Table of Contents

FEATURES

32 Emphasis Mine: The ItalicizedLife of Frank Wilderson III '78

The author, filmmaker, professor (and former stockbroker, elected official and urban guerrilla) abides by his publisher's credo: Read. Write. Revolt. BY JAMES ZUG '91

38 "This Isn't My Mother'sDartmouth"

Listen in as six daughters who followed their mothers to Hanover engage in candid conversations that demonstrate how campus life for women has changed in a generation. BY JENNIFER WULFF '96

44 Recommended Reading

Sixteen professors offer up the mother of allbook lists. BY LAUREN BOWMAN '11

DEPARTMENTS

10 LETTERS

Notebook

16 CAMPUS

Around the Green in sixty seconds.

18 STUDENT LIFE

Faith and knowledge intersect in the pages of a thoughtful new student publication, The Dartmouth Apologia. By Karen Iorio ’10

22 HISTORY

Participants in the original “great issues” course remember how it altered their lives (and classroom attire) forever. By Peter Slavin ’63

24 CLASSROOM

Computer programming that can outsmart humans is the goal for students in “artificial intelligence.” BY JUDITH HERTOG

28 PERSONAL HISTORY

How that pesky gym requirement led to one alum’s unexpected career. By Diana (Sabot) Whitney ’95

Alumni News

54 SEEN & HEARD

56 THE CLASSES

92 CLUBS

93 AFFILIATED GROUPS

93 DEATHS

Continuing Ed 96

Robert M. Groves '70, the U.S. census director, on surveying America. BY LISA FURLONG

ON THE COVER Frank Wilderson, photographed by John L. Blom

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Cheryl Bascomb ’82 and Rosa Van Wie ’12 enjoy a mother and child reunion.