Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 5:33am
After Collegeboxes failed to satisfy students, the Barnard Office of Residential Life and Housing has confirmed that the company will most likely not return next year.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 3:54am
Jim Gilchrist, the controversial founder of the Minuteman Project whose visit to Columbia in fall 2006 ended in a brawl, confirmed yesterday that he was invited to return to campus for a second speaking engagement, but a withdrawal of support for the event by the Columbia Political Union made it
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 3:48am
Newspaper Attacked for Offensive Cartoon
The Recorder, a student-run newspaper at Central Connecticut State University, is under attack for publishing what critics called a racist and sexist cartoon, the Associated Press reported.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 3:45am
Walking past Lerner Hall last week, students were surrounded by posters stating “Give the ukulele back (to whoever owns it) (please) (thank you),” and asking “Where have all the Latinos gone?” Three Columbia students are looking to transfer this flurry of paper onto TV screens.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 3:36am
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has failed to send out thousands of Section 8 checks for the month of August, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Monday.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 3:28am
Last night, Barnard religion professor Alan Segal lectured on the lack of academic accuracy in the work of assistant professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, whose tenure process has sparked controversy due to her book in which she denies the existence of the ancient Jewish state of Israel.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 1:25am
This year, the Columbia women’s soccer team wants to play moneyball.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 1:22am
When Cornell head coach Jim Knowles took over the Big Red football program three years ago, the team was coming off a 1-9 campaign and a winless Ivy League season. Ever since, the team has placed in the top half of the league.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 1:20am
Although the loss of many runners seems a daunting obstacle to overcome, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams are optimistic that they will stay ahead of the competition this season.
Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 1:19am
“My first writing teacher had a rule that the more fantastical your frame, the more ordinary and real had to be the lives that were lived inside it,” Chris Adrian explains in an online interview with McSweeney’s publishing company.