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vol. 6, issue 6
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 4:45am
Last year I served as editor-in-chief of the Columbia Daily Spectator. It’s a title that has a nice ring to it, and I had a great experience. But as my year as editor progressed, I became aware that the mild depression I’d had for years was intensifying.
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 4:24am
“The depressed person was in terrible and unceasing emotional pain, and the impossibility of sharing or articulating this pain was itself a component of the pain and a contributing factor in its essential horror.”
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 4:03am
The other night I put a mug of water in the microwave for two minutes, went to pull it out, and promptly burned my hand, which resulted in two still healing blisters.
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 3:59am
How many times have you stepped on a smudged flier offering counseling and support services in a bathroom stall or a neglected corner of a hallway? They are easy to ignore—the succinct phrases are so often repeated that they have become clichés.
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 3:57am
“Hey, can I get your number? But really quickly, because I’m actually on a date right now.”
—Guy to girl at Canons
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 3:55am
There’s depression, and then there’s Teen Depression (you know who you are, Peter Petrelli look-a-likes). Teen Depression can, like, totally suck, especially if you’re marooned in the god-foresaken suburbs. But you know what was worse? The Great Depression of the ’30s.
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 3:41am
Andy Ross, SEAS ’01, has been the guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist extraordinaire for pop-rock band OK Go since 2005. Before that, Ross ruled the Columbia music scene with his band The A-Ross Experience.
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 3:37am
1. Online archive of Ed Helms’ reports for The Daily Show: Particularly the video on Tonik, an “extreme health care” offering from California Blue Cross. Check it out.—Raphael Pope-Sussman, Features Editor
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 1:35am
I wanted to like Peter and the Wolf as a child. I really did. Sergey Prokofiev’s classic composition tells the story of a young Soviet boy named Peter who captures a wolf and convinces a band of hunters to send it to the zoo.
Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 12:35am
When tourists from Anywhere, USA, visit Broadway for a little New York culture this spring, their guidebooks may direct them to two productions that will improve their foreign language skills.
