Ross Mcsweeney

Partying Hard with Mr. Brownstone

The stringy hair of Glen Danzig, the suggestive sneer of Gene Simmons, the denim flash of David Lee Roth's high-leg kick: Like G.I. Joe's freakish nemesis, Serpentor, Andrew W.K.

By Ross Mcsweeney | Apr 2 12:00 am ET

Raising Caine

Herman Wouk, CC '34, spoke and read at the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life Thursday evening to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The C

By Ross Mcsweeney | Feb 11 12:00 am ET

The 92nd Managing Board Reported through the Turmoil of 1968


On March 18, 1968, the first day the 92nd
Managing Board oversaw an issue of the Columbia Daily

By Nick Schifrin, Ravi Rajendra, and Ross Mcsweeney | Dec 22 12:00 am ET

Roll Over, George Lucas Fellowship of the Ring Delivers on Epic Promise

Legend has it that while J.R.R. Tolkien was reading from a rough copy of The
Lord of the Rings at a meeting of the Literary Inklings Club, C.S. Lewis

By Ross Mcsweeney | Dec 7 12:00 am ET

American Movie Redux

Borrowing artistic material from an earlier, financially proven source is a venerable tradition in the entertainment industry.

By Ross Mcsweeney | Sep 4 12:00 am ET

Joining the March of Bacchus

Alcohol has long served as the obliging consort of any worthwhile scholarship.

By Ross Mcsweeney | Aug 28 12:00 am ET

Getting Over It

Humorists seem to have a lot to say about the subject of drinking, but when it comes to drinking's after-effects, they are by and large off the mark.

By Ross Mcsweeney | Aug 28 12:00 am ET

Columbia Motion Pictures

In 1899, Columbia University's Athletic Field played backdrop to an early cinematic experiment entitled "Pole Vaulting at Columbia University." The AMB Picture Catalogue of 1902 registers the finel

By Ross Mcsweeney | Aug 28 12:00 am ET

Gym Members Cope With Summer Hours

Every year there is a summertime exodus from the Columbia campus, leaving vastly fewer student residents of Morningside Heights than during the academic year.

By Ross Mcsweeney | Jul 25 12:00 am ET

Tournament Epitomizes College Sports

The importance of the NCAA men's basketball tournament is apparent from the abundance of alliterative terminology that has, as a result of the festivity's popularity, become familiar jargon to many

By Ross Mcsweeney | Mar 27 12:00 am ET

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