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COVER STORY Brian Greene Has the World On a String Handsome and popular, this media savvy professor destroys the image of the disheveled scientist who is comfortable only in his laboratory. Greene, who in the past few months has been seen on ABC's Nightline, CNN and C-SPAN, is one of the leading proponents of String Theory, which for physicists could be the biggest breakthrough since Einstein's work. With the success of The Elegant Universe and his own appearances, he's brought physics to the masses.. By Shira J. Boss '93		Brian Grene
FEATURES Class of '99: Commence! A photo essay by Eileen Barroso Columbia Knute? It may sound far-fetched, but famed football coach Knute Rockne, the Gipper himself, almost left Notre Dame to become coach at Columbia. Really. By Ray Robinson '41 A Visit With Robert Lax '38 The poet, who long ago left the New York glitterati for a simpler life on the Greek isle of Patmos, remains one of the great enigmas of American letters. By James J. Uebbing '82 Reunion Weekend 1999 A photo essay by Nick Romanenko '82 and Steve Friedman
Around the Quads Lerner Hall opens its doors to students Eleanor Sanchez chosen to head Center for Career Services Class Deans system refined Alexander Hamilton, Great Teacher Award winners named Roar Lion Roar Ray Tellier, entering his second decade as Columbia's head football coach, reflects on the progress the program has made over the past 10 years, and the goals still to be achieved. Plus complete football and men's basketball schedules for 1999-2000. By Jonathan Lemire '01 Columbia Forum George Stade on the value of horror fiction Phillip Lopate '64 on coming of age as a moviegoer at Columbia The "small, quiet worlds" of watercolorist Donald Holden '51 "Lost and Frozen" by Jeffrey Harrison '80 Charles Van Doren revisits Morningside Heights and discusses the biggest challenge of all. In Every Issue Letters to the Editor Within the Family Bookshelf Obituaries Class Notes Alumni Profiles: Charles R. O'Malley '44 Arthur H. Elkind '53 Virginia Cornish '91 Alumni Corner:The role played by alumni in College and University affairs is far more than just background noise. By Phillip M. Satow '63		Knute Rockne
		Robert Lax '38