2009-10-12

Panel bares all at ‘Naked Lunch’ conference
Sun, Oct 11, 2009, 6:59pm
Columbia panel explores the continuing significance of beat legend Burroughs' linguistically creative drug-addled masterpiece fifty years from its Paris publication date.
Seeing the cultural light
Sun, Oct 11, 2009, 6:46pm
Making the effort to step outside of one’s own experience and base of knowledge is an integral part of the collegiate experience. That said, while I think it important to stress accountability on the part of students, I also want to recognize that it indeed takes a certain amount of courage to...
Forget it, Dan, it’s Chinatown
Sun, Oct 11, 2009, 6:45pm
I found out Roman Polanski had been arrested via my friend’s Gchat status message. I recalled finding out Heath Ledger had died via Facebook. The narrative—or narratives—that were created in the immediate aftermath of Polanski’s arrest were like an alteration of the greatest-actor-ever story that...
Athletic diversity
Sun, Oct 11, 2009, 6:44pm
Only a small minority will go on to athletic careers past their undergraduate studies, yet all of us push hard each week—if not for ourselves, then for our teammates, our coaches, our athletic department, our school, and maybe even those students who think we should not be here.
What it means to be a Columbia athlete
Sun, Oct 11, 2009, 6:39pm
A notion floats around campus that athletes get accepted to Columbia because of our athletic capabilities, implying that we didn’t have to work as hard for this opportunity as the non-athletes. I’d propose a different way of considering the situation based on priorities, values, and merit.
A way of living
Sun, Oct 11, 2009, 6:38pm
“I came here for the academics,” I have been told, as if I did not. Athletics isn’t a way to get out of homework or a reason to slack off or a reason to miss class. Athletics is an enrichment of free time. It is a commitment to something more than just being at Columbia—it is being a part of...

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