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Fall 2006

Fall 2006 cover of Columbia Magazine with a photo of Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Havel walking on the beach near Cabo de Roca, Sintra, Portugal, 1990

The Artist as Citizen

An up-close view of playwright and former Czech president Václav Havel

Features

Minding the Brain
Illustration of neuroscientist Eric Kandel by Joseph Adolphe, for Columbia Magazine
Health & Medicine

Minding the Brain

Neurobiologist Eric Kandel searches for memory, cell by cell

Walk the Line
The high line in 2000, photographed by Joel Sternfeld
Arts & Humanities

Walk the Line

The fight to put Manhattan’s High Line on a whole new track

Pointe Taken
Alicia Graf Mack photographed in 2006 by Lois Greenfield for Columbia Magazine
Arts & Humanities

Pointe Taken

After a knee injury nearly ended her career, Alicia Graf '03GS is back on her toes

Shoot the Piano Player
Illustration of Dick Hyman with a keyboard, by PJ Loughran
Arts & Humanities

Shoot the Piano Player

Has the ultimate Dick Hyman movie already been made?

When the Net Becomes a Wall
Illustration by Brad Yeo for Columbia Magazine of walls fencing in people over an Internet network grid
Science & Technology

When the Net Becomes a Wall

State control, market forces, and the Internet’s power to divide

College Walk

Snow White and Grumpy
Walter Winchell
On Campus

Snow White and Grumpy

A funny thing happened on the way to the movies

A Hanging at the Met
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A Hanging at the Met

Brooklyn Beat
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Brooklyn Beat

His Long March
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His Long March

Explorations

Star Power
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Star Power

Tow Gift Creates New Post in Motor Neuron Disorders
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Tow Gift Creates New Post in Motor Neuron Disorders

Washing the Water
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Washing the Water

Books

Deutschland After All
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Books

Deutschland After All

Beauty and Artiste
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Beauty and Artiste

Shadowing Shakespeare
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Books

Shadowing Shakespeare

Copland's Party Music
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Copland's Party Music

Bulletin

Lenfest Kick-starts Campaign Kick-off
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Lenfest Kick-starts Campaign Kick-off

Japan Scholar Anderer New Vice Provost for International Relations
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Japan Scholar Anderer New Vice Provost for International Relations

Cemetery Archive in Final Resting Place
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Cemetery Archive in Final Resting Place

Investigative Journalist Leads New J-school Center
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Investigative Journalist Leads New J-school Center

Bergdoll Named MoMA’s Curator for Architecture and Design
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Bergdoll Named MoMA’s Curator for Architecture and Design

Scofflaw Skippers Tricked East India Co. to Chart First Global Trade Routes
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Scofflaw Skippers Tricked East India Co. to Chart First Global Trade Routes

Café Science Pops Corks and Questions
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Café Science Pops Corks and Questions

A Student in Full
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A Student in Full

Legal Execution
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Legal Execution

And in This Corner — Bio, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering...
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And in This Corner — Bio, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering...

Finals

Remembering September 11: A Campus View
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Remembering September 11: A Campus View

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