Table of Contents
SOUND BITES
38 What Makes Dartmouth So Expensive?
Two decades ago tuition, room and board ran about $26,000. How has the price tag risen to more than $60,000? BY C . J. H U G H E S ’ 92
44 Horse Power
Meet the unheralded heroes of the equestrian squad—the nine horses that carry most of the load. BY M A R L E Y M A R I U S ’ 1 7
Look Again 46
Photos previously seen only in black and white spring to life with a little touch of color. P H OTO CO LO R I Z AT I O N BY SA N N A D U L LAWAY
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DEPARTMENTS
10 YOUR TURN
Readers react.
Notebook
CAMPUS 16
News and notes from around the Green
25 PERSONAL HISTORY
In 1954, intrepid spring break skiers put rubber to the road in a quest for Colorado snow. BY SAM HULL ’56
28 OUTSIDE
Matt Royer ’93 went home to save the stream where he grew up— and also, perhaps, the Chesapeake Bay. BY BILL GIFFORD ’88
33 INFOGRAPHIC
A survey of undergrads about their smartphones reveals more than you may want to know about today’s wireless student.
34 RETROSPECTIVE
Alexander P. Nelson, class of 1889, waged war against the KKK in 1920s Los Angeles. BY DIRK OLIN ’81
Pursuits
VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS 57
Valerie Steele ’78 oversees the Fashion Institute of Technology’s museum with style. Also: Rishi Sethi ’11, Jessica Glago ’08, Tom Bartlett ’80, Garfield DeMarco ’59 and Kyle Hendricks ’12
62 ALUMNI BOOKS
Class Notes
66 THE CLASSES
93 CLUBS
93 DEATHS
96 CONTINUING ED
Timothy Edgar ’94 on protecting privacy BY LISA FURLONG
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Robert Frost, class of 1896, lec- tures students in Baker Library’s Treasure Room, 1947. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway
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“We considered keeping the Greek system just exactly as it is and we considered completely abolishing it. Everything was on the table.” —BARBARA WILL
“I’ve been a creek kid all my life.” —MATT ROYER ’93
“Covering the mob became a beat.” —GEORGE ANASTASIA ’69
“Obama did very little until the Snowden revelations to make substantive changes in surveillance policies.” —TIMOTHY EDGAR ’94
