Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
Most Columbians don't like to consider NYU a rival. But there's no denying that the schools do compete, and that in the area of faculty hiring, downtown has been beating uptown in recent years.
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
Sometimes soccer can be just like waiting for a bus. You spend an eternity waiting for a goal and then three come at once. Actually, between Brown and Columbia on Friday night, three came in about three and a half minutes.
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
The Columbia field hockey team's second visit of the week to the Keystone State was not nearly as rewarding as its first. Coming off an emotional 2-1 double overtime victory at Lafayette last Tuesday night, the Lions (4-5 0-2 Ivy) were dropped handily 4-1 by St.
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
Just 34 seconds into Columbia's Ivy campaign, one of the Lions' two leading marksmen, John Mulhern, was already on the board. But it was not a sign of things to come.
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
Neither Susanna Clarke nor her close friends had ever imagined her writing would find a large audience. "I had always assumed [Jonathan Strange and Mr.
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
If one thing was made clear by Jennifer Weiner's book reading last Tuesday night, it was this: they don't call it chick lit for nothin'. The group of people who showed up to hear Ms.
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
In his book Mark Twain: A Life, Ron Powers declares, "Mark Twain's achievement as the man who found a voice for his country has made him a challenge for his biographers." There are already more than 40 biographies devoted to Twain, yet chronicling his life has never been easy.
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
Since I have a reading addiction that's become more and more akin to a crack habit, I've heard "You should really read ____" more than a few times. With certain writers-F. Scott Fitzgerald being a good example-one work above all emerges as the seminal, iconic book.
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:00am
When watching talented athletes compete, spectators are often overcome with the sentiment that the athletes make it look easy. For the Columbia cross country team so far this season, no adage could be more true.
