vol. 6, issue 10

Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 4:24am
Ever seen someone muttering at a highlighted packet as they wait in the Dodge Hall lobby, or gesticulating at a brick wall outside Milbank? If so, you have probably spotted a student actor at Columbia.
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 4:18am
The winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, newspaper journalism’s highest honors, will be announced at Columbia on Monday. Almost a century after the prizes were founded, the world of newspaper journalism is in turmoil as papers nationwide struggle to stay afloat.
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 1:38am
Jennifer Lopez became J. Lo, Puff Daddy became P. Diddy, and Lil’ Bow Wow became, well, Bow Wow. Kanye West went in a different direction for his midlife name crisis: Martin Louis the King, Jr.
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 1:13am
For Holy Week (Semana Santa, in Spanish) most of Spain headed south to enjoy the good weather and the week of spectacular street processions that begin on Palm Sunday.
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 1:08am
A woman sits with a doctor in his office. He is explaining to her how she should take her medicine. He shows her a pillbox. “I’ve drawn a moon on one side, and a sun on the other.
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 1:02am
I take the subway because I like to watch the people: the kids weaving in and out between the center poles, new mothers keeping watchful eyes over their infants, businessmen reading the paper on their way to work. The incessant chatter clears my mind and relaxes my muscles.
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 12:56am
1. The Minnesota Twins: Final season at the Metrodome can only mean one thing for my hometown baseball team—World Series!-Peter Labuza, film editor
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 12:49am
When I meet Kris Saknussemm, at a Starbucks in Times Square, the first thing he says is, “Want to go to a bar?”
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 12:47am
Sarah Dooley, a Barnard sophomore, writes the YouTube series And Sarah, which documents the college life of the naive and quirky main character (Rachel Mersky, also a sophomore at Barnard, directs).
Thu, Apr 16, 2009, 12:41am
We’ve been hearing it for years: eco-friendly fashion is not just for crunchy granola types, nor does it mean burlap sacks in neutral colors. Since 2005, the green movement has been gaining followers in the fashion industry—but it didn’t really catch on until late last year.

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