contents One wears an apron stained with something red, but it’s definitely not tomato sauce. 12 The other wears jeans and a T-shirt that reads, ‘This guy likes fistfights.’ Too late, I wonder if Blivet can be trusted.
DEPARTMENTS
DIALOGUE 1 1 Editor’s Note 4
Letters
INTRO 9 10 Campus News
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—THE SEARCH FOR ALABY BLIVET
12 The Search for Alaby Blivet 18 Map Quest 21 Cracking the “Nut” 26 Off and Running
ON THE COVER
Jon Erlandson, director of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, with a drawer of ancient artifacts, including one of the 10,000-year-old sandals discovered by Luther Cressman in 1938.
28 Profile: Sharon Paul
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE SMITH
29 Bookmarks
Left: Shelly Bowerman has a hoe, and she knows how to use it. She is part of a burgeoning movement to turn vacant lots into urban farms.
30 The Best . . .
OLD OREGON 49 50 Farming for the Future 52 Driving Change 54 Class Notes 64 Because Science
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SHAKESPEARE FIRST FOLIO, 1623. FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY. BOWERMAN: PHOTOGRAPH BY CHARLIE LITCHFIELD