Cover Story

Betrayal in the Field
By Helen Benedict
Female soldiers in Iraq report an epidemic of sexual assault and harassment. Is the military taking them seriously?

Here or There: A Short Story
By Jay Neugeboren
A doctor and his daughter contemplate the cycle of life.
 

A Peak Underneath
By Cindy Rodríguez
In Antarctica, Columbia researchers mapped mountains that no one can see. Now they are figuring out how they got there.
 

King of Thrills
By Paul Hond
When it comes to putting on a circus, Paul Binder ’67BUS runs a ring around the competition.

departments

Letters
Letters to the editor

College Walk
High Art
Galactic Gossip
Tales from the Crypt
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News
Cornell philosopher Moody-Adams
   picked as College dean
Donors respond to Lenfest challenge
   for faculty endowment
Columbia opens new centers in
   Beijing and Amman
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Newsmakers
Columbians in charge
Those who teach, do
Changing fortunes
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Science, Medicine, Technology
Decoding epilepsy
Somebody text a doctor
Putting HIV prevention in women’s hands

Reviews
The Art of Letter Writing
Believe and Succeed
He Cannot Escape History
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Finals
On the Top of the World