(News)
Manhattanville Expansion —  Academic Subjects & Courses
University Administration & Student Government —  Financial Aid & Admissions
Labor & Capital —  Nature & Environment —  Foreign Policy & Globalization
Sexuality & Gender —  Ethnicity, Diversity, & Hate —  Activists & Partisans

(Arts)
Book Reviews —  Film & Television Reviews —  Music Reviews
Visual Arts & Museum Reviews —  Fiction & Poetry

From the Editor

Manhattanville Expansion

THE STATE OF EXPANSION—Jamie Chen on Manhattanville in the ULURP process—Winter 2007

GROWING PAINS—Emma Jacobs describes how Urban Universities Tussle With Neighbors—April 2007

LIECHTENSTEIN FOR SALE—Max Cohen on Why Columbia Should Expand into Liechtenstein—December 2006

PLANNING THE INVISIBLE CITY—Jonathan Blitzer on The Battle Over Manhattanville—September 2006

A PROGRESSIVE DILEMMA—Lindsey Weinstock on The Kelo Decision and the Just Exercise of the Power of Eminent Domain—March 2006

MANHATTANVILLE—Bryan Mercer and Visnja Vujica on Where We Are—November 2005

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT—Anna Natenzon on Manhattanville's Future Health—November 2005

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Academic Subjects & Courses

DIGGING FOR THE TRUTH—Hanna L. Assadi & Lamya H. Al-Kharusi defend Nadia Abu El Haj's tenure—Winter 2007

ETHNIC STUDIES STRIFE—Zoe Towns on Struggles in the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race—April 2007

GLOBALIZING THE UNIVERSITY—Emily Setton asks Will the New Committee on Global Thought Live Up to Its Lofty Name?—September 2006

CORE CHANGES—Brendan Pierson on Diversifying the Core—September 2006

IDEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY—David Plotz argues No Handouts for Conservatives—November 2005

IDEOLOGICAL DIALOGUE—Brendan Ballou responds to David Plotz—March 2006

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University Administration & Student Government

NEGLECTED RIGHTS—Staff editorial on the University's disciplinary process—April 2007

SELF-DETERMINED?—Brendan Pierson on Student Affairs' Absorption of the SGB—December 2006

DISPATCH FROM LOUISIANA—Neeraj Pradhan on The State of Higher Education—May 2006

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Financial Aid & Admissions

THE FINANCIAL DIVIDE—David Hylden on General Studies Students at Columbia—April 2007

OPENING GATES AND WALLETS—Atossa Abrahamian on Aid for International Students—November 2006

A FAiR FIGHT?—Kathy Gilsinan on the Campaign for Financial Aid Reform—May 2006

A GOOD CITIZEN, A GOOD SCIENTIST?—Diane Chang on The Republican Approach to Post-Secondary Financial Aid—May 2006

I'M INCREDIBLY PRIVILEGED EITHER WAY, BITCH—David Plotz examines Privilege in Education—May 2006

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Labor & Capital

TRACKING THE UNIVERSITY'S FINANCES—The Columbia Index by David Hylden and David Judd—April 2007

COLUMBIA'S DIRTY LAUNDRY—Raia Small on Columbia's Contract with New England Linen—December 2006

GROUNDS FOR FAIR CHANGE—David Hylden on What the Fair Trade Symbol Signifies—December 2006

THE IMAGE RENOVATION—Raia Small on Workers' Fight for Job Security at Faculty House—November 2006

A SOUND DIVESTMENT—Arielle Schwartz on Saving Darfur—November 2006

A PROBLEM OF PENSIONS—Micah Blaichman on The Reasons Behind the 2005 Transit Strike—March 2006

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Nature & Environment

TURNING DOWN THE LIGHTS—Acadia Roher on Attempts to Improve Columbia's Energy Policy—December 2006

INTELLIGENT DESIGN—Brendan Pierson on What the Left Gets Wrong—November 2005

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Foreign Policy & Globalization

ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM—Max Cohen & David Judd look back on Ahmadinejad's visit—Winter 2007

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE—Joanna Bove on Iranian students and Columbia controversies—Winter 2007

BRINGING THE WAR BACK HOME—Ryan Fukumori & Raia Small on Protests Against the Iraq War on Campus—April 2007

THE WORDS WE USE—Eric Hirsch on Genocide, Political Conflict, and Tragedy in Darfur—April 2007

THE YAK REVOLUTION—Diane Chang on Ventures in Development within the Heart of China—December 2006

COLUMBIA MEETS WORLD—T. Marlow Davis on Navigating a Global Space—November 2006

CURRENT EVENTS or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Read the News—by Caitlin Campbell—November 2006

RECRUITING AN ARMY OF MANY—Micah Blaichman on Building a Military After 9/11—November 2006

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Sexuality & Gender

THE SAFETY ZONE: Ladies, first—by Naomi Joseph—Winter 2007

A GOOD EGG IS HARD TO FIND—Charlotte Cowles on The Search for the Perfect Genes—April 2007

THE SAFETY ZONE: When We Forget About Gender Bias—by Naomi Joseph—April 2007

SEXPELUNKING: The Spread of Yellow Fever—by Anna So—April 2007

SEXPELUNKING: Sex With Someone I Love—by Anna So—December 2006

SEXPELUNKING: Did You Come?—by Anna So—November 2006

A QUEER EDUCATION—Max Cohen on Harvey Milk High School—May 2006

(TRANS)VISIBILITY—Anna So on Civil Rights Outside the Gender Binary—March 2006

VIOLENCE AT THE NEXUS OF IDENTITY—Nell Geiser interviews Nada Elia of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence—March 2006

TO BE MANLY AND ANTI-RAPE—Samuel Jenning on How to Merge Anti-Violence Rhetoric and Modern Masculinity—March 2006

