Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
There was a rumor--more than a whisper, less than an outcry--not long ago that Sept. 11, 2001 marked the Death of Irony. You could still be glib, you could still be absurd, but above all, you had to be sincere. There would be no more sneering self-references.
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
In my life I've read no more than five convincing depictions of love. Nearly every author makes an offering to this god of novelistic necessity (even Tom Clancy's submarine captains are weak in the knees for someone), and yet practically no one pulls it off.
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
Four days ago, Graduate Student Employees United reported that an internal vote of members resulted in an overwhelming majority of ballots being cast in favor of a strike.
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
Gregory Higgs, a former Columbia University Security officer who was fired December 12, 2002, is appealing the decision before the National Labor Relations Board.
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
Radical activist and scholar Angela Y.
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
In a year when many of the most prestigious national scholarships seemed to have overlooked Columbia students, two students have received the Beinecke Scholarship for their outstanding academic achievement and ambitious post-graduate plans.
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
For many underclassmen, today--the first day of the graduate student strike--may feel like a snow day. Striking graduate students teaching subjects like Lit. Hum., Contemporary Civilization, Art Hum., Music Hum., University Writing, and languages are indefinitely canceling their meetings.
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
When stacks of The New York Times, the Financial Times, and USA Today mysteriously appeared on campus after spring break, students were left pleasantly confused. As they gathered in disbelief in Lerner Hall and the lobby of John Jay, students wondered: "Is Columbia giving away free newspapers?
Mon, Apr 19, 2004, 12:00am
Q: My girlfriend and I just had our six-month anniversary and things are going great. But recently, I've been having trouble thinking of fun and romantic things for us to do around campus.
