2009-02-27

Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 7:07pm
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence, and nowhere is this more apparent than on Amsterdam Avenue and 119th Street, where metal lattice and barbed wire section off nearly half a block of weeds, dead plants, and a pump house.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 5:08am
The photographer is a Columbia College sophomore majoring in philosophy. He is a training editor in the Spectator photo department.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 4:22am
“Be focused, be determined, and play with confidence.” This mantra, coined by women’s tennis head coach Ilene Weintraub, embodies the mindset that she would like to see her young team adopt for the rest of its spring season.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 4:07am
After an indoor season that has pitted them against the tri-state area’s worst teams and the nation’s best, Columbia track and field will finally compete against its Ancient Eight foes at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonals this weekend.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 4:01am
The 2008 season opener for Columbia women’s lacrosse produced drastically different results for its participants. On one side was Monmouth, which squeaked out an 11-10 win over Columbia, finished second in the Northeast Conference, and came within one goal of playing in the NEC title game.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 3:58am
It all comes down to this weekend for the Columbia women’s swimming and diving team. The results of the dual-meet season no longer matter. How a team performs at the Ivy League Championships is the only factor in all-Ivy honors and league standing.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 3:56am
With the regular season over, the Columbia men’s swimming and diving team will be focusing on the upcoming Eastern College Athletic Conference championships this weekend in Cambridge, Mass.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 3:53am
For Columbia baseball, the road to back-to-back Ivy titles begins under Friday night lights.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 3:49am
The men’s tennis team will stay home this weekend and take on two nonconference foes, Binghamton and Stony Brook. The Lions (6-2) are coming off a weekend sweep of St. John’s and Fairleigh Dickinson, and are in the midst of a five-match home streak.
Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 3:46am
After completing its Ivy campaign, the Columbia fencing team will travel to Harvard this Saturday to compete in the nation’s oldest collegiate athletic competition, the Intercollegiate Fencing Association Championships.

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