2008-01-30

Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 4:29am
It begins to fall irritatingly into your eyes. It becomes increasingly harder to brush through. The ends look as though they accidentally got caught in a food processor.
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 4:19am
Spectator got a chance to sit down with Board of Trustees Chair Anna Quindlen, BC ’74, and future Barnard College president Debora Spar, following the announcement of Spar’s appointment on Tuesday morning.
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 4:15am
Barnard College announced the selection of Debora Spar, a senior associate dean at Harvard University Business School and widely-published political scient
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 4:11am
As the Nexus building transforms the face of Barnard’s campus, Debora Spar will join the ranks of Millicent McIntosh, Ellen Futter, and Judith Shapiro to transform the face of the Barnard woman.
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 4:08am
Though Anna Quindlen’s early-morning introduction of Debora Spar to the Barnard College faculty marked the first of five such meetings on Tuesday, the excitement in the James Room never wavered, even through repetitive speeches.
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 4:00am
He steps up to the podium, grinning back at the hundreds of young, bright-eyed political junkies drawn to his boyish charm and inspired by his cries for change. Pundits say he’s snagging the youth vote, and students across the country are gearing up to “rock the vote” for him.
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 3:53am
While money isn’t everything, colleges and universities cannot function without it.
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 1:47am
There are a lot of buzzwords floating around Columbia basketball these days. They need to be more aggressive. They need to hustle. They need to find some consistency. The formula seems to be simple. Increase the effort and aggressiveness, and expect a more consistent nightly performance.
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 1:46am
As President Judith Shapiro’s 14-year tenure comes to an end, Barnard College’s new president has a unique opportunity to shape the course of the college’s history. Debora Spar finds Barnard in a period of strength.
Wed, Jan 30, 2008, 1:13am
Three months ago the Columbia University administration conceded over $60 million to appease a fringe, ad hoc group of student radicals engaged in a protracted “Gatorade” hunger-strike. An “anti-strike” movement emerged, but it proved little more than a quixotic struggle.

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