Table of Contents
FEATURES
34 Dispatches from the Civil War
Noble efforts, questionable calls and daring deeds by Dartmouth alumni in the War Between the States. BY LAUREN VESPOLI '13
42 Let There Be Color
In the age of Instagram it's hard to believe that even through the 1960s the world of fine art photography was colorless. Then the world—and its paletteshifted. Color photographer Joel Sternfeld '65 was ahead of the curve. BY SEAN PLOTTNER
52 The Outsider
With an unpredictable blend of ideology and pragmatism, former Dartmouth Review editor Harmeet Dhillon '89 leads the Republican Party in one of the nation's most liberal cities. BY BRUCE ANDERSON
ON THE COVER Union soldier Harrison Hobart, class of 1842, courtesy Wisconsin Historical Society
DEPARTMENTS
10 LETTERS
Notebook
14 CAMPUS
Around the Green in sixty seconds
17 INFOGRAPHIC
Dartmouth rankings you may have not heard of. BY SVATI NARULA '13
19 ON THE JOB
I For accidental farmer Chuck Wooster '89, raising crops is all about cultivating community. BY LAUREN VESPOLI '13
22 HISTORY
He had wealth, ambition and the right name. The only thing Governor and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller '30 needed was a little help from his college chums. BY C.J. HUGHES '92
29 ARTIFACT
You've seen the Great Spirit statue in the Tower Room. Here's the story behind it. BY LEE MICHAELIDES
30 SPORTS
Tanner Glass '07 shoots, skates and brawls his way through an NHL season. BY ELLIOT OLSHANSKY '04
Alumni News
60 SEEN & HEARD
61 SHELF LIFE
64 THE CLASSES
94 CLUBS
94 DEATHS
Continuing Ed 96
fred rogers ’50 (1928-2003), tV’s favorite neighbor, on finding your inner child. By Lauren Bowman ’11
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Sharing the Harvest Chuck Wooster operates his Vermont farm as a community co-op
