vol. 7, issue 4

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8 October 2009 / vol. 7, issue 4

IN FOCUS

The Web, the War, and the W.

By Thomas Rhiel and Raphael Pope-Sussman

By our calculations, this decade is 98 percent over. We sat down with five professors to talk about it.

View From Here

An American in Jordan

Our contributor fasts during his first weeks in Jordan.

By Zachary Mondesire

Ideas

Aristotle After School

Columbia's Philosophy Outreach program teaches high schoolers around the city.

By Phil Crone

Eye to Eye

Old Books, New Tricks

Good news for book lovers: The Strand is doing fine.

By Nora Hirshman

Eyesites

Things Columbia Students Like

A definitive guide to the unique taste of thousands.

By Maggie Penman

Eyesites

A Layman’s Guide to Vampire Weekend’s New Single, “Horchata”

Because not everyone can graduate from Columbia with a B.A. in comp lit.

Eyesites

Train of Thought

Columbia gets in trouble with the MTA.

Eyesites

Editors' Ten

What we're into this week.

Film

Homer, Plato... Spielberg?

As cinema continues to evolve as an art form in the 21st century, is it time to add it to the Core Curriculum?

By Daniel Valella

Style

Eau De What?

Making "scents" of Fall's must-have accessory.

By Helen Werbe

Books

Graphic Literature

Who knew that a graphic novel hoard of 1,200 titles and counting is ensconced within the Butler stacks?

By Tommy Hill

Food

The New York City bar scene can be intimidating for people under 21—both those with ID and without it. Is there actually a logic behind the seemingly arbitrary whim of a bouncer?

By Ethan Wong