Table of Contents
FEATURES
44 Climbing the Hill
Becoming Dartmouth's first congresswoman required an election upset for Kirsten Gillibrand '88. Winning reelection may be even harder. BY DIRK OLIN '81
50 Drug Buster
As society softens its take on marijuana, Dr. Herbert Kleber '56 knows better. The psychiatrists research shows the harmful effects of pot and other drugs on the brain—and offers hope for breaking the lock of addiction. BY CHRISTOPHER S. WREN '57
54 The Role Model
Tough love—and hope. That's what Al Dotson '82 provides to inner-city African Americans as chair of 100 Black Men of America. BY DAVID MCKAY WILSON
DEPARTMENTS
10 LETTERS
Notebook
22 CAMPUS
News and notes from around the Green.
26 INTERVIEW
Trustee board chair Ed Haldeman '70 talks about board expansion, apathetic alums and The Wall Street Journal.
An unassuming student transforms his blog into a force to be reckoned with. BY JAKE TAPPER '91
32 SPORTS
Big Green aquatic teams may have survived extinction five years ago, but they're still feeling the effects of the financial fiasco. BY CAROLYN KYLSTRA '08
34 ALUMNI OPINION
How to win—without weapons—in Afghanistan. BY NATHANIEL FICK '99
36 PERSONAL HISTORY
A teacher finds an appreciation of the classics in an unlikely place: a ninth grade classroom in Brooklyn. BY ALEXANDER NAZARYAN '02
38 TRIBUTE
The late Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy made an indelible impression. BY JEFFREY HART '51
42 READ WORTHY
Students reflect on their ethnicity in two new collections of essays. By CATHERINE FAUROT, MALS '05
Alumni News
58 SEEN & HEARD
64 THE CLASSES
95 CLUBS
95 OBITUARIES
Continuing Ed 104
David Mott '86 on patients and pharmaceuticals. BY LISA FURLONG
ON THE COVER U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand '88.Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux
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