January/February 2012 Bear on the Move Save the Spin Helping Parents This Is Progress? What About the Women? Ruth’s Reach Race in the 1950’s Game Day How to Enjoy Exercise Most of us work out to improve our well being, not to compete. So don't train like you're trying to make the Olympic team. Déjà Vu (All Over Again) Men’s soccer wins its twentieth Ivy title and plays in the NCAA tournament for the sixth time in the last seven years. Between The Elms From California rock climbers to Bears on the Green: An introduction to the new but fast-growing sport of slacklining. My Mysterious Admirer An anonymous Valentine's Day card she'll never forget. Obituaries Obituaries from the January/February 2012 issue. Leatherhead Every helmet tells a story. The Phenomenal Doug Ulman This young bone cancer survivor Livestrong has turned Lance Armstrong's Livestrong into one of the most visible and effective cancer foundations in the world. The Hometown Mayor Alex Morse ’11 has been preparing to run for mayor of his hometown, Holyoke, Massachusetts, ever since he finished high school. He ran, he won, now things are about to get a lot tougher. Hard Writing A novelist and a poet on the Nanjing massacre of 1937. Nostalgia Machines at Bell [ART] Breaking the Code Did Roger Williams write in code in the margins of this book? If so, why? Cold Shoulder Why do elderly African Americans get fewer flu shots than any other group? A Look Back [2011 HIGHLIGHTS] Mortar on Mars You're not going to believe what students are cooking up with DNA these days. Think cement. And think Mars. Inmate Debate Adam Bright '05 and Natasha Haverty '08 are collecting the history of one of the best debating teams of all time—a team made up entirely of prisoners. Saving Faces Daniel Alam '92 A doctor gives a patient a new look and new lease on life. Private School Pioneer Randall C. Dunn '87 has broken the racial barrier by heading some of the country's most elite schools. Dreams of Africa When she finally made it to Tanzania, Nancy Scull '63 fell in love with a rural school. Turning Point "We will wear you down by the Negro's capacity to suffer," Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. told a capacity crowd in Pembroke. After Tater Tots A visit from The Office star John Krasinski '01 sends students reeling. He Goes for the Jugular Horror writer Scott Snyder '98 is the Stephen King of graphic novels. Fresh Ink: Newly Published Books from Brown People Writing from His Roots Actor, novelist, and playwright Ayad Akhtar '93 gives voice to the experience of American Muslims since 9/11. A New Film by Producer Cara Marcous ’97 A film about teens covering up a murder, produced by Cara Marcous ’97 Liberty’s Apostle John M. Barry ’68 writes about Roger Williams and his legacy of religious freedom. A New Film by Richard Yelland ’90 A new film by Richard Yelland ’90 about a surfer paralyzed from the chest down. A Serious Career Option On her latest CD, Brooklynite Rebecca Pronsky '02 develops a "noirish" country twang.
