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Reed Mag June 2010

on the cover

Larry Sanger ’91 launched a revolution. Why does he want to start over?

COVER ILLUSTRATION BY HOWELL GOLSON

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Editor
Chris Lydgate
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Class Notes editor
Laurie Lindquist
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Graphic Designer
Tom Humphrey
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Web Designer
Raymond Rodríguez

Alumni News Editor
Robin Tovey '97

Development news editor
Matt Kelly

 

Features

Niles  

From Light, Truth

How Reed transforms lives—and how you can help.

     
Niles  

Confronting Drug Use At Reed

Campus tragedy raises tough questions about Reed's approach to drug and alcohol use.

     
Nancy Farmer  

Spellbound

Mutants. Draugrs. Drug lords. Author Nancy Farmer ’63 writes children’s stories that combine fantastic protagonists, bedeviling bullies, and decidedly old-fashioned themes.

By Megan Holden

     
DOJO  

Sharpening Skills At The DOJO

Students learn from their peers at the Academic Resource Center, named for Dorothy Johansen ’33.

By Romel Hernandez

     
wiki puzzle  

Deconstructing Wikipedia

Larry Sanger ’91 launched a revolution. Why does he want to start over?

By Chris Lydgate

     

Departments

From the Editor

A confluence of horrifying events. Read more.

Letters

Eliot Circular

Empire of the Griffin

Adventures in the First Person

Corals and Tsunami in Samoa by Douglas Fenner ’71

Alumni Profiles

Class Notes

Class notes are available on the alumni pages. You can also update your address, submit a class note, make a contribution to the college, and add your email address to the new on-line email directory from our website. This is a protected web site, and you will be asked to enter your last name and Reed ID. Your ID number can be found on your alumni association membership card or on your address label from a Reed mailing.

Reediana

Read about books by Reedies. You can purchase these and other books through Reed’s bookstore.

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Apocrypha

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Bouncing Off The Walls. Read more.

 


back cover

Back cover: Physics majors Alexa Ross ’12 and Meg Millhouse ’12 root for the departmental softball team in front of Old Dorm Block. Both the opposing team and the final score remain indeterminate.

PHOTO BY MATT D'ANNUNZIO



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