Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
Springtime at Columbia is associated with beautiful weather, sitting on the steps, tanning on the lawn, and the Bacchanal festival. At least that's what Alexa Hawrysz, CC '06, wants you to think.
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
This year, University administrators have considered subscribing to a legal online music service. Through an agreement with a program like Napster, iTunes, or, most likely, Cdigix, Columbia would join more than 100 colleges and universities nationwide in giving students this kind of service.
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
Where once old and barren fields stood at 103rd and 107th streets in Riverside Park, new baseball and soccer fields replete with views of the Hudson River and bright yellow field lines have recently opened to public excitement.
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation recently named three Columbia University professors as 2006 Guggenheim Fellows. Professors Alessandra Casella, Michael Doyle, and James Shapiro all received year-long fellowships for independent research.
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
A mock refugee camp assembled from tarps, tables, and duct tape rose on the Low steps Wednesday night as part of an awareness-raising campaign for the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
History professor Elizabeth Blackmar and Andrew Delbanco, the Julian Clarence Levi professor in the humanities, have been announced as the 2006 recipients of the Mark Van Doren Award for exceptional teaching and the Lionel Trilling Book Award, respectively.
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
Chris Fasano, CC '07, corresponds with his father regularly by mail. So after finding his mailbox empty for over a month, he grew suspicious. Upon confirming with his father that he was missing four letters-all of which had cash enclosed-the two set up a sting operation of sorts.
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
Many, even most, students here feel a deep sense of alienation. From each other, from their education, from their physical surroundings, from their future, even from their work as activists. I remember when I first started feeling this sense of alienation.
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
Immigration Debate Raises Issues of Stereotyping, Assimilation
To the Editor:
Thu, Apr 13, 2006, 12:00am
Mark Twain's oft over-used quotation concerning the relationship between schooling and education is a staple of Facebook profiles across the nation.