Coverage on yesterday’s madness, if you need anymore of it
Given the last few weeks, the call for safe space is probably in order
PrezBo’s been doing quite a bit of talking lately
On slanderous graffiti: “…we could have noted that the person who wrote it has a small penis.”
Ah, lovely and nifty multimedia: a bias timeline
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12 October 2007 @ 7:57 AM · 6 comments
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Lost: Black raincoat/windbreaker jacket. RL. Buttons have horses on them. Elastic waist. Two big pockets by the hips. Women’s small or medium (can’t remember). Probably a ticket of some kind in the big pockets. If found, please email khw2110@barnard.edu
Dark blue Columbia Alpine Race Team soft shell jacket. Rossignol, size M. Lost 5/6 at Midnight Breakfast, Orgo Night.
If found, please email rlc2145@columbia.edu .
Last seen on 8th or 9th floor of the Butler Stacks on May 5. If found, please email st2463@columbia.edu.
Charger for a Dell laptop lost on 5/3/10.
If found, please e-mail cas2201@barnard.edu.
Lost : One white apple laptop charger in the Butler Media Center.
If found, please e-mail kjm2139@columbia.edu
Grey scarf found near Philosophy. Please email mac9jb@gmail.com if is yours.
Sony headphones with”refurbished” sticker. Butler or Barnard, 3/27. Reward if found. Contact mem2241.
The number is 564075. The contact email is yl2504@columbia.edu.
Red Nikon Coolpix Digital camera with touchscreen lost 3/8, possibly in Butler. It has a stylus attached to the cord and a picture of a chihuahua when it turns on. Please contact jcb2156.
Silver-colored fleur-de-lis necklace, Lerner lobby.
another noose was found downtown:
http://gothamist.com/2007/10/12/noose.php
And Mychal Bell of Jena 6 fame is back in jail:
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/NEWS01/71011059
“…everything I know about India and China, I learned in classes about Latin American literature and Caribbean music. ”
If you learn about China and India in a class about Latin American literature, then what class do you take to learn about Latin American literature???
that was joke. and one that made his point.
It was a joke that didn’t make any goddamn sense, because Columbia DOES offer courses in Asian studies (and other cultures. In the Core). So point not taken.
I understand why people are upset that the Core doesn’t emphasize other cultures as much it does the western ones, but come on. The actual name of Lit Hum is “European Literature and Philosophy Masterpieces,” meaning that the course is specific to Euro-centric literature. It’s not like you’re being tricked into thinking that this is a class of all the literary masterpieces in the world and then find out that they only considered European classics to be masterpieces. Eastern, African, and Latin American-centered courses are offered separately, and no one seems to have a problem that only Latin American civiliztion is taught in a Major Cultures course called “Latin American Civilization.”
Yes, it would be interesting to have a course in the Core where different lit. from different parts of the world were studied together compared, and when that happens, I will support it. But if you don’t go into a Biology class expecting to learn about Physics, or a Middle Eastern Studies class expecting to study Homer, then why would you enter a European Lit class expecting to learn about anything other than dead white men?
don’t yell at me; i’ve been arguing for (and reminding people of the actual names of) lit hum, cc, etc. as long as i’ve been here. but i don’t think he was saying that we should cram every culture/person ever into the existing classes, either. instead, his joke was conveying that the university makes CC kids take “major cultures” at least in part to counter the “dead white guys” arguments about other core classes, but the very nature of the requirement is that you just learn about a couple of different specific topics (and get away with learning nothing about everything else). like you (and the author of the article, as far as i can tell), i’d support another class added to the core as a way to address the issue.