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Inside the Fall 2020 issue:

Features

• Willie Horton and Me, Again

  Professor Anthony Walton revisits an essay he wrote in 1989 to reflect on being a Black man in America then, and now. 

• Inhabited

  Against the quiet natural backdrop of Malaga Island and a startling dark period in Maine's history, Surya Milner '19 searched to understand her own place in Brunswick, Maine, and beyond. 

• Connection

  ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ faculty have responded simultaneously to two historic challenges.

   

Forward

• On the Cover: Daniel Minter's cover art explained.
• Respond: Letters from our readers.
• Hope the Hard Way: DeRay Mckesson '07 on the work ahead.
• Ingredients for Success: ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ dining maintains the magic.
• More Than a Meme: Frank Chi '07 remembers Jusice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the "Notorious RBG."
• Jubiliee: Nightshift Brewing cofounders Michael Oxton ’07 and Rob Burns ’07 and artist Lyne Lucien ’13 collaborate, by coincidence, on a beer celebrating racial justice.
• Beyond the Gates: Alumni Relations is partnering with offices across campus to bring a wide variety of regular virtual offerings to alumni and families.
• A Look Into the Middle Ages: Although the museum is closed to visitors for now, the medieval world is open for discovery.
• Powerful and Personal: A new podcast from Alvin Hall ’74.

Column

• A Force of Change: Bill de la Rosa ’16 on the influence of John Lewis

Profiles

• Danny Mejia ’17 sets a record on the Appalachian Trail.
• Meghan Cox Gurdon ’86 on the power of reading aloud.
• Janelle Charles ’06 practices the common good.

Dine

• Dine: A sweet autumn recipe from cookbook author Lei Shishak ’97.

Q&A

• Chryl Laird, associate professor of government, talks about her research on the unity of Black voters.