Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
So this semester has started much like any other: the dorms
still have the same unidentifiable stench, world-weary students lug
their Labyrinth bags around campus, and after a couple of evenings
in New York, everyone realizes that a shindig on the floor is a lot
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
Based on the available evidence, I’d say “home
cooked meal” has no entry in the student lexicon. But this
need not be the case—even the most ill-equipped dorm kitchen
can turn out food that would make your mom proud. So if
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
Students who spend their junior year abroad are prepared by
Columbia’s study abroad office to expect something called
“reverse culture shock” upon their return to the U.S.
After spending last spring in Paris, I assumed this would manifest
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
I discovered this drink while bartending at a French bistro in
Chicago. The waiters would pour the drink in front of the customer
(it was a nice place), and then return the shaker to the back bar,
where we discreetly polished off the dregs. Who could blame us?
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
"How do they still attract so many girls?" Paul Wright, CC '05, asked incredulously as he watched throngs of girls urgently gather around the sundial, craning their necks and dialing friends on cell phones.
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
As the Columbia School of Journalism prepares the curriculum for its new Master of Arts program, current first-year students are deciding whether to hit the streets in June or to apply for a second year.
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
Mike Ilardi, SEAS '05, wasn't the editor-in-chief of Columbia's humor publication, The Fed, last year when the paper published the cartoon that incited protests on the Low Steps decrying racism on campus. But he's still helping the paper deal with fallout from the incident, he says.
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
Britney Spears may be a student at Columbia University in the coming years. Or rather, she may be playing one in a new film. And it is guaranteed this won't be anything like her 2002 flop, Crossroads.
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
The near-simultaneous departure this summer of Emily Lloyd, the former executive vice president for government and community affairs, and Mark Burstein, the former vice president for facilities management, represents an important loss for the University as it moves ahead in plans to expand to Ma
Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 12:00am
