Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 9:45am
While Community Board 9 voted in favor of the city's vision for the 125th rezoning, Community Board 10 voted against it unanimously Wednesday evening. Both boards proposed modifications to the plan in their resolutions.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 2:34am
A graduate student was assaulted and robbed Tuesday afternoon in Morningside Park, near West 121st Street.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 2:31am
Conservative blogger and former male escort Jeff Gannon, who was ousted from the White House press corps after allegations arose that he was planted there by President Bush, discussed his controversial past Wednesday night in an event hosted by the Columbia Political Union.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 2:29am
The Harlem Restoration Project’s small office may be easy to miss on one of West Harlem’s busiest streets, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, but the work that goes on inside has had a huge impact on the lives of those the organization was built to serve.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 2:23am
Dozens of students have reported unwelcome visitors in their dorm rooms recently, as bedbugs and cockroaches have been spotted in McBain and Schapiro.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 2:17am
With reforms to the Core Curriculum’s Major Cultures requirement in the offing, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese—which less than three semesters ago transformed Columbia’s Spanish-language-focused major—is once again expressing an interest in amending the department’s course offerings to
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 1:42am
Ingredients:
1/4 cup creme de cassis (black currant liqueur)
1 1/2 cups strained fresh blood orange juice (from about 6 oranges)
1 750-ml. bottle chilled brut Champagne or dry sparkling wine
8 blood orange slices (optional)
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 1:37am
I thought the shrimp was dead. It had arrived at our table (a great round one in a restaurant in Dalian, a seaside town in northern China) gray, whole, and unmoving. Grandma, across the table, became excited, clapping her hands and insisting that I be the first to try one.
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 1:31am
The semester’s almost over, and work is beginning to pile up. Term papers, extra-long problem sets, and those looming finals are upon you. But what better way is there to increase productivity than by firing up a game that takes five to 10 minutes to play?
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 1:24am
In the next few days, Columbia College will admit a select group of the senior class into Phi Beta Kappa on the basis of the strength of their academic records prior to senior year. These students deserve to be commended for their academic achievements.
