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Reports that students at the Pratt Institute in New York spent a day under a circus big top drawing, photographing and videotaping Mighty King Tusk, the world's largest living land mammal. Who the elephant is owned by; Possible future projects.

Discusses findings from autobiographical papers belonging to Alfred and Blanche Knopf, the New York Jewish publishers. The author's quest for information on the cultural history of Jewish entrepreneurs of past; What the papers revealed about the Knopfs and their marriage; The author's observations on the couple after reading the papers.

Presents February 1997 news briefs about universities in the United States. The position that Kenneth Starr will reportedly take at Pepperdine University; Starr's involvement in the Whitewater investigation; Why Columbia University has indefinitely suspended the John Jay Papers Project; What will happen to the papers.

Offers United States college news briefs as of June 16, 2000. Plan by Edison Schools, the for-profit manager of public schools, to provide teacher training; Plans of Columbia University to house the papers of New York City writer Murray Kempton.

Discusses the author's experience teaching a continuing education class at New York University in New York City. Homosexuality and race as two subjects the class dealt with; How the subject of homosexuality divided the class; Relevance of the issue in light of the murder of Wyoming University student Matthew Shepard; Questions that were asked by the class; How the students reacted to their homework assignments; How the students papers showed how uncomfortable the students were with the subject.