True Maroons: James Peyer, Megan McArdle, Kurt Vonnegut, and more

LAB SCHOOL
"Peyer Brothers Have Science Lab, Will Travel" (South Bend Tribune, Jun. 17, 2009)
Brothers David and James Peyer, AB'09, teach 12- and 13-year-old students about DNA.

HOME ON LOAN
"Home Economics" (Atlantic, July-Aug 2009)
"Even in a depression, it seems, Americans won’t stop feathering their nests," writes Megan McArdle, MBA’01.

SO IT GOES
"Kurt Vonnegut, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #13" (BlogKindle, Jun. 13, 2009)
The editors at BlogKindle list the three books by Kurt Vonnegut, AM'71, that top their download list.

MANUAL LABORERS
"A Hands-On Philosopher Argues for a Fresh Vision of Manual Work" (New York Times, Jun. 20, 2009)
"The question of what a good job looks like—of what sort of work is both secure and worthy of being honored—is more open now than it has been for a long time," writes Matthew Crawford, AM’92, PhD’00, in his book Shop Class as Soulcraft.

FORTUNATE SON
"Go East, Young Man, and Make Your Fortune" (Chronicle Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, Jun. 15, 2009)
“My biggest challenge as a boy was trying to fit in,” says Peter G. Peterson, MBA'51. “All children struggle to escape their parents so they can define themselves, but mine had roots deep in another world.”

(TOO MUCH) FOOD FOR THOUGHT
"How the Food Makers Captured Our Brains" (New York Times, Jun. 22, 2009)
“Why does that chocolate chip cookie have such power over me?” asks David A. Kessler, JD'78. “Is it the cookie, the representation of the cookie in my brain? I spent seven years trying to figure out the answer.”

MILESTONES

June 23, 2009