Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 10:27pm
Human trafficking, the sale of people within and across international boundaries, now ranks second only to the drug trade as the world’s most profitable illicit activity.
Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 10:21pm
In my first-year seminar at Barnard, I was asked to describe myself in one word. My classmates said things like, “Jewish,” or “student,” or “me.” I said “rural.”
Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 10:17pm
I’m willing to bet that you don’t notice them, but they’re there.
Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 10:09pm
“We are going toward a major explosion,” Philippe Diaz warns, “unless we change something drastically.”
Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 10:06pm
Does Milano Market know your order by heart? Do they have your address on file for delivery at Ollie’s and Thai Market?
Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 10:04pm
“Going to the movies just isn’t the same,” my mother always says as we climb the escalator to the top floor of the multiplex, stale popcorn in hand, to shiver through a 90-minute flick.
Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 10:00pm
To be a premedical student is to become part of a certain type of academic culture. This culture can most easily be characterized by its stereotypes, chief among which, especially in the eyes of outsiders, is individual competitiveness.
Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 9:59pm
“Ogres are like onions,” proclaims Shrek, played by Brian d’Arcy James, “We both have layers.” Not unlike the big green hero, this same depth of character applies to Barnard alumna Jeanine Tesori, BC ’83, composer of the mega-musical that parallels the DreamWorks blockbuster.