Table of Contents

April 2000 Vol. 92 No. 7

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

8 On the Hill

Students get vocal about the student life initiative; networking fever hits Tuck School Techies; the Winter Carnival keg jump returns after a two-year hiatus; and more.

12 Syllabus

In Professor Donald Sheehan's freshman composition class, students find that the pen is made mightier by the sword.

32Beyond the Hill

Alumni news, notes and passions

34Class Notes

74 Obituaries

80 Dartmouth Undying

A look at some of our more original thinkers.

Features

14 The Net Generation

How young alums are turning Silicon Valley green.

16 It's the Ideas, Stupid

A liberal arts education—a Dartmouth education—is all about ideas. And in the Internet economy, almost anyone with a good idea has a shot at success. By Keith H. Hammonds '81

18 Idea Entrepreneurs

Plenty of alumni have transitioned from the Upper Valley to Dot-Com Land. Here are eight of the youngest—and most innovative. By Jane Hodges '92

23Horton Hears a Heil

Before he found fame as a children's writer, Dr. Seuss drew a unique brand of political cartoons exhorting the country to do battle with Hitler. An excerpt from Dr. Seuss Goes to War by Richard Minear.

Cover photography by Mark Hundley