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.
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.
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.
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.
