Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 12:00am
Amid New York City’s sprawling sky scrapers and concrete-paved avenues, an initiative is underway to protect an unexpected stretch of scenic roadway in the metropolitan jungle—the Henry Hudson Parkway.
Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 12:00am
Three days after the Motion Picture Association of America issued more than 200 lawsuits against perpetrators of online copyright infringement, three friends are set to release a high speed, undetectable way for Columbia students to share movies, music, and pictures.
Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 12:00am
Citing unexpected elevated costs, Pace University has pulled out of a plan to support a new one million square-foot building opposite its main Lower Manhattan campus.
Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 12:00am
Students in classes about Judaism at Columbia are predominantly Jewish themselves, professors say, but the opportunities for diverse experiences in academia abound at all times and in all places—even in an empty classroom in Kent Hall.
Nearly empty, that is.
Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 12:00am
At yesterday's full board meeting of Community Board 9, the atmosphere was a lot more relaxed than it was at the board's Housing Committee meeting on Tuesday.
Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 12:00am
These are cynical and divided times. The 2004 election pitted red against blue, gospel singer against sodomist, swiftvets.com against johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com.
Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 12:00am
Bob Shoop stared at the worst season of his career as it burned in a barrel inside Christy Field House. Earlier this week, the coach, whose team is 1-8 this season, threw the nine programs from previous games into a drum and set them on fire.
Thu, Nov 18, 2004, 12:00am
It is easy to imagine English humorist P.G. Wodehouse as one of his characters, a flippant, witty Edwardian gentleman troubled by nothing more serious than the infinite complexities of the English class system or the occasional silly social situation.
Thu, Nov 18, 2004, 12:00am
Sex has been burning in the pens of top authors lately. Writers from T.C. Boyle to Augusten Burroughs to Tom Wolfe have published works that are steeped in sexuality. It’s the perfect cultural atmosphere for a veteran of sexual writing to step back into the spotlight.
Thu, Nov 18, 2004, 12:00am
The meticulous preparation behind a president’s canned debates and over-rehearsed speeches is no secret. What may be less apparent, though, is the nature of this preparation.
