At a fund-raiser, Rangel and friends create their own narrative:
Charlie Rangel and his supporters say that the negative stories about him in the media don't reflect reality.
Bio: Betsy Morais is a student at Columbia studying anthropology and philosophy, but she spends more time in the Columbia Spectator office than in the library.
The crowd was milling around Chocolat, the new Leon Ellis restaurant on Frederick Douglass Boulevard at the corner of 120th Street, when Charlie Rangel walked through the door. He shook a few hands, grinning from ear to ear, and then went straight for the microphone. “I don’t normally just come in and take the mic,” he told the crowd. One of the evening’s hosts, Reverend Reginald Williams, shouted back, “You at home!” More
Posted on August 10th, 2010 5:35am
The idea that sculpture gains vitality through photography continues to develop throughout the show. It’s a conceptual presentation and also an homage to the role of photography in art history. According to MoMA Director Glenn Lowry, “The Original Copy” examines “one medium’s critical role in the analysis and redefinition of another.” More
Posted on July 28th, 2010 8:07am
After the speeches, the protesters marched from City Hall to the New York City Housing Authority building shouting, “Housing is a right! Fight! Fight! Fight!” Thirteen—McKee included—sat in a line that blocked off the NYCHA entrance. As the protestors continued their chant, police officers asked them to get up from the sidewalk. One officer filmed the scene. One by one, their hands were tied behind their backs, and were led off by police officers on charges of civil disobedience. More
Posted on July 12th, 2010 9:51pm
The database has four full-time staff members who manage the website and oversee record-breaking, along with a few advisers and the occasional intern. Database manager Rod Birdsong said they just moved from a small office in Brooklyn to a larger space in Manhattan, “which we are hoping to fill out.” And they make money, Birdsong says. The URDB teams up with companies like Jet Blue and Ford to develop brand-sponsored records. The staff is now working on its first book of records and a television show pilot. More
Posted on June 30th, 2010 11:35am
The funny thing is that the Epoch Times is actually a big publication. It is an international paper that prints in 33 countries and 17 languages, including Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Slovak, and calls New York its center. More
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 6:57am
The panelists were introduced as “human rights photographers,” referred to as journalists, and suggested by one student to be advocates. They projected anthropological curiosity and artistic sensibility. Much conversation sprung from trying to figure out exactly what they are and what they are doing. More
Posted on June 22nd, 2010 10:37am
