Amin Ghadimi

The conference of the Columbians

We must learn from a moth and a flame as the semester draws to a close.

By Amin Ghadimi | Dec 6 09:00 pm ET

Why the long face, Columbia?

We must draw on the joys of our childhoods and the knowledge gained at Columbia to fully embrace happiness.

By Amin Ghadimi | Nov 22 09:34 pm ET

The great learning

Is college just a stop on the road to "adulthood," or something more?

By Amin Ghadimi | Nov 8 08:44 pm ET

Interpreting 'interfaith'

We must reconsider interfaith dialogue to fully uphold diversity.

By Amin Ghadimi | Oct 25 07:34 pm ET

America the beautiful

Our similarities and community at Columbia are built upon our common identities as Americans.

By Amin Ghadimi | Oct 11 07:05 pm ET

Thucydides was not a romantic

We must learn from Thucydides that it is sensational to be moderate.

By Amin Ghadimi | Sep 27 08:21 pm ET

When the wise man builds a house

Study abroad can be a fresh start beyond the bounds of College Walk. But some things, like cockroaches, will harken to Hartley from half a world away.

By Amin Ghadimi | Sep 13 08:37 pm ET

Moving with President Bollinger

Somehow, despite the ostensible haphazardness of our microscopic world, things work themselves out and create order, or at least the semblance of it.

By Amin Ghadimi | May 2 08:49 pm ET

How to write an opinion column

I have meandered from style to style, approach to approach, method to method in my mental column-writing process, and while I wish I could close this entry with some sort of consummation to my quest for a column Way, that still hasn’t come.

By Amin Ghadimi | Apr 18 07:08 pm ET

If I could teach them English

I couldn’t help but think of all the times I’d taught English for chump change, how I always grumbled about how I hated to do it.

By Amin Ghadimi | Apr 4 07:47 pm ET

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