Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
A guest fell from the fourth floor terrace of John Jay Hall early yesterday morning, breaking his left arm and leg and fracturing a vertebra, according to his friend Alexander Sverdlov, CC '07.
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine suffered a major setback Friday when the New York City Council unanimously voted to oppose the cathedral's plan to lease land to Columbia University for development.
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
Last Friday morning, nearly 600 students and professors gathered in Roone Arledge Auditorium to hear Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, discuss three modes of intellectual thought concerning the concept of liberty.
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
At many universities, the bicycle is the main form of transportation for students to and from class. While Columbia's small scale makes walking the preferred way to move around campus, many students and professors use bicycles to navigate New York City instead.
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
The University Senate did not consider any resolutions at its monthly gathering on Friday, instead devoting the hour-long meeting largely to a discussion about the issues surrounding campus expansion in response to a brief speech by University President Lee Bollinger.
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
Columbia University Health Sciences is currently embroiled in a dispute about how it conducts animal research, as veterinarian Catherine Dell'Orto's charges of negligent and cruel animal treatment have resulted in a federal investigation as well as an action campaign by PETA.
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
To the Editor:
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
Television is in the middle of a revolution on par with the 19th-century impressionist movement in painting. Prime-time TV has, for years, been largely restricted to sitcoms and dramas--in a word, fiction. The closest thing to "reality television" was consistently game shows.
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
On Thursday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to ease travel restrictions on Americans seeking to visit Cuba, by a vote of 59 to 38. Just four years ago, the Senate rejected a similar vote by 55 to 43.
Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 12:00am
Yellow flags cost Columbia 10 points and the win Saturday against Dartmouth, as the Lion football team took a tough 26-21 loss at the hands of arguably the Ivy League's worst team.
