Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 3:59am
To get to school, I walk the hill—along Columbus Avenue and up Morningside Drive. Past joggers, panhandlers, and pedestrians.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 2:13am
“I have a general theory that some languages are much less complex than others,” John McWhorter explains, “which goes against a kind of gospel that was created at this university that states that all languages are equally complex.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 2:09am
Henry Adams didn’t think much of his Harvard education. In 1907, he penned The Education of Henry Adams, and, writing in third person, said, “The four years passed at college were, for his purposes wasted…He did not want to be one in a hundred – one per cent of an education.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 2:03am
The good people of the north-east USA would never stand for a holiday as inescapably, unavoidably and comprehensively…wet, as the 5-day celebration of Carnaval in Ecuador.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 1:59am
1. I traveled to sunny, sunny Florida to lie by the pool and read books to my heart's content.
—Ruthie Fierberg, Theater Editor
2. I had exploration time in NYC! (And DC, briefly)
—Devin Briski, Food and Drink Editor
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 12:38am
If you haven’t heard of the Ronsons yet, you’re probably living under a rock.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 12:28am
Fall collections were not all that was on display at Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week this February: a new techno-chic trend was flaunted throughout the tents, even making a runway appearance.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 12:23am
Katrina Steinmetz is not one to settle down. Currently in San Francisco California, she and husband Jeff worked for Microsoft before a singing lesson, taken on a lark, bloomed into a dance music career.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 12:14am
After six years of art classes, two years in a studio, and one year of art history, there is a question I still can’t answer satisfactorily. What is art? For some, like my friend Ana Baric, a Columbia College first-year, the question issues a minimal challenge.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009, 12:03am
“The brilliant thing is, having written a first novel, I never have to again,” Sophie Dahl says to me during our phone interview.