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Winter 2003
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Performing plus
intellectual rigor;
Barnard’s unique
dance department
Laura Paisley '05
Mapping the Future: Barnard's Master Plan
Food for Thought; Culinary Pros in the Kitchen, on TV and in Print
Faculty Focus: H2O, Arsenic and Sea tee
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v^oing to Barnard during the Depression was
no picnic, so the current economic downturn is
an old story to Grace lijima, Class of ’33. Rather
than being deterred from making a gift to cele-
brate her upcoming 70th reunion, she did w'hat
—
she learned to do back then she improvdsed, and
changed her intended becjuest to a generous char-
itable gift annuity.
“This gift was based on the hard reality that my
income and principle were shrinking at an alarm-
ing rate because of the poor economy of the last
Grace lijima ’33
two or three years. It seemed that if I sat still I
wouldn’t have enough to live on at my present
lev^el and there wouldn’t be enough to leave to the I’m receiving now, so the College can
College or to anybody.” have the full amount I had intended to
leave it.”
Grace had intended to leave a bequest to
Barnard, and when she learned about charitable Formore information aboutplannedgifts and
gift annuities, she decided to make her gift now. otherways to rememberBarnard through your
estate,please contact:
“The miraculous thing is that I’m receiving a nice
income from the annuity that supplements my Barnard College
modest pension as a retired librarian and my Office of Planned Giving
Social Security. So you see, I’m not so noble, and 3009 Broadway
I don’t want [Barnard] thanking me too much. New York, NY 10027-6598
Phone: [phone]
It’s sort of embarrassing!
Toll-free: 1-866-257-1889
“I can breathe more easily having something for E-mail: [email protected]
myself and leaving something to Barnard. If Online: www.barnard.edu/giving
there’s more left in the rest of my estate. I’ll set
aside somethingfor Barnard, to make up forwhat
Donors of Planned Gifts are invited tojoin the Athena Society
BARNARD
Winter 2003
FEATURES
Dance Steps Out 18
Performing plus Intellectual Rigor:
Barnard’s Unique Dance Department
by Merri Rosenberg ’78
Mapping the Future 24
Barnard’s Master Plan
by Anne Schutzberger
Food for Thought 30
TV
Culinary Pros in the Kitchen, on and in Print
by Lori Segal
DEPARTMENTS
2 Letters
3 President's Page
Hands Across Broadway:
A Century of Partnership
4 Through the Gates
11 Syllabus
From Great “Wen” to World City
12 Sources: Shaping the
Future at Barnard
15 Books, etc.
Singin’ a Different Tune
34 AABC News
36 Class Notes
Profiles: Michelle Friedman ’74,
Abigail S. Carroll ’91
68 Last Word
FRONTCOVER:LAURAPAISLEY'05PERFORMS"SIMPLICITY,"
WHICHSHECHOREOGRAPHED.ATANOVEMBER22 Inspired by Anna
STUDENTSHOWCASEATMILLERTHEATRE PHOTOBY Isolde Raftery ’04
DIANEBONDAREFF'90
LETTERS
Reactions to the Redesign tions for cosmetic surgery and how' it BARNARD
riic Tall 2002 issue was far more impacts their li\’es. Please \isit my Web
aUracli\e and inleresting than usual. site, http://ma,xpages.com/psurgery-; if
— Editor AmyDebraFeldman
'I'he newlayout isgreat andeachof the you’re willing to anonymously- com- ArtDirector AmyWilson-Webb
stories in this issue had a special reso- pleteac|uestionnaircorshareyourstory, AssociateEditor LoriSegal
nance forme, so Iread it co\’er-to-co\'er call me at 631-271-1566 or send e-mail StaffWriters AmyE.Hughes, /KrineSchutzberger
with great pleasure. to [email protected] (you
AlumnaeAssociationofBarnardCollege
Dana Cohen Engel ’65 can get a free e-mail account under a Margarita(Ari)BroseOrr’84,presidentand
Neve Cork,Nil pseudonym at www.mail.yahoo.com). alumnaetrustee
Rosa.Alonso'82,alumnaetrustee
L)is 11eissman Stern '58 AmyLai’89,alumnaetrustee
Congratulations on the redesign of Huntington,Nil NinaShaw’76,alumnaetrustee
