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Cindy Zhang 11/5/12 Cindy Zhang 11/5/12

Big Fracking Deal

CPR asked three student groups on campus to discuss the increasingly more visible practice of hydrofracking and its possible effects on the environment, the energy sector, and the American economy.

Elizabeth Strassner 11/5/12 Elizabeth Strassner 11/5/12

Highway 270: Wrap-Up

I decided to shift through other major polling sources for state-by-state data that might help me make sense of the mess of polling numbers and demographic groups that is election season.

Michael Ard 11/3/12 Michael Ard 11/3/12

Political Minutes: Spotlight on the South China Sea

As the diverse background of the panelists suggests, the issue of sovereignty, borders, and rights to resources in the South China Sea is contentious and has many different sides.

Andrew Tan 11/1/12 Andrew Tan 11/1/12

President of the World

President Obama must really wish that foreign voters were included in the Electoral College. After all, numerous polls demonstrate the wide preference gap he holds over Romney amongst foreigners.

Elizabeth Strassner 11/1/12 Elizabeth Strassner 11/1/12

Highway 270: Wisconsin

Because field offices work primarily to motivate voters to turn out at the polls, Wisconsin field support will make-or-break the Badger State for the Democrats.

Damien Coruzzi 10/31/12 Damien Coruzzi 10/31/12

Bunga Bunga

That Berlusconi can still threaten to bring down the Monti government and play the kingmaker by withdrawing his support shows to what extent his legacy will haunt Italian politics.

Jamie Boothe 10/30/12 Jamie Boothe 10/30/12

Buckeye Bull’s-eye

With only a week left until Election Day, and after every political pundit and their brother has run through their theorized Electoral College scenarios again and again … let’s run through just a few more

David Silberthau 10/29/12 David Silberthau 10/29/12

One Week Out

Election seasons are often defined by three events. The debates, conventions, and V.P. picks. So what’s left? What is there still to talk about except the hundreds of polls released everyday?

Nadine Mansour 10/27/12 Nadine Mansour 10/27/12

Political Minutes: Bob Woodward speaks to the Journalism School

Woodward is critical of the fact that today’s journalists cover presidential speeches that represent weeks of work in a matter of minutes with a blog and a tweet. Taking no time to reflect and critically analyze, journalists hastily move on to a new topic after a post on their blog.

Jamie Boothe 10/27/12 Jamie Boothe 10/27/12

Ever the Emir

But regardless of whether it is openly discussed or not, as long as the world’s economy runs on oil, as it seems will be the case for at least the next few decades, Middle Eastern conflicts will continue to have a disproportionate impact on the global economy.

Chris Brennan 10/25/12 Chris Brennan 10/25/12

Political Minutes: Reverend Jesse Jackson and Katrina vanden Heuvel

Though the conversation covered a lot of ground during the two hour event, one theme that united all the speaker’s discussion of politics was the importance of a continuous progressive force in America.

Yoni Golijov 10/25/12 Yoni Golijov 10/25/12

An Incomprehensive Overview of CU Activism

We have to keep studying, debating, testing new strategies, and sharing our experiences with each other and those who will come after, and along the way, we will win.

Joshua Fattal 10/24/12 Joshua Fattal 10/24/12

Do Obama and Romney Even Know What Foreign Policy Is?

For those dying daily in Syria, all of our talk of bringing freedom to the world is illusory. The rhetoric only works if we act exceptionally, and right now America has a long way to climb.

Nora Habboosh 10/24/12 Nora Habboosh 10/24/12

Playing the Long Game

If current trends continue, the opposite policy strategy, with its efforts directed toward numbers – quantity rather than quality – will give rise to a larger biological predicament that we may not be able to extricate ourselves from.

Ella Louise Every-Wortman 10/24/12 Ella Louise Every-Wortman 10/24/12

Political Minutes: Slavoj Zizek

The impassioned manner in which Zizek debates reminds us that this is what politics is supposed to be: real debate, real radicalism, and real ideas.

David Silberthau 10/23/12 David Silberthau 10/23/12

Obama Spins Mitt Around the World in Round Three

Romney clearly thought he had to merely play it safe and pass an abstract “litmus test”, while Obama was out to show that this guy is not ready to wield the might of the most powerful nation in the world.

Jamie Boothe 10/22/12 Jamie Boothe 10/22/12

The Final Showdown

With only two weeks left, a slip here, a fumble there, and it could be game over.

George Joseph 10/21/12 George Joseph 10/21/12

Barnard Finally Gives Workers Respect

As a freshman at Columbia, I was surprised to find many upperclassmen jaded to the possibility of changing anything ... To get people involved you have to give them something to which they can relate; you have to give them something to fight for. The face of a Barnard office worker is a reality people can’t ignore.

Cindy Zhang 10/19/12 Cindy Zhang 10/19/12

Andrew Tan

Andrew Tan is a School of Engineering and Applied Science sophomore. He can be reached at alt2140@columbia.edu

David Silberthau 10/18/12 David Silberthau 10/18/12

Political Minutes: Cory Booker

Talking to Columbia students Tuesday night on behalf of the Kenneth Cole Foundation, Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey discussed love, hope, change, and this generation’s imperative to tackle the hard issues.