Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 3:28am
Last night, Barnard religion professor Alan Segal lectured on the lack of academic accuracy in the work of assistant professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, whose tenure process has sparked controversy due to her book in which she denies the existence of the ancient Jewish state of Israel.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 1:22am
When Cornell head coach Jim Knowles took over the Big Red football program three years ago, the team was coming off a 1-9 campaign and a winless Ivy League season. Ever since, the team has placed in the top half of the league.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 12:44am
As a generation of controversial Columbia academics trudge toward tenure, get ready for a fight.
Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 11:49pm
We will never forget the expression on Dr. Mindy Fullilove’s face as she opened her class by telling us that she and the Community Research Group had unexpectedly received an eviction notice from their office of seventeen years. We were immediately struck by the irony of the situation.
Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 10:37pm
“Mitt Romney Wins Iowa Straw Poll”—versions of this statement graced the pages of newspapers around the world. The sentence seems harmless enough. But, as with anything involving American politics, a closer look is not so innocuous. A few questions immediately come to mind: Where is Iowa?
Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 9:13pm
We are coming off the peak of yet another propaganda push by the Bush administration, attempting to spin the war in Iraq as a success, but not many are buying it. The war has killed over 3,000 U.S.
Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 12:32pm
Jim Gilchrist, the controversial founder of the Minuteman Project whose visit to Columbia in fall 2006 ended in a violent and hotly disputed brawl, confirmed that he was invited on Monday to return to campus for a second speaking appearance.
Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 3:06am
Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 2:56am
A routine stop for an open container violation escalated into a confrontation between police and students early Friday morning.
Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 2:53am
At “Summer on the Hudson,” the west side of Manhattan’s fifth annual county fair held Sunday afternoon, New York City kids and parents got a little touch of country living as they milked fake cows—diluted flour and water “does the trick,” explained a volunteer—and rode a six-cage Ferris wheel lo
