Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:59pm
You couldn’t ask for a homier book to read than Marilynne Robinson’s new novel—Home feels familiar to the reader from page one.
Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:56pm
Academy Award-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman once said, in an interview with Charlie Rose, that Hollywood’s depiction of love damaged him—he grew up watching movies, then saw that reality did not measure up to his cinematic expectations.
Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:53pm
The crowded streets of Rockefeller Center, bustling with people in expensive suits on lunch break, surely seem a departure from Bleecker Street’s cobblestoned charm, but this scene is exactly what Magnolia Bakery needs to expand its customer base beyond Sex and the City-crazed tourists.
Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:51pm
After a tumultuous recent past, the Institute of African Studies now seems to be enjoying some stability under new director Mamadou Diouf.
Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:47pm
In the wake of a reshuffling of public schools’ gifted and talented programs, some parents and education representatives worry that the change will result in a less diverse selection of students.
Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:45pm
Students’ pockets and purses will begin to get lighter as Columbia gradually switches all of its residence halls to an electronic key system using the CUID.
Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:44pm
In a heated debate Monday at the Columbia University Medical Center, health care experts Elise Gould, who advocates for the Democratic presidential campaign, and Robert Goldberg, who favors the Republicans, addressed the role of health care in the coming election.
Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:41pm
The senior economic advisers to the two presidential candidates met Monday night in Roone Arledge auditorium to debate the merits of their candidates’ plans to salvage the American economy.