The Current (Columbia University journal)

The Current (Columbia University journal)

The Current is a journal of contemporary politics, culture and Jewish affairs at Columbia University. Launched in December 2005, "The Current" publishes essays on a broad range of subjects, with letters to the editor, an editorial, and book reviews appearing in each issue.

"The Current " has conducted interviews with Muhammad Yunus [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/fall2007/the-current-in-conversation.html] , Stanley Fish [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/winter2007/stanley-fish.html] , Myron Kolatch [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/spring2007/current-qa.html] and others. Its editorials have addressed issues such as university speech codes [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/summer2006/speechcodes.html] , controversial campus speakers [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/fall2006/edification-not-provocation.html] , corporate divestment [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/winter2007/from-the-editors.html] , humanitarian activism [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/spring2007/from-the-editors.html] , the Saffron Revolution in Burma [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/fall2007/standing-with-the-saffron-revolution.html] , and the history of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/spring2008/from-the-editors.html] .

In the most recent Summer 2008 issue [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/summer2008.html] , "The Current" published an editorial regarding the 2008 Summer Olympics [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/summer2008/hirsch.html] , an investigative piece exploring the role of the Jewish community in South Africa [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/summer2008/greenberg.html] , and a review of a new book by Samantha Power, "Chasing the Flame" [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/summer2008/arrow.html] . "The Current" also received a letter to the editor from former U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/summer2008/letters.html#concessions] , regarding a review of his book "Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World" published in the Fall 2007 issue [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/fall2007/concessions-of-a-lifelong-diplomat.html] .

"The Current's" Spring 2007 issue was the first-ever Columbia publication to be printed in an environmentally friendly manner. "The Current"'s paper is 100% Forest Stewardship Council certified, and 50% of it comes from recycled sources, of which 25% is post-consumer waste. Additionally, no chlorine or acids were used to bleach the paper or publish the journal. [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/spring2007/to-our-readers.html] It is not yet known whether other Columbia publications will follow suit and move toward 'green' publishing.

"The Current"'s work has been cited on blogs of The New Republic [http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_spine/archive/2007/11/14/nadia-abdul-al-haj-columbia-university-and-arab-doctrine-the-jewish-commonwealth-never-existed.aspx] and National Review [http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTUxMTIwNDIyMjFlYjE1MDM4ZjcwYzUxOTZhMDQ4ZTY=] [http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Njk2MTIxMTMwYTQwNTg3ZjQ3N2UyMWI3ZWZiMDE2YWY=] magazines, by Instapundit [http://instapundit.com/archives2/015237.php] , the Volokh Conspiracy [http://www.volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_02_10-2008_02_16.shtml#1202797227] , the Manhattan Institute's "Minding the Campus," and Democracy Project [http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/003099.html] .

ee also

*Columbia University

External links

* [http://www.columbiacurrent.org The Current's website]
* " [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/25053 The Current Goes Green,] " "Columbia Spectator", 4/26/07.
* " [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/press1.html Student Activism Moves From Rallies to Journals,] " The Jewish Week, December 2005.
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/48960 Exploring Jewish Life Today in The Current] "Columbia Spectator", 11/11/05
* " [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/press2.html Nobody's Handmaidens,] " The Jerusalem Report, December 2005.


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