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Composting Pangs | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. July 10, 2008. San Franciscans like their bilingual, subversive murals. But one day when I was shopping at Berkeley Bowl, the earthy supermarket of choice around here, my cashier asked not “paper or plastic,” but “do you want a bag with that? I met a San Franciscan on the plane on the way out here who spent a good 15 minutes ruminating on his daily banana habit. “I mean, what gives me the right to...The ...
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Behind the veil | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. June 1, 2008. A few days ago, I visited a mosque for something that shouldn’t have happened. On Friday, I visited another mosque for something that happens every week: a call to prayer. Is not your average mosque. In 1994, noted scholar Amina Wadud. In some ways, the service felt like the Rosh Hashanah shindig. I think her daughter will grow up to be extraordinary. Because it had to happen sometime…. Follow...
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Because it had to happen sometime… | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. June 3, 2008. Because it had to happen sometime…. Just last night, I was saying to my housemate that it’s strange I haven’t been mugged yet. Nothing stolen, even. No crime whatsoever–and it’s not like I’ve been hiding at home for five months. What do I have to say about this? Yeah, don’t worry about it, all the warnings are just paranoia.”. In other words, I’m just like everyone else. Laquo; Behind the veil.
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A Shikse at Shul | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. March 15, 2008. A Shikse at Shul. For weeks now, a few of my orthodox Jewish friends here have disappeared on Friday afternoons, spiriting themselves away before the sun goes down to some unknown location for Shabbat. This week, they invited the less Jewish (Reform kids) and the non-Jewish (atheists and agnostics, mostly) to come along, and–never one to miss a religious experience–I did. And then there was ...
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New Age Gardening at Slow Food Nation | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. July 13, 2008. New Age Gardening at Slow Food Nation. The garden at city hall. Alice Waters, the founder of the organic and local “slow” food movement tried to get the Clintons to install a 1940s organic vegetable garden on the Whitehouse lawn during the 90s. And rumor has it she’s gotten “ a verbal commitment. 8221; from Obama to follow up on the promise. The grunge and the bonnets alike. At the end of an ...
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Exam nation | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. June 5, 2008. Yes, that sticker says “Chief Invigilator.”. The sympathetic glances towards those still with tests to go, the unmitigated joy when everyone is finished. School has ended, it seems, with a whimper. Laquo; Back in New York, thinking about Quito. Wow You know how much I love interesting titles, and that’s one I’m going to adopt! On June 6, 2008. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Take me out to the Opera | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. June 23, 2008. Take me out to the Opera. 8220;Take me out to the opera. Take me out with the crowd. Find me a seat at the Opera House. I don’t care if its Mozart or Strauss…”. 8220;Don’t do it, Lucia! 8221; someone shouted, as the protagonist signed the marriage license that sealed her awful fate. Laquo; In Berkeley, still thinking about Quito. Revolutions just aren’t as exciting as they used to be.
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Lasts | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. June 9, 2008. So tonight is my second to last night in South Africa. Like Sara mentioned, we’ll both still be blogging here over the summer, along with some new kids (if you want to post something from where you are, just let us know! Meanwhile, rather than something long and ponderous, I thought I’d finish up here with some lists. Things I’ll miss about Cape Town. 8211; Table Mountain. 8211; Cheap fruit.
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Revolutions just aren’t as exciting as they used to be | Off Broadway
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Columbia undergrads and recent grads pop the Morningside Heights bubble and go out into the world. July 1, 2008. Revolutions just aren’t as exciting as they used to be. Last week, my program office closed for the day and warned us to stay away from the Plaza de Mayo and center of town because a rally was planned, and all sorts of rumors and predictions, from revolutions to brawls. Involving thousands, had been prophesized. So, naturally, we all headed straight for the center of the action. Rachie’s...
