Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 9:38pm
When Maria Hinojosa was eight years old, her mother kept her home from school to experience a Martin Luther King, Jr. rally. On that day, Hinojosa says, she saw herself in King, and she also came to understand the nature of democracy.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 9:34pm
Though the protest tents have long been tucked away, and megaphones don’t echo chants across College Walk, the Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification plans to press on with its campaign of criticism of Columbia’s Manhattanville expansion.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 9:33pm
Tenants, community groups, and city and state officials gathered despite the rain Wednesday evening to voice their outrage over the New York City Rent Guideline Board’s rent increases, the highest since 1989.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 9:31pm
In the age of online shopping, local bookstores have born the brunt on changing consumer habits. But one store in Morningside Heights has stood strong against that trend.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 9:30pm
Many students find that the price of living in New York City makes for a barebones existence. But some skilled moochers have found a creative way to make ends meet: by exploiting the array of free food that comes with Columbia’s club meetings.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 7:50pm
This column took shape in my head on a Saturday in early June, and it began because of Ken Griffey Jr. The Reds, for whom Griffey still played, were playing in a four-game wraparound series in Florida against the Marlins.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 7:49pm
The Columbia men's soccer team lost Wednesday against Monmouth, 3-0. This game marks the Lions' third consecutive loss as they approach their Ivy League opener this weekend.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 7:48pm
The captains are the first to admit it: The sailing team does not enjoy sunny weather.
"When it's sunny and there's no wind, that's the worst," said co-captain Casey O'Malley, CC '10.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 7:47pm
Ashlin Yahr, a freshman forward on the Columbia women's soccer team, would probably have difficulty remembering the years when soccer was not a part of her life.
"I started playing when I was five, and I've been playing ever since," she said.
Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 7:44pm
So, Spectator contacts me looking for an “opinion piece on rent control.” I’m offered a possible hook—Congressman Charles Rangel’s and Governor David Paterson’s possession of rent-controlled apartments—that the associate editor thinks might be of interest.
