Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
It has been over a year since teaching assistant unionization has become a high profile issue at Columbia University but last night's union hearings in Altschul Auditorium may have been the first substantive public discussion of the issue.
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
An etching of a swastika was found on an Amsterdam Avenue door to the Columbia Law School, between 116th and 117th Streets on Monday night. Amy Weiner, CC '02, informed administrators of the vandalism via e-mail.
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
Roving Reporter Should Include Respondents with Informed Opinions
To the Editor:
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
There is a mistake in the inscription on the first building to greet visitors to the campus of Barnard College. Chiseled into the limestone cornice that sits atop four massive Corinthian columns, Latin block letters read "BARNARD." They ought to read "SCHIFF."
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
Cornel West, who teaches in the Afro-American Studies Department at Harvard, is foremost a philosopher. He describes his life of a philosopher as a calling rather than a career, a vocation rather than a profession.
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
In 1899, Franz Boas became the first professor of anthropology at Columbia University. As one of the pioneers of the field, he defined the study of anthropology for the rest of the world.
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
Herbert C. Spiselman, CC ’41, had two loves: traveling and, most of all, fencing. Supporting those loves, The Herbert C. Spiselman Memorial Endowment for Fencing was announced last Saturday in a ceremony before Columbia’s meets with Princeton, St. John’s, and Rutgers.
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
Ever heard of a team’s worst player developing into an All-American? Ever heard of her doing it under two years’ time? If not, don’t worry that your sports knowledge has, all of a sudden, become second-rate.
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
Men’s Basketball
Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 12:00am
Sometimes the little notes just pile up. Instead of wasting my insight, I’ll trot it out here for your reading pleasure, clearing out the Ivy League basketball notebook:A Little Traveling Music
