September/October 2009
Columbia College Today
Volume 37 Number 1
September/October 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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