Barry Strauss, the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies, writes in this Wall Street Journal essay, about the penchant for presidential hopefuls to pen the stories of their lives during election seasons.
"But no matter how attractive the jacket or how extensive the publicity tour, these modern-day efforts won’t likely top the first and most effective campaign book ever published: Julius Caesar’s 'The Gallic Wars, " Strauss writes. "His was a campaign book in two senses: It recounted his achievements on the field of battle but also vividly displayed his talents as a leader to the people of Rome. No politician in history has ever sold himself as well as Caesar did in its pages."
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Campus Community Leadership Award winner Netra Shetty ’25 (center-left) poses with (from left) Marla Love, the Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students; Alec Brown, program manager of the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars Program; Monica Yant Kinney, interim vice president for university relations; Sarah Bartlett, volunteer and outreach manager at the Ithaca Free Clinic; and Taili Mugambee, lead program coordinator of Ultimate Reentry Opportunity, outside of Day Hall
