The following pieces are from five Bates alumni. They include two opinion pieces submitted in mid-March for the April alumni newsletter by Ohio University Associate Professor Emeritus Robert H. Whealey ’52 and Naval War College Professor John F. Garofano ’82. The third opinion piece was written by Bates Trustee David Foster ’77. The fourth piece is a letter written to Bates Magazine from Marine Capt. Jon A. Custis ’91 at the Kuwait-Iraq border. The last piece is from noted Harvard preacher and author Rev. Peter J. Gomes '65 and is reprinted here with permission from The Boston Globe, where it was originally published March 23.

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