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vol. 7, issue 10
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 3:17am
Students who live in Broadway hand their student IDs to the same security guards every day, but few know the conditions of guards’ employment. The security guards stationed in off-campus dorms are employed by Summit Security, which has signed an independent contract with Columbia.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 3:05am
A humanities professor from Columbia once told Greg Jbara, Juilliard ’86, that she could always tell who the actors in her classes were. Unlike dancers or musicians, actors “always walked in and found the seat farthest from the door.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 2:58am
Down on Canal Street amidst hordes of vendors hawking knockoff handbags, cheap sunglasses, and all kinds of scarves, in a tiny stall below the awning advertising car stereos, there is one man who calls himself an artist.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 2:54am
We’ve heard the story since elementary school: pilgrims meet Native Americans, they share corn and turkey, and no one goes hungry.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 2:48am
A few weeks ago, the Amman-based program I’m on took us to Cairo for a week of tours, cultural activities, and lectures given by a number of individuals working with the Egyptian government, Egyptian universities, and the Arab League.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 12:55am
1. Seamus Heaney: He has such a bad-ass Irish brogue, and it’s really making me reconsider the way words in the English language should be pronounced. Because convention is absolutely atrocious. Case in point: “TEN-or” vs.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 12:52am
The Black Eyed Peas performed their hit song “Boom Boom Pow” on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, and while many of us would have liked to be there, schoolwork tends to accumulate this time of year.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 12:49am
Wait, what? We were supposed to register for classes this week?!? Maybe I was the only one to completely forget about registration, but I’m sure there are many of you out there who didn’t get into the classes you wanted. Don’t fret.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 12:26am
Earlier this year, The Eye profiled a few members of the Columbia community who received the well-respected Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009, 12:24am
Nicholas Syrett, CC `97, argues for the dissolution of fraternities on American campuses in his new book, “The Company He Keeps,” citing issues of homophobia, sexual assault, and the prominent danger of alcohol poisoning.
