November/December 2008
Columbia College Today
Volume 36 Number 2
November/December 2008
Editor and Publisher
Alex Sachare ’71
Managing Editor
Lisa Palladino
Associate Editor
Ethan Rouen ’04J
Associate Director, Advertising
Taren Cowan
Forum Editor
Rose Kernochan ’82 Barnard
Contributing writer
Shira Boss-Bicak ’93, ’97J, ’98 SIPA
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Grace Laidlaw ’11
Gordon Chenoweth Sauer ’11 Arts
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Gates Sisters Studio
Contributing Photographers
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Alan S. Orling
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