Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
More students than usual were relaxing on the steps last week, and it wasn't only on account of the good weather. While Columbia was busy riding the wave of the graduate student strike, many students, particularly first-years and sophomores, were unable to attend their canceled classes.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
Israeli soldiers are currently preparing to ethnically cleanse the Gaza strip--of Jews. This is part of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza, which includes removing Israeli settlements from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
Every day that I've spent at Columbia, I've faced one unchanging, everlasting constant, one eternal, radical, and defining truth: Chinese food is good, and it is cheap.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
My first lesson as a student at Columbia was self-taught.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
In a thrilling upset last April, complete with a monstrous grand slam and solid starting pitching from the then first-year Josh Flinn, the Lions pulled off an 11-1 victory against Rutgers.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
Since Princeton clinched at least a tie for the division title for the ninth consecutive year last weekend, it is unlikely that Columbia will be able to win even a share of the Lou Gehrig division in 2004.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
Steve Cargile sat in his high school football coach's living room Sunday afternoon waiting for the phone call. Finally, it came.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
Spectator has learned that David Charlow, CC '85, Business '92, and the director of undergraduate financial aid, is one of at least nine candidates for the position of athletics director.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
On Being a Sports Reporter Who Never Yells into the PhoneSo this is the end of the line. Vanessa Williams may save her best for last, but I tend to be the type that starts hard and fades out quickly. I always played well for the first four innings.
Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 12:00am
David Thompson, co-chair of Marriage Equality New York, an organization devoted to ending discrimination in civil marriages, sat down with Spectator to discuss the changing definition of marriage, the government's role in defining the institution, and his personal experience with the current mar