Spring 2013

Volume 40 Number 3
Spring 2013

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Alex Sachare ’71

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Lisa Palladino

MANAGING EDITOR
Alexis Tonti ’11 Arts

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Elena Hecht ’09 Barnard

FORUM EDITOR
Rose Kernochan ’82 Barnard

CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Shira Boss ’93, ’97J, ’98 SIPA

EDITORIAL INTERN
Karl Daum ’15

DESIGN CONSULTANT
Jean-Claude Suarès

ART DIRECTOR
Gates Sisters Studio

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Chris Balmer ’07
Eileen Barroso
Bruce Gilbert
Leslie Jean-Bart ’76, ’77J
Matthew Septimus

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