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FEATURES 34 Is Your Brain to Blame? Cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga '61 explores the mystery of free will vs. determinism, research that could alter our judicial system as we know it. BY IRENE M. WIELAWSKI 40 Going Global Ayoung alum treks more than 27,000 miles to four countries in seven weeks to check on Dickey Center interns out in the field. BY EMILY UNGER '11 46 Recommended Reading Back by popular demand, another batch of professors offers up the ultimate book list to get you through the winter. BY GAVIN HUANG '14 ON THE COVER Type: Leigh Wells; Photo: Bamaby Hall/Getty Images DEPARTMENTS 12 LETTERS Notebook 20 CAMPUS Around the Green in sixty seconds. 22 SPORTS Can golfer Peter Williamson '12 become the first Dartmouth grad to play full-time on the PGA Tour? BY MIKE CULLITY 26 ALUMNI OPINION As its fall session opens, an authority on constitutional law weighs in on the U.S. Supreme Court. BY ERNEST A. YOUNG '90 28 CLASSROOM A popular anthropology course examines the latest developments in primate evolution. BY JUDITH HERTOG 32 PERSOHAL HISTORY A female interloper steps into a bastion of maleness at her fathers skiing reunion. BY LISEN STROMBERG '84 Alumni News 56 SEEN & HEARD 57 SHELF LIFE 60 THE CLASSES 92 CLUBS 93 DEATHS Continuing Ed 96 Wendy Cue '90 of the United Nations, on responding to catastrophes. BY LISA FURLONG Dartmouth Alumni Magazine (Vol.107, No.2) (ISSN 2I50-67IX) is published bimonthly six times a year. Subscription price: $26.00 per year. Printed in the U.S.A. by The Lane Press Inc., 1000 Hinesburg Road, South Burlington, VT 05403. Periodical postage paid in Hanover, N.H., and additional mailing offices. Copyright © 2012 Dartmouth College. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine is owned and published by Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 and is produced in cooperation with the Dartmouth Class Secretaries Association. The purposes of the Magazine are to report news of the College and its alumni, provide a medium for the exchange of views concerning College affairs, and in other ways provide editorial content that relates to the shared and diverse experiences and interests of Dartmouth alumni. This publication is guided by Dartmouth's principles of freedom of expression and accepted standards of good taste. Opinions expressed are those of the signed contributors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the editors or the official position of Dartmouth College. Postmaster: Send address changes to Dartmouth Alumni Records Office, Dartmouth College, 6066 Development Office, Hanover, NH 03755-3555. Neurolaw Michael Gazzaniga is helping judges and lawyers evaluate how neuroscientific evidence should be used in legal cases.