Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
Throughout history, urban universities have played a crucial role in their city's development, especially when they built new facilities and expanded programs.
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
Very quietly, over the past few semesters, a new class has been unofficially added to Columbia College’s Core Curriculum.
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
The dust kicked up by the controversy surrounding Columbia students’ charges of abuse and intimidation cleared up for three hours on March 9, at a debate between the Columbia Anti-War Coalition (CAWC) and Columbians for Academic Freedom (CAF)—a group I co-founded—entitled “Academic Freedom and
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
When Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed as punishment for his murder of 168 people, he underwent lethal injection. In this process, the criminal is injected with sodium thiopental, which takes about thirty seconds to fully paralyze the human body.
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
College students like to complain. New Yorkers like to complain. The nouveau intelligentsia like to complain. Put all three together, and you have the typical Columbia student. We are the happy few, we pack of lions, quick to lash out at any slight, whether actual, perceived, or nonexistent.
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
As their young season progresses, it isn’t getting any easier for Columbia’s women’s lacrosse team.
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
Don’t blame Columbia head coach Paul Fernandes if he isn’t focusing on his opposition this week.
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
For some teams, reaching the heights of their conference rankings can signify success, but the true test comes in repeating their accomplishments in the years that follow.
Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 12:00am
Spring Break is usually about the three B’s—Beaches, Binge drinking, and things that state school girls will do for Beads. But this is Columbia, and my neck size is 16. What, I was going to hit South Padre and win arm-wrestling tournaments at Señor Frog’s?
Thu, Mar 24, 2005, 12:00am
It’s 20 short blocks away, it’s free, and it’s 12 hours long. Symphony Space’s annual Wall to Wall Concert spends a whole day examining the work of a single popular composer. Last Saturday, March 19, the hall was filled with the strains of composer/lyricist/genius Stephen Sondheim.
