Table of Contents

SOUND BITES

36What's Going on Here?

Recent bad behavior by students—and subsequent bad publicity—has the College on the ropes. What do undergrads think about it all? The answer depends on whom you ask. BY JENNIFER WULFF '96

42 Can Students Police Themselves? A report from the front lines, by eva xiao '14

44 Off the Beaten Path

He ate with orangutans, bunked in a brothel, cozied up to camels and taught Indians the twist. For Bill Roth '62, every day was an adventure when he took a gap year to hitchhike around the world. BY RIANNA P. STARHEIM '14

46The Rookie

Brad Ausmus '91 never played baseball at Dartmouth—he was a member of the New York Yankees as he earned his government degree. Now he hopes to make history as manager of the Detroit Tigers. BY MATTHEW MOSK '92

DEPARTMENTS

12 YOUR TURN

Readers react.

Notebook

16 CAMPUS

News and notes from around the Green

26 PERSONAL HISTORY

One of Dartmouth's early female transfer students pledges a fraternity. BY LYNN LOBBAN

30 CLASSROOM

A student chat site triggers a class discussion of free speech issues. BY JUDITH HERTOG

32 INTERVIEW

When the U.S. military tested its new hydrogen bomb 70 years ago, young naval officer Robert A. Levinson '46 was there. BY SEAN PLOTTNER

34 OUTSIDE

Alumni who graduate 50 years apart connect, naturally. BY ED GRAY '67

Pursuits

53 VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS

Human rights advocate Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe '81 champions universal Internet access. Also: Mars explorer Aileen Yingst '9l, national security expert Christopher Swift '98, research geek Tom Paskus '89, master of Middle-Earth Matthew Dickerson '85, silver- smith Case Hathaway- Zepeda'09

58 ALUMNI BOOKS

Class Notes

62 THE CLASSES

102 CLUBS

102 DEATHS

104 CONTINUING ED

Psychotherapist Lance Dodes '66 debunks Alcoholics Anonymous. BY LISA FURLONG

ON THE COVER: Students (from left) Meghan Chamberlain '17, Robbie Rodriguez '14, Aby Macias '14, Anna Winham '14 and Noah Bond '13.

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"Dartmouth has beenmy escape from myfamilial jail." -LYNN LOBBAN

"The mushroom cloudwas a mile anda quarter wide." -ROBERTA. LEVINSON '46

"Li ving on Marsis a little like beingin college." —AILEEN YINGST '9l

"There's no questionI am a vox clamantisin deserto when itcomes to addiction." -LANCE DODES '66