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K y l e Sm i t h ta K e S t h e Re i n S
New men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith says if
Cornell can climb to the top of the Ivy League, why
not Columbia?
By Alex Sachare ’71
FeatureS
t h e y Co u l d n ’ t le a v e ho m e
W i t h o u t it
CCT asked members of the Class of 2014 to show us
the one special item they had to bring with them to
the College.
Photos by Daniella Zalcman ’09
d R. Jo h n Cl a R K e ’93 Ra p S
f o R t h e he a l t h o f it
Physician and rapper Dr. John Clarke ’93 spreads
positive healthcare messages through rhyme.
By Kim Martineau ’97J
C o l u m b i a fo R u m
Award-winning novelist Daniel Alarcón ’99 asked 54
great writers to describe how they do what they do.
The result is The Secret Miracle: The Novelist’s Handbook.
CCT do n o R S 2009–10
Thank you to the alumni, parents, friends and
organizations who donated to CCT.
FRONT COVER: New men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith works with forward
Issa Mase ’12. PHOTO: DANIELLA ZALCMAN ’09
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Contents
33
alumNi NewS
32 b o o K S h e l f
Featured: Danielle Evans
’04’s debut work, Before You
Suffocate Your Own Fool Self,
a collection of short stories.
34 o b i t u a R i e S
36 C l a S S no t e S
a l u m n i up d at e S
54 Dr. Francis Collini ’78
57 Steve Perlman ’83
65 Emily Landsburg ’01
72 a l u m n i Co R n e R
Two young alumni, Arianne
Richard ’10 and Jeffrey Spear
’10, discuss how they lived
with celiac disease while on
campus.
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departmeNtS
2 let t e R S to th e
edi t o R
3 Wit h i n th e fa m i l y
4 aRo u n d th e Qu a d S
4 Remembering
John W. Kluge ’37
6 Austin E. Quigley
Theatre Dedicated
6 Alumni in the News
7 New Sustainable
Development Major
8 Convocation for
Class of 2014
8 Kenneth Cole
Sponsors Community
Engagement Program
10 Campus News
12 5 Minutes with …
Martha Howell
13 Roar, Lion, Roar
Web Exclusives at college.columbia.edu/cct
Roa R li o n S
Watch the press conference introducing Kyle Smith as the
new head coach of the men’s basketball team.
Joh n Cl a R K e ’93, do C t o R an d Ra p p e R
Get in the groove with two of Clarke’s hit educational rap videos.
mem o R i e S fR o m ho m e
Don’t be embarrassed about that teddy bear you hid under
your pillow. See a slideshow of the cherished treasures the
Class of 2014 couldn’t leave home without.
fiv e mo R e mi n u t e S
Watch Professor Martha Howell discuss the challenges
of starting a gender studies program.