Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
Columbia students have long been awaiting the day when they will be able to use their CUID cards at off-campus businesses. This spring, they will get an opportunity to express their interest in an initiative to expand the use of FlexAccount off-campus in the annual Enrolled Student Survey.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
Although she admitted she had arrived without knowing the question presented for discussion--"What's at Stake for Women in the 2004 Election?"--Ann Lewis, the national chair of the Women's Vote Center of the Democratic National Committee, answered forcefully, immediately, and clearly.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
In an effort to provide a solution to the illegal file-sharing epidemic that has overrun college campuses, the University of Rochester has made a deal with Napster--the new, legal Napster--that gives students free access to its 500,000-song database.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
Columbia University has changed its approach to security and public safety with the addition of a new staff member.
Security now focuses primarily on "public safety," said James McShane, who holds the newly created title of assistant vice president of Public Safety.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
Controversy surrounding the International Studies in Higher Education Act, HR 3077, has illuminated the continued importance of area studies both within Columbia University and the current academic climate.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
Student representatives campaigning for President George W. Bush and Democratic candidates Howard Dean, John Edwards, and John Kerry, participated in a presidential forum hosted by Democracy Matters last night.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
Politics is just another form of sex.
That's the theory that has been bouncing around inside my head ever since I had the somewhat questionable pleasure of reading the 30-plus sex column submissions that I received as a Spectator editorial associate.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
Governor George E. Pataki sent Columbia University a belated Christmas present last month. In his executive budget, he proposed a $350 million fund to assist New York's private universities in capital construction projects.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
Every generation in American History has had at least one presidential election in which it truly matters which candidate wins.
Wed, Feb 18, 2004, 12:00am
At the beginning of the break, my friend KK sent me an e-mail that ended with the words, "Let's make next year a different one." It was one of those jigsaw e-mails that make sense to a multi-tasking generation accustomed to exchanging semi-complete-running-out-the-door thoughts on a regular basi