Winter 2000 Vol. 17 No. 4 Publication Number: USPS 244-800 Contents National Model of Excellence Soldier and Soldat Studying Guide-by-Your-Side Love Those Statistics! These Were Close, Too Other Stories Willingness to Change Made Education School Most Effective Faculty Compendium Watching for Patent Expiration Dates Can Save Consumers on prescription Drug Costs Bennett Cites Influence of a Great Teacher, Dean Percy Burns A Cappella Choir CD Available Floyd, Marler Receive $56,000 Lilly Fellows Program Grant Debow, Sansom Get $32,000 Award from Atlas, Templeton Samford Honors Alabama Ministers Alumni Scofields Rate a Homecoming Cheer for Loyal Support of Their Alma Mater Crimson Editors Half a Century Apart Find Differences, Similarities in the Job Having a ball at Homecoming Sports Men's Cross-Country Team Wins Second TAAC Title; Kolb Named All-TAAC Freshman After Nine-Goal Season CLASS NOTES BIRTHS IN MEMORIAM