Table of Contents

INSIDE this ISSUE

March 1996 • Volume 88 • Number 6

28Can Science Save the Arctic?

A historic Dartmouth conference determined the region's crucial factor: its people. by Lynn Noel '81

36 Dartmouth'sProductivity

The faculty dean poses three questions. By fames Wright

40 Baker's Dozen

A generous helping of the chief campus icon.

44 The Left Fielder's Glove

Love of body unites the student body. By John Monahan

4 Letters

14 Dr. Wheelock'sJournal

18 On the Hill

25 PresidentialRange

26 Syllabus

52 Class Notes

53 D-Mail

76 Obituaries

80 DartmouthUndying

On The Cover:Inuit by Baker Lake in theNorthwest Territories.Photograph by Yvette Cardozo,Tony Stone Images.