Martina Brendel

The Best Student Eats in New York

I don’t know about the rest of you, but back where I grew up you couldn’t take a half-hour subway ride to a secret taxidermy restaurant, a pickled herring boutique, or a hipster-filled

By Tessa Angle, Martina Brendel, Matthew Danel, Ben Everett, Mariko Foster, Daniel Haley, and Laura Rege | Dec 8 12:00 am ET

The Charisma of Cupcakes

The birthday, once considered an annual occasion, is gaining
popularity. I myself have had at least 12 this year alone.

By Martina Brendel | Sep 29 12:00 am ET

Take 'Em to Church, R. Kelly is Saved

Upon first listening to R. Kelly’s new double-album,
Happy People/U Saved Me, I paced the room and fretted,

By Martina Brendel | Sep 24 12:00 am ET

De-Flouring New York

Students who spend their junior year abroad are prepared by
Columbia’s study abroad office to expect something called

By Martina Brendel | Sep 15 12:00 am ET

Martina's Martini

I discovered this drink while bartending at a French bistro in
Chicago. The waiters would pour the drink in front of the customer

By Martina Brendel | Sep 15 12:00 am ET

CB9 Committee Defers Decision on CU Housing

The Community Board 9 Housing Land Use Committee considered a housing resolution drawn up by the Coalition to Preserve Community last night that asked Columbia to stop converting University-owned,

By Martina Brendel | Nov 19 12:00 am ET

We're Not In Kansas Anymore

Thornton Wilder used a fictional town in New Hampshire to explore simple American values and the more universal existential dilemmas of life, death, and what it all means.

By Martina Brendel | Sep 23 12:00 am ET

Not as Think as You Drunk I Am ...

William Blake said "The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Maybe Tom Waits put it better with the words: "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy." Is it coinc

By Martina Brendel | Aug 28 12:00 am ET

Hip Hop Hoo-Cares?: Naughty Show Draws Few

In a sparsely attended performance in Roone Arledge Auditorium on Friday night, Naughty By Nature transported students back to Nineteen-"Naughty"-One.

By Martina Brendel | Mar 4 12:00 am ET

In Griffith's Comedians, No Pain Means No Gain

Anyone who has ever done stand-up comedy (or dated a comedian for that matter--sigh) knows that it's a very dark and bitter world, filled with competition, rejection, and self-doubt.

By Martina Brendel | Feb 6 12:00 am ET

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