Fri, Oct 13, 2006, 12:00am
The apartment building formerly known as Mount Royal has a new neighborhood nickname-the rotten Apple.
Fri, Oct 13, 2006, 12:00am
Charlie Grullon was only a rookie when fellow security officer Edward Morales initiated him into the sinister secrets of Barnard's Milbank Hall 16 years ago.
Fri, Oct 13, 2006, 12:00am
While most New Yorkers stood in shock at news of a plane crash on the Upper East Side earlier this week, Jim McShane was kept abreast of the situation with minute-by-minute updates from the mayor's office and New York Police Department.
Fri, Oct 13, 2006, 12:00am
Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish novelist and fellow of Columbia's Committee on Global Thought, was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for literature by the Swedish Academy Thursday.
Fri, Oct 13, 2006, 12:00am
Students identified as being in violation of the Rules of University Conduct last Wednesday will receive letters informing them of possible charges this week, according to a campus-wide e-mail sent by University President Lee Bollinger.
Thu, Oct 12, 2006, 12:00am
His name was Ralph, and he was my friend. I loved him in the clean sense, and I believe he loved me too. Unlike others, he didn't mind my mud-soiled hands or sleepy drool. He tolerated my whims and never neglected me, in sickness or health.
Thu, Oct 12, 2006, 12:00am
In a world where everything is conveniently classified and order is valued over all else, it is refreshing to experience something that stubbornly resists simple labels.
Thu, Oct 12, 2006, 12:00am
Admit it.
Thu, Oct 12, 2006, 12:00am
What do a raven, a tennis ball, a doodled face, a monkey, and a nearly extinct snake have in common? They all elicit laughs by using quips such as fart jokes, New York jokes, and even a Columbia joke, when brought to life by the title role and writer of Jay Johnson: The Two and Only.
Thu, Oct 12, 2006, 12:00am
Kiran Desai, a 1999 graduate of Columbia's School of the Arts, was announced as receiving this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction winner for her novel The Inheritance of Loss.
