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Features

BURNISHING THE GOLDEN AGE OF ART by Robert J. Bliwise
Once seen as elitist, aloof, and off-putting shrines to high art, museums have become the temples of late twentieth-century secular culture

WHEN BABIES TEACH by Dennis Meredith
A psychologist uses colorful cardboard boxes, key rings, and a scientist's ingenuity to discover the amazing aptitudes of the youngest infants

DEFINING GOOD TEACHING
Reflections on the methods and philosophies that have brought some award-winning teacher-scholars to the forefront of their profession

PLAYING FOR LAUGHS by Bill Glovin
Having given up his law career, a stand-up comedian finds himself on the precipice of moving from an unknown to a discovered talent

A HISTORY OF HEALTHY RETURNS by John Manuel
"The key is to have a diversified portfolio that will stand up through different seasons," says an official of the university's management company

A JOURNEY OF HEALING by Allen W. Wicken
The challenge: Bike 1,200 miles in sixteen days, from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, with a team of veterans from both sides of the Vietnam War


Departments

UNDER THE GARGOYLE
Coming to terms with a community of contradictions

FORUM
Football forecasts, sweatshop standards, mathematical musings

GAZETTE
Celebrating civil rights, reinventing the curriculum, recognizing women's studies

BOOKS
A tale of history and humanity, a financial future for the suddenly single

QUAD QUOTES
A Chilean controversy, some student awakenings, an animated Moses


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