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Bob Binswanger seems to have held almost every position there is in public and private education. In 1991, bearing an extremely impressive curriculum vitae, Bins returned to Dartmouth as professor of education and variously as department chair and interim dean. He says that Dartmouth is his final career stop. There are those who don't believe it.

We asked Bins to tell us about Dartmouth today and particularly about todays Dartmouth students. He says, "They are amazing and extraordinarily intelligent young people. They are well prepared, strong readers, canny test takers and access the wide world. But they surely are not only scholastics. One-fourth of them participate in NCAA or club sports teams and because of the quarter system they are limited to one sport, required to practice year round and to make a four year commitment to their team.

"Dartmouth students are heavily involved in the extracurricular life of the College. There are eight organized choral groups in addition to the Glee Club, the Madrigal Singers and the Gospel Choir. There are five extremely active dance troupes. Most seem involved in clubs, publications, Greek houses and public service—all of which takes up real time.

"They communicate obsessively and constantly with one another on the campus Blitzmail (e-mail) system. Their general computer proficiency is awesome.

"The lives of Dartmouth students are very different from what we knew. Every student carries an appointment book squeezing in study between class times, meals and activities. Hard study runs from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Most suffer from sleep deprivation.

"They do their share of partying, and not necessarily on weekends. No party ever begins before 11 p.m. and it never ends before 3 a.m. The parties are noisy, creative, open and well-attended.

"Coeducation at Dartmouth has been positive in every sense. In fact, my observation is that the women seem the more focused, competitive and book-smart.

"In sum, these young people are bright, witty, caring, earnest, thoughtful and serious. I'm only sorry that all of you cannot have the privilege of being in their company. Be assured that the Dartmouth students of today are exceptional persons."

According to a press release from the Nichols School, a well-known preparatory school in Buffalo, New York, Henry Waters has been inducted into that schools Athletic Hall of Fame. A varsity soccer and hockey player at Dartmouth, Hank is a Nichols alumnus who returned there to teach and coach after a business career. He was Nichols' successful varsity hockey coach for 17 years.

Ken Roman has recently revised his book Howto Advertise. Now republished in its third edition, the book has already sold more than 150,000 copies! This volume joins Kens other recently revised book Writing That Works, which has sold 100,000 copies over the years. (You have to have been involved in publishing fully to appreciate what enormous sales successes these books are.)

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