Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 12:00am
Dear Spectator readers,
We are worried that the "war on terrorism" will cause more death and human suffering.
We are worried that the "war on terrorism" fuels terrorism.
Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 12:00am
Today, students led by the Columbia Coalition Against the War will converge in front of Low Library to show their opposition to the conflict in Iraq.
Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 12:00am
A few months ago, I happened to hear an audio recording on C-SPAN of the 1973 oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade. Attorney Sarah Weddington argued Roe, in part, on the basis that a woman could not complete her education if she were pregnant. Why not?
Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 12:00am
Editor's note appended.
Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 12:00am
Standing at 13-9 (4-4 Ivy), the Columbia's men's basketball team looks to be making a step in the right direction-thanks, in part, to recruitment in the last few seasons.
Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 12:00am
Columbia football assistant coach Kris Sweet has left the University to take a job with the Canadian Football League. After just one season at Columbia, Sweet will join the professional ranks of football and assume the position of offensive line coach with the Calgary Stampeders.
Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 12:00am
The next three days will present the ultimate test of the season for the Columbia women's swimming and diving team as the Lions travel to Princeton, N.J. to compete in the Ivy League Championships.
Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 12:00am
For a sport with swords, screaming, and a whole lot of fist pumping, Ivy League fencing does not like drama.
But last year, someone tried to change that. What we are left with is an Ivy fencing season that lasts precisely two weeks.
Wed, Feb 14, 2007, 12:00am
In his famous poem, Don Juan, the ever-Romantic Lord Byron writes: "[H]appiness for man-the hungry sinner!/ Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner." These words encapsulate what people have believed throughout history-that foods can have power beyond the mere nutritive.
Wed, Feb 14, 2007, 12:00am
Playwright Charles Mee has some ideas about plagiarism that would make the Columbia Honor Committee cringe.
