Columbia University

I Am Professor Khalidi (Why John McCain Doesn't Get to Pick My Halloween Costume)

David Quigg | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, John McCain, Columbia University, Barack Obama, Xenophobia, Negative Attacks, Smears, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Academic Freedom, Israel, Rashid Khalidi, Politics News
David Quigg

Khalidi is a big-time professor. Which is to say that, until quite recently, he was someone most of us had never heard of. But then John McCain picked Professor Khalidi's new Halloween costume.

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Millennials on Awesome Display at Columbia U.

Allison Fine | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Mccain, Obama, Columbia University, Social Citizens, Servicenation, Case Foundation, Presidential Summit, Home News
Allison Fine

The Presidential Summit at the inaugural ServiceNation event at Columbia University tonight was fascinating to watch. But it wasn't so much the heavy...

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It's Not Oil Supply -- It's the High Fear Hype!

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, National Security Strategy, Wmds, John McCain, u.s. Foreign Policy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Research Magazine, Middle East Equilibrium, George W. Bush, Bush/Cheney, Gary Sick, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, First USA Bank, Iran, Richard Vague, Nuclear Weapons, Columbia University, Oil Drilling, Middle East, Nancy Pelosi, Barclays USA, Oil, Israel, Crisis, New Equilibrium, Richard Cheney, Ahmadenijad, Obama Oil, 2008 Election, Oil Prices, McCain Oil, Politics News
Steve Clemons

This debate over oil and energy policy disgusts me because both Obama and McCain are trying to force short term, knee jerk responses to a major policy challenge for the nation.

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Appeal to Dr. Bollinger for Gaza Fulbright Students

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fulbright Scholars, Columbia University, Lee Bollinger Israel, Gaza, Lee Bollinger, Fulbright, Israel, Gazan Students, Politics News
Daoud Kuttab

The State of Israel has refused to give permission to three Gazan Fulbright Scholars to travel to the USA. One of them is supposed to attend Columbia in the fall.

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James Hansen's Warning to the G8: We've Exceeded Safe C02 Levels

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Nasa, The Environmentalist, Japanese Prime Minister, United Nations, Dr. James Hansen, C02 Levels, Yasuo Fakuda, Climate Tipping Points, United Nations Climate Change, Columbia University, Tipping Point, Kyoto Protocol, Environment, James Hansen, Goddard Institute on Space Sciences, Climate Change, Japan, c02, Global Warming, G8, Green News
Janet Ritz

Hansen opens with current climate status: the loss of sea ice, the approaching tipping points, the effects on people and wildlife, the unstoppable sea level rise, shifting of climate zones and more.

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On the Campus: Forty Years Later

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Columbia University, 1960s, 1968, Changing Times, New York Times Magazine, Media News
Amitai Etzioni

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40 Years Ago Today, The Police Tried to Kill Me At Columbia University

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: President, Demonstrations, Nyc, Nyt, Kennedy, Rfk, Mcgovern, '68, New York, Columbia University, Racism, 1968, Harlem, Martin Luther King, Prague Spring, Vietnam War, Mccarthy, Civil Rights Movement, Students, New York Times, Protestors, Grayson Kirk, Humphrey, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

The real legacy of the 1968 turmoil was the idea that young people and students had the obligation to challenge authority, to question assumptions... and could succeed.

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Economist Jeffrey Sachs: "We'll Get Out of This Mess"

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Developing Countries, Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University, Charlie Rose, Sub-Saharan Africa, Weapons of Mass Salvation, Federal Reserve, Bear Stearns, Alan Greenspan, Great Depression, Business News
Michelle Haimoff

Sachs described our current economic situation as "intentional" and pointed fingers at Alan Greenspan, The Fed, and an unpopular and weak administration that is "financing a war that nobody supports."

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Students Elect to Campaign

NYCity News Service | Posted 02.05.2008 | Home

Read More: New York, Barack Obama, New York City, Columbia University, Student Voters, New York Women for Obama, Democrats, Youth Voters, Students, 2008 Election, 2008 Prmary, Hillary Clinton, New York Primary, Barnard College, Home News
NYCity News Service

By Stephen Pacer Produced by Megan McGibney Local students, energized by the presidential race, signed up as campaign volunteers - passing out fliers...

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Vampire Weekend -- Blogger Band Makes Good

Matt Budd | Posted 01.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Vampire Weekend, Columbia University, Indie Rock, New York City, Graceland, Artwork, A Punk Song, Entertainment News
Matt Budd

Self described "Upper West Side Soweto," the album is a mix of African beats, classical string arrangements and quirky lyrics.

