Books

Editor’s Book Picks for January/February 2025

Learn the back stories of popular songs in Say It with a Beautiful Song: The Art and Craft of the Great American Songbook

Books

Wiseguys and the White House: Gangsters, Presidents, and the Deals They Made

Eric Dezenhall ’84 connects the dots between organized crime and a series of modern presidents.

Big Picture

To Air Is Human

Asher Lord ’25 takes advantage of the skateboard club’s new park on the rooftop deck of Maxwell Hall.

Campus

Campus Confidential

At the Polls Officials estimate that 2,300 students voted in Hanover on November 5. In the Swim The College has waived all fees for beginner swimming classes. Any student can participate for…

Continuing Ed

James Nachtwey ’70

A photographer on his career at the front lines

Features

Six Hundred Thousand Despots

Jonathan Schroeder ’03 discovers an astonishing account of slavery written 170 years ago.

Features

Road Trip

Ben Joel ’27 goes global to check up on students conducting fieldwork with internships through the Dickey Center for International Understanding.

Features

Guardian of the Sea

Alaska Coast Guard search-and-rescue manager Jennifer Whitcomb ’00 takes on a huge job—nearly 4 million square miles of it.

Features

Extraordinarily Ordinary

Thousands of alums live on in Special Collections. Here is one.

Features

Chasing Pollock

A childhood encounter at the Hood Museum inspires an alum’s cross-country quest.

Features

Difference Makers

Three classmates join forces with AI to help job seekers polish their interviewing skills.

Features

Stoked!

Skateboarders get their own playground.

Features

Time Traveler

Kira Parrish-Penny ’24 reports from the archives.

Letters

Readers React: January/February 2025

Alumni share thoughts on political polarization and legacy admissions.

Look Who’s Talking

Bryce Loeger ’28

Baseball pitcher and football ball boy

Voices in the Wilderness

A Marvel Universe

Architect Jonathan Marvel ’82 commits to “design everywhere.”

Voices in the Wilderness

Perfect Pitch

Anthem singer Annie Edgerton ’93 has a game plan.

Voices in the Wilderness

Moonstruck

Geologist Lauren Edgar ’07 studies rocks in a hard place.

Voices in the Wilderness

“What Life Feels Like”

Moviemaker Lilian Mehrel ’09 heeds calling.