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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE

December 1995

Cover: Can this planet be saved? The question took on special urgency in the days just before the cold war began-and the University of Chicago tried its best to provide an answer. (See "Drafting Salvation". Illustration by Steve McCracken.

• Magnificent obsession
  The coaches were heroes, their teams undefeated. In 1905, Michigan met Chicago-a match that showed the nation ..truth is stranger than fiction.
  WILLIAM HARMS
• Drafting salvation
  In a race against Doomsday, Chicago's best minds forged a plan that, five decades later, reads a bit like prophecy.
  JOHN W. BOYER
• Mapping a planet's restless past
  Continents collide, oceans disappear, deserts ice over-it's everyday news in the history of the world.
  ANDREW CAMPBELL

  DEPARTMENTS

  • Editor's notes
    
  • Letters
    
  • Events
    Ringing in the new year with a chorus of activity. Plus: a string ensemble that stands up--and out.
  • Chicago journal
    Chicago's virtual monopoly on the economics Nobel continues; a University budget that does more with less.
  • Investigations
    Lit-crit battles clear the classroom air. Plus: a studly scientist goes public.
  • Class news
    Read news for graduating classes in
    1910s
    1920s
    1930s
    1940s
    1950s
    1960s
    1970s
    1980s
    1990s
    Art for all: Barbara Mirecki, AM'71 helped bring the Monet exhibit to Chicago.
    Setting Sail: Ben Morgan, AB'92looks to the 1996 Olympic sailing championships.
  • Deaths
  • Books by alumni
  • Alumni Chronicle
  • Other voices
    Brace yourself: Harper L. Hutchins reads the student press.