Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 5:14am
As midterms approach, the problem of limited group-study space has become especially palpable. Fortunately, following a first-year student’s suggestion, Columbia College Student Council and the University Senate have taken the initiative to open John Jay Dining Hall from 9 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:17am
At the ripe age of 14, I discovered the truth about borscht. For longer than a decade, this brightly colored, delicious soup had been a symbol of my Russian heritage. But as it turned out, borscht is not Russian after all. It is Ukrainian.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:16am
Trading in their scrubs for gleaming swords and flashy new pairs of tights, Columbia medical students take some time off from medicine to indulge in another passion: theater.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:13am
Last weekend, I attended my first fashion show. I was assigned to review the collection of Costello Tagliapietra, a New York-based designer duo that, according to my Internet research, burst onto the fashion scene in 2005.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:10am
In the Meatpacking District, Oscar Mayer has been replaced with Oscar de la Renta. The area has quickly become one of the most trendy and expensive places to see and be seen in New York.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:07am
Hiding between the quaint Meatpacking District and the hip West Village, Merce Cunningham Dance Company is an innovative company frequently—and unfortunately—overlooked in the city.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:07am
The Meatpacking District, officially known as Gansevoort Market, takes its name from the industry that once dominated the neighborhood and lent it its stark toughness. But today, the only meat you are likely to see there is your $28 steak from one of the area’s many upscale restaurants.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:04am
Usual stereotypes of African Americans in film can be seen in many Hollywood pictures, but they are absent at the Best of the African Diaspora Film Festival presented by BAMcinématek starting Friday and running through next week.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:03am
Got a hankering for juicy drama? Look no further than New York’s own Meatpacking District, where Whitney Port and the rest of the cast of MTV’s The City are serving up the glamorous lifestyle.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 3:00am
It was ten years after the stock market crash and two years before America entered World War II. But 1939 was much more than another notch in the road of America’s recovery from the Depression. Within that year, individuals produced art in different media reflecting the spirit of the time.