Author: Nicolas Renier

  • Classic Classifieds

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    The classifieds are a great place to borrow, buy, sell, and make announcements. Additionally, they can be a means to infuse humor into the doldrums of campus life. In this column, with the permission of the author, we publish classifieds we have found to be espe- cially entertaining. If you think a classified is worthy…

  • For Your Consideration — Ones to Watch Vol. 3 Edition

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    By Jim Keller With the fall film festivals behind us, we’re staring down the barrel of the Oscars’ gun and in a few short months, we’ll have our nominees. Still, it’s a long time until then on the campaign trail. So while the would-be contenders are out hustling and bustling, shaking the right hands and…

  • Looking War in the Eye

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    by May Dobosiewicz Quick—name how many wars are being fought in the world right now. At the time of writing, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program reported 32 ongoing armed conflicts. Is this fighting noble and just, or chaotic and deplorable? Are there good guys and bad guys? Unless we live in the midst of such fighting…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Photo contributed by Elodie Pauwels, http://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com

  • RU Familiar with RU?

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    by George Barany and Marjorie Russel

  • Crisis in Congress

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    by Jason Rothauser This is what a government in crisis looks like. Last month, on October 1, the federal government entered its first shutdown since 1996, when an impasse between President Clinton and congressional Republicans led to the government’s doors being shuttered for almost two weeks. Our most recent shutdown beat that record, coming to an…

  • Life Back on a Roll

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    By Nicolas Renier I recently got myself an old and clunky film camera, but couldn’t completely get rid of the feeling that my frequent visits to Williamsburg had taken their toll, and my commitment to hipster culture had gone too far. There’s apparently not a strong rationale to keep shooting with film today, unless you…

  • Highly Cited Paper Does Not Actually Exist

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    By John Borghi Sending ripples through a scientific community still reeling from news that an artisanal science laboratory in Brooklyn, NY has documented the existence of phlogiston, a highly cited paper concerning the discovery of the alleged chemical compound known as bolonium has been proven to not actually exist.

  • Midday Melodies

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    By Derek Simon To say that New York is a musically rich city is the equivalent of saying it is a very large city: technically true but completely missing the point. Conveniently, Rockefeller happens to be located in this cultural hub, and as such we all have the opportunity to go listen to this impressive…

  • New York State of Mind

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    This Month Natural Selections interviews Phil Kidd, Graduate Student in the Siggia and Young laboratories. By May Dobosiewicz From: All over the USA Been here: Almost four years Lives in: Upper East Side