Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
The only thing missing from The Grey Dog’s Coffee is the smell of salty sea air and a few squawking gulls. The front window is lined with buoys, and the tabletop art features marine memorabilia with nods to Cape Cod, the Great Lakes, and the Pacific Ocean.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
“I can’t swim and Columbia has a swim test requirement to graduate,” Lily Wang, CC ’06, told “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
Who killed Malcolm X? The Center for Contemporary Black History, a Columbia-based research organization that focuses on the ability of history to affect current policy, knows and thinks that you should, too.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
Less than a year after the controversial approval of an ethnic studies major, Professors Gary Okihiro and Nicholas DeGenova emphasized the necessity of a Native American studies component within the discipline in a panel discussion last night.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
Researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center have identified two locations on the human genome that may carry genes which increases the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The discovery could bring researchers closer to developing a cure.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
In an otherwise bleak year, Democrats at Columbia can look to the New York State Senate for a reason to celebrate.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
Seldom does a talk by a visiting linguistics professor draw a standing-room-only crowd, including many who RSVPed weeks in advance. But then again, it’s not every day that Noam Chomsky speaks at Columbia.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star—one of Japan’s highest honors—will be presented to political science professor Gerald Curtis early next year.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
“I am not ashamed to stand in front of you and say I am Walid Shoebat and I used to be a Palestinian terrorist,” a middle-aged man from Northern California told over 115 students yesterday.
Wed, Nov 17, 2004, 12:00am
Tempers flared at a meeting of the Community Board 9 Housing Committee last night because of suspicions that Columbia may be moving forward with plans to buy residential buildings in the proposed expansion area.
