A salute

Veterans Day paradeTeresa Shen / Spec

Click the photo above for a slideshow from Saturday's Veterans Day Parade, and here for Anushka Lobo's story in today's paper.

Most of us arrive on campus with resumés full of "leadership positions" in extracurriculars and what we believe to be a kickass essay about spending the summer abroad building houses in Africa or studying Arabic in Jordan. However, GS dean of admissions Curtis Rogers believes veterans bring qualities to Columbia that ordinary 18-year-old students typically don't.

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