CONT ENTS
July/August 2008 Volume 97, Number 4
Departments
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Earning His Stripes
by David E. Brown ’ 75
Only 22 years after his
graduation, Holden Thorp ’ 86
brings a chemist’s inquisitiveness,
an artist’s whimsy and a touch
of dry humor to the helm of a
mature research university.
KARI VAN TINE/IMAGES. COM
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Losing Grace
by Kathy Norcross Watts ’ 86
Who was ever more
determined to make the most
of opportunity? All dressed up
with no place to go, Gracie
sings a lament for a time
of tragic separateness in the
winning entry of the Review’s
fiction contest.
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From the Hill
Campus Profile
Global Connections
Letters
GAA Today
Alumni Today
Class Notes
Class Quotes
DTH Crossword
BluePrints
Books
Around Town
Yours at Carolina
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Rewriting All That Jazz
by Sam Stephenson ’ 89
The jazz musician typically
cares a lot more for the craft
than for the traditional notion
of success. John Snyder ’ 73 has
been there, and he has some
ideas for turning the academy
upside down.
JACKSON HILL
On the cover: He could have had
the Nabs. He got the chancellorship,
and he talks in terms of a long
runway. Page 14. Photo by Steve
Exum ’ 92
