Books

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Earth Mother

Acclaimed author Louise Erdrich ’76 writes complicated stories that illuminate issues confronting Native Americans and society at large. Now she’s speaking out to save the planet.

Free Beer

What would drive a small army of fraternity brothers to embark on a frigid midwinter expedition—in the middle of the night—to a derailed train north of campus?

D’Souza’s America

Following his felony conviction, conservative firebrand Dinesh D’Souza ’83 has been humbled—a little—by his new life under guard in a San Diego halfway house. But silenced?

Let It Snow!

Six decades since it opened, the Skiway remains one of only two college-owned ski areas in the eastern United States.

Voices in the Wilderness

Milton ’04 & Frederick ’05 Ochieng • Femi Allen Wasserman ’99 • Norman Bay ’82 • Lindsay Earls ’05 • Jonathan Meyers ’07 • Sarah Weiner ’02

Deaths

Walter Austin Carlson ’40 • Sept. 4, 2014 Gilbert Lewis Myers ’40 • Aug. 5, 2014 Albert Barnett Ferguson Jr. ’41 • Aug. 20, 2014 Huntley Allison ’42 • Sept. 7, 2014 Fred Ellwood Huntley …

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Dartmouth on the Danube

Fifty years ago a group of students ventured behind the Iron Curtain. The group’s leader, Dan Dimancescu ’64, reflects on the Ledyard-inspired journey.