6 TheRecord APRIL 29, 2005 Pulitzer Prizes continued from page 1 LynNell Hancock and James B.Stewart, I “Gov. McGreevey’s announcement hit for commentary; Tim Philip, The Sacra- learned a tremendous amount.” like a thunderbolt, but we just rolled into mento Bee, for editorial writing; Gareth The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.) staff, action and did what we do. It was an Cook, The Boston Globe, for explanato- including several Journalism School incredible team effort,” said Whelan, co- ry reporting; and Nick Anderson, The alumni, such as Jeff Whelan,’99;Mary Jo writer of the lead article.“The journalists Courier-Journal, for editorial cartooning. Patterson,’70; John Martin,’89; Matthew at The Star-Ledger are passionate about The board recognized Associated Press Futterman,’95; Suleman Din,’04; Dore putting out a quality newspaper, day in staff for a series of photographs depicting Carroll,’01 and Christine Baird,’00 and day out, so it just feels great to be rec- the bloody, yearlong combat inside Iraqi won a Pulitzer Prize for its team coverage ognized like this.” cities and Deanne Fitzmaurice of the chronicling New Jersey Governor James Jenny Nordberg,’03, and Claire San Francisco Chronicle for a photo McGreevey’s announcement in August Hoffman,’04, contributed to the Pulitzer essay on an Oakland hospital’s attempt 2004 that he was gay, had an adulterous Prize-winning New York Times series on to treat an Iraqi child. affair with a male employee and was step- the corporate cover-up of responsibility In the Letters and Drama prizes, ping down from office.More than 50 staff for fatal accidents at railway crossings, for Marilynne Robinson captured the fiction members worked on the breaking news which Walt Bogdanich won the Pulitzer prize for her book Gilead; John Patrick series, recognized for its comprehensive, Prize for National Reporting. Borzou Shanley won in drama for his play,Doubt, clearheaded coverage. The editor in chief Daragahi,’94, a freelance journalist a Parable; David Hackett Fischer of the newspaper, Jim Willse, is a 1968 employed by The Star-Ledger, was a final- received the history award for his book graduate. ist for international reporting as well. Washington’s Crossing;and Mark Stevens Top Pulitzer Prize winners this year and Annalyn Swan won for their biogra- also included the Los Angeles Times for phy de Kooning: an American Master. both public service and international Current U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser reporting. The board recognized the won the Pulitzer Prize for his poem paper’s staff for its well-researched series Delight and Shadows, and Steven Stucky exposing deadly medical problems and won the prize in music for “Second racial injustice at an inner-city hospital. Concerto for Orchestra.” Finally, Steve Los Angeles Times reporter Kim Murphy Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret shared the international reporting prize History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin with Olojede. Murphy, the Moscow Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to bureau chief, won for the overall strength September 10, 2001, received a Pulitzer of her coverage of Russia’s “struggle to in the general nonfiction category. The cope with terrorism, improve the econo- awards will be presented to the winners my and make democracy work.” at a luncheon on May 23 at Low Library. The Wall Street Journal also grabbed two Pulitzers, one for beat reporting, given to Amy Dockser Marcus for stories on cancer survivors and their families, and the other for criticism awarded to Joe Morgenstern for his film reviews. Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune received a Pulitzer for feature writing; Connie Schultz, The Plain Dealer,won Above right: An American soldier uses a dummy to attract an insurgent sniper in Najaf, Iraq. The photograph is an example of the work of the Associated Press staff, winners of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. Pulitzer Prize winners and Columbia alumni: Dele Olojede Right: An example of the work of Nick (top) Journalism’88, and Nigel Anderson of the Courier-Journal, Jaquiss, Journalism’97. Louisville, Ky., who won this year’s prize for Editorial Cartooning. Power of the People continued from page 1 Tutu explained,“We went above the “the danger of losing humanity heads of the politicians and went to must be met with more humanity.” the people and to civil societies.”As In the discussion session of the a result, he added, “apartheid program, Robinson continued the became thoroughly discredited.” theme of language and its impact In her address, Morrison reflect- on society, asking about the impor- ed on the relationship between an tance of finding a common lan- emerging language of peace and guage as a way of combining peo- the aging language of war. “The ple power and the power of lan- more sophisticated our weapons guage to eliminate poverty. have become, the more antiquated Tutu recalled that, in South the language of war has become,” Africa, the black majority fighting she said. for freedom had rallied around a Looking back at the last century, common language and a symbol: Morrison said that while conflicts Free Mandela, Free South Africa.“It continued to erupt after World War was simple and short and yet pro- II, with wars that were big and found,”he said.The slogan resonat- small and “hot and cold,” another ed for those in South Africa and phenomenon was taking place. abroad because it was “what the “The language of nonviolence was people were longing for.” also evolving,”she said,“a language For Morrison, the danger is not that was compelling and robust speaking directly to the people who and summoned up not our vices are living in dire circumstances. It is but our virtues.” Morrison believes a question of listening to them and this suggests that “war is out of date not making them “victims of senti- and a most inefficient method of mentality,because they have to con- Eileen Barroso achieving our aims.” struct their own lives,”she said. Morrison, whose novels and War was very much on the Morrison and Tutu spoke to the audience in Low Library about the global importance of nonviolence and people power. writings have been praised for minds of the speakers, but so was their epic power and poetically the power of civil societies to Tutu used South Africa as a case er,even with the support of politi- civil societies to stand against an charged depictions of African- effect change and to ensure that study to underscore how people cians such as former U.S. evil institution and mobilize the American life, said that although “the powerless are not pawns of power led to the elimination of President Ronald Reagan and population,”the Archbishop said. our society has made many so- the powerful,” said Tutu. “This is a apartheid, “a vicious, inhuman sys- British Prime Minister Margaret Besides mustering support on called advances—from communi- moral universe,” he concluded. tem that used brutal and repressive Thatcher and with control over the streets of South Africa, an cations devices to organ trans- “Rights and wrongs matter. methods” to keep the majority the media, did not reckon with important role was also played by plants—we “study the same old Dictators strut on the world stage, black population under the “yoke the power of the people, he civil societies abroad, which placed curriculum of those who destroy.” but they end up biting the dust. of oppression.” explained. “Apartheid might have global pressure on the apartheid She made a plea for a new curricu- They all discover they are not gods The white government, howev- succeeded if not for the effort of regime. By deploying this tactic, lum and visionary thinking because but mere mortals.”.