Table of Contents

Table of Contents

MAY 1999
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
MAY 1999

May 1999 Vol. 91 No. 8

Departments

4 Letters

11 Presidential Range

On the lessons of history.

12 On the Hill

Cable in the dorms, why IM hockey rules, explosive art at the Hood.

16 Curmudgeon What can colleges learn from car dealers?

18Syllabus

The masculine mystique.

46Class Notes

48Beyond the Hill

Dogs on Prozac, a special skier, piano love songs, etc.

77Obituaries

80 Dartmouth Undying

The College goes to the dogs.

Cover Story

20 Trapped in the Impenetrable Forest

A tragedy complicates the fate of Uganda's endangered mountain gorilla. A student researcher adds her perspective. By Aliette Frank '00

FEATURES

28 Hue and Cry at The Whitney

New director Maxwell Anderson '77 has the New York art world talking already. At the once-controversial Whitney Museum of American Art, that's a good start. By Jeanhee Kim '90

32 Stagestruck

Dartmouth's theater crowd steps into the spotlight. Photographs by Alex Waldman '99

On the Cover: Uganda's rare mountain gorilla apes for the camera.Photograph from Natural Selections.