Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
On paper, Friday Night doesn't sound like much of a film. Laure (Valérie Lemercier), a woman about to move in with her boyfriend, gets stuck in a traffic jam during a Paris transit strike.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
The dances of Japanese-born performance artists Eiko and Koma are so slow and meditative that some critics have even hesitated to call them dances. Eiko and Koma themselves sidestep the question: "We do not necessarily think that our movement is slow," the pair writes on their website.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
In January of 2002, instructor Heidi Julavits started the first session of my spring term Columbia writing class by explaining that our grades would be given according to a system based on the reality show Survivor.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
A recent study found that kids who play video games have better visual and motor skills than those who don't. For someone like me, who has limited experience with video games and doesn't particularly care about visual or motor skills, the news didn't mean much. But D. B.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
Robin D. G. Kelley, a noted historian and African-American studies scholar, will join the faculty of Columbia University, leaving his post as the history department chairman at New York University.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
The task of reviving Columbia volleyball has been given to Monica Holmes. The former Illinois assistant will be announced head coach of the Lions volleyball team today, taking over for Carolyn Elwood, who resigned from the post on April 29 after five players quit in the off-season.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
Columbia University and the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine won a major regulatory battle yesterday, drawing nearer to an agreement under which Columbia could lease developable land from the cathedral.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
Major administrative changes will restructure University Residence Halls, the Office of Business Services, Alfred Lerner Hall, and Facilities Management, Vice President for Student Services Lisa Hogarty said yesterday.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
I have a problem with the Dixie Chicks. A big problem. I can't stand them.
Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 12:00am
Without good information one can simply not make good decisions, which is why the founders of American democracy, and nearly all advocates of democracy before and since, have relentlessly advocated the freedom of speech and press.