Barnard magazine. Readability (font, LisaPhillipsDa\as’76,\acepresident
point size and leading) is 100% Corrections EnidLotsteinRinger'83,director-at-large
JulieButtenwieser’88,director-at-large
imjrroved. In addition, sjracing, group- In the articleon female rabbis in the Fall
^^yrnaFishmanFawcett’70,director-at-large
ing, white space and color photos con- 2002 issue, we incorrectly identihed the LaurieWolfBryk’78,treasurer
tribute to an appealing look that’s also former husband of Rabbi Rebecca
Chairpersons,StandingCommittees
calmer and easier to access. Thanks! Trachtenberg.Alpert’71 asherhusband. DaphneFodorPhilipson’69,alumnaecouncil
RuthMargaretten Bilenker ’46 .Alpert, a lesbian who co-edited Lesbian JaneNewhamMcGroarty'65,annualgixing
Elizabeth,NJ. Rabbis: The Eirst Generation (Rutgers PamelaBradford'84,bylaws
University Press, 2001), found in her .*\lexisGelber'74,communications
A Caveat on Adoption research that there are more than 500 HadassahTeitzBrooksMorgan’57,fellowships
LindaRappaportFerber'66,nominating
I enjoyed the article about international female rabbis in the United States, tiot JudyAcsSeidman'84,regionalnetworks
adoptioninthe Fall 2002issue.Asafam- 350,asthearticlestated. The articlealso CyndiStivers'78,reunion
ily law attorney; r\’e been fatniliar with misstatedtheaffiliationofRabbiSharon ShilpaBahri'99,youngalumnae
international adoptions for years. One Kleinbaum ’81, who is a Reconstruc- OfficeofDevelopmentandAlumnaeAffairs
thing of which people considering such tionist rabbi and ga\'e an outdated affili- RobertaWaterstoneAlbert’92,directorof
adoptions should be aware is that they ation forRabbi IcUenWblintz-Fields ’94, alumnaeaffairs
Mev\’Chiu’95,associatedirectorofalumnae
need to fullycomplywith U.S. immigra- whoisrabbiofUongregationOrTik\’ah affairs
tion rec|uirements before the child is in Gurnee, 111. \Ve regret the errors. \anessaCorba’96,associatedirectorofalumnae
affairs
allowed to enter the United States. AidanSmith’97,managerofregionalalumnae
NancyJacobr-Akhari ’68 programs
Eall 2002 Trivia Answer: This LeahKopperman'89,managerofelectronic
Jenkintown, Pa. mark, which appears at the end of communications
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PRESIDENT'S PAGE BY PRESIDENTJUDITH SHAPIRO
Hands
Across Broadway:
A
Century of Partnership
uestions about Barnard’s relationship with
Q
Columbia University come up fairly regularly
my
in exchanges with students, faculty, alumnae
and many others. In fact, I have found that
misconceptions about this relationship are
\sidespread,probablybecauseoureducationalpartnership is uptown. Barnard formally affiliated
unique and complex, and has changed significantlysince the with the Uni\-ersir\' in 1900.
signing of the original affiliation agreement 103 years ago.
(The latest affiliation agreement was signed in 1998 and will Q. Is Barnard an independ-
be in effect until 2013.) ent college?
^Vith the aim of piwiding A. Yes. We are legalK' separate
The
Barnard- Barnard readers ^\ith a clearer and hnancially independent from
understanding of our partner- Columbia Unh'ersity. Specifically, we
Columbia
ship with Columbia, I recently ha\e our own campus, administration, fac-
partnership is discussed the subject with staff ulty, students, trustees, endowment, operating budget, and
writer Anne Schutzberger. Fol- degree rec|uirements, andweare accreditedseparatelybythe
unique lowingaremyanswerstose\'er- Middle States Commission on Higher Education. We pay
al of the questions she posed: annual fees to Columbiato coverthe costsof libraryuse, fac-
and complex.
ulty exchange, instruction, telecommunications and other
Misconceptions Q. What are the origins of sen'ices. And we are on our own when it comes to fundrais-
Barnard’s affiliation with ing; in otherwords, we must raise our own money for e\ery-
about the Columbia? thing from faculty research to campus renovation.
