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Exchange
All the letters, all the time, most recently: ". . . "[In the sample questions in "Only a Test"], is it that I misunderstand the question, that the questioners have omitted a key element of information, or that the questioners themselves have misunderstood the question?"

Around the Pond
Brave parents of brave daughter pay inspirational visit to UMass; Commencement catch-up, September 11 continued; plus rich fish, gridlock with corn, other highlights.

Branches of Learning
School of Ed grad student Ray Sharick researches the Holy Grail of education: finding and keeping good teachers. Plus the "Deans' List" of UMass faculty honors.

Books
Doing it: John Wideman's Hoop Roots celebrates the playground game.

Extended Family
Disrupted, confused, thrilled: the Allen years are relived at the School of Ed. Plus Class Notes, profiles, In Memoriam, and other family business.

Great Sport
Sameer Masurka's surprise: They do play cricket here.

North 40
Oh, that itch: the truth about love and poison ivy.

Contributors
Steven L. Beeber, Mary Carey, Cynthia Fisher, Dan Osterman, Michael Petrocelli, Marietta Pritchard, Karen Skolfield, Stacey Shackford, John Stifler


  Winter 2002
Digging big


FEATURES

Digging Big
30-something paleontologist Josh Smith '94 finds giant, keeps cool.

Only a Test
The School of Ed's masters of mental measurement.

Greek Games
Did Spartans shoot hoop? No matter: The Minutemen get a jump on the season with a trip to Coach Lappas's ancestral land.

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