Table of Contents
FEATURES
40 Native Voices
In the wake of last fall's campus unrest, Native American students talk about identity, perception, and the future. BY CATHERINE FAUROT, MALS '05
46 Hostile Takeover
Some of the principle characters involved in the 1969 takeover of Parkhurst Hall look back and reflect on 12 of Dartmouth's darkest hours.BY MARY SEYMOUR AND ANDREW MULLIGAN '05
52 A Different Kind ofHomeland Security
These parents who chose home and the kids over the office consider it a smart choice. BY JAMIE HELLER '89
DEPARTMENTS
10 LETTERS
Notebook
22 CAMPUS
What's happening around the Green.
28 FACULTY OPINION
Dartmouth's Ethics Institute director assesses the mindset of todays college kids. BY AINE DONOVAN
30 PERSONAL HISTORY
A teacher tries to pass along the humanity he first discovered in Dartmouth's classrooms. BY DANIEL BECKER '84
32 CLASSROOM
Step inside a poetry seminar where students deal with a demanding prof, hours of writing and, most frightening of all, peer criticism. BY JUDITH HERTOG
36 OUTSIDE
Looking for some wet and mild fun? Try rafting the White River. BY LEE MICHAELIDES
Alumni News
60 SEEN & HEARD
66 THE CLASSES
101 CLUBS
102 OBITUARIES
Continuing Ed 112
Peter Kenyon '80 on radio journalism from Alaska to the Middle East. BY JIM BILDNER '75
ON THE COVER Students lan Allison 'lofiom Tuba City, Arizona;Bethaney Hale '10 from Window Rock, Arizona; and Dailan Jake Long '07from Newcomb, New Mexico. Photographed under the Parkhurst Elmby John Sherman.
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Robin (Riley) Ahrens '82 traded a 40-hour work-week for the all-consuming, never-ending fulltime job of parenting.
