Chris Shrugged

Does the progressive escapism that we call a Columbia degree give someone the right to avoid all dissenting opinions? No. And this is where my fellow conservatives and I have succeeded.

The University was an intellectual, political, and cultural force in mid-century America. Liberals and conservatives alike recognized this fact. Today, however, it too often goes unsaid.

Chris Kulawik takes a quick look at reactions to the Senate's appointment of a Columbia alum, the questionable campaigning of CU Dems, and the return of the 1968 rioters.

On 3/10/2008 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted a Columbia alumnus. Odds are good you've never head of him.

Those familiar with Columbia’s bureaucracy know that left-leaning groups receive preferential treatment. Now there’s proof. Progressive organizations receive an inordinate and imbalanced share of student funds.

Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad is the highest-ranking Muslim in the Bush administration, yet the Columbia community has disowned him. Why? The answer should be clear. Regardless of Dr. Khalizad’s awards and accomplishments, Columbia will have nothing to do with a registered Republican

The juxtaposition of two Columbia extremes, resentment and pride, forced me to address an important question: what is my future with Columbia? What follows is not a jeremiad against alumni donations. Please do not read it as such. It is, rather, part of an ongoing and decidedly personal reflection. There are no definite answers, just my thoughts and concerns.

Hierarchies of power, ethnic studies, Manhattanville, Core reform—the demands of the hunger strikers read as a political manifesto. One could spend pages rebutting each incongruent, pigheaded and impractical demand, but there is a larger, more pressing issue at hand—it is a question of tactics.

"The Week," a recurring feature in National Review, is a quick, brutal, and unabashedly straightforward column.

There are Columbia professors, and there are Columbia institutions. Jacques Barzun is the latter.