DIVERSIFYING COLUMBIA
LIVING UP TO THE BROCHURE
The Diversity Initiative of the Provost's Office
Alex Jung

With the creation of a $15 million Diversity Initiative in 2004, Columbia set a mission to diversify the Arts and Sciences faculty. But many questions still remain.

How many new faculty members will the Initiative hire? How does Columbia expect the Initiative to create lasting change? And finally, what does diversity mean to Columbia?
 THE AMERICAN COLOR CODE
Racial Standards for Beauty
Candyce Phoenix


(TRANS)VISIBILITY
Civil Rights Outside the Gender Binary
Anna So

 


FROM THE EDITOR

LETTERS: IDEOLOGICAL DIALOGUE		 Brendan Ballou

VIOLENCE AT THE NEXUS OF IDENTITY		 Nell Geiser
An Interview with Nada Elia of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence

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

A PROGRESSIVE DILEMMA:		 Lindsey Weinstock
The Kelo Decision and the Just Exercise of the Power of Eminent Domain

A PROBLEM OF PENSIONS		 Micah Blaichman
The Reasons Behind the 2005 Transit Strike

RETRO BOOK REVIEW: THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE		 Brendan Pierson
Why Betty Still Matters

MUSIC: FROM RAGE TO DANCE PARTY		 Anna Natenzon
How Riot Made Way for Le Tigre

ART: ARTISTS WHO ARE WOMEN		 Casey Acierno
or "The Women Artists?"

ON CAMPUS: THE BODY SHOW		 Compiled by Hannah Messkoub
Postcrypt Art Gallery

FICTION: LETTERS TO BEV		 Ben Katz

POETRY: THE LITTLE GIRLS OF CAMBRIDGE		 Kate Sweeney

RAD LIBS		 Annie Berke

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