POMOEROTICS—Christopher Shay on How Spectator's Sex Column May Be Ruining Your Life—November 2005

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Ethnicity, Diversity, & Hate

JENA IN A BOTTLE—Eric Hirsch on Jena and the media—Winter 2007

PAINTING OVER PREJUDICE—Ryan Fukumori on racist graffiti and the student response—Winter 2007

WRITING OVER THE WHITE-OUT—Karen Leung on The Politics of Representation in Campus Media—April 2007

CROSSING LINES, SKIRTING ISSUES—Diane Chang & Grace Zhou on What the Minuteman Controversy Was Really About—November 2006

NEGOTIATING THE AFTERMATH—Staff Editorial on The Administration's Reaction to the Anti-Minuteman Protest—November 2006

UNDER THE ROOF OF COLUMBIA—Diane Chang on how The Office of Multicultural Affairs Strives to Meet Students' Needs—September 2006

DUE ROCESS: POLICY AFTER RUGGLES—Staff Editorial on Hate Crime Policy—September 2006

LIVING UP TO THE BROCHURE—Alex Jung on The Diversity Initiative of the Provost's Office—March 2006

THE AMERICAN COLOR CODE—Candyce Phoenix on Racial Standards for Beauty—March 2006

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Activists & Partisans

A HUNGER STRIKE TIMELINE—Bryan Mercer & Tina Musa—Winter 2007

TALKING ABOUT YOUR GENERATION: A Virtual Model—by Professor Paige West—December 2006

BIG BUSINESS GOES BLOGGING—Casey Acierno on Wal-Mart's Takeover of the Blogosphere—December 2006

CAUSE CELEBRE—Arielle Schwartz on The New Celebrity Activism—December 2006

DEMOCRATIC UNITY—Micah Blaichman asks Are the NY Dems Finally Facing the Firing Squad Together?—November 2005

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Book Reviews

DEMOCRACY, SORT OF, IN AMERICA—Ashley James reviews Stranger in a Strange Land by Gary Younge—November 2006

WARTIME MYTH AND THE ILIAD—Caitlin Campbell on Rereading a Classic for Contemporary Times—September 2006

THE SHAME OF THE NATION—Caitlin Campbell on The Apartheid School System—May 2006

THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE—Brendan Pierson on Why Betty Still Matters—March 2006

THE GRAPHIC NOVEL—Caitlin Campbell on The Comic Book's Not-So-Nerdy Cousin—November 2005

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Film & Television Reviews

SURVIVING A COMPETITIVE RACE—Scott Evans discusses Playing the Race Card on Cook Islands—December 2006

HISTORICIZING IRAQ—David Judd reviews “Why We Fight”—May 2006

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Music Reviews

A MET FOR THE MASSES—Maxwell Foxman reviews how Opera Reaches Out—November 2006

THE BHANGRA BASEMENT and Crown Heights’ Hasidic Dancehall—Casey Acierno—November 2006

LISTENING TO THE “WORLD”—A Review of Toure’Critics by Christopher Shay—September 2006

FROM RAGE TO DANCE PARTY—Anna Natenzon discusses How Riot Made Way for Le Tigre—March 2006

THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY: The World's Newest Brand of Western Communism?—by Casey Acierno—November 2005

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Visual Arts & Museum Reviews

THE POLITICS OF PINK—Ashley James hears graffiti artist Lady Pink speak at Columbia—Winter 2007

EMPIRE OR BUST—Jenny Halperin rates the Roman emperors at the Met—Winter 2007

REVOLUTIONS: A HISTORY—Daryl King on Makonde masks at Wallach—Winter 2007

THE ART OF GREEN SPACES—Jenny Kwon on Guerrilla Gardening in New York City—April 2007

DRAWING CONCERN—Diane Chang on how "Expanding Perspectives" Explores Views of West Harlem—April 2007

COMIC AWARENESS—Ashley James reviews the "Africa Comics" Exhibit at the Harlem Studio Museum—April 2007

MULTIPLICATION AS DIVISION—Tessa Paneth-Pollak on The Political Potential of Artistic Reproduction—December 2006

PARADISE DAMAGED—Daryl King reviews “Ecotopia”: at the International Center of Photography through January 7—November 2006

“ALLES GRAU” AND “QUID PRO QUO”—Anna So reviews The Studio Museum in Harlem—September 2006

AMERICAN POSTCARD—Caitlin Campbell reviews “Generation KKK: Passing the Torch”—May 2006

ARTISTS WHO ARE WOMEN—Casey Acierno on “The Women Artists?”—March 2006

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Fiction & Poetry

I LIKE IT WHEN YOU ARE SERIOUS by Alex De Leon—Winter 2007

ISAIAH by Cheryl Nielsen—April 2007

EXCLAMATION POINT by Jenna Beatrice—May 2006

LETTERS TO BEV by Ben Katz—March 2006

THE LITTLE GIRLS OF CAMBRIDGE by Kate Sweeney—March 2006

SHANE (KISSED) by Marissa Nicosia—November 2005

MICROCOSM by Javier Cabrera-Perez—November 2005

ARTHUR LAWRENCE (An Excerpt from the Short Story “Weight”) by Joshua Bolotsky—November 2005

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From the Editor

ISSUE 1: WHY AD HOC?—November 2005

ISSUE 2: CONTENTS—March 2006

ISSUE 3: SHOCC'S DEMANDS—May 2006

ISSUE 4: THE COLUMBIA EXPERIENCE—September 2006

ISSUE 5: CRACKING THE PRISM—November 2006

ISSUE 6: THE CONSUMPTION ISSUE—December 2006

ISSUE 7: WHY WE WRITE—April 2007

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