Thu, Feb 6, 2003, 12:00am
“We hold these Truths to be self evident, that all Men are created equal,” reads the Declaration of Independence. That seemingly simple clause has spawned some of the greatest debates in the nation’s history.
Thu, Feb 6, 2003, 12:00am
E ntering JJ's Place is like walking into a club, except the lights are bright and the drinks are smoothies.
Tonight's musical selection is sort of Kenny G with a backbeat. It mixes with the smell of chicken fingers and thickly layered barbecue sauce.
Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 12:00am
While staring deep into a Leonardo da Vinci drawing, there are moments when you forget time. Centuries are immaterial. Simple lines tend to dazzle. Though the figures are sometimes small and incomplete, their sublime complexity registers.
Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 12:00am
In a lawsuit now pending against Columbia, Graciela Chichilnisky, UNESCO Professor of Mathematics and Economics, alleges that Columbia retaliated against her for filing a sexual discrimination lawsuit by refusing to award her the terms of that lawsuit's 1995 settlement.
Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 12:00am
He's black-belt in karate, a lauded pianist, a published photographer, and a downhill skier. Cyrus Habib, CC '03, who is blind, has also interned for two United States Senators, including Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 12:00am
Several Columbia students had a rude awakening when they tried to get a kosher meal at Hewitt after returning from winter break. They found an attendant stationed at the entrance to the area requiring each student to swipe in and preventing those who are not on the kosher plan from entering.
Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 12:00am
A spell of cold weather, an up-and-coming web site, and two burst pipes in Alfred Lerner Hall combined last month to throw a wrench in students' textbook-buying trends.
Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 12:00am
When Americans debate many of the day's most salient topics--global warming, cloning, genetically modified foods--we do so largely ignorant of what we are advocating.
Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 12:00am
To The Editor:
Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 12:00am
Apparently there's no TV on TV anymore--we have entered the age of reality programming: Survivor, The Bachelor, Big Brother, Fear Factor, American Idol, and now, Joe Millionaire. I never really had an interest in any of it until Joe came along, or Evan Wallace, as he's called on the show.
