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Neil Fitzpatrick

City comes together to weather the storm

I don’t love snow for the same reasons most snow-lovers do. No, I love snow because of what it does to New Yorkers.

I don’t love snow for the same reasons most snow-lovers do. No, I love snow because of what it does to New Yorkers.

Searching for certainty

Without getting into specifics, Columbia has destroyed, and continues to destroy, my last vestiges of academic certainty by introducing me to theory.

Without getting into specifics, Columbia has destroyed, and continues to destroy, my last vestiges of academic certainty by introducing me to theory.

Fame in the digital age

Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and viral videos put fame at our fingertips, but cannot replace real relationships.

Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and viral videos put fame at our fingertips, but cannot replace real relationships.

Marriage and apathy in the Garden State

A look at our paradoxical views (or lack thereof) on marriage equality.

A look at our paradoxical views (or lack thereof) on marriage equality.

Get some (Core) class

All Columbia undergraduates have to take them—the required classes that constitute our early years. But do they go on to constitute part of us? This week, four students assess the foundations of our education. Jennifer Fearon examines what it means to re-read classics in Barnard’s First-Year English, Joseph Rozenshtein writes off University Writing, Sarah Ngu suggests it simply needs a few edits, and Neil Fitzpatrick merges the practical and the pedantic in his position on Literature Humanities.

All Columbia undergraduates have to take them—the required classes that constitute our early years. But do they go on to constitute part of us? This week, four students assess the foundations of our education. Jennifer Fearon examines what it means to re-read classics in Barnard’s First-Year English, Joseph Rozenshtein writes off University Writing, Sarah Ngu suggests it simply needs a few edits, and Neil Fitzpatrick merges the practical and the pedantic in his position on Literature Humanities.

Lit Hum a year later

Much has been said about the Core: It provides a firm grounding in the western canon; it contains too many dead white males; it is a perfectly good impetus for a hunger strike; it is one of the reasons many students (including yours truly) came to Columbia.

Much has been said about the Core: It provides a firm grounding in the western canon; it contains too many dead white males; it is a perfectly good impetus for a hunger strike; it is one of the reasons many students (including yours truly) came to Columbia.

Smells like home

My point here, despite what it may seem, is not to further damage the already-delicate reputation of my homeland. Bon Jovi has done enough. But it’s also not exactly to defend it.

My point here, despite what it may seem, is not to further damage the already-delicate reputation of my homeland. Bon Jovi has done enough. But it’s also not exactly to defend it.

In Defense of John Jay

I should preface this article by saying that I am by no means an expert on John Jay Dining Hall. I started the semester with 150 meals and three months later have yet to dip below 100.

I should preface this article by saying that I am by no means an expert on John Jay Dining Hall. I started the semester with 150 meals and three months later have yet to dip below 100.

Public Speaking in the Core

As I sat watching the most recent presidential debate last Tuesday, I found myself marveling at the short limbs of Senator John McCain.

As I sat watching the most recent presidential debate last Tuesday, I found myself marveling at the short limbs of Senator John McCain.