August 1996
by Christian Pedersen '49
Flying his biplane from Chester County, Pa., to Arizona for the reunion of his World War II flight cadet class was a sometimes bumpy ride for Chris Pedersen '49. On top of dusting off his 50-year-old flight skills, he met a host of characters along the way.
by Nathan Hegedus '95
Every house still standing has bullet holes. Land mines lurk in fields, woods, and ruins. This is Pakrac, a small town in Western Slavonia, nearly destroyed by ethnic civil war. A young alumnus is volunteering to help rebuild the war-torn city-brick by brick.
by Eva Bertram '86 and Kenneth Sharpe
The current "get tough" approach to fighting drug abuse in this country isn't working, say political scientist Kenneth Sharpe and former student Eva Bertram. We should recognize the use of drugs as a public health problem rather than one of crime.
by Ruth Goldberg '81
No one expected Mephisto's to become an institution when the coffeehouse opened in the fall of 1978. The name has remained, even though the performers who once used the main lounge of Willets dormitory as an outlet for their talent are long gone.
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