Thu, Oct 7, 2004, 12:00am
Cassie Ligh and Natalie Gerling have a lot in common: they're both first-years, they're both from California, and they're both among the Lions' leaders in a number of statistical categories.
Thu, Oct 7, 2004, 12:00am
Leaving the homecoming game on Saturday, I overhead what were perhaps the most simultaneously uplifting and depressing words ever uttered by a spectator at a Columbia sporting event:
"I blame myself."
Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 12:00am
Let’s be frank: college students don’t do well with
the Atkins diet. Carbs, from pop corn to pasta to ramen are the
basis of everyone’s diet. Occasionally, that Ivy League
ambition strikes, egging us on to prepare a starchy dish with a
Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 12:00am
Of all the bizarre things I’ve witnessed on the New York
City subway, this is the winner: an advertisement touting the
Belgian beer Stella Artois as “reassuringly expensive,”
a high-class beer made for those who can afford luxury. A round for
Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 12:00am
As the Tuesday night rush slows to a saunter, the servers clad
in linen dresses drop dessert menus on the tables of lingering
diners. Savoring the crisp fall breeze outside, a couple leans
against the front windows and sips a Spanish white wine. Beneath
Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 12:00am
Columbia's private DC++ hub, a local file-sharing network used by hundreds of students to rapidly swap music, movies, and other files, will shut down tonight at midnight, its proprietor said.
Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 12:00am
At a memorial service held in St. Paul's Chapel yesterday, co-workers, friends, and family members celebrated the life and mourned the death of Lea Baechler, assistant dean of Academic Affairs. Baechler died Friday afternoon of a brain aneurism at the age of 52.
Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 12:00am
Professor Randall Balmer is the kind of guy you'd want to be your elected representative. Come Nov. 2, we will see whether or not the town of Ridgefield, Conn. feels the same way.
Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 12:00am
At a memorial service held in St. Paul's Chapel yesterday, co-workers, friends, and family members celebrated the life and mourned the death of Lea Baechler, assistant dean of Academic Affairs. Baechler died Friday afternoon of a brain aneurism at the age of 52.
Wed, Oct 6, 2004, 12:00am
Some are concerned that with 135,000 soldiers in Iraq and no end to the war in sight, implementing a draft is a potential outcome. For now, the U.S. House of Representatives disagrees, and by a large margin.
