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features12: America the UbiquitousWhen one nation dominates the world,its power breeds unease, resentment, anddenigration.By Josef Joffe ’6518: Ask the Right QuestionsCharles Bennett ’77 connects the dotsbetween medicine and public policy.By Dana Mackenzie ’7922: Life in HonorsStudents revel in the rigor, challenge,exhilaration—and exhaustion—of today’sHonors Program.By Carol Brévart-Demm30: Painting Chester’s FutureA public mural project seeks to transform astruggling city through collective creativity.By Jeffrey Lottdepartments3: LettersReaders’ voices4: CollectionA miscellany of campus activities34: ConnectionsGroup meetings and faculty travels38: Class NotesAlumni share their lives.47: DeathsRemembering departed friends andclassmates58: Books + ArtsBefore the Separation, an album of songsby Daniel “Freebo” Friedberg ’66Reviewed by Jeffrey Lott70: In My LifeBack to My NatureBy Elisabeth Commanday Swim ’9976: Q + AWhy Is Rafael Zapata So Connected?By Alisa Giardinelliprofiles54: God and GovernmentR. Kent Greenawalt ’58 explores the lawof church and state.By Audree Penner62: Artful Energy 2Robert Storr ’72: curator, artist, teacher,critic, historian, and writerBy Susan Cousins Breen69: Suds and ScienceBiologist Gretchen Margaret Meller ’90helps to create an informal opportunityto share science.By Carol Brévart-DemmON THE COVERMillions of people around the world wear, eat, drink, sing, and danceAmerican—seduced by all things “Made in U.S.A.” Illustration by DaronParton. Story on page 12.OPPOSITEThe Alice Paul Residence Hall glows beneath fireworks celebrating theCollege’s 134th Commencement. Photograph by Ari Levinson.