Winter 2005

FEATURES

COLUMBIA AND THE WORLD

The Secretary on the State
Between events on campus, Madeleine Albright spoke to Columbia about the war in Iraq.

Rose Revolutionary
As president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili is using his winning and Western ways to bring his country out of post-Soviet chaos.
by Erin Arvedlund

World Leaders Forum 2004

Is Post-9/11 Security Grounding Scholars?
by Marcus Tonti
International students may be having a tough time getting into the country. And academics too?

Duel Degree
Two centuries after their ancestors' showdown in Weehawken, a Hamiltion and a Burr square off again.
by Marcus Tonti

Always Shining, Rarely Shown
"Jewels in Her Crown" brings some gems from special collections of Columbia's libraries to the public.

Back on the Starting Block: Olympic Swimmer Jenny Thompson
by Beth Kwon

LIVING LEGACIES

Introduction
by Wm. Theodore de Bary

James T. Shotwell: A Life Devoted to Organizing Peace
by Lisa Anderson

Salo Wittmayer Baron: Demystifying Jewish History
by Michael Stanislawski

DEPARTMENTS

FIRST THOUGHTS
Columbia as a Global University
by Nicholas B. Dirks

PRESIDENT'S DESK
Columbia and the World: The University's Globalization Task Force
by Lee C. Bollinger

COLLEGE WALK
CUMC's Axel and Former Postdoc Share Nobel Prize; Academic Freedom For All; Pulitzer's Other Prize; Sins of Admission; Gifts; Heart Transplant; Street Scene; Appointments; Columbians Ahead of the Beat; Birthday Presence; Shelf Life; Clinton the Lionhearted; Wax On, Wax Off; Ge Me Senator McCain; The People Roar; His Highness and His Honor

COLUMBIA 250
250 years . . . so far: A wrap-up of Columbia’s 250th anniversary celebration; Beyond Alma Pater?: Historian Rosalind Rosenberg discusses her book Changing the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics; Around the World in 250 Years: Lee Bollinger visits Columbians in Asia, London, and Paris

REVIEWS
Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee; Babe Ruth: Launching the Legend and Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry; Touring Gotham’s Archaeological Past: 8 Self-Guided Walking Tours through New York City; XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits; The Art of the Russian Matryoshka

Anthony Hecht: An Appreciation
by Eric McHenry

STUDENT VOICE
Where “They” Becomes “We”
by Caroline Peters

CLASSIFIEDS

FINALS
Tom Otterness