Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
Why is it that, last year, over half of the grades distributed in Columbia College were A- or above?
Many people point the finger at grade inflation, but the problem runs much deeper. The entire system of evaluation is flawed.
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
Modern Work Must Not Displace Classical Texts
To the Editor:
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
The decision this week by a federal appeals court to overturn a law that effectively forced universities to allow military recruiters on their campuses is a welcome victory for the rights of private institutions like Columbia.
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
Cornell head football coach Jim Knowles denied Thursday that he was a finalist for the Western Michigan head coach position, as was reported in Thursday’s edition of the Kalamazoo Gazette.
“Not true,” Knowles said in a telephone interview, “don’t know anything about it.”
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
He may only be a first-year, but Mack Montgomery is beginning to play--—and sound—like a seasoned veteran.
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
This Friday night, the women’s swimming team will face one of its toughest tests of the season when it travels to Philadelphia to face Penn.
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
At first glance, it may be surprising to see an Ivy League team in the Final Four of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament. And rightfully so—it’s never happened. Then again, this season, Princeton wasn’t just another Ivy League team.
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
They’ve traveled from Seattle back to Morningside Heights, and this weekend the Columbia women’s basketball team will head down south to close their season-opening seven game road stretch at the Southern Miss Lady Eagles Classic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
The best of the Lion wrestlers journey to Las Vegas this weekend for two days of intense competition against many of the strongest opponents in the nation.
Fri, Dec 3, 2004, 12:00am
Once, after a high school physical, I revealed to some friends that I was in the 35th weight percentile for my height, and before long, there was a photo of a sumo wrestler and his nine-year-old apprentice, who looked like a houseplant in comparison, taped to my locker.
