Table of Contents

FEATURES

36 I Am Dartmouth!

The unknown and unsung undergraduate days of Comedy Central icon Stephen Colbert '86. By Robert Sullivan '75

42 On Patrol

DAM goes behind the scenes with officers from Safety & Security on a busy Friday night on campus. By Ed Garay '67

48 The Artful Lodger

Modern-day itinerant artist Jim Mott '82 might wander to your house and create a painting-if you provide room and board for the night. By Carolyn Kylstra '08

ON THE COVER: Photograph by Martin Crook. Courtesy Comedy Central

DEPARTMENTS

10 LETTERS

NOTEBOOK

18 CAMPUS

News and notes from around the Green.

24 OFF CAMPUS

An alum takes to the road with his Typo Eradication Advancement League. BY CAROLYN KYLSTRA '08

26 PERSONAL HISTORY

Four years at Dartmouth changes lives—and not just those of students. A former administrator looks back fondly. By Susan Marine

28 SPORTS

Triathlete Jarrod Shoemaker '04 lands a spot in the Beijing Games. BY STEPHEN KOSNAR, MALS '99

32 HISTORY

A Paterson, New Jersey, history buff learns how architect Fred Wesley Wentworth, class of 1887, helped shape his city. By Richard Polton

34 OH THE JOB

Kurt Schneider '87 takes over as CEO of the Harlem Globetrotters. By Pat Olsen

ALUMNI NEWS

54 SEEN & HEARD

60 THE CLASSES

92 CLUBS

92 ALUMNI COUNCIL

93 OBITUARIES

Continuing Ed 104

Stacy D. Phillips '80 on Hollywood divorces and Britney Spears. By Lisa Furlong

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Itinerant artist Jim Mott '82, working hard for a meal in Montana.