Grab your lab coats and slap on your safety goggles, because the world of science is in turmoil. Sort of. This week Zealous Xenobiologist Zach Kagan brings you exciting tales of global warming, stem cells, the secrets of the the brain and more. Last Wednesday Havemeyer Hall became a battleground over the future direction of Neuroscience research. In a […]
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Asian American Alliance, and Hunter College’s Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter are joining forces tonight to present Lifting the Veil: The Plight of Asian American Studies Within the University. The event will feature guest panelist Jennifer Hayashida (of Hunter College), and will be accompanied by delicious Dinsosaur […]
We all have stuff, and lots of it. By May 12th, that stuff has to be out of our current Columbia housing. So what are you going to do with it? Even if you’re staying in the city, there will be some items you would rather tuck away for the summer. The Housing Website has […]
Theatre Theorizer Alex Katz wants you to pause your video of Downton Abbey, stop making your “Bring Arrested Development Back” signs, and go see an original play about a wealthy family who lost everything and the one (adopted) son who had no choice but to destroy their lives for good. Here’s his take on CUPlayers’ The Cherry […]
At first glance this seems like the the work of a coner in his or her prime, questioning the validity of art and academic institutions through the use of artfully applied dunce caps. On consulting our extensive coner archives, however, we discovered that this dramatic installation is a repeat.
On Thursday, Diana Clarke and Anneke Gronke headed up to the 15th floor of the International Affairs building to see Angela Davis, Mai Masri, Lena Meari, and Judith Butler participate in a panel entitled “Carceral Politics in Palestine and Beyond: Gender, Vulnerability, Prison.” Despite their advance reservations and the open spaces in the room, however, […]
One religion has more holidays than the others, and it’s not Festivus. (Slate) According to the Supreme Court people just need to suck it up and strip down. (NYT) Greta Gerwig, a Barnard grad staring in the upcoming film Damsels in Distress, was never that into Columbia frat guys. Maybe she’d prefer Dan Rad? (NY […]
What’s the only thing better than free? More free! In celebration of the last First Friday of the semester, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), Columbia Queer, and Lambda Phi Epsilon invite you to an awesome free dance party full of other awesome free-ness in Roone tonight from 11 pm to 2 am, complete with […]
Matsuri Noun, Japanese 1.The Japanese word for festival 2. A Japanese spring festival on Low Steps from 4 to 8 p.m. Put on by the Columbia Japan Society, there will be festive dance, goldfish scooping, and activity booths! Other student organizations will be represented as well, and why wouldn’t you want to leave for home […]
Newly elected CCSC President Karishma Habbu is the newest member of PrezBo’s committee to find a new Dean of Columbia College. Following PrezBo’s announcement of the committee last week, students Kenny Durrell, Barry Weinberg, Alex Frouman, and Aki Terasaki wrote a Spec editorial urging KevSho to add an elected student representative to the team. “While we do not […]
In case you missed them during Mental Health Awareness Week, CNS will be giving out the remaining stock of awesome free t-shirts (and if the picture is any indication, some candy too!) this afternoon at the Sundial from 2-4 pm.
The upcoming Core-wide lecture, Evil to the Core, will take place next week (read: class on Friday). Unfortunately, the one poster put up in Hamilton to advertise the event was stolen. Irony? Evil incarnate? An excuse to miss the lecture? We report; you decide. Information on the sign’s whereabouts should be sent to tips@bwog.com.
George Rupp, as president, sought to stop political correctness, stop departments and schools forming silos. He expanded interdisciplinarism, and making
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