The issue of academic tenure has been a persistent catalyst for academic disputes. Proponents of tenure claim that it preserves academic freedoms on campuses, whereas opponents refer to the stagnation of research and publications that may occur once tenure is granted. The Columbia tenure process has recently come under fire due to the controversial decision to grant tenure to Barnard Professor of Anthropology Nadia Abu-El Haj. Abu-El Haj’s infer...
photo from Wikimedia Commons Something exciting is happening on campus. Though students sleeping in Butler may not have noticed, Columbia’s once proud tradition of activism is starting to revive itself. Student Worker Solidarity, after helping win a new contract for the Barnard clerical workers, has been working on many new campaigns at the request of workers, both on and off campus. Before launching a massive get-out-the-vote operation in Ohio...
...s national and local unemployment rates have soared, Williams has stressed the need for invigorating development initiatives and job training programs for Harlem residents in an effort to usher in a new era for the community. Columbia Political Review sat down with Williams to discuss Columbia, its relationship with the surrounding area and community, and how his election would be of particular interest to students. Columbia Political Review: Col...
After discovering hidden files on the web server and subsequently combing through the vaults of Columbia Political Review’s past, we are unveiling our newest feature – Blast from the Past – where we periodically publish past articles on the website for a little trip down memory lane. The World Economic Forum, an annual conference that combines discussions and parties, brought to Manhattan a diverse and elite group of politicians, busines...
Much like the Democratic Party, the Columbia Democrats are an ideologically fragmented organization. Issues like drug policy and fiscal policy are very divisive within the group, but there is nearly a consensus on gay rights issues because many see them as matters of fundamental civil rights. Naturally, when the Justice Department made it clear that they would try to appeal a federal district court’s injunction halting the enforcement of the sev...
...e and others choosing to move in, it’s about the social forces that restrict people’s choices, which result in pushing out the poor to make way for money. Ray Kelly recently defended Stop-&-Frisk at a Harlem Week event at Columbia, saying that neighborhoods like Harlem have grown because they’ve become safer. Harlem’s population has grown, but at the same time that 9,000 white folks moved-in (a 400 percent increase), 9,500 black folks moved o...
photo from Wikimedia Commons “On October 17, 2012 at 9:00am a Tabletop Exercise was conducted by Columbia University’s Emergency Management Operations Team in room 555 of Lerner Hall located on the Morningside Campus. The exercise provided an open, no-fault environment where participants collectively evaluated emergency protocol plans and the coordination of campus Emergency Management Operations Team personnel in the event of a student-led pr...
The African Students Association hosted its final political round table of the year on Monday, April 16, in Lerner Hall. The event, titled “Affirmative Action Past, Present, and Future: What it is, What it isn’t, and Why it matters,” featured media watchdog Janine Jackson, Columbia Law School professor Ted Shaw, history professor Eric Foner, and Columbia president Lee Bollinger. The topic of affirmative action, and the many ways in which the phr...
The Columbia University Senate voted on April 1, 2011 to lift the ROTC ban on campus. Columbia couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate date to pass this resolution. The 51 individuals who voted for this measure truly are April fools. Why? Because they allowed the program back on campus under the premise of “non-discrimination” after the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT), while ROTC was first banne...
The First Nations of British Columbia stand at a crossroads, confronted with a Faustian bargain. Should they sacrifice their identity and principles in return for land and monetary settlements? Should they accept current recompense for past injustice while relinquishing the legal distinctions that have offered some (albeit meager) resources for their survival? Too often perceived as welfare-consuming dependents on a payroll subsidized by Canadia...
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