Table of Contents
FEATURES
30 Stargazing
Even as a young boy, Marcelo Gleiser gazed at the heavens and pondered the big, cosmic questions. A lifetime pursuing the answers has found him fame as an author and physics professor whose classes are swarmed by future astronomers and poets alike. BY ROBERT SULLIVAN '75
36 No Dice
Tom Grey' 62 is many things: Vietnam War veteran, minister, crusader. In his fight against legalized gambling, he's mostly relentless. On the road with the nation's foremost opponent of slot machines. BY CHARLES WHEELAN '88
41 Dinner at Dartmouth
A mini-feast of assorted anecdotes, musings and food facts about College cuisine, delicately seasoned with more than two centuries of history and flavored with just a dash of humor. Watch out for the food fight! BY REBECCA GRAY AND ALICE GOMSTYN '03
DEPARTMENTS
Letters
8 Raves and rants from readers.
Notebook
16 CAMPUS
News from around the Green.
22 ARTIFACT
22 ARTIFACT Classic scenes of Hanover and Dartmouth come to life in the hand-colored postcard collection of Rauner Library. BY KAREN ENDICOTT
26 HEALTH
26 HEALTH The College launches an innovative new program to deal with an age-old problem: substance abuse. BY JULIE SLOANE '99
28 INTERVIEW
28 INTERVIEW Professor George Langford explains the need for more minorities among the Dartmouth faculty. BY KAREN ENDICOTT
Alumni News
48 NEWSMAKERS
52 THE CLASSES
84 CLUBS
85 OBITUARIES
Continuing Ed 96
96 Author Annette Gordon-Reed '81 speaks out on race, reparations and Thomas Jefferson. BY LISA FURLONG
ON THE COVER Photo-illustration by Thomas Ames Jr. '74
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Tom Grey '62 displays a crinkled map depicting the battles he's fighting in his war against legalized gambling.
