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To the Pointe Virginia Johnson, who recently retired after twenty-seven years as a principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem, taught a master class on campus November 20. Dance professor Rose Flachs called her "one of the great prima ballerinas and artists in this art form." Dance Magazine noted that Johnson's "musicality, lyricism, and dramatic intensity make a rare and ever-fresh combination."

And that's the truth Barbara Smith '69 read from her collection of essays, The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom, at the Odyssey Bookshop November 18. She was one of the first African American writers in the United States to write about black feminist literature.

Lost in Space? Physics Technician Ernie Provo launches the hovercraft he recently built with members of MHC's chapter of the Society for Physics Students. Physics major Jenny Thurman '99 (center) is perched on the vehicle, while Lab Director and Instructor in Physics Juan Burwell (right) looks on. The hovercraft is being supported by a thin cushion of compressed air. Members of the physics department John Durso and Howard Nicholson saw a hovercraft at Middlebury College and decided that building one would be a great project. Provo based the MHC design on one done by Barbara Saur for Kentwood High School in Kent, Washington.