Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
AIDS may not be the most visible of diseases, but it was certainly hard to miss the bright red balloons dotting campus this weekend, marking the sixth annual Dance Marathon for pediatric AIDS research in Lerner Hall.
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
Thirty-five dollars and 60 fliers later, Columbia has a new procrastination destination.Boredatbutler.com, launched Wednesday and formally introduced through a modest ad campaign Saturday, is a Web site that could become as popular among student surfers as Craigslist and Facebook, if its early r
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
UCLA
On Jan. 22, conservative UCLA alumnus Andrew Jones rescinded his controversial offer to pay students up to $100 for tape recordings of the lectures of leftist professors.
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
A Barnard sophomore remains in the intensive care unit after being struck by a car while jogging Thursday.
The incident occurred around on Riverside Drive near 79th Street as Anna Durrett, BC '08, was braving the cold around 7:30 p.m. She was taken to St. Luke's Hospital.
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
Had it been worse, more than 75 people could have died.
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
As students wrap up registration and check reviews of their prospective professors online, faculty and staff may start turning to another site, one that hopes to help them find out if their children will be getting their money'sÂ-or tax dollars'-worth in New York City's schools.
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
Every year scores of Ivy League students apply for summer internships at prestigious Wall Street firms. Columbians are no exception.
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
While other juniors are frantic to hear back about summer internships at big investment firms, Lightcap is relaxed. He's already got his.
Lightcap, class treasurer and vice president of Pi Kappa Alpha, has worked in the finance world for over a year.
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
The Center for Career Education is always talking about "transferable skills," and it isn't just English majors who are adopting the phrase. Demko, a wide receiver for Columbia's football team, is aiming to snag an analyst position at a high-profile investment bank this summer.
Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 12:00am
Like many colleges, Barnard tries to foster a sense of community by requiring all first-years to purchase a meal plan. A communal bout of food poisoning, however, is not exactly the shared experience bright-eyed first-years are looking to treasure.
