Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 1:50am
During my time at Columbia, various parties have made efforts to improve what some see as a lacking athletics program. The athletic director and the football coach have been replaced.
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 12:10am
Timm Baur, CC ’10, is a 23-year-old heavyweight rower at Columbia University, formerly of the German army and national rowing team where he and his teammates won a gold medal at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in 2004.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:52pm
“So if you do the math, numerically, we’re better than There Will Be Blood,” said Executive Producer Jeff Schwartz, CC ’10.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:24pm
Kent Haruf’s book Plainsong is true to its namesake, a “simple and unadorned melody or air” that is tender in its portrayal of three families in Holt, Colo. Tom Guthrie, a local history teacher, must shield his young sons when his wife becomes clinically depressed.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:21pm
Mswati III is the King of Swaziland, the last absolute monarchy in Africa. He has 13 wives, seven royal palaces, a private jet, and an 11-figure Saudi bank account in his personal name.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:19pm
Rupert Goold’s Macbeth is nothing short of terrifying.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:18pm
“I need something sexy, flashy ... Kind of farmer-y,” Josie tells a sales clerk.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:16pm
The Boredoms are a slippery bunch to pin down.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 9:01pm
On April 17, I attended the rally and speak-out for Take Back the Night, an event aimed at promoting awareness about sexual violence. I arrived at Barnard’s gates, where several hundred students gathered around organizers welcoming students to the event.
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 8:24pm
I leave Spectator as I found it: with too many controversies to write about. With flag desecrations, anti-war protests, administrative scandals, and 1968 celebrations, some things, it seems, will never change. Fortunately, others do.
