Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 12:00am
In preseason play, it's rare to see games as a fair indication of the future. But when Columbia men's basketball plays tonight against Wagner College, a team that they lost to by 12 points last season, the Lions should get an early preview of where they stand among Ivy teams.
Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 12:00am
After a disappointing start to the season, the Columbia women's basketball team will have a good chance to turn their fortunes around when they travel to Brooklyn to play a struggling St. Francis squad.
Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 12:00am
After eight games, Columbia's men's basketball team is 5-3, and while the play of power forward John Baumann and center Ben Nwachukwu has certainly been strong, the team's record of over .500 can be attributed in large part to head coach Joe Jones' strategy of playing freshmen in the guard posit
Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 12:00am
Although this year's cross country season is now under wraps, head coach Willy Wood still has a full schedule in front of him, as the Lions now head into the winter indoor track portion of their 2006-2007 season.
Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 12:00am
Columbia men's swimming and diving finished fifth out of eight at the Princeton "Big Al" Invitational this past weekend. The Lions netted a total of 340 points in the meet, defeating Rutgers, Brown, and American.
Tue, Dec 5, 2006, 12:00am
Princeton
Mon, Dec 4, 2006, 12:00am
Anyone who has seen The Nutcracker more than once knows that every production follows the same plotline-there's a party, Clara (or Marie, depending on the version) falls asleep, there's a huge rat battle, a sugarplum fairy, a bunch of kids running around onstage, and then the curtain drops.
Mon, Dec 4, 2006, 12:00am
Born Georgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze in January 1904 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, George Balanchine was one of the most renowned contemporary choreographers in the history of ballet.
Mon, Dec 4, 2006, 12:00am
We've all heard it, and most of us have seen it some time or another. Composed in 1891 by Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker is one of the most widely performed Christmas ballets worldwide.
Mon, Dec 4, 2006, 12:00am
While performing in the Colorado Ballet's annual productions of The Nutcracker, Barnard first-year and Denver native Emily Coates danced 60 hours a week portraying everything from a mouse to a snowflake, and discovered how gross recycled paper snow tastes. She also loved every minute of it.
