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COVER Free spirits is what they are, and with their second consecutive Ivy championship the members of the women's basketball team rate prominence in our annual collection of "bests" (more in this issue). They gathered for this picture in presumably familiar (academic) surroundings, but afterward photographer Nancy Wasserman '77 said that "Reed Hall will never be the same."

26 TENURE

An academic necessity or a slaughterhouse of waste and injustice? Two professors wrestle with the issue.

31 TOPS IN THEIR CLASS

Good, better, best: our annual cast of colorful characters, conversation pieces, and conquests. Decent people, even.

38 QUESTION:

Who are the arts for and, indeed, who owns Dartmouth. A valedictory by the director of the Hopkins Center.

4 Letters

16 Wearers of the Green

20 Reviews

22 The College

36 Alumni Album

42 Undergraduate Chair

43 Big Green Teams

44 Class Notes

77 Obituaries