A. Barnard was founded after
relationship are
FrederickA.P. Barnard, Colum- Q. How do Barnard and Columbia students benefit
widespread. bia’s president from 1864 to from the affiliation?
1889, argued unsuccessfullyfor A. Ob\'iously, Barnard students deri\’e tremendous social and
theadmission ofwomentothe Unh’ersity. Akeyplayerin the academic benehts from theircollege'spartnershipwith agreat
founding of Barnard was Annie Nathan Meyer, who had coeducational research unhersity. It is widely known that
enrolled in Columbia’s “Collegiate Course for Women” and Barnard students can take classes at Columbia, and that they
found it decidedly inferior to the education men recehed at ha\e full access to Butler Library and other Cnix’ersity
the Unhersity. resources. When theygraduate, theyreceh’e a Columbia Uni-
Barnard College opened its doors in 1889, and mo\'ed versity degree, as do students of Columbia College, because
from a rented midtown brownstone to its own Morningside degrees are granted only b\' the Unh'ersits; not by the under-
Heights campus in 1897, the same year Columbia mo\’ed contiuuedonpage 67
WintER 2003 Barnard 3
THROUGH
THE GATES
Alumnae Mentors Lend For the mentors, who include Anna
Ouindlen ’74(see “Last^\’ord,” page68),
Students a Helping Hand ha\ing this kind of relationship with a
Barnard undergraduate is a wa)' to gi\'e
somethingback to the Clollege.
Sophomores benefitfrom alumnaeguidance and advice "I could'\e used a mentor when I
was a student, especially as I chose my
major,” says Caroline Fleisher Biren-
or .Alison Wayne '04, an .American director of the Otlice of Gareer l)e\el-
F baum ’63, director of communications
history major, figuringout whether opment.
to find a job in journalism after The program was established to for the Swann Auction Galleries in New
\brk and mentor to Lynn Suhrie '05.
graduation, attendagraduatejournalism gi\’e alumnae the opportunity to share
programorexploreothercareerheldsisa insights about the world of work and “4'his is a \’erygood idea.”
dauntingtask. how a field of stuck' maybe applied to a “One of the things that makes
When she spent a day shado\sing specific careerpath. “Wewere hopingto Barnardsospecial istherelationshipthat
can be forged between students and
her mentor, t)ana Points '88. executi\e expand students' understanding of how
editor of Self “I was able to pick her the major they choose relates to their altimnae,”.\lbertsa)s. “^\’ediscussedthe
brain, and that helped me clarify what career paths,” Gelw)'n says. concept of the program with student
this career entails," .Alison says. "Fhe In addition, students can see how leaders, and made it a sophomore year
experience ga\'e me a lot more informa- alumnae balance work and a personal experience because this iswhen students
tion to make a career choice." life—something.AdeenaToll '04observed choose their major.”
first-hand when Alumnae interested in participating
in this program can contact .AJumnae
hermentor,cor-
.Alfairs at 212-854-2005 or alumnaeaf-
porate lawxer
Marlene [email protected]. .Applicationsaredis-
Markard '92, tributed to sophomores during the fall
semester.
recei\edawork-
-MerriRosenberg ’78
Alison Wayne ’04 andher mentor, Dana Points ’88,
executive editorofSelf.
.Alison is one of the students who related call on
participate in the Sophomore-.Alumnae her cell phone
Mentoring Program, created in 2000 by during their
Roberta W’aterstone .Albert '92, director dinner togeth-
ol alumnae alTairs, and Jane Gelwvn. er. MarleneMarkard ’92, a corporate lawyer, andhermentee,
Adeena Toll ’04.
B.\rn.\rd 2003 PHOTOSBYDIANEBONDAREFF'90
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