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IN A WORD
Linguist Allan Metcalf explores the origins and importance of the word "guy" (Nov/Dec 2019) GOING STRONG All-time great wrestler Kyle Dake (Jan/Feb 2019) HOUSTON WE SOLVED A PROBLEM Analytics expert and Astros assistant GM Brandon Taubman (March/April 2018) STRANGE BREW Justin Peters '03 is a veteran Chicago Cubs beer slinger -- and a serious journalist, an improv comic, and more (Sept/Oct 2017) THRILL OF VICTORY Inspired by Forever Faithful, my picks for other dramatic moments in Big Red sports history (Sept/Oct 2017) UP BY HIS BOOTSTRAPS Erstwhile 1920 presidential candidate Parley Christensen (Sept/Oct 2016) PAR FOR THE COURSE Cornell churns out world-class golf architects (July/Aug 2016) FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME Rob Manfred '80 is commissioner of Major League Baseball (Mar/Apr 2016) UPS AND DOWNS Three-quarters of a century ago, the Big Red won—then lost—one of the most famous games in football history (Nov/Dec 2015) THE WRITER'S LIFE Musings on two decades as a scribe (July/Aug 2015) HARMONIC CONVERGENCE Phi Kappa Psi fraternity's landmark reunions (July/Aug 2015) DOUBLE PLAY Q&A with a baseball sabermetrician and a scout (July/Aug 2015) THE BEST SPORTS A ranking of the finest athletes in university history (March/April 2015) WE'VE GOT A LITTLE LIST 161 Things Every Cornell Student Should Do (March/April 2015) MEAT AND GREET Chef Jeffrey Weiss '10 is spreading the word about Spanish charcuteria (July/Aug 2014) MOTHER COURAGE An excerpt from My Mantelpiece by Carolyn Goodman and Brad Herzog (May/June 2014) MAKE 'EM LAUGH Muslim comedian/activist Negin Farsad (Mar/Apr 2013) GOOD SPORT ESPN's Jeremy Schaap follows in his father's footsteps (Nov/Dec 2012) VERY MERRY Christmas Can Cure founder Andre Carrier (Nov/Dec 2012) LET THE GAMES BEGIN Bucky Gunts, Head of Olympic Production for NBC (July/Aug 2012) LEADING LAS VEGAS Paul Berry, VP of Hotel Operations at ARIA (July/Aug 2012) LAUGH RIOT The latest on political comic and provocateur Bill Maher (July/Aug 2012) THE PEACEMAKER Search for Common Ground founder John Marks (May/June 2012) OM... FORE! Zen Golf author Joe Parent (May/June 2012) UPTOWN DREAMS Harlem Renaissance Man Joe Holland (May/June 2012) UNSINKABLE As the centennial of the Titanic disaster approaches, a look back at the fates of four Cornellian passengers (Mar/Apr 2012). THE "H" IN HIV Dr. Mark Katz '71 is a veteran of the AIDS epidemic (Mar/Apr 2012). DYNAMIC DUO Bruce Arena '73 and Dave Sarachan '76 team up to win another soccer title (Mar/Apr 2012). BOLT FROM THE BLUE Bryan Walters '10 beats the odds and lands in the NFL (Jan/Feb 2012). A GOOD READ Karen White '85 is one of the nation's premier audiobook narrators (Jan/Feb 2012). CSI: REALITY As New Jersey's top forensic scientist, Howard Baum '79 oversees a lab without dim lighting (or high heels) (Nov/Dec 2011). GALAXY QUEST Amateur astrophotographer Steve Mazlin '81, BA '82, captures eye-popping images of the night sky (Nov/Dec 2011). COMPANY MAN After the death of his father— the highest ranking firefighter to perish on 9/11—Chris Ganci '99 abandoned a business career to join the FDNY (Sept/Oct 2011). OBSERVE AND REPORT Meredith Scardino '98 and Liz Levin '98 make merry at 'The Colbert Report,' home to TV's favorite 'well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot' (Sept/Oct 2011). NO PLACE LIKE HOME A first-time mom in her seventies, Marilyn Berger '56 lives in Manhattan with the boy she rescued from the streets of Ethiopia(Sept/Oct 2011). IN MEMORIAM As chief of staff to the president of the September 11 memorial, Allison Bailey Blais '00 has an intimate view of the