Mon, Nov 14, 2005, 12:00am
Cross country is deceptively simple, and it seems that the only important thing is who crosses the line when. But at the Division I level, a huge amount of strategy goes into finishing the course in the right way.
Mon, Nov 14, 2005, 12:00am
With Saturday's game at Cornell still scoreless 52 minutes in, the men's soccer team looked at the referee, waiting anxiously for a call. After a few tense seconds, he made the motion that signalled what the Columbia men's soccer team had been dreaming of for over a month: a goal.
Mon, Nov 14, 2005, 12:00am
Though they are friends in practice and even live together, all it takes is the donning of a singlet for their attitudes to change from amicable to competitive. On Saturday, their ability to go head to head was tested at the Blue and White Alumni meet in Levien Gymnasium.
Mon, Nov 14, 2005, 12:00am
The women's swimming and diving team passed a crucial early test by winning their season opener over Yale at Uris Swim Center on Friday night, 161-139. The Bulldogs are one of the three teams the Lions will likely battle for third place at the season-ending Ivy Championships.
Mon, Nov 14, 2005, 12:00am
ITHACA, NY-There's no doubt that this has been the toughest season of Bob Shoop's tenure at Columbia. The 2-7, 0-6 Ivy Lions have been slammed by conference competition in Shoop's third year. Last year's 1-9, 1-6 Ivy squad at least managed to stay competitive in many of its league games.
Mon, Nov 14, 2005, 12:00am
The Columbia volleyball team, expected throughout to finish last in the conference, can celebrate a minor victory as they wrapped up the season this weekend.
Sat, Nov 12, 2005, 12:00am
ITHACA, N.Y. – Apparently, the Big Red had the Lions beat a week before the game started. Cornell's elusive quarterback, Ryan Kuhn, had been on the team's minds all week, but they could not find a way to prepare for his game plan. And their lack of preparation showed.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
At some point in popular youth culture, country music was demonized, becoming the brunt of jokes, a genre used to describe negatively what kind of music you like ("anything but country").
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
A few weeks ago, word started spreading that New York's alternative rock radio powerhouse, KROCK, would be switching to a format that favors more talk than music come next year. I've never been a huge listener, but I can recognize how tragic such a shift would be.
Fri, Nov 11, 2005, 12:00am
Ah yes, yet another fall weekend in Morningside-plenty of time to relax and explore the natural beauty of changing leaves, enjoying that gentle autumn breeze which carries the comforting smell of the wet earth, JJ dining food, and chocolate ... wait, chocolate?
