STAFF

Editor
Meredith Davies Hadaway M'96

Managing Editor
Marcia Landskroener M'01

Art Director
Diane Landskroener '76 M'81

Class Notes Editor
Carol Tait

Editorial & Production Assistant
Gregg Waddell

Web Editor
Ted Knight '97

Editorial Consultant
Kevin O'Keefe '74

Contributing Writers
John Buettner '89
Laura Greenback ’05
Phillip Ticknor

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Original Design by
The Magazine Group, Washington, DC.

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Features

What William Smith Knew
In his Inaugural address, Baird Tipson illuminates the
relevance of the classical liberal arts—the trivium and the
quadrivium—in educating today’s students.

Science of Desire
Selections from the first volume of poems by an alumna—a rising star in the literary constellation.
Erin Murphy ’90

Meet Washington College's Own Joe Dirt
Professor John Seidel and his archaeology students search
for buried treasure at historical sites on the Eastern Shore
and hidden in the waters of the Chester.
John Buettner ’89

Departments

The Reporter:
Tipson Inauguration Illuminates College's History & Future
Kenan Trust Awards $1 Million
Closing In On Kresge Challenge
Toll Tribute Raises $500,000
Shoge To Head Library
Barth Book Celebrates Browsing
Convocation Welcomes New Arrivals
Students Juggle School and Service
Hoopsters "Got Game" In Europe
Lax Teams Scrimmage Japan
Maxcy Support Dramatic Arts
New Dimensions: Trans GIS

Alumni Snapshots:
A Writer's Writer

Alumni Update:
Alumni Perform at the Philly Fringe
Nominations in Hand
Coach Fall Honored
Business Cards Sought
WC Reviews Literary Society
Levak Joins Alumni Office

Faculty/Staff Achievements

Portfolio
Members of a new wakeboarding club perform “River Tricks.”

Class Notes
Births & Adoptions
Marriages
In Memoriam

Currents
Jack Gilden ’87 on the fear, and the delights, of fatherhood.

BACK COVER: WASHINGTON COLLEGE IN PERSON
Beth Kahn Leaman '73: Encouraging Alumni to Give Back