Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:37am
After three days of intense competition, the Columbia women’s swimming and diving team placed fifth behind Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Penn on Saturday at the 2009 Ivy League Championships. With a final score of 916, the Lions finished 667.5 points behind first-place Harvard.
Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:34am
Hundreds of eager parents and children stretched out the door of Nat Holman Gym at City College on Saturday, waiting to get into the Harlem Education Fair.
Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:32am
Behind a plethora of strong individual and team efforts, the Columbia men’s track and field team took home an impressive third-place finish at this year’s Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships.
Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:30am
It was business as usual for the University Senate at Friday’s plenary monthly meeting, which included discussion of Columbia’s unsure economic situation and squabbling over the semantics of a resolution.
Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:25am
The story of the day was Cornell, which successfully defended its 2008 title on the men’s side while ousting the defending champion Tigers on the women’s side. The combined Big Red victory was the first sweep of Indoor Heptagonals since the 2007 season, when Cornell last accomplished the feat.
Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:25am
It isn’t news to anybody that news desks across the country are cutting their numbers. My hometown paper, the Rocky Mountain News, said goodbye to its role as the “other side” news source in Colorado this past Friday.
Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:22am
One week after the $787-billion federal stimulus package was signed into law, the offices of Gov. David Paterson and other New York officials announced the first state projects that will be funded—though the extent of Manhattanville’s financial gain has yet to be seen.
Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 1:16am
At the 34th annual Scholar and Feminist Conference on Saturday, Barnard College President Debora Spar and other expert panelists expressed concerns about the lack of regulation in the field of reproductive technologies and the unanswered moral, social, and political questions that ensue.
Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 12:03am
Living a religious lifestyle on campus can be tough—living as a religious woman can be even tougher. This Monday, Spectator Opinion asked some of
Sun, Mar 1, 2009, 11:45pm
When I was first asked to write a piece on the hijab, I was unsure of where to start. Perhaps I should begin with a definition of what the hijab is. Or a historical lesson on the hijab throughout the centuries. But maybe a personal narrative would be more interesting?