August 9, 2002

Editing the Mission

By SHARON WALSH and PIPER FOGG

Columbia's new president wonders how a journalism school fits into a research university

Taking a break from the beach during his vacation in North Carolina one day last month, Thomas Kunkel found a barrage of messages on his office voice mail. The gist: "Can you believe what's happening at Columbia?"

Lee C. Bollinger, the new president of Columbia University, had suspended the search to select a dean for Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism that day. At a time when most were

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