Jacob Mckean

Juice Is Stranger Than Friction

There's been a good deal of talk about privilege and oppression on campus over the last few months.

By Jacob Mckean | Apr 27 12:00 am ET

Fighting for Our Lives

Many, even most, students here feel a deep sense of alienation. From each other, from their education, from their physical surroundings, from their future, even from their work as activists.

By Jacob Mckean | Apr 13 12:00 am ET

Time for a New Tale

I am tired of making demands. We have made demands since we arrived here, and we still feel alienated and disfranchised.

By Jacob Mckean | Mar 30 12:00 am ET

Diversity Blues

Last week's "Fireside Chat" with University President Lee C. Bollinger felt like a scene out of Alice in Wonderland.

By Jacob Mckean | Mar 2 12:00 am ET

Metaphysics of McCarthyism

Academic freedom" and "intellectual diversity" are the two primary buzz-phrases of the right-wing movement to remake academia in its own image.

By Jacob Mckean | Feb 16 12:00 am ET

Rotten to the Core

My classes this semester have been a little strange. Like many seniors, I've left a couple of my requirements for the end.

By Jacob Mckean | Feb 2 12:00 am ET

Bursting the Bubble

From the minute I got to Columbia I heard people talking about "the Bubble." Now, three and a half years later, I've gotten to know the Bubble pretty well.

By Jacob Mckean | Jan 19 12:00 am ET

Westside Market Closes its Doors After 30 Years on Broadway

Mixed emotions were the norm at Westside Market on Friday, the supermarket's last day after 30 years at its location on Broadway near 110th Street.

By Jacob Mckean | Apr 26 12:00 am ET

Segregation's American History

A panel discussion yesterday marked the third event in a year-long series sponsored by Columbia Law School to commemorate the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.

By Jacob Mckean | Feb 25 12:00 am ET

Segregation's American History

A panel discussion yesterday marked the second event in a year-long series sponsored by Columbia Law School to commemorate the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.

By Jacob Mckean | Feb 25 12:00 am ET

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