Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
In mid-November, Google, the search engine that became the public’s gateway to the Internet, launched Google Scholar, a service the company hopes will have revolutionary effects on academic research, from high school homework to doctoral theses.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
In the eyes of many students, Columbia is an unfriendly place where the administration is unresponsive to their problems and the red tape seems endless.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
This fall, black-and-white photographs depicting the harsh realities of everyday life cover the cream-colored walls of Columbia’s School of Social Work.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
On the eve of World AIDS Day, Columbia students gathered to hear professors discuss the issues facing women in the age of the AIDS crisis.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
Columbia’s campus may soon be filled with rings of joy from cheap, working cell phones.
This week, Columbia’s Department of Student Affairs is formally announcing an agreement with Sprint PCS under which Columbia students and faculty will receive reduced rates and free phones.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
Walking through Butler Library on any given night reveals many students hard at work. But a new study might indicate that these committed students are a minority among their peers in the rest of the country.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
Last night, I attended a talk entitled “International Law in the Middle East,” hosted by the Israeli Society at the London School of Economics.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
Recently, I’ve had a lot of candid conversations with my food. I informed my Thanksgiving yams that, though they were palatable, I wouldn’t have much room for them because I still hadn’t eaten any cranberry sauce, and cranberry sauce wins out over yams hands down.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
When I discovered that Columbia University would be stealing money from me at the end of the semester, I did not know how to react, much like a child who has just discovered that Santa Claus isn’t real.
Wed, Dec 1, 2004, 12:00am
To stare down the gun barrel of an end-of-semester Columbia workload is a harrowing experience. A little fun would make it much more bearable for thousands of students.
