2008-10-17

Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 2:03am
With Wednesday’s decisive 3-0 home victory against Hofstra, the Columbia field hockey team (9-2, 1-2 Ivy) extended its win streak to four games in what could prove to be one of the team’s best seasons in recent years.
Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 1:58am
I do not consider myself to be someone who cries at movies—only a few films have actually made me tear up. The Secret Life of Bees, directed and written by Gina Prince-Blythewood, has joined that short list.
Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 12:03am
As I meandered up and down 14th Street last Saturday afternoon, I wondered if I was in the right place. I was there to see the fourth annual Art in Odd Places festival and its presentation of “Pedestrian”—a public display of 31 artists’ eccentric projects that will continue throughout October.
Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 12:02am
The most recent edition of Sports Illustrated mentioned Columbia football this week, but not for the reasons the team wanted. Columbia (0-4, 0-1 Ivy) earned a spot on the “Who’s Hot and Who’s Not” list—and the Lions are not hot according to the magazine.
Thu, Oct 16, 2008, 11:59pm
At a town hall meeting Wednesday night, West Harlem residents expressed concern that evictions and rent hikes would continue to worsen in the face of economic downturn and Columbia’s expansion into Manhattanville.
Thu, Oct 16, 2008, 11:19pm
Many students were shocked by local news reports about a string of assaults that took place Sunday morning near campus. Though Spectator reported the incident on Monday, it took the Department of Public Safety until Wednesday morning to send out an e-mail to students about the attacks.
Thu, Oct 16, 2008, 8:55pm
Contrary to popular belief, humanities courses are not meant to facilitate the passing of knowledge from wise, old professors to eager, young students but rather to indoctrinate students with an inscrutable pseudo-scientific jargon, vomited from the depths of Derrida’s tortured soul.
Thu, Oct 16, 2008, 8:43pm
It has recently come to light that Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov’s early application bid was rejected by the University.

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