November/December 2009

Volume 37 Number 2
November/December 2009

Editor and Publisher
Alex Sachare ’71

Managing Editor
Lisa Palladino

Associate Editor
Ethan Rouen ’04J

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Taren Cowan

Forum Editor
Rose Kernochan ’82 Barnard

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Shira Boss-Bicak ’93, ’97J, ’98 SIPA

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