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While most non-animated movies steer clear of merchandizing, the studios behind Memoirs of a Geisha (Columbia, DreamWorks and Spyglass Entertainment) have planned nearly 100 products to accompany the film, which opened in the U.S. last month. Those apprehensive about Geisha trucker hats or beer coasters will be pleasantly surprised by the tastefulness of the range, however-participating companies are decidedly upscale...
While most non-animated movies steer clear of merchandizing, the studios behind Memoirs of a Geisha ( Columbia, DreamWorks and Spyglass Entertainment) have planned nearly 100 products to accompany the film, which opened in the U.S. last month. Those apprehensive about Geisha trucker hats or beer coasters will be pleasantly surprised by the tastefulness of the range, however - participating companies are decidedly upscale D.L. & CO. This Los Angeles-based apothecary (dlcompany.com) researched body powders used by real geishas to create new pear and rose scents for its series of luxury candles. THE REPUBLIC OF TEA This high-end tea purveyor (republicoftea.com...
Progress in the Garcia case comes on the heels of the recent arrest of two Columbia undergraduates charged with committing a hate crime...
...Lovin’ ‘Hate Crimes’” (column, Dec. 13), John Hastrup critiques the response to a recent hate-motivated incident of vandalism at Columbia. He then applies this criticism to Harvard’s previous outcry against a “minor altercation” that left a gay student hospitalized last spring. Hastrup raises an important point: people should think twice before inappropriately labeling expressions or actions as hate speech or hate crimes. However, to label these campus responses as “misplaced outrage” to incidents that are supposedly...
...gifts to other academic departments across the country—understandably increasing during the post-9/11 charm offensive in recent years—may have changed the tenor of those departments away from scholarship concerns and towards pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli activism. This has been especially true at Columbia, where the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures department is notably prejudiced, and where the establishment of the Edward Said Chair of Arab Studies was steeped in allegations of everything from furtive donors to unscholarly candidates to unfair methods. This is not to assert the principle that...