Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 11:31pm
Even though you might not catch him wearing the glasses or the penciled-on scar to prove it, Nick LaCava is a huge Harry Potter fan.
“I waited in line for a few hours,” he said, of last summer when the seventh installment came out.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 11:25pm
The life of a student-athlete is a very busy one. It takes hours of commitment, dedication, and stress management—work that often goes underappreciated or overly criticized. Along with the athletes, college sports teams employ a full-time staff that puts in just as many hours.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 11:08pm
I love jerseys. Maybe it’s the pack-rat gene that’s been passed down to me that makes me want to collect them, or maybe it’s the sheer fact that my wardrobe is comprised of T-shirts and jeans, thus jerseys usually fit the bill pretty well.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 10:51pm
The many health benefits of carrots have been lauded by mothers for centuries. From improving eyesight to curing digestive problems, carrots are nature’s super food.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 10:34pm
After 10 years, Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes finally returned to the Metropolitan Opera stage last Thursday, in a new production by John Doyle.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 10:33pm
Though some residents of Columbia’s Living Learning Center appreciate its efforts to unite students of myriad backgrounds, the center disserves incoming students who are placed there involuntarily.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 10:29pm
Bobby Womack’s 1972 hit “Across 110th Street” describes a Harlem that is both very different and strikingly similar to the one that many of us at Columbia (don’t) know.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 10:29pm
Donna Tartt's The Secret History is many things: psychological thriller, coming-of-age story, radical philosophical commentary. Set predominantly at the fictional Hampden College in Vermont, the novel is a portrait of a frosted, New England beauty that is at once classical and distant.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 10:15pm
At Columbia, we have at least five restaurants that serve sushi within a five-minute walking distance—two of them sit side by side across from our Barnes and Noble that sells books purporting the benefits of omega-3s in fish.
Wed, Mar 5, 2008, 10:15pm
The Real Housewives of New York City is marketed as a sophisticated show about being a socialite in Manhattan. In reality, the show is nothing more than a bunch of annoying wannabes—some working harder than others—who claim to inhabit the upper stratosphere of New York society.
