Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
Paleoceanagrapher and Columbia Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Pete deMenocal reclined on a stool as he waxed eloquently about sedimentation accumulation rates. His lecture was unlike any classroom talk he's delivered in the past.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
Though Ecuador's environmental problems with the Chevron Corporation seem unrelated to the Columbia community, in recent years the University has increasingly been pulled into the controversial issue.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
The Pro-Israel Progressives and the Columbia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union hosted an event on Monday night to discuss how to protect civil liberties while preserving national security.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
College students typically wait tables and stack library books to earn a few dollars, but at Barnard, work time can involve nap time. Members of the Barnard College Babysitters play soccer, make dinner, read The Cat in the Hat, and even catch up on homework while rolling in up to $25 an hour.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
"Going green" is so hot right now. So hot, in fact, that it might be losing its impact-at least if we keep hearing that the greening of America is taking place but aren't even aware of how we're a part of this widespread process.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
With breathless euphoria liberals rejoice, reveling in the excesses and stupidities of the Bush regime. Fair enough-American voters offered a powerful rejection of Bush and his cronies, but let's be honest-the Democrats are a pathetic alternative.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
Tragedy in the life of a celebrity or public figure is to the media what a fresh corpse is to the vulture, or a soul to the grim reaper.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
With Thanksgiving just a week away and winter break in the near future, one would expect students to be nothing short of excited about the upcoming academic holidays.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 13-One day after he watched the control of the game slip away in the opening minutes, John Baumann put the Columbia men's basketball team on his shoulders.
Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 12:00am
I don't think Norries Wilson suffers from low self-esteem, but any feelings of futility that had been building in Columbia's first-year head coach had to have been dispelled after his first conference win-a dismantling of Cornell on Senior Day, in front of a packed crowd from both schools on an
