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Winter 1994 • Volume 86 • Number 4

IN 1964 a precursor to the solved the problem: "Print 2+2." Sixteen years laterthe campus was connected to the global Internet itself. Dartmouth-written software helped launch the explosion of electronic bulletin boards. Students created some of the first electronic magazines. Today, an undergrad thinks nothing of conversing globally, researching electronically. But there is one flaw to the wizardry: at each computer sits a human being.

32 A Night Out on the Net

If you believe the hype about the Information Superhighway saving humanity, read this carefully. By JayHeinrichs

27 What We Do Best

The acting president calls for collegiate competitiveness. By James Wright

42 Anti-Social Climbers

What kind of fool would go for an outlaw sport called midnight buildering? By Tyler Stableford '96

4 Letters

12Dr. Wheelock'sJournal

14 On the Hill

24 Presidential Range

46 Syllabus

48 Class Notes

72 Obituaries

80 DartmouthUndying

On The Cover:Like any promising infant,the Internet is awe-inspiring,hard to understand, and a bitover-sold by its parents.Photograph by H. ArmstrongRoberts, art by Istvan Banyai.

Time Sharingbrought a terminalto the basement ofCollege Hall in 1964.