Thu, Oct 5, 2006, 12:00am
It's about 10 minutes to 8 on Thursday night when Mike Pezley reaches the sundial on College Walk. There are already around 20 rugby players waiting for him and anyone else to arrive.
Thu, Oct 5, 2006, 12:00am
On Wednesday night, the Lions field hockey team fell 3-0 to a formidable Hofstra squad that has flirted with national rankings throughout the season.
Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00am
Though one character happily declares that there is no place like Burnfield, the suburban town in the play subUrbia, the town is truly Anywhereville, USA. Rather than piquing interest with uniqueness, the show's brilliance comes from the fact that everywhere is like Burnfield.
Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00am
Czech playwright Vaclav Havel adapted his highly politicized version of The Beggar's Opera from an earlier version written by John Gay in 1727 after Gay had been blacklisted as a playwright. Havel wrote the play for his friends to perform, and he intended to pass it off as Gay's play.
Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00am
Sitting in City Center in the moment of anticipation as the lights dim and the curtain rises, the last thing one expects to hear is a something of loud, electronic thud, reminiscent of the THX sound system test track. It would seem an unwise and inauspicious opening for any dance performance.
Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00am
Operating somewhere between film and sculpture, Anthony McCall began his "solid light" films in 1973 with Line Describing a Cone in which a dot projected onto the wall slowly expands into a circle, filling the gallery space with a conical shape.
Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00am
Currently showing at the Upper East Side's Skarstedt cq Gallery is the anonymous collection of nude portraits entitled "Vaseline Muses." The show gets its name from the photographic technique of smearing vaseline on the camera lens used to create a blurry, soft look in the images.
Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00am
Mark Modesitt, CC '10 and member of the Alma Matters party, was elected president of the Columbia College class of 2010 on Tuesday, edging out his nearest competitor by six percentage points.
Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00am
The man behind the counter wants to make one fact very clear. "You are going to get wet," he says. You nod your assent, but he persists.
Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00am
After meeting with team representatives on Monday and Tuesday, the Athletics Department reversed its decision to suspend the men's ice hockey club until next spring, according to a source close to the situation.
