Fri, Mar 8, 2002, 12:00am
The Columbia softball team finished the 2001 season with a 26-25 record and earned an invitation to the 2001 Eastern College Athletic Conference Softball Championship after winning six straight and eight of its last nine regular season games.
Fri, Mar 8, 2002, 12:00am
Soft-spoken and personable off the court, Columbia first-year center Edytte Key was described by teammate first-year guard Susan Kern as, "a modest, quiet person." But as soon as the ball goes up in the air for the opening tip, Key becomes as ferocious as women's basketball players get.
Fri, Mar 8, 2002, 12:00am
It has been 14 years since an Ivy team whose name did not begin with "P" last made the NCAA tournament. Last night, Yale gave basketball fans reason to believe that streak may be in danger with a 76-60 win over the Princeton Tigers.
Thu, Mar 7, 2002, 12:00am
Mason Cooley, an aphorist, said that "absolute power corrupts absolutely." New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, in his attempt to wrest control of the city's public schools from the Board of Education, seems to have forgotten that basic history lesson.
Thu, Mar 7, 2002, 12:00am
It's the night before my statistics midterm, but instead of practicing Z-scores and probabilities, I'm concentrating on the away messages posted by my AOL Instant Messenger buddies.
Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 12:00am
One does not need to have played God in Kevin Smith's Dogma to guess the lyrical content of Alanis Morissette's new album, Under Rug Swept. Before each new song, I cracked, "I think this one will be confessional." The joke wore thin quickly.
Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 12:00am
Adult films are raunchy pieces of cinema; adult novels are pornographic narratives. Adult music, on the other hand, is a variety of auditory pleasure largely lacking from the contemporary music scene.
Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 12:00am
Without electricity, ravers would not have the two most important elements necessary for their survival: they would not have their delicious 'tronic delights, nor would they have heated tents during chilly parties near the East River.
Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 12:00am
Graduate Student Employees United, in affiliation with the United Auto Workers Local 2110, announced on Monday that it would not appeal the ruling from a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board entitling Columbia teaching and research assistants to unionize and expanding the size
Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 12:00am
The 450 applications for the Hartley-Wallach Living and Learning Center are in, and among them are the first group of students "riding" their way into the LLC.
