Sun, Nov 16, 2008, 10:07pm
The Oct. 29 Spectator staff editorial spurred backlash and protest from many students for its comments on the activities of Queer Awareness Month and the language it used.
Sun, Nov 16, 2008, 9:54pm
In the initial planning of Queer Awareness Month 2008, we discussed how to best represent the myriad ways to exist as “queer.” We discussed the mainstream perception of what it means to be LGBT and who is and is not included in this acronym.
Sun, Nov 16, 2008, 9:43pm
Coming to college in New York City was never going to make for a “normal” college experience.
Sun, Nov 16, 2008, 9:37pm
What is the “standard” person? When we meet new people, we often unknowingly assign a set of identities to them.
Sun, Nov 16, 2008, 9:15pm
In one of my history classes, my professor remarked that “everything in history produces its opposite.” For every progressive movement, every new idea, every once-radical concept, there is a reactionary backlash.
Sun, Nov 16, 2008, 9:08pm
This week’s column was originally going to be about why women are still repressed in some ways and what we as Columbia students can do about it. But then, that would divide us, at a time when many, myself included, are still astounded at the ways in which Americans recently united.
Sun, Nov 16, 2008, 9:01pm
The morning after this year’s election, Whoopi Goldberg said on The View, “I always thought of myself as American, with all of the promise that America holds, but suddenly last night, I felt I could put my suitcase down.” On election night, I too felt that I could release the baggage that comes
