Everyone worships.This Sunday your dog does too so long as he is polite to the terrier that ushers all the old people with white hair and trousers bearing the ketchup from Saturday’s potluckto the pew that […]
Jack Spurway ’69 knew he needed a project to kickstart his retirement. He wasn’t expecting the friend that came with it. Jack Spurway had pictured it all in his mind after that […]
by David Krohne Two images hang on the wall above my desk. An important environmental story lies behind each. But I have discovered that they speak to one another, and it is […]
I’d been sitting by the river all afternoon and now the sun was going down and Venus shone on the horizon. I’d been sitting to watch how the water swirled into braids and swirled out […]
by Eric Freeze Whatever ethical quandaries I had been having, my actions had led me to do this thing: to kill a fish that we would take home to eat. Just across […]
An Interview with Dan Simmons ’70 When WM first interviewed best-selling author Dan Simmons ’70 in 1998, he had written 16 books in 11 years, including the Hugo Award–winning science fiction masterwork Hyperion. He would […]
“I’m excited—and just a little…nervous.” Not a word you usually hear from Haines Professor of Biochemistry Ann Taylor, chair of the College’s natural sciences division, as she heads out on sabbatical. But […]
When my older brother and I were little kids, my parents periodically hosted meetings at our house. We were responsible enough to behave ourselves down the hall, especially when given a large […]
Ahad Khan ’19 spent winter break of his junior year learning about ways he could be murdered. He had seen it happen in his own family. His uncle was killed in 2010. […]
