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[email protected] S p r i n g 2 0 1 5 Amherst FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE FLAGSHIP CAMPUS Departments Features Inbox .........................................3 Our Man at the State House Around the Pond ......................4 18 Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg has Office Hours ............................12 strong ties to UMass Amherst. Sports Minutes ........................14 Research Notebook ................16 UMass People .........................36 24 Heart and Music Bookmarks ..............................42 Department of Theater connects creative neurons in A New Brain. Back in the Day .......................45 In Memoriam ..........................46 32 A Voice from the Distant Front ZIP/Postcode ..........................48 Robert Chapon, the first collegiate casualty of World War I. JOHN SOLEM Wearing his “focus hat,” MFA student James Horban sings out lighting cues during the tech stage of the musical A New Brain. 26 On the Cover Stan Rosenberg at the State House on Beacon Hill, Boston.