Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 12:53am
In the final weekend of Ivy League play, Penn (26-20, 10-10 Ivy) swept the Columbia softball team (15-33, 3-17 Ivy) in four games.
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 12:45am
Long hours, dull work, no pay. What activity fits this description? Prison work? No—writing and editing for Spec Sports.
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 12:41am
While the biggest accomplishment of the weekend for the Columbia baseball team was its second Lou Gehrig Division title, contributions from two players—its struggling first baseman and underappreciated catcher—showed why the Lions, who have already set a school record for league wins, expect to
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 12:03am
This past week, Barnard College students received the exciting news that Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be delivering the keynote address at Barnard’s Commencement on May 20. Though some might be surprised by the mayor’s selection, Bloomberg is a fine choice of whom Barnard is rightly proud.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 11:56pm
Forty years after rallying against the proposed construction of the Morningside gym, alumni of the 1968 demonstrations returned to protest something else: the Manhattanville expansion.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 11:55pm
For the first time in 15 years, the Columbia Lions will make an appearance in the Ivy League baseball championship. After its four-game sweep of Penn over the weekend, Columbia will take on Dartmouth next weekend in an attempt to win its first championship since the 1975-76 season.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 11:25pm
Imagine two faces. One is male, with feathered brown hair and a thin goatee drawn in Sharpie. The other, whose gender is uncertain, sports a fierce bowl cut, red lipstick, and a demented smile. Both are slathered with make-up.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 11:24pm
Today’s is the last episode of the semester. I have sought to clear the underbrush and cobwebs from our collective conception of Columbia, and in the last column I proposed new guiding principles for the institution.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 11:21pm
The chic couple sitting next to me at Alexandra looked skeptically at the menu. “I think we should do it,” they said, and they flagged the waiter over. “We’re not ordering the usual today,” they told him.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 10:23pm
In 1995, Scott Hicks received Oscar acclaim for Shine, the true story of a troubled pianist. Now the director has created another humanizing portrait of a living musical legend with Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts.
