Memories tagged “Contemporary Civilization”

Funny Student Comments In my Contemporary Civilization class, a student interrupted the professor’s train of thought: Professor: So, reading Rousseau, we have to ask ourselves, what is the state of freedom like? Student: New Hampshire?

Columbia College 2005

Mr. Stade The guy was tall, lean and looked a little seedy. His walk seemed a cocky amble. His face took on aspects of pain, fatalism and bemusement. His hair seemed more a perverse steel brush with long bristles than...

Columbia College 1967

My Best Teacher Even though it has been over 50 years since I was graduated from Columbia College, it took me less than a split second to come up with my “best teacher” nomination: Professor Boris Stanfield. Why? More than...

Columbia College 1955

My Favorite Teacher During my years at Columbia, I had many outstanding teachers in contemporary civilization, economics, and psychology, which was my undergrad co-major (with economics) and the concentration for my M.A. and Ph.D. In psychology, Clarence Graham, Nat Schoenfeld,...

Columbia College 1961, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1966

Opus Dei at Columbia I was intrigued that you would want to know about our religious experiences. During my four years there, I remember Columbia University feeling like the most God-forsaken patch of pagan indifference on the planet. Perhaps I...

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science 1976

The Invisible Student You don’t know me. I was an invisible student, one of many who worked their way through Columbia. As the lights came on in the dorms, I left for my job as usher at Radio City Music...

Columbia College 1947, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1948