Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 6:57am
Perhaps the best testimony to the educational value of an appearance by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the fact that all the available seats were gobbled up within about an hour of the announcement of his talk.
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 6:00am
A small piece of Columbia history may provide some context for the president of Iran’s visit. Back in 1961, a student group at City College, a mile up the road from Columbia, invited Benjamin Davis to give a talk.
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 5:56am
In the 1930s, the Columbia administration participated in what could be described as the coddling of the Nazi regime.
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 5:54am
The first time I heard the name Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in the summer of 2005, about a week before he was elected president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 5:14am
As protesters, the media, and a nation’s attentions turn to Columbia, today’s appearance on campus of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is poised to become a watershed moment in the narrative of free speech for a university and its president.
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 2:40am
Composers, journalists, and scholars from more than 16 countries join to celebrate Harlem’s role in the international jazz community for the 10-day Columbia/Harlem Festival of Global Jazz this week.
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 2:36am
The arrival of three new restaurants has some locals questioning why a stretch of 12th Avenue between 131st and 135th Streets is becoming home to a “restaurant row.”
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 2:32am
Anyone who’s made a habit of running out to feed the meter knows parking spaces come at a premium in New York City.
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 2:29am
Law schools at Columbia and the University of Colorado teamed up to launch the first public, comprehensive case law database at AltLaw.org three weeks ago.
Mon, Sep 24, 2007, 2:22am
Despite initial complaints from student leaders that they were not given enough time to plan a response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at Columbia, the campus quickly mobilized, and many students have united for a large speak-out today.
