Thu, Apr 7, 2011, 4:03am
It’s a Friday morning. Five students are sitting around a small table on the fifth floor of Lerner Hall, holding an executive board meeting for the Columbia College Student Council.
Thu, Apr 7, 2011, 3:52am
College students’ interest in sex is clear—just check out almost everything marketed to us. If we aren’t having it, we want to have it, and if we don’t want to have it, we’re almost certainly curious.
Thu, Apr 7, 2011, 3:43am
In 2003, Stephanie Staal, a freelance writer and new mother, felt like she was drifting from her Barnard roots.
Thu, Apr 7, 2011, 3:39am
What do the events following Kennedy’s assassination, 9/11, Princess Diana’s death, and the moon landing tell us about contemporary culture? The simple answer: that we live in a world of conspiracy thinking.
Thu, Apr 7, 2011, 3:24am
We all know the story: an ingénue is swept up into the highfalutin’ world of flashbulbs for her fifteen minutes—only to be spat out, drug-addled and chain-smoking, her former glory gone until she expires into infamy.
Thu, Apr 7, 2011, 3:16am
Anna Quindlen, BC ’74, has taken the New York literary scene by storm. A former writer for the New York Post, the New York Times, and Newsweek, Quindlen went on to become a full-time novelist.
Thu, Apr 7, 2011, 3:09am
Food is given all sorts of labels these days. There’s low-carb, gluten-free, whole-wheat, vegan, ethical, zero trans fat and “made with real fruit” (really?). It’s hard to decide which to privilege over others—or what to believe.
Thu, Apr 7, 2011, 1:58am
Barnard, Inc. has expanded into the undergarment market. Available at The Barnard Store is a suite of cobalt-blue thongs (and boy shorts) of Hanky Panky brand. “Did you really think I hadn’t bought a pair yet?” chirped “Alex” last June on a Barnard Class of 2009 WordPress blog.