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Summer 2012<br />
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The Pursuit of Peace Arsenic on Your Plate<br />
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16 umass amherst<br />
Summer 2012<br />
THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS<br />
16 Bring It On!<br />
The Minutemen and new head coach<br />
Charley Molnar get ready to move up to the<br />
Football Bowl Subdivision.<br />
22 Arsenic on Your Plate<br />
How much do we eat? What is safe?<br />
24 Taking it on the Road<br />
On tour with the Dance Outreach Program.<br />
28 UMass President Robert L. Caret<br />
A year at the helm.<br />
30 A Tale of Two Peace Offerings<br />
Philanthropists encourage the pursuit of peace.<br />
32 Socks in the Hayloft<br />
A former gymnast leaps into entrepreneurship.<br />
On the cover: Minutemen Rob Blanchflower (87), Tom Brandt (37), Jordan Broadnax (28),<br />
Kellen Pagel (10), Brandon Potvin (95), Quinton Sales (51), Antoine Tharpe (2),<br />
Darren Thellen (27), and Alan Williams (20). Photo by John Solem.<br />
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<a title="summer-2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=8"> Vol. 16 | No . 3 | Summer 2012 Executive Editor </a>
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<a title="summer-2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=10"> Around the Pond ARTIST SOPHEAP PICH </a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=11"> Sopheap Pich’s bamboo and rattan sculpture, “Comp</a>
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<a title="summer-2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=21"> Veteran coaches have been preparing the Minutemen</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=22"> Molnar enjoyed great success as an offensive a</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=23"> “If there’s one fundamental we’ve been working </a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=24"> The Big Time John McCutcheon, UMass Amherst direc</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=25"> Charley in Charge It is easy to fi</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=26"> on Your Plate How much do we eat? What is safe? B</a>
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<a title="summer-2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=28"> Every January, 26 University Dancers, with majors</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=29"> Tom Vacanti, assistant professor of ballet in the</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=30"> “Who likes to move to music?” Vacanti asks a gymn</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=31"> The dancers step up the entertainment value with </a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=32"> UMass President Robert L. Caret A Year at the Hel</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=33"> JEFF FRAZIER </a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=34"> A Tale of Two Peace Offerings M By Judit</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=35"> Working for peace (from left): Linda Tropp, Ervin</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=36"> in the Hayloft By Patricia Sullivan JOHN SOLEM </a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=37"> Wakerlin was bothered by what she saw as a l</a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=38"> A Letter from the Executive Director From unive</a>
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<a title="summer-2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=44"> UMass People “[Documentary filmmaking] used to be</a>
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<a title="summer-2012 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=49"> Lisa Capone-Condon ’80, Inland—The True Story of </a>
<a title="summer-2012 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1e2fc269?page=50"> In Memoriam 1930s Albert L. Delisle ’32, 3/10/2</a>
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