Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
At a joint meeting of the Uniformed Services and Health and Human Services Committees on Tuesday, members of Community Board 7 voted largely in support of Intro. 256, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bill, which proposes to ban smoking in all places of employment.
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
Brinkley Messick, professor of anthropology, is outnumbered. Last Wednesday he presented a petition to the Committee for Socially Responsible Investing that called for Columbia to divest funds from businesses that deal with the Israeli government. Messick’s petition had 572 names on it.
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
With a two-year stretch of Republican rule in both the White House and Congress ahead of us, we might do well to reflect upon the recent elections and, on a broader scale, the current political landscape. As we go about this daunting task, two New York Times op-ed pieces (Nov.
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
In the course of examining the state of campus politics, it is inevitable that at some point one will come across the two main socialist groups on campus: the International Socialist Organization and the Friends of Spartacus Youth Club.
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
I wait until the subway car has pulled away from its last stop, until the couplings rattle in the middle of blackness, and I search the doors opposite me. I watch myself flicker in and out of the dark; when we're really in the middle of nothing the doors are as good as a mirror.
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
`Know why there's no longer ice in the coolers on the sidelines for Texas A&M football games?
How do you get an Ohio State grad off your porch?
What are the best four years of an Auburn grad's life?
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
With the Lions leading 14-10 and the Cornell Big Red in a 3rd-and-9 from their own 42 with about 90 seconds left in the game, it appeared as if the losing streak was about to end for the Columbia football.
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
The Columbia volleyball team headed into its final weekend with a 1-11 Ivy League record prepared to face two teams it had previously lost to this season, Dartmouth and Harvard.
Mon, Nov 18, 2002, 12:00am
The women's cross-country squad returned to action this weekend after winning the Heptagonal Championships, and again it exceeded expectations. At Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday, the Lions took home their first ever Northeast Regional Championship.
