Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
Correction Appended.
From adding TVs in JJ's Place to renovating two Ruggles suites, many of Columbia's eateries and residence halls underwent significant changes this summer while students were away. Here are some of the highlights:
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Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
As classes begin at New York University this week, graduate assistants will return to teaching positions and await a union decision on whether to restart their discontinued strike.
Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
Dr. Ajay Nair has been selected to head the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Dean of Student Affairs Chris Colombo announced in an e-mail sent out to students two weeks ago.
Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
Last year, the addition of a Jamba Juice stand in Ferris Booth Commons seemed to be a sure thing, but it was not built over the summer and its future at Columbia is now uncertain.
Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
Martha Peterson, the seventh president of Barnard College, died on July 14 at her home in Madison, Wisconsin of complications from Alzheimer's disease. She was 90.
Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
September has come again, and in the midst of the book purchasing and school-supply shopping, it's important to remember that in addition to back-to-school season, September is also primary season.
Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
If you're a little scared right now, that's OK. I know that most of what they tell you to expect about your first year seems a little dramatic and apocalyptic-not to mention what you've been told about the big scary city and its big scary transportation system.
Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
The disappearance and suicide of SEAS senior Richard Ng came and went regrettably quietly last spring, primarily because most students had already left campus by the time his death was announced.
Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
Hello Columbia. How was your summer? Mine was excellent, thank you. I returned home to New Orleans, where I interned at an environmental risk assessment company. Most of my work, as you might guess, centered around Hurricane Katrina and the destruction it wrought. All of my work, in fact.
Tue, Sep 5, 2006, 12:00am
Sometime this past spring, Columbia basketball head coach Joe Jones got a phone call and faced an intriguing offer.
