vol. 7, issue 5

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15 October 2009 / vol. 7, issue 5

IN FOCUS

Light Blue in the Red

The economic crisis has taken a toll on Columbia and the rest of the Ivy League. The Eye puts the depressing statistics in perspective.

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FEATURES


Ideas

Machine Trees

A Columbia geophysics professor builds a device that can take carbon right out of the air.

Eye to Eye

Red Light for Trafficking

Diana Mao is fighting trafficking one tote bag at a time.

View From Here

Forever Young?

Why is one year the difference between being a child and an adult?

Eyesites

I’d Like To Thank Manhattanville

A theoretical noble acceptance speech by Lee Bollinger.

Eyesites

Words Do Hurt

Americans find “whatever” to be the most annoying word in conversation; what ticks off Columbians?

Eyesites

Midnight Cowboy

A proposal for the Columbia School of Mixology that would make Jake Gyllenhaal proud.

Eyesites

The Editors' Ten

What we're into this week.

ARTS


TV

TV 101

Why television is shut out of Columbia's curriculum.

Theater

A New Triple Threat

Columbia alum Julia Stiles stars in "Oleanna" on Broadway.

Dance

Ballet for the Masses

It’s no surprise that ballet isn’t as popular as, say, “Gossip Girl.”

Music

Computer Generated

What happens when we let a Web site choose our music.