The Ripple Effect

The Ripple Effect: How a gift to Reed ripples out through the generations.

A Farewell to the Iliad

Achilles, heel! Next semester, Humanities 110 will begin with the Odyssey, relegating the Iliad to optional status. This and several other changes to Reed’s core syllabus are the result of years of painstaking discussion.

By Robert Knapp
Professor of English and Humanities

On the Ledge

Cool judgment helped Reed climbing instructor Rodney Sofich avert tragedy in the North Cascades.

By Ted Katauskas

Inscribed in Stone: The Masterful Work of Edward M. Catich

Father Catich cut the inscriptions on Eliot Hall and several other campus buildings; his research revolutionized our understanding of the origin of the serif.

By Robert Palladino
Former calligraphy instructor

Capturing Infinity

Exploring the hyperbolic geometry of M.C. Escher’s famous woodcut Angels and Devils.

By Thomas Wieting
Professor of mathematics

From the Editor

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Letters

• Ottomar’s Odyssey.
• Marsh and the Periodic Table.
• Remembering Richard Jones.
• Defending the Citadel (again).
• The Outsiders.
• Don’t Forget Ernest.
• Presidential Memories.
• The Paper it’s Printed On.
• Stop and Smell the Pages (again).
• Grains of Truth.
• Absconding with the Owl.
• The Quintessential Food.
• Stop Carvin’ Marvin.
• Shelley by Streetlight.
• Pig-Headed?
• A Lesson Up a Ladder.

Eliot Circular

• Dance professor Minh Tran takes his last bow.
• Biology professor Janis Shampay cited by Nobel Committee.
• Coyotes return to canyon.
• New trustees join board.
• Giant hamster wheel invades SU.

Empire of the Griffin

• Wassailing Away
• Defining Reed
• Giving Thanks In Old Blighty
• Remembering Charlie Lave ’60
• Owl Infiltrates Microsoft
• Centennial Cometh
• Social Media
• Puzzle Corner

Adventures in the First Person

Letter from Haiti by Leah Nevada Page ’07

Alumni Profiles

• Both Sides of the Wire
• Anthropologist Finds Her Element
• Sex, Worms, and Darwin
• Kitschy Coup
• Where There’s a Wheel…

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.

Past Due: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy by Peter S. Goodman ’89

Apocrypha

Hum Play Read more.

Back cover: Lab partners Anna Henkin ’12 and Gabriel Barello ’12 puzzle over a fiendish assignment for Intro Chem.