Table of Contents

OCTOBER 1991 VOL. 84 NO. 2

Running on Ideas Paul Tsongas '62 is used to not having a chance, by Charles Wheelan '88 16

The Masked Stork A student half-heartedly launches a cult of apathy, by William DeJong '73 24

Mencken Unboxed Why a million words were given to Dartmouth, by Robert Sullivan '75 28

"Like Walking Along an Arrete" Excited states in the Chemistry Department, by Heather Killebrew '89 36

Honest to God Accommodation The case for diversity, by James O. Freedman 40

LETTERS • 4

DR. WHEELOCK'S JOURNAL • 6

ON THE HILL • 8

PRESIDENTIAL RANGE • 12

SYLLABUS • 14

CLASS NOTES • 75

OBITUARIES • 100

DARTMOUTH UNDYING • 104

Cover: Paul Tsongas is used to challenges. Dartmouth was one of them. The photograph comes from the Aegis.

Twenty years ago, a student donned a red cape and ski mask and followed an erotic dream. On page 24 he reveals his troubled identity for the first time ever.