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You can pay someone to soak cereal in milk for you
This week, we took the 1 Train down to 86th street to visit the much talked-about Momofuku Milk Bar. After a brief walk to 88th street and Columbus, we had absolutely no problem finding the restaurant. It was very conspicuously advertised:
Momofuku, from from the outside
Momofuku Milk Bar has the reputation of being overpriced and overrated. Here’s my take: it’s completely overpriced (later, I will explain how I justified buying a jug of milk for $5) but not at all overrated (the recipes are pretty creative). More »
Still looking for classes?
Registration reopens starting Monday, Jan. 9, and you have another chance to tweak that schedule of yours. It’s senior spring for the class of 2012, which means that members of the current senior class have been here for seven semesters. We caught up with a few of them to get their recommendations for classes that meant the most during their time here. The selections are from a wide range of departments and most require no prerequisites. Check after the jump for the list of suggestions with times for the spring. More »
How to navigate course registration websites
Registration opens up again on Monday, and with it comes hours of planning and prepping—probably why you’re still signed up for 27 credits but can’t figure out which classes to drop. To help you sift through the tangle of information to find that perfect class, we’ve examined the pros and cons of the three places you can go. Still haven’t even decided what to take? Check out our previous coverage on spring 2012 registration. More »
Best sections: Spring 2012 edition
Registration for spring 2012: it’s happening. Right now, in fact. And choosing which courses you’ll take can be a tricky game—especially when it’s for one of those generic “basic requirements” classes that have 30 million sections (all of which seem to fill up three minutes after registration opens). The extremely sophisticated selection method is to go to SSOL and click “add” on the first open section. The results? Predictably mixed. So, here are the best sections for some of the most commonly offered courses this spring. Decisions were made based on CULPA reviews of the professors. When CULPA reviews weren’t available, I googled professor names. When that turned up a blank, I made stuff up went with the most convenient class times. Art Hum and Music Hum don’t have instructors listed; when/if they ever do, I’ll work on that. For now we’ve got foreign languages and calculus. Here we go. More »
Hold the phones, there’s another update to the Global Core list
Oh yes lades and gents, it’s that time again. With registration coming in fast and furious this week, if you haven’t worked out your spring semester schedule with iCal just yet, you better get started! Just before the fall semester, we showed you all the Global Core classes offered in the fall, and lo and behold we’re doing it again. However, before you go back into the archives to look at that post, we’re here to let you know that the list of approved courses has been updated as of 11.10.11. But if looking at that list doesn’t tickle your fancy, you can click past the jump to see all the Global Core classes that will be offered in spring 2012. More »
Which classes are the most likely to break your piggy bank?
Being a college student in the city has its incredible pros, but there are also some pocket-emptying cons. There’s the cost of tuition, a meal plan, books, and excursions around New York, which are all expected, but when one of your classes costs two or three times more than your others combined, you’ve got yourself a problem. With the shopping period nearing its end, read on to see what classes will clear out your already empty pockets as a college student. More »
The ReSSOLute: Class registration success stories
Registering for classes is tricky. Students draw out strategies and game plans, tactful like Odysseus. When registration day arrives, they flock to SSOL, armed with endless stickies of call numbers and fantasy schedules. And so, the race to claim the best classes begins.
When some see that their dream class is full, they wallow in defeat and whine like Achilles. Taking personal offense from this online registration system, they vow to leave the class registration race forever. More »
This semester’s gold nugget professors
CULPA lists nearly a hundred “Gold Nugget” professors, but which ones are actually teaching this fall? We’ve combed through the list and trawled through Directory of Classes so you didn’t have to. If your schedule is still looking a little lackluster, check out our full list after the jump.
African-American Studies:
Topics in the Black Experience – Farah Griffin
Arabic:
First Year Arabic II – Ouijdane Absi
Second Year Arabic I – Ouijdane Absi
Arabic for Heritage Speakers – Youssef Nouhi
Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race:
Native American Representation – John Gamber
Introduction to Latino Studies – Frances Negron-Muntaner
Comparative Literature:
Special Topics in Literary Studies – Nicholas Dames
Computer Science:
Advanced Programming – Jae Lee
Computational Linear Algebra – Anargyros Papageorgiou
Introduction to Computational Learning Theory – Rocco Servedio
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15s, some advice from us
Congratulations on (almost) finishing your first week, freshmen! It’s going to be a long, long journey full of ups and downs. Here to provide some advice for you guys are Spectrum’s Daily Editors.
“People aren’t perfect, and they may not always remember to clean their dishes, or give you ample time to prepare for a sexile. Don’t let that stuff get in the way of forming relationships. Chances are pretty good that almost everyone you meet here can teach you something if you let them. And chances are at least okay that one of those people might be Nate Archibald.”
- Bob Vulfov and Eli Grober
Get some sleep. I know there will be times where you are racing to finish a paper or a stack of readings is calling your name. This usually takes place between the hours of 3 and 5 AM. The beauty of a college schedule is in the flexibility. So take a nap right before dinner, or sleep all Friday…..just get some sleep.
- Ariel Levin More »
Haikus to the Bronx Zoo
Melissa Fich, CC ’15, Spectrum’s animal poet, sums up yesterday’s NSOP trip to the Bronx Zoo.
These are the animals I saw on my trip to the Bronx Zoo during NSOP described with some good ol’ haikus. I figure nothing will make us forget about those papers we’ll be writing soon like this short and sweet seventeen-syllable format.
Turtle
Turtles are so slow,
Holland Tunnel at rush hour.
Irony: no rush.
