Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
A local apartment building was briefly evacuated after a fire broke out late Sunday morning.
Firefighters on scene said that no one was injured and the minimal damage was contained to a single room.
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
The General Studies Student Council was looking for a few Columbian crooners and divas-and they got them.
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
While most students spent the last day of break sleeping in at home or idling around campus, several Columbia Democrats left for Washington Heights at 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday to campaign with mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer.
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
Students from around the country met on Friday to draft legislation for a National Tuition Endowment which would create a scholarship trust fund by redirecting interest on student loans and eliminating waste in federal student loan programs.
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
A move to enforce Graduate School of Arts and Sciences rules that are two decades old and traditionally malleable has spurred enough controversy to expedite their change.
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that would discourage the use of eminent domain for economic development last Thursday.
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
Think back to the day when after-school hours were spent playing the latest video game or driving around, when extracurricular activities took up time already spent in school, when you knew exactly where you were going to be the next year and grades were the least of your worries.
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
On Oct. 27, 2005, Tim Hearin, Columbia College senior and journalist for the Student World Assembly, interviewed Adam Kushner, assistant editor of The New Republic and former Spectator editor, regarding Adam's opinions on American foreign policy and, closer to home, post-Katrina New Orleans.
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
Focus on NYC Teacher's Contracts Misguided
To the Editor:
Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 12:00am
The history of tuition and financial aid goes something like this.1754: the governors of King's College advertise "tuition in the learned languages" at "only twenty-five shillings per quarter" and reject prominent merchant Edward Antill's suggestion that his gift of £1,200 be put to assisting t
