Fri, Dec 7, 2007, 1:26am
For the month of December, New York City is on display: shows, lights, shopping, and of course, food. If your idea of holiday spirit is a gingerbread latte at Starbucks, take the time this winter to discover the wonders of the season.
Fri, Dec 7, 2007, 1:22am
If there’s one striking thing about Sam Simkoff, the front man of D.C. indie collective Le Loup, it’s how he straddles the continuum of time.
Fri, Dec 7, 2007, 1:15am
With Danny Tanner’s paternal wisdom on Nick at Nite, Zach Morris’s Bueller-esque schemes on TBS, and a host of DVD box sets to fill in the gaps, channeling our 8-year-old selves is now easier than ever before.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:57pm
Barely a couple of weeks ago—almost strategically coinciding with the climax of the hunger strike affair—some Columbia faculty members issued a “statement of concern” regarding what they saw as President Bollinger’s failure to defend academic freedom.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:34pm
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Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:30pm
The Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci argued that the strongest ideologies are ideas taken for granted. He called such ideas “hegemonic,” to express their unquestioned dominance, their “rulership” over thought and the possibilities of action.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:17pm
The recent tenure battles regarding professors Nadia Abu El Haj and Joseph Massad have led to renewed allegations that undue “outside political influence” is threatening the academic freedom that is at the heart of Columbia University.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:11pm
I sit in classrooms and lecture halls, with my nose in books, my eyes glued to the computer screen for hours. I think the most important lesson I’ve learned, however, did not come from school, but while sitting in the backseat of a taxicab.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 9:57pm
I owe you all an apology. While the Columbia College Student Council has been working on several projects this year, I have not communicated well what they are.
