Solving mysteries
This blog has been kind of quiet, but that is a sure sign that we are approaching a magazine deadline. Remember that word? In this day of instant communication it's a little hard to relate to this concept, since we can Tweet, text, post on Facebook or blog at a moment's notice. But the print magazine moves at a more stately pace, coming off the presses about every 90 days or so.
Of all the stories in the last issue, one got us the greatest response: our query to help identify alumni in some old black-and-white photos from the late 1960s and early 70s. Dozens of alumni wrote in to help, and it was great to get those messages. In a few cases there was disagreement regarding who's who, but it looks like we've sorted it all out, thanks to associate editor Phoebe Hall. We'll have it all posted online soon.
As we produce publications in the digital age, we're mindful that we've also become the record-keepers, partners with the College archivist in documenting College history. Lucky for us, Connecticut College alumni never forget a face.
Mike Tauber '94 and Pamela Singh '95 appeared on The Today Show on Monday to talk about their new book, "Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America." 
The two old friends (Mantz was Diagne’s mentor when the latter was a student at the College) not only dressed in almost perfect complimentary colors for the shoot, their (self-chosen) styles serendipitously illustrated a broader theme of the story: the changing of the guard. On one side, bathed in warm fall colors, stood the outgoing Mantz, seasoned professor and researcher, complete with wire-frame glasses, digital wrist watch and a shock of white hair that would have made Einstein proud — and on the other, the incoming star Diagne, returning home to serve his alma mater, in a cool-colored shirt and dark pants, close-shaved haircut and Blackberry strapped to his side for easy access.
Every year I take a vacation in far northern Maine, a beautiful region near Canada known for crystal clear lakes and green mountains. How do many people make a living up there? They work in the tough logging industry or at a paper mill. Every time I drive past one of the mills and see the mountains of wood pulp, I have mixed feelings knowing that the next issue of CC:Magazine might very well be in one of those piles of wood chips or even in a pile of wood chips in Scotland or Germany.
