The Hard Way
The Hard Way
Sarah Lawrence magazine
Spring 2011
Sarah Lawrence alumnae/i don't take the easy way out (as evidenced by those 80-page conference papers). They know that the path to fulfillment is often thorny, winding, and dangerous. Here we meet members of the SLC community who persevere despite the risks, unafraid to do things the hard way.
Featured Stories
Coming CleanIt's never easy to say, "Dad, I was a heroin-addicted dominatrix." When Melissa Febos MFA '05 finishes her heart-wrenching memoir, she finds the hardest part is sharing the truth with her father.
Victory for the DefenseMichael Bachrach '96 defends the first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in civilian court. Here's how—and why—he took on this landmark terrorism case.
Derrida Among the IndiansArnold Krupat (literature) takes Native American texts out of the anthropological dustbin and puts them onto the bookshelf, with a little help from French critical theory.
The Food FightTagan Engel '95 leaves a cushy job as a private chef and takes on the system—the food system, that is. Can one person make a difference in the eating habits of an entire town.
The RestorationGeorgette Gouveia '77, MFA '80 has already lost her beloved aunt to dementia. But when she brings her home after a failed hip surgery, she finds an unexpected way to reconnect.
More From This Issue
Meet Our Students: Trevor Wallace '13As a first-year student, Trevor Wallace ’13 travelled to Antarctica for two weeks during winter break with an organization called Students on Ice to make a documentary on environmental conservation for his "Experimental Film" class.
Meet Our Faculty: Laura Weil MA ’94An interview with Laura Weil MA ’94, who directs the graduate program in health advocacy at Sarah Lawrence, and has worked in the field for nearly 20 years.
SLC Registers as NCAA Exploratory MemberAfter 15 years of steady growth in sports participation, this spring Sarah Lawrence is applying to become a member of NCAA Division III.
Costume ShopCostume designer Carol Pelletier and her students construct the costumes for Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Web Extra
As a first-year student, Trevor Wallace ’13 traveled to Antarctica for two weeks with an organization called Students on Ice. His mission: to make a documentary on environmental conservation for his “Experimental Film” class. He has since shown The Compass Points South at the Explorer’s Club in Manhattan (a branch of National Geographic), the Sarah Lawrence Film Festival, and the Museum of Natural History.
Discover magazine interviews Dr. W. Ian Lipkin '74, "the world's most celebrated virus hunter" 
President Karen Lawrence and Meghan Roguschka '12 discuss the value of an SLC education on CBS' Sunday Morning 
