Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
After settling into their new home in Morningside Heights just three months ago, 12 Barnard transfer students are moving again, forced out of the way to make room for new first-years arriving in the spring.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
The bottom of the McBain shaft is known for its potpourri of papers, appliances, and broken beer bottles. There are water stains and thick gashes in the construction paper on some of the bulletin boards, and a puddle of vomit recently accumulated in the first floor stairwell.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
The 26th annual Thomas Merton Lecture, which brings a prominent Catholic to speak at Columbia every fall, featured Archbishop Celestino Migliore.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
After almost 20 years of failed attempts to expand, the Whitney Museum of American Art has proposed a new plan designed by Renzo Piano, the architect who will design Columbia’s new Manhattanville campus.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
Manhattan’s high prices aren’t bothering shoppers on Freecycle, a growing internet phenomenon that allows members to make requests for free items while disposing of unwanted things.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
You just got out of the movies and it’s pouring rain. The subway is three blocks away and you don’t feel like walking. Suddenly your knight in yellow dent-resistant armor appears. “Taxi!”
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
Students looking for someone to blame for their large cell phone bills may have a new scapegoat—the New York State Division of the Budget.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
What’s the best cure for post-election aggravation? Nim Geva believes it is laughter. As creator of “Decision ’04uck” paraphernalia, Geva, School of the Arts ’05, uses humor as an outlet for people’s disappointment with the outcome of the election.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
Contrary to popular belief, not all crawling creatures in Columbia dorm rooms belong in mouse traps. Some residents prefer to keep their critters in cages, tanks, pouches, and even cuddled up next to them in their beds.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004, 12:00am
Drivers blasting their car radios in Manhattan were drowned out yesterday by a truck carrying the real thing—U2.
