Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
Last week's "Fireside Chat" with University President Lee C. Bollinger felt like a scene out of Alice in Wonderland. At some moments I was sure that I'd been transported into some kind of surrealist parody of real discourse, or maybe a Donald Rumsfeld press conference.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
Most of the discussion about Columbia's expansion into Manhattanville has revolved around the question of whether Columbia should be expanding at all. But the Office of Alumni Giving has been wrestling with a question of a completely different sort.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
In the past 28 years, the Mets and Yankees have each employed 12 different managers. In comparison, Columbia baseball has employed two head coaches.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
If I were on the men's soccer team, I'd be worried.
In fact, the prospect of the first practice under new head coach Leo Chappel this Monday would terrify me. But it wouldn't be fear for the future of the program-it would be for the promise Chappel made last week.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
As March begins and spring approaches, the Columbia baseball team shares more than a few traits with the change in seasons. Sporting several young players and a new head coach, an air of rebirth and hope surrounds the Lions, who look to improve on last season's losing record.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
Val Miklausich never thought his Columbia baseball career would end so soon.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
The Columbia women's lacrosse team will begin their tenth season today, taking on the Manhattan at 3:30 p.m. at Baker Field. Against the Jaspers, the Lions look to see how far they have come in perfecting the various skills that the team has focused on during pre-season.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
On Sunday morning, the men's and women's fencing teams will travel to Cambridge, Mass., the home of the teams who have all but ended Columbia's Ivy Championship streak.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
The Columbia men's swimming and diving team already made history this year, tying its best-ever dual meet record at 8-3. But this weekend, it will attempt to make a much bigger splash at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championships.
Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 12:00am
Alex Sackeim, CC '07, celebrated his 21st birthday with 40-some friends at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Disappointed by the size of the pre-rented room, Sackeim paid for a discounted upgrade to the Tower Room, which usually costs a steep $860 a night.
