Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 4:29am
It’s hard to tell whether Bernard-Henri Lévy, colloquially known (often exasperatedly) as “BHL”, gets a bad rap. On the one hand, he has been one of the West’s most consistent and enterprising critics of human rights abuses.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 4:26am
Quest completed, satiated with greasy sliders and fries, best friends Harold and Kumar return home, and hastily begin packing for a journey to Amsterdam. No rest for the raunchy.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 4:23am
Sometimes the most surprising performance is also the best.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 4:20am
Race is an issue that is never too far from the surface of American society. Video games, though, are not an arena in which we normally expect race to raise the passions of people who otherwise view the hobby as a form of escapism.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 4:16am
There’s no place like Tamasha, Inc.—it treats its hirees well, encourages diversity, and works not on Wall Street, but on Taal Street. On Saturday, a whirlwind force of energy exuded by an eclectic mix of enthusiastic performers swept the stage in Roone Arledge Auditorium.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 3:08am
Following a decision by the four undergraduate student councils last night, the meetings in which the councils allocate undergraduate student life fees to club governing boards will now be open to the public.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 3:05am
Armen A. Avanessians, SEAS ’83 and a recently named University trustee, will be the Class Day speaker for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the school announced Monday.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 3:01am
On the first day of his seminar, Writing Film Criticism this spring, Andrew Sarris, a longtime Columbia University professor and columnist for The New York Observer, gave his honest view of the craft in which he has made his living for over a half-century.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 3:01am
Columbia’s own in-house celebrity, Jeffrey Sachs, appeared Monday evening in front of a packed Miller Theater to take on the world’s problems—including the lack of sustainability in our current consumption habits and the need for new technologies to conquer an increasing crisis in natural resour
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 2:57am
With half of this year’s roster consisting of freshman players, the Columbia softball team has focused its young players all season. Starting pitcher Maggie Johnson emerged as the ace of the staff, finishing fourth in the Ivy League with a 9-10 record and 119 2/3 innings pitched.