“What could be?”
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MAINSTREAM
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CONVERSATION PIECES Big love for Big Steve
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FLIGHT DECK
Curriculum to keep children safe from human trafficking
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WHERE ARE YOU READING?
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VIEW FINDER
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SPORTS
Records smashed, and a career exalted
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THE ALUMNI
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BACK PORCH Beyond dreams
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CLASS NOTES
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PERCEPTIONS Feels like winning
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PARTING WORDS
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CONNECTIONS
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LETTERS
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HARD KNOCKS Concussions, children and our schools
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RUDY
Our mascot lost his mustache and gained muscle. A look back at Rudy Flyer’s birth, and look ahead to his far-out future.
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HIS LIFE’S WORK
What Super Bowl legend Chuck Noll ’53 learned in Dayton
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PRESIDENT’S COMMENTARY
CONTRIBUTORS
COURTNEY MOCKLOW sat down with UD legend Father Norbert Burns, S.M., for a story this issue. A senior communication major and marketing minor from Chicago, she’s been writing for the magazine since January 2015. Courtney, who said she believes “in the power of a well-written story to influence and move its audience,” will pursue a journalism career. RYAN WILKER proposed, researched and wrote the cover story on Rudy Flyer while a student writer for UD Magazine. He graduated in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management. Ryan, who was also a student assistant in the Office of Athletics Communication, is currently a postgraduate intern in athletics media relations at Villanova University. SHANNON MILLER, a former sports reporter for the Detroit Free Press, gets this issue’s gold star in proofreading for knowing the year of Michael Jackson’s first moonwalk (1983). An editor for on- and off-campus audiences since 2010, Shannon has written features for this magazine on topics as diverse as breast cancer research, 9/11, civic engagement and coach Archie Miller.
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