2008-10-01

Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 2:19pm
A successful advising system helps students take advantage of a university's resources and eases their concerns about attending and leaving college.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 11:48pm
Rumors swirled around City Council on Tuesday when sources close to Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was going to run for a third term—a move that would be impossible without legislation extending the term limit.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 11:46pm
Columbia’s controversial ban on Reserve Officer Training Corps’ presence on campus has re-entered the spotlight this semester as some student leaders have launched a renewed effort to reconsider the policy.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 11:45pm
“Call me Juan,” he said. “J-a-u-n. Is that how you spell Juan? Wait. Shit.”
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 11:43pm
Few authors elicit screams of “We are not worthy!” from their fans, but Neil Gaiman proved that in the literary world, there are still rock stars.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 11:42pm
When members of the Barnard EcoReps rolled out a layer of sod in a Broadway parking space for a day last month, they created a tiny green space on the otherwise expansive asphalt and attracted more than a few curious eyes.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 11:31pm
The landscape of rock ’n’ roll music in Britain during the late 1960s was one of tremendous depth, composed of a diverse spectrum of sounds and styles.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 11:28pm
Lance Hammer, writer and director of Ballast, is a slight, soft-spoken man, a fact that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who sees his first film.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 11:23pm
Columbia University Information Technology’s bandwidth caps are, on the whole, very reasonable—with 350 megabytes of download an hour and 180 megabytes of upload, most Columbians will find themselves well within these limits for most of their usual Internet activities.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 10:56pm
“You’ll never get tenure here at Columbia.” Those were the words of my department chair. He wasn’t being unkind. He simply didn’t want me to harbor any false expectations.

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