Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 6:19pm
Our use of reason to come up with easy, efficient, and economical solutions for survival undermines our appreciation for taste.
Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 6:18pm
As President Barack Obama visits China for the first time from Nov. 15 to 18, the world turns its attention to the potential outcomes of this momentous event.
Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 6:17pm
Much has been said about the Core: It provides a firm grounding in the western canon; it contains too many dead white males; it is a perfectly good impetus for a hunger strike; it is one of the reasons many students (including yours truly) came to Columbia.
Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 6:16pm
Whether we are strong or weak writers, there is value in learning—or re-learning—the basic structures and conventions of argument, rhetoric, and style.
Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 6:13pm
While I certainly do not believe that “strong, beautiful, Barnard women” need their hands held as they compose their first collegiate research papers, I do feel that First-Year English goes too far in the opposite direction.
Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 6:12pm
The sphere of academic writing encompasses much more than the literary sphere of novels and poems, which is what essay-writing is generally confined to in high school.
