John Perkins, bestselling author of Confessions of a Economic Hit Man and The Secret History of the American Empire, had a number of interesting things to "teach" Columbia students during his lecture in Earl Hall this evening: 

 

About John Perkins (from the introduction): "John's

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Alright so to catch up go to my earlier post setting this one up.

 

Gideon Yago's main talking points were:

- Our generation (17-27 yr olds) make up just under 78 million people

- We are the most saught after demographic but we have little influence in politics

- The new Paris Hilton show is not, repeat

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Stop the presses and music videos! Founder of MTV Tom Freston will be coming to The Hill to speak during a Snyder Presidential Lecture on October 14. The event will be held in Balch Arena, and tickets are available at the Student Services Center.

 

Freston was the co-COO of the parent company Vi

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If your main goal in life is to get through college without going to class and barely having to study, TV and American Society (RTV 3405) is the class for you. This is the perfect elective for those that like putting forth the least amount of effort possible and still getting an A. And if o

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I hope everybody took diligent notes. That stuff doesn't come naturally for everyone.

That's right, The Daily Show's senior black correspondent, Larry Wilmore will be speaking along side Elisabeth Bumiller and John Zogby on How Race, Gender and Age Are Reshaping American Politics.

 

Not to diminish the amazing accomplishments of Bumiller and Zogby, but I have to say that having Larry

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It seems as if the insanity of Halloween can't help but spill out into the innocent classrooms and libraries.

Here we have a very calculated running of the bulls through various classrooms.

The key thing to look for here are the reactions, from both the students and the teachers, who surely welcome such distractions.

Overheard at Booker prize winning author's reading last Thursday:

Audience member: Why did you make the male character...so dumb?
McEwan: Well, he isn't actually dumb, is he?...Many very clever men act dumb in that sort of situation [a sex scene].
Random middle-aged woman in the audience: Yes! That is so true!

OK, the Murrow papers are safe for now. But if you read today's Daily coverage of former Clinton national security adviser Sandy Berger's visit to campus, you'd think he was the salt of the earth.

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It was only a matter of time until we reached this inconvenient truth. Professors now know that we’re not doing work on our laptops during lecture. This unfortunate discovery came about when a visiting faculty member guest l... MORE »