UMass Amherst: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends

Fall 2006

Big Ideas for a Small World

Features

A Song, A Season, A Lifetime

A Song, A Season, A Lifetime
Nobody bleeds maroon like current and former members of the Minuteman Marching Band

Soul Man

Soul Man
Chicken Soup for the Soul creator Jack Canfield ’72G tells us what he’s learned.

Leaving New Orleans

Leaving New Orleans
Bidding bittersweet adieu to a troubled city.

Prerequisite

 
Time Warp
Old voices have new tricks when they're singing from the heart.
250 Plan
We introduce new faculty hired under an ambition plan to boost their ranks.
Morrill Made Easy
Ever been perplexed about the seemingly crazy-quilt pattern of the Morrill Science Center’s numbering system?
Pump Up the Volume
Three young alums rock the dot-com music world.
Outstanding in His Arena
A former all-American pioneers newfangled football and practices old-fashioned philanthropy.
Women’s Lit
Three books by UMass Amherst faculty explore the feminine mystique.
Portrait of the Artist
Several times a day Walter Kamys climbs the wooden stairs to return to an unfinished canvas.
The Man Behind the Food
Ken Toong ’04G serves up lively sustenance to the masses.
Stick-to-it-iveness
UMass became the first New England team in lacrosse history to reach the national finals and just the third to reach the national semifinals.
Quabbin’s Keeper
For 40 years, Bruce Spencer has tended the forest surrounding the reservoir and thus the water it supplies.
Emerald Cities
Rutherford Platt makes cities greener places to live better.

 

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