rebuilding at Ground Zero (Sept/Oct 2011). URBAN COWBOYS How college pals (and native New Yorkers) Jon Daniels '99 and A. J. Preller '99 led baseball's Texas Rangers to an American League pennant—and the team's first-ever World Series (July/Aug 2011). FAMILY AFFAIR With Bespoke History, a Cornellian couple creates elaborate and pricey genealogical volumes (July/Aug 2011). THE BIG GRAPPLE The Cornell wrestling team aims for a national championship (May/June 2011). MOVING PICTURES Producer Rob Fried '81 aims to make little films with big hearts (March/April 2011). STARRY NIGHTS With roots in astronomy and journalism, Ryan Wyatt '90 tells cosmic tales at San Francisco's high-tech planetarium (Jan/Feb 2011) CALIFORNIA GREENING Laura Avery '70 oversees one of the nation's top farmers' markets (Jan/Feb 2011) WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET "Sesame Street" scribe Belinda Ward '78 (Nov/Dec 2010) FEVER PITCH Jazz singer Tish Oney '92 (Nov/Dec 2010) THAT GUY Character actor Bob Clendenin '86 (Sept/Oct 2010) POSITION OF POWER GM plant manager Nancy Laubenthal '85 (Sept/Oct 2010) IDENTITY POLITICS Transgender politician Dana Beyer '74 (July/Aug 2010) POSTER CHILD Melanie Hoffman '91 and the March of Dimes (July/Aug 2010) CARD SHARP Student poker prodigy Brian Hastings '10 (July/Aug 2010) EPIC JOURNEY Excerpt from Turn Left at the Trojan Horse, Brad's travel memoir which recounts his journey cross-country to attend his college reunion in Ithaca (May/June 2010) SECOND SIGHT At Google, a blind engineer aims to make technology more accessible (May/June 2010) ACTION! Profile of filmmaker Tia Lesson '86 (Mar/Apr 2010) WHAT A RACQUET Dan Farrugia '10 interns with the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour (Mar/Apr 2010) TINY TROTTERS Gordon Harris '71 is a leading breeder of miniature horses (Mar/Apr 2010) PUT ME IN, COACH Ed Marinaro's latest TV project (Jan/Feb 2010) ECO CHIP Organic ice cream entrepreneur (Jan /Feb 2010) GO FIGURE Profile of bodybuilder Jean Gutierrez '04 (Jan/Feb 2010) SANTA CAUSE Ernie Berger '65, a dead ringer for St. Nick, founded the world's largest volunteer Santa organization (Nov/Dec 2009) SOLO The story of Judy Mozersky, who has been "locked in" to an immobile body for two decades (Sept/Oct 2009) NET PROFITS Tatia Mays-Russell, chief financial officer of the National Lacrosse League (Sept/Oct 2009) A LIFE IN SUM Mathematician and civil rights martyr Lee Lorch (July/August 2009) THAT’S SHOWBIZ The Cornell in Hollywood program (July/August 2009) THE DEAL MAKER Entertainment lawyer Kevin Morris (May/June 2009) CSI: NORTH POLE The mysterious death of an Artic explorer (March/April 2009) PICTURE THIS A profile of acclaimed Hollywood production designer Philip Messina (Nov/Dec 2008) CAMP CONSOLER Sherri Mandell channels grief for her fallen son into Israel's Camp Koby (Nov/Dec 2008) ANIMATED PERSONALITY A profile of Dreamworks animator Mahesh Ramasubramanian (Nov/Dec 2008) PLAY BALL! A profile of Colorado Rockies radio announcer Jack Corrigan (Sept/Oct 2008) GOOD VIBE John Resnick is the vibe manager at San Diego's Hard Rock Hotel (Sept/Oct 2008) RADICAL THINKER Sociologist Harry Edwards and lessons learned from the 1968 Olympics (July/August 2008) THE DEADLY ARTS A profile of thriller writer Barry Eisler (July/August 2008) PLAYING BY HEART Singer-songwriter Sam Shaber remembers a friend in song (May/June 2008) STRANGER THAN FICTION A profile of fictional Cornellians in film and literature (Mar/Apr 2008) THE FACTS OF LIFE Sex educator Sari Locker aims to be the Gen X Dr. Ruth (Mar/Apr 2008) BALANCING ACT Le Reve physical therapist Andrea Avruskin (Mar/Apr 2008) MOTHER COURAGE An ode to the late civil rights