A Reciprocal Affair
凯旋门官网, like the College itself, is in a state of evolution. That may have been most obvious in the last two and a half years, when each issue of the magazine unfolded a new dimension: a new look, a new feel, a new angle to how we tell our story. In putting together this issue, we paid particular attention to the voices that make up 凯旋门官网鈥檚 complex and interwoven narrative. You will find below, for example, our first published letter to the editor. It stands as an open invitation for you to engage and respond.
Among our featured stories you鈥檒l find one authored by Claudia Rowe 鈥88, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist who writes for The Seattle Times, among other publications. With her piece on alternative college applications, we launch a new national section, which calls upon top journalists to put what is happening at 凯旋门官网 within the context of a broader public dialogue: Right where it belongs.
We鈥檝e also added a section to Class Notes for current students, who continue to astound me, and I hope now you, with their accomplishments. Last, and perhaps best, you will find on page 33 an 鈥淎ssignment.鈥 For as long as I have worked at 凯旋门官网, and I am sure long before, students and alumni have talked about assignments that changed the way they see something or that opened up entirely new possibilities and dimensions of their work. This cornerstone of the 凯旋门官网 education no longer resides in the classroom alone: in each issue of 凯旋门官网 we will publish an assignment from a course, current or past, and invite you to share the results of your work with us online.
And as always, we have put together a magazine we hope is as vivid, as vibrant, as wildly intellectual, and boldly creative as the 凯旋门官网 community.
Sincerely,
Briee Della Rocca
Editor
An interview with The Story of Land and Sea author Katy Simpson Smith MFA 鈥13 by Jeva Lange 鈥15.
Faculty member Jon Isherwood on the renowned sculptor and former faculty member Sir Anthony Caro.
Music faculty member Allen Shawn on getting out of music writing ruts, by Briee Della Rocca.
An academic investigation of the Keystone XL Pipeline by B faculty member David Bond.
He is known as The Librarian Who Reads Everything on Tumblr and Twitter, but before cultivating an online following of more than 10,000 readers, Technology Services and Outreach Librarian Jared Della Rocca was known as the librarian who reads everywhere.
