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COVER Dartmouth's most unsung heroes are its bicycle racers who last spring won the Ivy segment of the Eastern Collegiate-Ivy League bicycle championship. In this picture by Aegis photographer Chris LaRocca '80, the greenshirt seems to be trailing the pack—or is merely playing a waiting game. Other heroes and heroines appear elsewhere in this issue.

24 LIFE IN HIGH PLACES

Acclimatization studies: science at the Medical School and two months of "practical experience" at 18,000 feet.

29 EXTRA CREDITS & BONUS POINTS

Good, better, best: our third annual compendium of commendations.

36 MAKING BOOKS

Our luxuries and our daily bread: quality bookmaking in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

4 Letters

13 "Who in Hell Was Jeff Tesreau?

17 Reviews

20 The College

34 Alumni Album

43 Undergraduate Chair

44 Big Green Teams

47 Class Notes

74 Obituaries