December 2007
THE UNDERGRADUATE MAGAZINE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY , EST . 1890 Vol. XIV No. IV December 2007 THE WAR ON FUN Prohibition Returns to Morningside Heights By Joseph Meyers FAVORITE SON A Conversation With Playwright Tony Kushner By Lydia DePillis THINKING OUTSIDE THE GODBOX: riverside’s INTERCHURCH CENTER KEEPS THE FAITH ALSO : MAC GENII , KEROUAC , MARGOT AT THE WEDDING Lorum ipsum bla bla bla Editor-in-Chief TAYLOR WALSH Publisher JESSICA COHEN Managing Editor LYDIA DEPILLIS (Bwog) Culture Editor PAUL BARNDT Features Editor ANDREW MCKAY FLYNN Literary Editor HANNAH GOLDFIELD Senior Editors ANNA PHILLIPS KATIE REEDY JULI N. WEINER Layout Editor Editor-at-Large DANIEL D’ADDARIO JAMES R. WILLIAMS Deputy Layout Editor Graphics Editor J. JOSEPH VLASITS ALLISON A. HALFF Web Master Copy Chief ZACHARY VAN SCHOUWEN ALEXANDER STATMAN Staff Writers SUMAIYA AHMED, HILLARY BUSIS, SASHA DE VOGEL, MERRELL HAMBLETON, DAVID ISCOE, KAREN LEUNG, JOSEPH MEYERS, ALEXANDRA MUHLER, MARYAM PARHIZKAR, ARMIN ROSEN, CAROLINE ELIZABETH ROBERTSON, LUCY TANG, SARA VOGEL Artists JULIA BUTAREVA, MAXINE KEYES, JENNY LAM, SHAINA RUBIN, ZOË SLUTZKY, DIANA ZHENG Contributors MAXWELL LEE COHEN, CHRISTOPHER MORRIS-LENT, JUSTIN GONÇALVES, KURT KANAZAWA, KATE LINTHICUM, YELENA SHUSTER, PIERCE STANLEY, LUCY SUN, ALEXANDRIA SYMONDS 2 THE BLUE AND WHITE THE BLUETOPCAP AND TK WHITE Vol. XIV FAMAM EXTENDIMUS FACTIS No. IV COLUMNS 4 BLUEBOOK 8 CAMPUS CHARACTERS 11 VERILY VERITAS 14 DIGITALIA COLUMBIANA 33 MEASURE FOR MEASURE 35 CAMPUS GOSSIP COVER STORY Joseph Meyers 16 THE WAR ON FUN Prohibition returns to Morningside Heights. FEATURES Andrew Flynn 12 THINKING OUTSIDE THE GODBOX Riverside’s Interchurch Center keeps the faith. Juli N. Weiner 20 CULT OF THE GENIUS High noon at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store.
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