Editor’s Mailbox l Back Issues l Skidmore College l Scope Monthly l Scope Weekly SCOPE SPRING 2014 CONTENTS FEATURES


12 BEYOND ENROLLMENTS Social-service internships open up more


hands-on learning to more students 12 can-do community


14 SATIRE NIGHT LIVE What makes Skidmore such a major incubator of


clever, creative comedy?


18HUMOR’S SOCIAL HISTORY Probing the politics behind America’s comedy scene


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big-time improv


DEPARTMENTS


OBSERVATIONS 2 CAMPUS SCENE 4 ALUMNI NEWS 20 WHO, WHAT, WHEN 23 CLASS NOTES 24


18 laugh and learn


7 fossil finance


ON THE COVER: Skidmore Presi- dent Philip Glotzbach visits the White House for a summit on higher-ed access. See page 2.


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