Aaron Liskov

Scandal

Food, ethics, and arrests—Columbia has had its share of controversies.

By Neil FitzPatrick, Hannah Goldstein, Derek Arthur, Amanda Gutterman, and Aaron Liskov | May 8 06:44 pm ET

The grade of “A”

Talk of grade inflation following the recent GPA leak ignores more important academic questions.

By Aaron Liskov | Feb 1 10:30 pm ET

Criticism in a major key

The issue speaks to putting performance excellence above doing the best with what you have, a dilemma that challenges universities and students in countless other ways, especially those subjected to the competitiveness of New York City.

By Aaron Liskov | Feb 16 08:51 pm ET

Orchestral dissent

It makes sense for Juilliard players to pursue the highest level of practical musicianship—this is how they will make their living—but what good is holding liberal arts students to that standard if it means denying many of them a chance to play altogether?

By Aaron Liskov | Nov 29 09:48 pm ET

Attitude problem

How much are the Columbia students that you don’t know just some other New Yorkers, to be regarded with the usual circumspect distance and fear?

By Aaron Liskov | Oct 27 07:33 pm ET

'"The Blue Rider" in Performance' brings new media to Miller

“‘The Blue Rider’ in Performance” featured music for solo piano and piano with voice by Schoenberg, Webern, and other contemporaries, and closed with a Schoenberg work for string quartet and voice. To accompany the music, abstract visualizations emerged on a cave-like backdrop behind the musicians.

By Aaron Liskov | Sep 24 07:18 pm ET

Reform Campus Advertising

Though abundant, flyers are no longer necessary or justified. The benefits of a campus-wide ban on printed event flyers would outweigh any advantages that they provide.

By Aaron Liskov | Feb 10 10:14 pm ET

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