There’s no place like home. Home is where the heart is, where the buffalo roam, where the fires are burning, where charity begins. Home is sweet, and you can’t go there again. But in this issue, we examine a host of people who have taken paths away from home and into countries where there is no familiar landscape or language. They go to see the unfamiliar, to clash with it, to fit in with it and, always, to learn from it. Almost all of them— but not quite, as you will see—have returned home thereafter, and are ready to recount their experiences for Sarah Lawrence. We invite you to Cuba and Peru, to Afghanistan and Ghana, to Italy and Germany and China, even to America, to join Sarah Lawrence College alumnae/i, students and faculty in their travels.

Features

• Welcome to Afghanistan
• Falling for Cuba
• Crossing Borders
• Lost in the Clouds

Departments

• On My Mind—Commentary from President Myers
  
  • A college president visits Ohio on a different kind of campaign
• In Memoriam—
  
  • President Charles DeCarlo
• Inside Westlands Gate—A round-up of what’s new
  
  • A beloved oak is gone
  • A field is built
  • A new building opens
  • Bates reborn
  • Latin American culture examined
  • Children’s education in crisis
  • Anderson, Compton, Morgan and Zuckert
• Slice of Life—Featuring students voices
  
  • Found in Translation
• SLC Alumnae/i—News of special interest to alumnae/i
  
  • Alum professionals network with seniors
  • Chancellor Cantor
  • Free conquers the academe
  • SLC couple run the NYC Marathon
• SLC Phenomenon—Alumnae/i remember a blast from the past
  
  • Perfect Harmony
• Faculty Spotlight—What they’re up to
  
  • Published, Performend, Presented
  • John Dillon takes the theatre stage
• Alumnae/i, profiles—Closer glimpses of:
  
  • Michael Sartisky ’73
  • Sam Orans ’90, M.S.Ed ’91
  • Crystal Byndloss ’91
• Where They Live—Traveling the globe
  
  • Dateline: Botswana
• Critical Writing—Must-read writing by SLC alumnae/i, faculty and students
  
  • An excerpt from The Turkish Lover, a new memoir by alumna Esmeralda Santiago MFA ’92