Departments 2 From the Head Master 3 Editor’s Note 4 1,000 Words Lawrenceville lets the sun shine in.
6 News in Brief A fracking feud, Lawrentians wear waste, and Rash gets a leg up.
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10 Sports Roundup Winter sports stats.
14 On the Arts A new gallery space features Buechner’s art and soul.
18 Q&A Cara Hyson P’14 clears up some Middle East myths.
21 Classroom 2.0 Tablets get put to the test.
22 Ask the Archivist “Our Boys from Syria” make their mark.
26 Take This Job and Love It
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Kate Berglund Fernandez ’01 builds a Pakistani partnership.
80 Photo Finish
ho are these people? Write the caption, W win a prize.
Features
Alumni
Reports on the Muslim World
44 Alumni News
28 Lebanon: Where Chaos Meets Charm, by Paige Kollock ’96 32 Syria: Diversity in Damascus, by Cole Murray ’02 34 Egypt: A New Islamic Influence, by Timothy Warren ’72 38 Jordan: Gray’s Academy, by Phoebe Outerbridge
45 Board Bits Trustee news in a nutshell.
47 Class Notes
40 Saudi Arabia: The Quest for Status Quo, by David B. Ottaway ’57
On the Cover: Illustration by Stephanie Dalton Cowan.
summer 2012
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