Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 3:53am
At Wednesday night’s School of International and Public Affairs town hall, Acting Dean John Coatsworth and other administrators discussed the long-term plans of an institution facing a fundamental transition.
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 3:44am
As Columbia College students reluctantly settle back in from spring break, they might be surprised to hear that their predecessors are eagerly signing up for a chance to revisit the Core Curriculum.
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 3:43am
Speaking with what one audience member described as “impassioned cynicism,” The Wire producer and writer David Simon lectured to a packed room at the Graduate School of Journalism Wednesday night about his broad journalism experience and his belief that American newspapers are, on the whole, “fu
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 3:36am
In the first of many 40th anniversary commemorations of the 1968 protests, Estelle Freedman, BC ’69, addressed a crowd of roughly 100 in the James Room Wednesday night about her struggle to build an identity in the midst of that politically tumultuous year.
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 3:08am
Joel Klein, CC ’67 and chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will speak at this year’s Columbia College Class Day, scheduled for May 19.
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 3:00am
Nick Sprayregen, the largest private property owner in Columbia’s Manhattanville campus footprint, is picking another battle with the University—he filed a lawsuit today against Columbia and New York City over the University’s planned underground construction.
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 2:24am
Spring break of 2008 has thus far done little to shed light on which baseball teams could emerge as division frontrunners once Ivy League play commences.
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 2:13am
I feel frustrated. When I open the Spectator opinion section and read accusations that the Columbia community is racist, I feel frustrated. When I see students protest a 100-year-old Core Curriculum that they implicitly accepted when they chose to come to this University, I feel frustrated.
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 2:06am
These days, it feels like the price of everything is going up, and working families’ salaries just aren’t keeping pace. New Yorkers are finding it harder to pay the rent and fill the car with gas, and many are even struggling to put food on the table.
Thu, Mar 27, 2008, 1:57am
For the past two years, Columbia College students have been in an uproar over their Class Day speakers.
