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Ben James

Email icon  bdj207@nyu.edu

Ben James is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in Cool Eh? Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail and on the Village Voice’s Web site. bdj207@nyu.edu

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Why I Hate Cell Phones

What not to get me for Christmas.

Archived | Dec 15, 2005 (~566 Words)

Tookie's Clemency Campaign Gathers Steam

The Crips co-founder upstages former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft at a rally at Columbia University.

Archived | Dec 7, 2005 (~928 Words)

Need a Priest? Try Google.

Web sites like www.theknot.com, www.rentapriest.com and www.lovingheartsceremonies.com are giving engaged couples a whole new way to find someone to preside over their weddings.

Archived | Nov 5, 2005 (~885 Words)

Six Billion Reasons College Sports Won't Change

This year, the NCAA will be enforcing new academic standards aimed at raising graduation rates on all Division I sports teams to about 50 percent and threatening sanctions against programs that don’t comply. But whether the NCAA is actually willing to impose severe penalties is unclear.

Archived | Oct 5, 2005 (~876 Words)