Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
What's damp and sticky and oddly unsatisfying? The first time Harry Potter's parents had sex, of course. Welcome to the Shoebox Project.
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
In a radio address Friday afternoon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticized University President Lee Bollinger's response to the incident Wednesday night in which student protestors rushed the stage while Minutemen founder Jim Gilchrist was speaking.
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
First-Year Class Dean Hilary Link will take over as Barnard's dean for study abroad, officials announced Friday.
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
Iona arrived at Baker field on Saturday afternoon at a distinct disadvantage. Iona's starting quarterback was out with an injury, their head coach had been hospitalized, and as a Division I-AA program, the Gaels had never played an Ivy opponent.
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
Columbia University has always been, and will always be, a place where students and faculty engage directly with important public issues. We are justifiably proud of the traditions here of intellectual inquiry and vigorous debate.
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
Inviting Jim Gilchrist and his Minutemen to speak at a university such as ours lends legitimacy to their organization, sending the message that they are a recognized voice in a crucial political debate, instead of what they actually are: a band of rogue vigilantes.
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
Sometimes you just want to rush a stage and kick a stranger in the head. But before you do anything rash, you should always stop to consider, how good is this riot, on a scale of one to 10?
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
Correction appended.
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
Did I miss a memo? When did an opinion (any opinion) become so revolting and odious that the only option available to highly erudite Columbia students is to shout and drown out the voices of opposition?
Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 12:00am
Columbia has a long history of passionate, sometimes violent, political activism, and some protests have met with more success than others. The chaos at Wednesday night's Minutemen speech fell in line with that legacy, but not in a good way.
