Ben Lyons

Reflecting on 9/11

Ten years later, 9/11 continues to have a significant impact on our lives.

By Randall Balmer, Marianne Hirsch, Joohyun Lee, Ben Lyons, and Allan MacLeod | Sep 8 11:15 pm ET

Reflecting on 9/11: Campus during the attacks

The 9/11 attacks greatly affected the Columbia campus.

By Ben Lyons | Sep 8 10:26 pm ET

The architecture of the future

We have the power to prevent Columbia's ill-advised architectural pursuits.

By Ben Lyons | Apr 4 09:00 pm ET

Thoughts on buildings and beauty as the new science center nears completion

Step out the gates and down to Broadway and 120th, however, and you will behold a bona fide architectural tort. Immense steel girders and corrugated plates clash with the modest turn-of-the-nineteenth-century buildings that cower under their gaze.

By Ben Lyons | Apr 11 07:43 pm ET

A new look at social justice

Social justice is not the John Wayne style of justice in which one ferrets out bad guys with a Winchester or a Colt-45 and throws them in jail.

By Ben Lyons | Nov 3 07:01 pm ET

Cuffing Free Speech: Do We Care?

It was about twelve days ago that a young man handing out anti-Bush leaflets near Lerner was accosted by Columbia Security and then hauled away in handcuffs.

By Ben Lyons | Sep 20 12:00 am ET

Stop in the Name of Love

Asked why she didn’t want to have pre-marital sex, Jasmine, a teenager from the Bronx, told The New York Times, “If I do ...

By Ben Lyons | Feb 17 12:00 am ET

Evolutionary Folly

Three weeks ago, in a lecture entitled "Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design: What Can Public Schools Teach about the Development of Life?" University Professor Kent Greenawalt made this

By Ben Lyons | Feb 13 12:00 am ET

Free Speech: Why Not Here?

"There are few things more precious on any university campus than freedom of thought and expression.

By Ben Lyons | Nov 6 12:00 am ET

Close Call in Jerusalem

It was the loudest sound I had ever heard.

By Ben Lyons | Oct 22 12:00 am ET

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