative session, George W. Bush’s moderate program won over Bob Bullock, Pete Laney, and other top Democrats. But this time, Bush’s agenda is more partisan, and Republicans are measuring his presidential potential—so Texas politics is going to get ugly. |
Columns
Behind the LinesTesty MailHealthCancer PatienceTo perfect a promising new gene therapy, doctors at Houston’s M. D. Anderson need time. Unfortunately, that’s one thing people with malignant brain tumors don’t have. TravelWhat a Hall!Rock, don’t run, to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where Texas greats from T-Bone Walker to Sly Stone get their due. |
TelevisionSaintly BernardSpring’s Crystal Bernard is already a top dog in the sitcom world. Will her new country CD separate her from the pack? LifestyleTo Die ForObituaries are a grave matter, of course. But they can also be funny, insightful, and poetic, which is why I’m so obsessed with them. |
Reporter
FaceTrinh PhamThe Ex FilesStephen HerekReporterDrawing the LineWhere is the Texas-Oklahoma border? The answer has people on both sides of the river seeing Red. |
Hot BoxCD and Book ReviewsHigh TexDisc GolfProgrammingWar Stories |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdSchool SpiritThe Inside StoryBum Rap |
Last PageBonnie and ClydeTo whom were Bonnie and Clyde really married, and whose saxophone was found in their car? |
Recipes
State FareSalmonchanted evening, you’ll get hooked by a delectable fish dish at Fort Worth’s Bistro Louise. |
