Derek Turner

The Repressed Columbian Masses

Our campus is full of repressed people. Though our peers seem to be thriving in their lives in Morningside, they have bottled-up urges and needs that rarely achieve fulfillment.

International neglect

Columbia, unlike other schools with international students, does next to nothing to help students from overseas have the foundation for successful and enjoyable community life during their stay here.

The good, the bad, and the Student Loan Bill

Though conservatives have uniformly opposed the legislation as wasteful, ineffective, and overreaching, the student financing part presents a complicated situation for the conservative mind.

The censored classroom: religious intolerance at Columbia

To someone devoted to his faith, there is no part of life that is somehow separate from personal beliefs.

On the front lines of prejudice

In reality, the military is merely the means through which the political and cultural climate at home displays itself.

Anthropology vs Me

Does my belief in universal morality automatically invalidate my credibility as a student of the science?

Enigmatic Aid

I disagree with those academics like Adrian Bell who claim that altruism is in fact just an attempt to preserve human genetic diversity.

Rely on what?

Our situation appears to necessitate reliance on something that doesn’t fluctuate and break down as much as our surroundings.

The end of bipartisanship

We find ourselves in an era of rabid partisanship perpetrated at every end of the spectrum.

Why hate speech?

Banning hate speech ultimately prevents us from supporting the principle of free speech.