Opinion

Reflections of a First Year

I think it would be worthwhile to discover other ways to sustain this schoolwide unification, so that we can still be happy and unified during the parts of the year where we don’t have random elements like the sun to bring us all together. To do this, though, we need to find something that we can all coalesce around. Finding that “something” should be one of our goals for the coming academic year.

Measuring Our Emotional Quotient

No faculty can complain about such evidence of superlative student IQ. But what about our EQ—emotional quotient? Certainly there have been few attempts to measure emotional intelligence because it lacks the precision of a grade point average or SAT score.

Photos & Multimedia

The Year In Review

The Spectator takes a look at the past year in this web feature.

Lacrosse Club Plays at Madison Square Garden

View the slideshow to see photos of the Lacrosse Club's April 17th game against the NYU Violets at Madison Square Garden. Click on the following link to learn more about the Lacrosse Club.

City Approves Manhattanville Plan, Project Approaches Construction

Columbia’s campus expansion into Manhattanville went from proposal to city-approved project this year amid clamor that ranged from staunch opposition to excitement.

Ahmadinejad Sparks Furor

The eyes of the world gazed upon Columbia in September when the University invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at the World Leaders Forum, the weeklong speakers series which Bollinger launched in his first year at Columbia to capitalize on the University’s access to the United Nations.

Bollinger Weathers Year of Free Speech Debate

According to University President Lee Bollinger, the year’s events marked a flashpoint in the trajectory of his leadership.

After Noose Incident, TC Professor Found Guilty of Plagiarism

Teachers College was forced to do some soul-searching this year as the discovery of a noose on a professor’s door—and subsequent revelations about plagiarism on her part—brought to the fore questions about the school’s handling of racial issues.
On Oct. 9, a noose, an infamous symbol of lynching, was placed on the office door of psychology and education professor Madonna Constantine’s office door. Shortly thereafter, a swastika was found painted on the door of a TC professor known for her research on the Holocaust, kicking off a campuswide dialogue on the implications of hate crimes.

Sports

Perkins Wins Ivy League Player of the Year

On Friday afternoon, while most students were hauling away their things and leaving campus, members of the Columbia baseball team were hauling in some prestigious postseason accolades.

Baseball Wins Ivy League

All season long, head coach Brett Boretti called his baseball team a family, with its mix of youth and experience. In the deciding game of the Ivy League championship playoff, Boretti stuck by his convictions.

Arts & Entertainment

TV Strike Hits Columbia, Raises GPAs

Just how bad was the Writers Guild of America strike, which started Nov. 5, 2007, and lasted until Feb. 12, 2008? Well, because Screen Actors Guild members were unwilling to cross picket lines, there was no 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony—the awards were given out without one.

Curtain Falls Briefly on Broadway Due to Strike

On Nov. 10, 2007, the lights on Broadway went dark, and all but eight houses on the Great White Way bowed out before the Thanksgiving holiday. The 19-day stagehands’ strike cost the industry tens of millions of dollars each day, and even provoked a Supreme Court hearing led by the lawyer for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.

The Eye Magazine

May 1, 2008
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Gray Matters

T he September 2007 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine looked at first glance like most other issues of that glossy, sex-drenched magazine. A tanned, moisturized Jessica Alba pouted on the cover, next to hot pink text: “His #1 Sex Fantasy,” “Feel Sex More Intensely! A Guide to Your Body During the Deed.”

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