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Outside the Wire

Outside the Wire

August 27, 2009

1979: Preppie Profiler

1979: Preppie Profiler

Tom Shadyac's infamous poster pokes fun at preppies.

Fall 2009

New & Notable

New & Notable

Fiction for young and old, the race for the White House, collegiate a cappella and the hurricane that devastated the Gulf of Mexico 150 years before Katrina.

Fall 2009

All Fired Up

All Fired Up

Eric Jao worked as a network engineer while moonlighting at D.C.’s hottest clubs, until he was discovered by Madonna. Watch a video of him DJ.

Fall 2009

Every Picture Tells a Story

Every Picture Tells a Story

Whether photographing Jessica Lange, Christopher Walken, Paul Newman or Al Pacino for Inside the Actors Studio or capturing Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Lincoln Center, Wright faces the challenge of reaching beyond a celebrity’s image and conveying a human being.

Fall 2009

Keeping it Reel

Keeping it Reel

Young people are the largest consumers of digital media, films and TV. It’s a language they are taught to hear but not speak.

Fall 2009

Heroes of a New World Economy

Heroes of a New World Economy

Imagine a global economy that provides people affordable goods and services that allow them to solve their own problems.

Fall 2009

Mental Warm-up

Mental Warm-up

Fall 2009

Record Turnout

Record Turnout

Reunion turnout eclipsed last year’s attendance by about 25 percent and was double the number of 2005.

Fall 2009

From DNA to the N.I.H.

From DNA to the N.I.H.

Francis S. Collins to head multi-billion dollar research institute.

Fall 2009

In the Land of the Midnight Sun

In the Land of the Midnight Sun

The destruction of Eagle, Alaska, hardly made headlines. Yet, 3,000 miles away in Virginia, Ted Genoways was devastated.

Fall 2009

Portrait of a Confessed Slowpoke

Portrait of a Confessed Slowpoke

How does a comic writer come up with jokes? Jen Sorensen, author of the cartoon Slowpoke, reveals the secrets of humor.

Fall 2009

Economy Special Report: Three videos

Economy Special Report: Three videos

Students, alumni and faculty discuss their experience with the economic crisis.

July 16, 2009

Playground Smack-down

Playground Smack-down

When asked why he would pursue a sport like four square, Glasser is circumspect: “Why? Because it’s silly.”

July 14, 2009

Summer Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Summer Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Chris Bickford’s photos capture moods, immediacy of surfing, nightlife

July 13, 2009

Fighting Human Trafficking

Fighting Human Trafficking

When Andrea Austin learned about human trafficking, she refused to believe it. It seemed like something out of a far-fetched movie.

June 10, 2009

The World’s Hottest Nerd?

The World’s Hottest Nerd?

Colin Steers went from studying neurology to being cast as the “hot nerd” on this season’s Make Me a Supermodel.

June 10, 2009

Scaling Kilimanjaro

Scaling Kilimanjaro

Audio Slideshow: Liz Freer (Col ’08) and her mother, Dr. Carol Freer (Grad ’86), climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise funds for breast cancer research.

June 10, 2009