Topics in this issue include: Winter Conference A Blizzard of Activity; Quilt Raffle Raises Funds for Student Loan Fund; Update on Summer Equine Experience Scholarship Program; Bequests Benefit Veterinary Medicine; Auxiliary Raffle Benefits Research (Victor T. Rendano); Avian Influenza Alert (Malcolm C. Peckham); Extra-Label Drug Use & The Practicing Veterinarian; One Man's Meat: Why We Use Antibiotics in Our Food Animals; Grants for Research (Robin G. Bell, Juanell N. Boyd, Julius Fabricant, Clare Fewtrell, Jay R. Georgi); Dr. Schat Receives Tenure (Karel A. Schat); Bovine Scholarship for Button (Marlene J. Button); Footnotes: Calendar, Six Board Certified; Sarcoid Surgery (William C. Rebhun).