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2008 Issue 4December 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Inclusive Baking

WHEN IS A BIRTHDAY CAKE NOT JUST A BIRTHDAY CAKE? The question sounds like a child’s silly riddle. To Jill Greenwald Robbins ’83, a clinical psychologist and the mother of a child with multiple food allergies, the question is both serious and practical. Its answer was the start of her entirely new …

2008 Issue 4December 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Microscopic Puzzle

WELL BEFORE CHARLES DARWIN WROTE THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, the concept of “species” seemed clear enough. Put simply, species don’t interbreed. Oak trees beget other oak trees with, at most, minor genetic changes over long p…

2008 Issue 4December 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Rise of Retail, Thai Style

BY ERIC GERSHON ’98 THE STORY STARTS WITH BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, as it did for Tos’ father, Samrit, the eldest of the 26 children of Tiang Cheng, who emigrated in 1927 from the Chinese island of Hainan to Thailand, then k…

2008 Issue 4December 20, 2008April 28, 2014

More Than a Blip

BY TOM MATLACK ’86 BALTHAZAR RESTAURANT, A FRENCH BISTRO ON SPRING STREET IN THE SOHO SECTION OF MANHATTAN, buzzes at 11 o’clock on a Thursday morning as waiters in white aprons serve espresso, a sprinkling of tourists …

2008 Issue 4December 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Unigo Takes on College Guidebooks

IN HINDSIGHT, THE INTEREST JORDAN GOLDMAN ’04 DEVELOPED in the college admission process seems easy to explain. New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg selected Goldman for a principal role in The Gatekeepers, Steinber…

2008 Issue 4December 2, 2008March 23, 2015

BETWEEN THE LINES: Coming of Age in Turbulent Times

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2008 Issue 4December 2, 2008March 23, 2015

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2008 Issue 3September 29, 2008September 29, 2014

LETTER HOME: Vertical Birth in Royal Ayacucho

Chris Goy ’09 is used to finding opportunities for himself. A graduate of a public high school in Albuquerque with the highest SAT scores in the state, Goy chose to attend Wesleyan, although few of his friends left the S…

2008 Issue 3September 29, 2008September 29, 2014

The Summer Experience Grant: Internship Plunges Student into Health Policy

Chris Goy ’09 is used to finding opportunities for himself. A graduate of a public high school in Albuquerque with the highest SAT scores in the state, Goy chose to attend Wesleyan, although few of his friends left the S…

2008 Issue 3September 29, 2008September 29, 2014

Conversations: Credit Crisis Poses Challenges for IMF

John Lipsky ’68 of the International Monetary Fund discusses the changing role of this key organization. By William L. Holder ’75 The Number Two official of the International Monetary Fund, First Deputy Managing Direct…