This proceedings volume brings together the contributions of experts from different fields within the nuclear physics community. Topics such as rare kaon decays, astrophysics, relativstic heavy ion collisions, and few-GeV electromagnetic probes are covered. The strange quark plays a vital role in understanding such diverse phenomena as CP violation (article by Lincoln Wolfenstein), the "spin crisis" (article by Brad Filipone) and supernova explosions (article by Chris Fryer). Additional topics of interest are parity violation experiments, strangeness content of the proton and enhanced...