Table of Contents

FEATURES

40 A Golden Return

Five alumni reflect on what it's like to come back to campus for their 50th reunion. By JOHN Grossmann '73

46 The Seduction of a Corporate Recruit

In the recent good old days, a unique mating ritual coupled new grads with irresistible paychecks. Sometimes it was a match made in hell. By Jonathan E. Zimmerman '98

50 O Julie!

Director and screenwriter Julie Davis '90, the brains behind such comedies as Amy's Orgasm and I Love You, Don't TouchMe, has a never-ending source of material: her own life. By Meg Sommerfeld '90

ON THE COVER Portraits of alumni taken June 7,11 and 13 during class reunions. (All alumni are identified on page 65.) Photographs by Jack Rowell.

DEPARTDEPARTMENTS

Letters14

Raves and rants from readers.

Notebook

24 CAMPUS

News from around the Green.

28 FACULTY OPINION

When corporate prestige breeds overconfidence, managers may find themselves in denial over business problems. By Sydney Finkelstein

30 STUDENT OPINION

Harvard, Princeton and Yale have powerful brand identities. Why doesn't Dartmouth? By Kabir Sehgal '05

34 OUTSIDE

The Ivy Leagues first and only lumberjacks maintain a tradition that's a cut below the rest. By Lisa Gosselin

38 ARTIFACT

A collection of antique scientific apparatus gets dusted off for public display. By Karen Endicott

Alumni News

54 NEWSMAKERS

66 THE CLASSES

98 CLUBS

99 OBITUARIES

Continuing Ed 112

Spinmeister Eric Dezenhall '84 dishes on truth, lies and wiseguys. By Lisa Furlong

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Filmmaker Julie Davis gets reel.