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more about #columbia more comments → thegreatfratsby: Oh, the YDN and its delusions of relevance. So many Friday mornings, or afternoons, or whenever you crawled out of bed, revolved around mocking YDN's ... more » iplaudius: The Scene is like the Style section of the Times. It is much silliness much of the time. I mean to say: YDN Scene < YDN news prop... more » Xinnix: If Harold says it's ok, then it's ok. (James is pretty controversial at UCLA for having "assistants" attend class and "take notes" for him). But we kn... more » AzureTexan: I went to school in Texas, and we had the same kind of thing happen when Rory Calhoun came back to finish his undergraduate degree in animal husbandry... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: That looks more like a Big Bopper spread. Get it right. #jamesfranco more » filthy tongue: I was indifferent to this guy for the longest time, but his recent moves--GH, higher ed, just generally doing whatever he wants--have convinced me th... more » i'm a bottle: With that sweater he's definitely ready for a Ph.D. in English from Yale. #jamesfranco more » D2theMatthews: Can't he just play the professor that inspires all the students but is hiding a secret in a movie? Preferably one coming out inside the next two month... more » Perhaps Not: Columbia is a hotbed of people who don't like each other very much pretending to be friends. This sort of thing was bound to happen sooner or later. #... more » Mo MoDo: Limbaugh/Beck political correctness rant in 3, 2, 1... #ivyleague more » resipsaloquacious: I don't think this will be resolved over a beer at the White House. #ivyleague more » iplaudius: Because Columbia University professors are such an unprivileged bunch? Oh well, at lease he didn’t hang a noose in front of his own office. #ivy... more » Sonar Jose: Hey Professor, know what privilege whites don't have? Invoking "racial tension" as an excuse for punching a woman in the face. Dick. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Who was bigger? #ivyleague more » Spirit Fingers: I blame FoxNews for this, because obviously the lack of punches to the face there have created some sort of punch-to-the-face void that's making new a... more » -
#highereducation
James Franco's Not Done Sleeping in Class
The Yale Daily News that came out on Friday (we know, we're late) is decorated like a retro teen mag for their interview with James Franco. Oh, and Hollywood's gayest actor is considering moving to New Haven for his PhD! More » -
#higherlearning
Man Punching Woman Fails to Make Ivy League Edgy
It took a punch to the face to make newspapers edgy again. Could a drunken punch to the face (of a woman), after an argument about racism, make the Ivy League edgy, too? One Columbia prof is testing that theory! More » -
#rebellion
Bee Shaffer Hops Off the Print Media Titanic, Joins College Humor
Bee Shaffer is rebelling against her mother, Vogue editrix Anna Wintour, by joining the ranks of new media. We hear that she is the new assistant to Ricky Van Veen, the editor in chief of College Humor. More » -
#powergrabs
Disney Buys Marvel, Now in Business with Every Studio in Hollywood
It was announced today that Disney shelled out $4 billion for Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Not only does it now own Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Iron Man, but is also in business with almost every Hollywood studio. What a tangled web! More » -
#scholars
Facebook Status Update of the Night
James Franco: "Only the douchebags at Columbia would dare take a picture of me sleeping in class." Andy: "Why is that?" James Franco: "I sleep at NYU all the time and no one bothers me." [Columbia Student Andy Nguyen's Facebook] -
#synergy
Sobbing Columbia Student Says Prof Hated Having to Share
Last night we were baffled by a Columbia graduation fuss involving a professor blocking a student's graduation. It turns to be a classic new media/old media debate, on the ethics of content sharing, according to an email from the student.
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#fromthemailbag
Student-Professor Dust-Up at Columbia
Today was graduation at the Columbia Journalism School, and the ceremonies were tinged with regret. Not just because the news media is imploding, either: there's a mysterious flap involving a non-graduating student and a professor who supposedly breached "standards of communication." More » -
#happenings
How Hipster Children Spend a Saturday
Oh you fucking hipsters. Talib Kweli—a black dude who white dudes aren't scared of—will be giving a free concert with fruity/dumb Vampire Weekend on Columbia's library steps in one hour. Grab your keffiyah! More » -
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#mediacrack
Go to J-School, Learn Business, Have Regrets
In your sun-dappled Wednesday media column: Newspapers crumble like so many sandcastles at high tide, Rupert Murdoch's still rich, Choire has a contest, and J-school is changing. Not enough: More » -
#hardworkers
Overworked James Franco Sleeping His Way Through Grad School
How does James Franco manage to take classes at both NYU and Columbia while penning a book while keeping his acting career going? Evidently only with lots of naps. More » -
#liberals
Barack Obama's Comical College Journalism Unearthed!
SCOOP: Ben Smith has published a long work of college journalism by our new leader Barack Obama! Click through for highlights of this elitist Ivy League anti-war tract, starring Barack quoting Peter Tosh: More »
