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Winter 2013
26 Milk Money
What’s in your fridge? Kirk Kardashian ’00 has the scoop on the state of the American dairy industry.
32 Local Legacies
From archaeological digs at ancient sites to native experts who come to campus, we treasure Colgate’s location in the land of the Iroquois.
38 Responsible Adults Only
The U.S. Senate: Would the founders approve? Should you? Recently retired insider Alan Frumin ’68 shares his take.
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Message from President Jeffrey Herbst
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Letters
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Work & Play
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Tableau: “Falling overboard”
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Winter Carnival
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Life of the Mind
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Arts & Culture
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Go ’gate
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New, Noted & Quoted
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The Big Picture
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Stay Connected 2013 Alumni Council election
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Class News 78 Marriages & Unions 78 Births & Adoptions 78 In Memoriam
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Salmagundi: Puzzle, “13 Words or less” caption contest winner, Rewind
DEPARTMENTS
On the cover: Michelle Cohen ’15, from Atlanta, Ga., experiences her first real snowstorm. Photo by Andrew Daddio Left: Alex Doms ’14 (foreground) and Elizabeth Shore ’14 (top right) collect eggs from a female sea urchin into a beaker of sea water during Developmental Biology lab with Professor Jason Meyers (bottom right), after which they will fertilize them with sea urchin sperm. The fertilized eggs are being used in a screen of novel drugs from the National Institutes of Health to find out what teratogenic properties they might have; in other words, how they may disrupt normal development. Photo by Tommy Brown ’79 News and views for the Colgate community
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