icon Carolyn Goodman (Nov/Dec 2007) FULL COURT PRESS A profile of New York Times NBA beat writer Liz Robbins (Nov/Dec 2007) JUSTICE FIRST A profile of Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Sears (July/August 2007) THE CRANIAC Crane conservationist George Archibald (July/August 2007) THE REAL THING Infamous Howard Hughes hoaxster Clifford Irving (Mar/Apr 2007) MANATEE MAN SeaWorld research biologist Dan Odell (Mar/Apr 2007) ULTRA MAN World-class endurance athlete Mike Trevino (Jan/Feb 2007) CHARACTER COUNTS Profile of character actress Jane Lynch (Nov/Dec 2006) THE PLAYERS CLUB A veteran and rookie face life in the NFL (Sept/Oct 2006) PRIME TIME Profile of frat brothers-turned-TV executives Kevin Reilly and Steve McPherson (Sept/Oct 2006) WHAT’S IN A NAME A Big Red reassessment (Sept/Oct 2006) EL PRESIDENTE A profile of West Wing president Jimmy Smits (July/Aug 2006) FIRST AMONG EQUALS The legacy of Cornell's first four-year class (March/April 2006) YOUNG GUN Twenty-eight year old Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels (March/April 2006) DRAWING ROOM Malcom Whyte and San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum (Jan/Feb 2006) URBAN LEGEND Will WWII hero Matt Urban finally get his stamp of approval? (Sept/Oct 2005) GOLDEN TICKET The story of Peter Ostrum, the movies' original Charlie Bucket (July/Aug 2005) DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH Cornell's minor league dreamers (May/June 2005) THE STRANGE CASE OF MICHAEL ROSS A serial killer's pursuit of death becomes a case study in American justice (March/April 2005) URBANE REBEL The tale of former Hollywood leading man Franchot Tone (March/April 2005) FAR AND WIDE Our oft-borrowed alma mater (March/April 2005) BORN TO BE MILD The Mild One - How did Harley-Davidson boff Jeff Bluestein turn a foundering outlaw icon into a chrome-plated corporate success story? (Jan. 2005) DON’T BE CRUEL Folksinger Peter Yarrow battles bullies (May/June 2004) THE FAN Can a former comic book kingpin (CEO Terry Stewart) keep the beat at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? (May/June 2004) DR. EPONYMOUS The man, the Maneuver and the many battles of Henry Heimlich (March/April 2004) A MAN OF HIS WORDS For linguist Allan Metcalf, tracing the frontiers of English draws a portrait of a changing world (Jan/Feb 2004) CREATURE FEATURES Attack of the Insect Fear Films (Jan/Feb 2004) NEARLY FIRST Charles Manly and the Great Aerodrome of 1903 (Nov. 2003) LATINO FOOTBALL PLAYER Ignacio Molinet – the Latino football whose single pro season made history (Sept. 2003) WHY IS THIS MAN SMIRKING Comic political commentator Bill Maher and free speech in a post 9-11 world (July 2003) CAVEAT EMPTOR Confusion amid college guidebooks (Sept. 2002) OLDER AND WISER Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the population (March 2002) DIRECT KICK Bruce Arena, Dave Sarachan and the rise of U.S. soccer (Nov. 2001) OLYMPIC, HOPEFUL The People’s Olympics protest of 1936 (Sept. 2000) MAD MONEY How thirteen-one hundredths of a second made for 15 minutes of fame, plus a little fortune (July 2000) THE MORE THINGS CHANGE The Class of 2000 vs. the Class of 1900 (May 2000) THE BEST CODE-CRACKER OF THEM ALL From Japanese ciphers to Shakespearean tragedies, cryptologist William Friedman lived for a good puzzle (March 2000) I WANT MY, I WANT MY ESPN A look inside the 24-hour sports cable behemoth (Jan. 2000) THE FICKLE FINGER OF FRESHMAN FATE An examination of the freshman-year roommate phenomenon (Nov. 1999) THE ICEMAN RETURNETH The travels of the NHL’s Stanley Cup (Sept. 1999) LES IS MORE The guru behind Zen at work (Sept. 1999) LOCKED IN The story of one woman’s courage after