vol. 9, issue 8

Exit Strategy
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 2:44am
While traditionally viewed as the culmination of a liberal arts student’s academic career and a rite of passage, the senior thesis is a more complicated beast on Columbia’s campus.
Avant-Guardians
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 2:39am
In 1952, David Tudor premiered John Cage’s experimental piece, 4’33” (“four, thirty-three,” as the composer calls it). Composed for any instrument, the piece instructed the performer not to play his or her instrument for its duration: four minutes and 33 seconds.
Hip-Pop
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 2:34am
Sometime around 4 a.m. Friday morning, the small but vocal pro-Lil Wayne faction finally wins out at WKCR’s Rappcats Radio.
The Hazy Truth
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 2:03am
The recent failure of Prop 19 in California has everyone from academics to stoners talking about cannabis use.
Hard Workers
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 1:58am
Students walking up the steps of Hamilton have most likely noted flyers for conferences hung by the International Socialist Organization (ISO), full of emotionally-charged rhetoric laden with references to Karl Marx.
What’s in a Pronoun?
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 1:54am
How do I put this? In street terms, I am a “Twinkie” (think colors), though I prefer “banana,” or rather, one who checks the box for “Asian-American,” occasionally scribbling in “Korean” if the option for specificity is available.
Locally Grown
Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 1:44am
“Would you like some butterbeer?” Ben Mann, a senior in SEAS, ladles steaming liquid out of a mysterious pot into a mug.