Spring 1998

Features

Of Northern Bondage
The antebellum North had slave owners as well as abolitionists. A GW scholar shares what he has learned about slave quarters and the oppression of African Americans above the Mason-Dixon line
Professor John Michael Vlach

Heralding a New Era
At the first commencement of its second 175 years, the University culminated its quest for a royal coat of arms
Professor Peter Hill

Smoke Signals
With more and more college freshman lighting up, smoking on campus is sure to remain an important issue nationwide. Here's the view from Foggy Bottom
Jared Sher

Departments

GW NEWS

• 2001: A Hospital Odyssey
• Williams Leads GW Medical Center
• AT & T Taps Zeglis for President
• Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Signs On
• Campaign Nears 70% of Its Goal
• MVC to Become GW's Newest Campus
• Plans for New Club Take Shape
• Dreams and Deeds Exalted in Dr. King's Honor
• Trachtenberg Saluted for Public Service
• A.K.A. 'Weintraubi'
• Trustees Elect Granoff and Ramsey
• NCAA Tournament Appearances Capped Colonials' Basketball Season
• Fall Sports Wrap-up
• As Expected, GW Wins Reaccreditation
• Braking News from Mars
• New Hall: Building Green, Avoiding Red
• GW to Co-Publish 'Shakespeare Quarterly'
• Heading Outward and Upward
• Presidential Fellows Earn Bravos
• Wizard of Vase

Alumni Newsmakers

• Mary Muessle, MBA '92 ( Waging Peace in Tanzania)
• Ambassador Marisa Lino, MA '72 ('Iron Lady ' Shows Her Mettle)
• Michael Seth Starr, BA '83 (Celebrating the Art of Carney)

Alumni Bookshelf

• Jeffery Abrahamson, MBA '91, JD,'97 (Brain Injury: A Family Tragedy)
• M.K.Brett-Surman, PhD '88 (The Complete Dinosaur)
• Mark Dawidziak, BA '78 (The Night Stalker Companion: A 25th Anniversary Tribute)
• Mae Handy Esterline, MA '68 (Innocents Abroad: How We Won The Cold War)
• Carol Poh Miller, MA '75 (Cleveland: A Concise History)
• David A Nadler, BA '70 (Competing By Design)
• George W. Nordham, BA '49 (Happy New Year)
• Malcolm H. Robertson, MA '51 (Theories and Methods for Practice of Clinical Psychology and A Career in Clinical Psychology: From Training to Employment)
• David A Robinson, BA '74 (Practicing Law Without Clients: Making a Living As A Freelance Lawyer)
• Kevin Conley Ruffner, PhD '91 (Maryland's Blue and Gray)
• R.J.Turner, MBA '74 (Cooking with Dad)
• Weldon Vlasak, DSc '70 (The Secret of Gravity and Other Mysteries of the Universe)
• Alan Wellikoff, BA '68 (The Civil War Supply Catalogue)
• Lois A. West, MA '79 (Feminist Nationalism)

A Faculty for Writing

• Karen Ahlquist: Democracy at the Opera
• Roy Richard Grinker and Christopher B. Steiner: Perspectives on Africa
• Amitai Etzioni: The New Golden Rule

Supplement

• Centuries ( A special section on the progress of GW's Centuries Campaign)

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