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The Jester of Columbia, or simply the Jester, is a humor magazine at Columbia University in New York City. Legendarily founded on April Fool's Day, 1901, it is one of the oldest such publications in the United States. 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.

[edit] Jester alumni

• Allen Ginsberg, poet of the Beat Generation
• 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

[edit] External links

• Jester website
• "Jester Holds Court Again", an article in the January, 2002 edition of Columbia College Today