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            November 22, 2000 
            Features 
             
             
            Spreading 
              the gospel 
            by Bill Paul 
            Thomas Faix '47 of Detroit 
              Lakes, Minnesota, actually gets a kick out of traveling overnight 
              in blinding snowstorms to visit applicants who live in the upper 
              reaches of Minnesota. "I get excited about interviewing," 
              he says, explaining that it keeps him in touch with young people. 
              It also helps him in the course he teaches at Moorhead State University 
              on multicultural perceptions of education. 
               
             
            Trouble 
              Shooting 
              Can 
              John Thompson III '88 live up to the legacy of his first coaching 
              mentor - his dad? 
            by Matt Golden 
            College hoops legend 
              John Thompson and his Georgetown University basketball teams ran 
              roughshod over the Big East conference from 1972--1999. During 
              Thompson's tenure, the Hoyas won a national championship, reached 
              the finals twice more, and maintained a consistent presence near 
              the top of college basketball's rankings... 
            
            
            
             
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