Contents for Oct. 1-8, 1998
- Sometime this month, Jennifer Atlee '99 will pulverize and oven-dry small vials
of New Hampshire soil. Then she will analyze the levels of carbon and nitrogen
in the powder. Atlee's effort is standard procedure in the study of soil
nutrient cycling. What is unusual about her laboratory work is that it will
take place in MacMillan Hall, the University's state-of-the-art undergraduate sciences building that is being formally dedicated Oct. 9.
- Tom Bechtel, who has spent the last 25 years dealing with the emotional consequences of college's pressure-cooker atmosphere, retired from Brown last month. (Reprinted from the September/October Brown Alumni Magazine.)
- Laura Freid, executive vice president of Public Affairs and University Relations, talks about the rationale behind her office's recent reorganization. The restructuring, which eliminated some positions, created others and centralized several administrative functions, is aimed at meeting the challenges of Brown's growing communications needs, she says.
- OFF HOURS: Brian Casey, competitive swimmer
- THE LAST WORD: Daniel O'Mahoney, government documents coordinator, wonders whether future readers will have electronic access to such official documents as the Starr report.
- The October issue of NewsBytes