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November-December 2021

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Books

Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (November/December 2021)

Big Picture

Nature Takes Its Course

Campus

Campus Confidential
Ask the Expert: The Future of Maps
Maud McCole ’23
Jonathan Chipman ’90 | Geography Department 

Continuing Ed

John White ’61
Lisa Furlong
A UFO researcher on what’s out there

Features

Brave New Voice
Nancy Schoeffler
English professor and poet Joshua Bennett enjoys a breakout year.
The New Counter Culture
Rand Richards Cooper
West Coast entrepreneur Lauren Fontein ’02 takes cannabis commerce to a new high.
The Man with the Golden Arm
Sean Plottner
College football hall of famer Andrew “Swede” Oberlander, class of 1926, took the passing game to new heights.
“I Love Telling Stories”
Sean Plottner
Actor Sarah Wayne Callies ’99 takes a deep dive into audio with her new podcast drama.
Moneyball
Jim Collins ’84
With the changes to NCAA endorsement rules, will student-athletes cash in?
Moving Pictures
Richard Babcock ’69
Photo aficionado Robert Dance ’77 keeps his eye on old Hollywood.
Deaths

Letters

Your Turn
Readers write, react, and respond. (November/December 2021)

Look Who’s Talking

Ariana Ramsey ’22
Sean Plottner
Member of U.S. Olympic women’s rugby sevens team

Voices in the Wilderness

Class Act
Lauren Vespoli ’13
Podcast host Leslie Jennings Rowley ’96 airs alumni twists and turns.
Mountain Air
C.J. Hughes ’92
Radio reporter Lexi Krupp ’15 covers rural Vermont.
Sporting Life
David Holahan
Former quarterback Brian Mann ’02 scores AD job at William & Mary.
Thrill Seeker
Maud McCole ’23
Aerobatic pilot’s future is up in the air.

Web Extras

Dire Warning
Jon Kohl ’92
The ominous message of Donella and Dennis Meadows 50 years ago has grown more urgent than ever.
“America Will Be”
Joshua Bennett
A poem by professor Joshua Bennett

Green Room

Seeing Stars
Lauren Vespoli ’13
Devin Chu ’14 explores the mysteries of how stars behave at the center of our galaxy.
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Portfolio

Books
Norman Maclean ’24, the Undergraduate Years
An excerpt from “Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers”
Voices in the Wilderness
One of a Kind
Author Lynn Lobban ’69 confronts painful past.
From the Archive
Trail Blazer

Lis Smith ’05 busts through campaign norms and glass ceilings as she goes all in to get her candidate in the White House. 
Continuing Ed
John Merrow ’63
An education journalist on the state of our schools

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