Fri, Nov 21, 2003, 12:00am
Remember the days when you could fill your last class slot with something really quirky, exciting, and of questionable educational value? Neither do we. That's why, when registering this week, we were overjoyed to see a slew of spring classes to spice up our schedules.
Fri, Nov 21, 2003, 12:00am
In celebration of the University's 250th anniversary, Spectator is ranking the 250 greatest Columbians through the ages, from number 250 to number 1. The project will culminate with the selection of the single most influential alum in May.
Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:00am
Fromental Halévy was one of the most successful opera composers of the 19th century. Along with Giacomo Meyerbeer (Les Huguenots) and D.F.E. Auber (Gustave III), he worked in the genre known as French Grand Opéra.
Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:00am
On the days when my parents worked, a Sioux descendant named Jesse looked after me. Like most three-year-olds, I was overactive, and to sedate me--these were the years before Ritalin--Jesse would build a tent out of blankets and tell me a soothing story, the slow rhythm lulling me to sleep.
Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:00am
"'O Captain! My Captain!' Who knows where that comes from?" asks John Keating, played by Robin Williams, at the beginning of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. "It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr.
Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:00am
The 40 or 50 people crowding the Soho House library last Friday night represented a New York that exists primarily in the minds of Midwestern subscribers to Vanity Fair, uniformly well-dressed, well-coiffed, and well-spoken.
Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:00am
Cheyenne may be the setting for David Sauvage's play of the same name, but New York is his muse. "New York has more conflict than anywhere else in the world," he says.
Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:00am
At a charity benefit for a retirement home, Lucy Marsden (nearing 100 years old) slowly enters and eyes her audience. She has been asked to tell the stories that have made her famous. And she obliges, recounting the Civil War, the antebellum era, race conflicts, motherhood, and cooking.
Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:00am
Throwing down his blocking pad, Assistant Coach Jim Engles ripped a rebound off the backboard, threw the ball across Levien Gymnasium and sprinted ferociously towards it.
Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:00am
The 2002-2003 men's basketball season was unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Columbia's season began and ended with disappointing losses, with little to show for itself in between.