a brain stem stroke left her only able to communicate by moving her eyes (July 1999) CHEAP THREADS Whatever happened to the letter sweater? (Cornell Alumni Magazine, July 1999) THEIR BIG HEADACHE Cornell College vs. Cornell University (May 1999) OUR BACK PAGES 100 years of Cornell Alumni News (March 1999) ICE FOLLIES An evening at Lynah Rink (March 1999) THE QUEST FOR THE 4.3 A search for the perfect, straight-A-plus student at Cornell University (Jan. 1999) THE BALD TRUTH A lament about hair loss (Jan. 1999) HEY, ROOKIE The story of two Ivy Leaguers’ first year in the NFL (Cornell Alumni Magazine, Nov. 1998) A CERTAIN DRAGON WHO LIVED BY THE SEA The creation of Puff the Magic Dragon (Nov. 1998) DRIVING FORCE Cameron Argetsinger and the origins of racing at Watkins Glen (Cornell Alumni Magazine, Sept. 1998) A WIZ THERE WAS Frank Morgan, the Wizard of Oz (Sept. 1998) FOREVER GREEN A profile of famed golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, accompanied by an 18-hole RTJ “Dream Course” (May 1998) CHASING THE GAME A road trip with the Cornell basketball team (March 1998) THE FIVE BAERS The story of the Baer quintuplets (March 1998) ON THE COUCH WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS (AS HERSELF) Profile of Dr. Joyce Brothers (Jan. 1998) THE BRONZE STANDARD The surprising appeal of bronze vs. silver medals (Jan. 1998) CLUBBING IT A self-described non-joiner spends a week roaming Cornell’s campus clubs (Nov. 1997) ON THE UP & UP Long distance balloonist Don Cameron (Nov. 1997) HUYGHUE – REMEMBER THE NAME African-American football executive Michael Huyghue (Sept. 1997) A FOOTBALL, DEFINED The day a football was defined as a ‘prolate spheroid’ (Sept. 1997) ONE MOTLEY CREW The famed 1957 Cornell crew (July 1997) THE LEGEND OF 5-8-77 The story behind perhaps the Grateful Dead’s most beloved concert – on Mother’s Day at Cornell in 1977 (May 1997) SAME OLD BILL Bill Maher’s ‘Politically Incorrect’ moves to ABC (March 1997) WHAT I LEARNED IN SCHOOL TODAY One day, ten Cornell classes, 29 credits (Jan. 1997) ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS Profile of longtime civil rights activist Carolyn Goodman, mother of martyred Andy Goodman (Nov. 1996) FACE OF A FOOTBALL SATURDAY A college football photo essay (Oct. 1996) BURIED SUNSHINE Lightweight football and the annual Anthracite Bowl (Oct. 1996) TREASURED ISLAND The Shoals Marine Laboratory on Maine’s Appledore Island (July 1996) THE CORNELL SPORTS 10 Ten Cornellians who had a lasting impact on American sports (April 1996) I’M NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR REUNION! Notes from a fifth college reunion (Sept. 1995) THE ALL-EVERYTHING All-league, straight-A student-athlete Jennifer Evans (Jan. 1995) RESOLVED: THAT CORNELL’S DEBATE TEAM KICK SOME SERIOUS BUTT! A road trip with the champion Cornell debaters (Nov. 1994) THE SIDEWINDER Soccer-style placekicker Pete Gogolak (Nov. 1994) A LIFE, A BULLET AND THE DEATH OF A DREAM The life and death of wrestler Willie James Jones (Oct. 1994) COMING HOME A journey through Cornell’s Reunion Weekend (Sept. 1994) A CLEAN, WELL-LIGHTED LAUNDROMAT An afternoon among the washing machines (July 1994) A FAN’S NOTES Profile of Ithaca (N.Y.) sports journalism legend Kenny Van Sickle (Dec. 1993) A RIVALRY FORGED IN MUTUAL RESPECT 100 years of the Penn-Cornell football rivalry (Nov. 1993) HOW TO TALK TO A REFEREE Lessons in schmoozing a football official (Oct. 1993) BILL MAHER WANTS TO MAKE YOU LAUGH The life and lessons of a comedian (Sept. 1993) THE RECRUITING GAUNTLET An examination of a coach’s toughest task (April 1993) LYNAH RINK – NO BETTER PLACE TO BE An homage to Cornell’s musty old hockey rink (Jan. 1993) |