Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 12:19pm
It was a bittersweet season finale for the Columbia men’s soccer team, as the winless Lions battled undefeated Brown to a heartbreaking double-overtime loss at Baker Field, 3-2.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 7:08am
Four days after giving Ohio State a scare, Columbia men’s basketball fell behind early to SUNY Albany and never managed to pose a serious challenge to the Great Danes. The Lions lost their third game of the season 70-38, finishing 11-49 from the field.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 6:57am
Brown scored 21 unanswered points in the first quarter and fended off a late Columbia rally to beat the Lions 30-22 Saturday at Baker Field.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 6:31am
An apple probably never fell on Isaac Newton’s head, but if one had he certainly would have deserved it. A notorious jerk, Newton was constantly making vicious remarks about other scientists and their work. He often took sole credit for discoveries even when it wasn’t due.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 6:23am
Congratulations are in order for Columbia College seniors Jason Bello, winner of a Rhodes Scholarship, Emma Kaufman, recipient of a Marshall scholarship, and George Olive, winner—astoundingly—of both.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 4:25am
In terms of Hollywood story structure, it doesn’t get more by-the-book than Robert Zemeckis’s new incarnation of the epic poem, Beowulf, released this past weekend.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 4:23am
Peter Hoeg can’t be accused of lacking ambition. The Quiet Girl, the Danish novelist’s fifth novel, takes on a multitude of weighty spiritual and philosophical concerns in the form of a clunky political thriller that centers on an aging clown with intimacy issues and mystical acoustic powers.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 4:20am
Music and rhythm video games are often some of the most popular and entertaining titles on the market, and only the most stoic and socially awkward people can fail to enjoy a round of Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero every so often.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 3:52am
A trash can fire on the ninth floor of Sulzberger Hall led to the hospitalization of five security guards and the evacuation of nearly 1,000 students from the Barnard Quad early Sunday morning.
Brooks, Reid, Hewitt, and Sulzberger were evacuated at approximately 3:20 a.m.
Mon, Nov 19, 2007, 3:49am
Columbia College seniors Jason Bello and George Olive won Rhodes scholarships Saturday, ending a five-year stretch in which Columbia failed to garner the prestigious award.
Earlier in the week, Olive and Emma Kaufman, both CC ’08, won Marshall scholarships.