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My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Hong Kong, Ron Paul, Pakistan, Darfur, Bhutto, Best Government Dollar Spent, Mercenary, Primary Schedule, Do-Nothing Congress, Euro, China, Worst Political Theater, Wide Stance, CAFE Standards, President, Most Overreported Story, Surge, Mercenaries, Dollar, Blackwater, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Katrina, Gas Mileage, Sorry to See You Go, Global Warming, Mark Foley, Airport Bathroom, Kurt Vonnegut, MoveOn.Org, Ethnic Cleansing, Democrat, Fema, Most Underrated, Private Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, John Murtha, Oprah Winfrey, Don't Tase Me Bro, Bomb Iran, Honorable Mention, 15 Minutes of Fame, Fred Thompson, Schip, Edwards Hair Cut, Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Best Spin, Hail Eris, Senate, Steve Fossett, Taiwan, Destined for Political Oblivion, Cloture, Cia, Do-Nothing, Sidney Sheldon, Beijing, Molly Ivins, Cheney, Filibuster, Robert Anton Wilson, Iraq, Most Overrated, Larry Craig, Bush, Iran, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Obstructionism, Fake News Conference, Scooter Libby, Sectarian Cleansing, Evel Knievel, Hair Cut, Most Underreported Story, Best Political Theater, Boldest Political Tactic, Roadblock Republicans, Nie, Olympics, Fake News, Rudy Giuliani, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Oil, Most Honest Person, Fema Trailers, Worst Idea, $400 Hair Cut, Discordianism, Politics News
Chris Weigant

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

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Columbia University Students Go On Hunger Strike

Courtney E. Martin | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hunger Strike, Columbia University, Politics News
Courtney E. Martin

Just as scarf and hat weather hit Wednesday in New York, five Columbia University students gathered on the main campus lawn, pitched three tents, and ...

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Blacks Should Toss Noose as Symbol, Hear History

Michael Meyers | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: African Americans on Racism, Hanging Nooses, Racism New York City, Hate Crimes, Columbia University, Madonna Constantine, Hate Speech Codes, Racism, Hate Speech, Noose, Noose Columbia, Racist Threats, African Americans, Politics News
Michael Meyers

Whatever happened on Columbia's campus was no such hate crime, regardless of what the rope symbolizes.

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Hanging Nooses: Hate or Hoax Upsurge

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hanging Nooses, Racism, Hate Crimes, Columbia University, Lynching, Jena, Katheryn Russel-Brown, The Color of Crime, Madonna Constantine, Grambling, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Racial hoaxes almost always fall apart but they work for a time because they play hard on the stereotypes, myths, and fears about blacks and Latinos.

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Honoring the Dean of Deans

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 10.05.2007 | Media

Read More: International Journalism, Democracy and Journalism, Columbia University Journalism, Columbia University, Jay Rosen, Media in Public Life, Dean of Deans, James Carey, Journalism, Media News
Joe Cutbirth

James Carey saw the dawn of a new democratic era in journalism when Internet access was still billed by the hour and neither Web surfing nor Web journalists had been born.

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Ahmadinejad at Columbia

Jesse Larner | Posted 09.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Appearance at Columbia, Politics News
Jesse Larner

Bollinger's defense of Israel, while passionate, was weak, because he didn't have the intellectual discipline to really think out the reason that Ahmadinejad's diatribes resonate in the Muslim world.

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Reading The Pictures: Did You Hear Hitler Was In Town?

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.26.2007 | Media

Read More: Scott Pelley, Iran, Embassy Take-Over, Columbia University, United Nations, War, Cheney, Hostage Crisis, Cbs, 60 Minutes, New York, Bush, Bollinger, Ahmadinejad, Tehran, Lee Bollinger's Introduction of Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad's Visit to New York, Media News
Michael Shaw

2007-09-26-20070926DailyNewsAhmadin.jpg I mean, you almost expect it from a rag like the Daily News, but what about everybody else?

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Laugh at Ahmadinejad, Don't Bomb His Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.25.2007 | Home

Read More: Holocaust, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Columbia University, Home News
Jim Wallis

Columbia University students got it right. When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's bombastic president, told the packed university auditorium that there were...

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Columbia University Shows True American Values

Thom Hartmann | Posted 09.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad's Visit to New York, Columbia University, War With Iran, Politics News
Thom Hartmann

Columbia University, by inviting Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak, has shown confidence in the wisdom and adultness of their students and our republic.

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Columbia Disgraces Itself with the Iranian Terrorist in Chief

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 09.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Culture, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Columbia University, Ahmadinejad's Visit to New York, War With Iran, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

It is time for the world to boldly declare the clarion call of a new generation: no tolerance for intolerance.

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The Middle Ground Between Scylla and Charybdis

William Organek | Posted 09.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Columbia University, Ahmadinejad's Visit to New York, War With Iran, Politics News
William Organek

Engagement without appeasement is the only way to peacefully resolve our differences. Now is not the time to isolate Iran -- isolation is what got Iran into this mess in the first place.

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Ahmadinejad: Why The Right Is Wrong

Azadeh Ensha | Posted 09.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Ahmadinejad's Visit to New York, Politics News
Azadeh Ensha

If Ahmadinejad wasn't afforded the opportunity to speak, and to offer up more inflammatory remarks, then the right would be without this easy ammunition in its ongoing campaign to invade Iran.

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The Electorate Must Be Informed, Even About a Thug like Ahmadinejad

Stephen Cox | Posted 09.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad's Visit to New York, Columbia University, Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard, Politics News
Stephen Cox

The people should be the front line in guarding our right to create our own educated foreign policy, engage the world, and avoid against another idiotic neoconservative war.

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Politicizing Tenure Continues with Attack on Barnard's Abu El-Haj

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 08.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Norman Finkelstein, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Columbia University, Barnard College, Politics News
Freddy Deknatel

Not only should Abu El-Haj have the freedom to critique Israeli archaeology, but, as anyone who has read the book critically would understand, Facts on the Ground does not center on blanket critique.

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