Had it not been for a university course and, more specifically, a university professor, Condoleezza Rice might have been on stage at the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts Thursday night as a concert pianist instead of as a former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush.
I had a couple of false starts, Rice, an accomplished pianist who once had every intention of playing at Carnegie Hall, told the audience of more than 1,000.
A course her junior year in international politics taught by Madeline Albrights father helped her chart a new path.