LETTERS
Samuels ’12, is a Teach for China fellow and read the article (Salon, Winter 2013) in the magazine about my latest book, Don’t Roll Your Eyes. —Ruth Nemzoff ’62 via e-mail
Legacy of the Toddler Center Congratulations to the Barnard Toddler Center! As a former student teacher at the center, I send my best to Pat Shimm and sing her praise. Pat not only mothered the toddlers, but the student teachers as well. I will always remember her positive energy, as well as the warmth, nurturance, and guidance she provided to all of us. I have many fond memories of my experiences working at the Toddler Center and of the intellectual stimulation provided by our classes with Dr. Schachter. That course started me on my career journey. For the past 25 years I have been working as a clinical child psychologist, first helping young children with HIV/AIDS and now working with children with mental-health disorders. Pat’s love of teaching psychology students sparked my own interest in that area, leading me to my current position as the director of training at Jackson Health System in Miami. Kudos to everyone for keeping the Barnard Toddler Center going. The center provides such wonderful opportunities, not only for the toddlers and their families, but also for the undergraduate students at Barnard College! —Susan Chalfin ’78, PhD via e-mail Global Connections Barnard is ubiquitous. I walked into a cafe in Lincang, Yunnan, China, which sits on the Burmese border, and a young woman said to me, “Were you just in the Barnard Magazine?” It turns out that the young woman, Deborah 2
Constitutional Right So, Professor Sloan (“An Immutable Document?”, Winter 2013) thinks there’s a question whether the Constitution is immutable? Of course it isn’t: The document itself provides a mechanism for change through the amendment process, and it has been amended 27 times since 1787. Jefferson was naïve in thinking it would be a good idea to change the Constitution every 20 years. I doubt he would have been pleased if a new one in 1807 had abolished slavery. And Professor Sloan should not be so dubious about originalism. As I read the Second Amendment, the founders obviously said that every citizen had a right to bear arms because of the necessity for a well-regulated militia. Now that we have a National Guard and every municipality has a police force, a militia—hence, every citizen’s right to bear arms—is unnecessary. —Carole Crystle ’62 Chicago Women in Science I just got the latest Barnard Magazine, which I read faithfully, and I was so excited: Barnard women in science! I want to add my daughter, Melania Doll Nynka ’07 who is doing her PhD at the Columbia Astrophysics Department, [and] working on the NuStar telescope, which NASA launched this past summer After graduating in ’73, I studied chemistry at Columbia, got my PhD, and spent 23 years in various technology/engineering functions at Lucent/Bell Labs. I then [taught] highschool chemistry. I am now writing about issues in education, focusing on secondary and science education. As for innovations by our graduates on Wall Street, my daughter, Lydia Doll ’09, is doing exciting work at the New York Stock Exchange. —Irene Sawchyn ’73 GSAS ’81 via e-mail
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