Table of Contents
FEATURES
36 Canoes Undying
As home to the nations oldest and largest collegiate canoe club, one that has displayed a certain spirit from the very beginning, it's little wonder that the canoe is perhaps the most recognized, enduring symbol of Dartmouth College. AN ESSAY BY JIM COLLINS '84
44 On the Water
Four alumni look back on memorable moments they've spent in canoes.COMPILED BY JIM COLLINS '84
46 Understanding Risk
Why do perfectly smart business executives run their companies into the ground? Tuck professor and author Sydney Finkelstein digs for the details. BY JULIE SLOANE '99
50 Shoot to Thrill
As a National Geographic documentary producer, David Hamlin '82 knows the true meaning of reality TV. BY DAVID MCKAY WILSON
DEPARTMENTS
Letters
10 Raves and rants from readers.
Notebook
22 CAMPUS
News from around the Green.
26 FROM THE DEAN
How original thinking fuels the institutions growth. BY DEAN OF THE FACULTY MICHAEL S. GAZZANIGA '61
28 STUDENT OPINION
An undergraduate deems some College spending frivolous. BY ANDREW MULLIGAN '05
30 FACULTY OPINION
What the politicians may not be telling you about outsourcing and free trade. BY DOUGLAS A. IRWIN
32 SPORTS
Sports pediatrician Sally Harris '80 on the dangers of kids' sports specialization. BY IRENE M. WIELAWSKI
34 PERSONAL HISTORY
A student s prank demonstrates that revenge sometimes stinky BY FRED GRAY '64
Alumni News
56 SEEN & HEARD
60 THE CLASSES
86 CLUBS
87 OBITUARIES
Continuing Ed 96
David Brown '76 on living lightly—in a hay house. BY LISA FURLONG
ON THE COVER On the Connecticut River, May 2004Photographed by Thomas Ames Jr. '74
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The new technology lets you make movies quicker, but it doesn't eliminate the need for a Critical eye and critical thinkirig." Hi, Film producer" i 'David Hamlin '82
