Exchange - To the editors, from the editors.

Around the Pond - Students revive tradition of goalpost-mobbing, astronaut Cady Coleman flies again, Hanukkah 5759 on campus, and other highlights.

Branches of Learning - It's counterintuitive, but the historians are fund-raising phenoms; Dean Lee Edwards on Campaign UMass in Humanities and Fine Arts; plus the "Deans' List" of faculty honors.

The Adventure Itch - Mountaineer Phil Buck '91 has it bad. And it's catching. A tale of tacos, male bonding, and Pico de Orizaba.

Should the humanities be saved? - A philosophy professor says we should take the question seriously.

Normal invincible kids - The student firefighters of Engine Co. 3.

Professor Bemis's dream - An ichthyologist named Willy aims to land a big one tagged "UMass Museum of Natural History."

Performing Arts - High-tech Aztec Spanglish lounge operetta and other infotainments at New WORLD Theater.

Extended Family - Memory books and so long, John, in "UMass Gatherings"; plus class notes, profiles, "In Memoriam," and other family business.

Great Sport - What it was like to be in Chattanooga with the Minutemen last December 19.

North 40 - Cyberdaddy: a dairy
farmer gets wired.