Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
With the third and final of the presidential debates last night, and polls showing incumbent president George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry in a near tie, Columbia administrators are making a greater effort to raise voter awareness in the final weeks before the election.
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
In a time of unprecedented homelessness, New York City government officials have unveiled a plan intended to end chronic homelessness within five years.
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
The morning of Sept. 11, 2001 left people concerned about their relatives and friends' lives, their jobs, and the safety of their country. But one group was particularly concerned about their future: New York's Muslim community.
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
By this time next year, the grass truly will be greener in Riverside Park, thanks to a new city initiative to replace the grass on several frequently-used playing fields with artificial turf.
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
Amid the bustle of suited commuters, across from the shoe-shine station, sits a Plexiglas booth more in line with the Las Vegas strip than the beaux-arts arches of Grand Central Station.
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
As the national political debate heats up, Columbia's biggest political clubs--the College Democrats, the College Republicans, and the Columbia Political Union--have seemed uncharacteristically silent to many outside the club rosters.
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
When an overwhelming majority of the House of
Representatives—all but two members—voted last week to
reject New York Democrat Charles Rangel’s bill to reinstate
the draft, we were both relieved and disappointed.
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
Monday, Oct. 11, was National Coming Out Day. Granted, it may
not have been New Year’s Eve, St. Patrick’s Day, or
even Homecoming, but for many Columbians, the day was far more
significant.
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
Although, as former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once
noted, “all politics is local,” the ignorance toward
foreign policy issues among the citizens of the most powerful
nation in the world is baffling. The purpose of the first
Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:00am
It’s that time of year when Columbia students start to
crash: midterms. Midterms that don’t actually fall in the
middle of the term. Midterms that come in a three-part series of
exams, the last of which falls a week before the final, the same
