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| + | *[http://www.jesterofcolumbia.net ''The Jester of Columbia'' The Official Website] | ||
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jester/ ''Jester'' website] | *[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jester/ ''Jester'' website] | ||
*[http://www.jesterlackssoundscience.com "A thorough debunking of Jester's lies"] | *[http://www.jesterlackssoundscience.com "A thorough debunking of Jester's lies"] | ||
[[Category:Student publications]] | [[Category:Student publications]] | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 12 December 2008
The Jester of Columbia, or simply the Jester, is a campus humor magazine. Legendarily founded on April Fool's Day, 1901, it is one of the oldest such publications in the US. Revived in 2001 after a 12-year lapse in publication and again in 2004 after a shorter one, Jester has once again begun to produce magazines as well as sponsor comedy events on Columbia's campus. It is widely acclaimed as "somewhat funny every now and then," a major achievement for any college humor publication.
During the 2006-2007 school year, Jester was embroiled in a bizarre (and possibly one-way, i.e., as a Jester-only prank) feud with the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal.
Jester alumni
- I.A.L. Diamond, Hollywood comedy writer
- Allen Ginsberg, poet of the Beat Generation
- Gerald Green, writer
- Robert Lax, poet
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, screenwriter
- Thomas Merton, author and monk
- Ted Rall, political cartoonist
- Ed Rice, journalist
- Ralph de Toledano, journalist, co-founded the National Review and edited Newsweek
- Lynd Ward, artist
- Herman Wouk, writer
- Ed Koren, cartoonist
