Lantern
SUMMER 2013 | Vol. 39, No. 2
U W - L A c r o s s e A lu m n i Ma g a z i n e
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CLASS NOTES ONLINE
For complete class notes for this issue, go to www.uwlalumni.org. Click on ‘News,’ then ‘Lantern.’
ON THE COVER
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Scholarship Trifecta: Keeley McConaughey earned three scholarships for the next academic year from the UW-L Foundation: The William Hyde Scholarship for English, The Jean Foss & Norene Smith OCW Scholarship and The Gund Family Scholarship. See story on page 16. Editor Brad Quarberg, ’85 | Director of News & Marketing University Communications Art Director Sanja Dojčinović | Assistant Director of Creative Services University Communications
25 F E AT U R E S Dual analysis
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friendly sighting
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gridiron memory
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D E PA R T M E N T S Campus news
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Alumni News
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Class Notes Features
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athletics news
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in memoriam
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Writers Dave Johnson, ’92 Kjerstin Lang Brad Quarberg, ’85 Janie Spencer, ’85 & ’86 Photography Sue (Sullivan) Lee, ’82 & ’87 Pa Moua-Yang, ’11 Editorial Assistance Florence Aliesch Keli Highland Greg Reichert Al Trapp
The Lantern is published in winter and summer for UW-L alumni. Deadlines for copy are April 1 and Oct. 1. Submit news items to: Brad Quarberg | University Communications UW-La Crosse | 115 Graff Main Hall | 1725 State St. La Crosse, WI 54601 | 608.785.8572 | bquarberg@uwlax.edu UW-L Murphy Library archives all past issues of the Alumnus/ Lantern Magazine. View them at: http://murphylibrary.uwlax. edu/digital/uwl/Alumnus/index.html CLASS NOTES POLICY: The UW-L Alumni Association publishes class notes online in January, April, July and October. The deadline is the 1st of the month prior to the quarterly postings. See www.uwlalumni.org for details.