Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:59pm
Barbara Bernstein
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:55pm
In ninth grade, Daisy Nguyen was so excited when the boy next door asked her to go out for ice cream and a movie.
That Saturday, as she was getting all dressed up for her big night, another friend came by to ask a simple question: “Did you hear?”
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:53pm
With a rapidly growing $ 7.2 billion endowment and in the midst of a massive capital campaign, Columbia appears poised for financial advancement. In the mid-1960s, the University seemed to be in a similar position—but history intervened.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:51pm
The Columbia faculty used to joke that raiding Low Library in the 1960s was like storming the Winter Palace, the notoriously grandiose residence of Russian czars.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:49pm
The 1968 protests forced Columbia to seriously reevaluate ideas of intellectual freedom and political expression within the university setting.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:44pm
Once upon a time, Columbia University’s president carried a gun in a holster to work.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:42pm
In the spring of 1968, Barnard sophomore Linda LeClair made her way onto the national stage when she defied college housing rules by moving off campus to live with her boyfriend, Columbia College junior Peter Behr.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:37pm
Moving into five Columbia buildings for nearly a week, student protestors came together for a common cause and left with a deep bond that many say changed their lives forever.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:35pm
It’s April at Columbia. The trees are blooming, the air is warming, and the steps of Low are once again covered with students. But instead of smoking the University president’s cigars, today’s occupiers carry laptops and bubble teas.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3:30pm
There is no simple way to recall the past, and to recall Columbia during the spring of 1968 is a task as controversial as the period itself.
