2009-03-09

Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 11:53pm
It was a disappointing start to the season this weekend for the Columbia softball team. Over the three-day FAU Miken Classic in Boca Raton, Fla., the Lions went 0-5 in their opening series against Central Michigan, Florida Atlantic, Harvard, Towson and Stony Brook.
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 11:52pm
In 27 innings of weekend action, the Columbia baseball team held a lead for just one inning as they were swept in a three-game series by host UNC Charlotte.
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 11:51pm
The women’s basketball team finished out its season on a disappointing note, as the Lions dropped both of their games against Princeton and Penn this weekend. With the two losses, the team ends its season with a four-game losing streak, and a final overall record of 13-15 (6-8 Ivy).
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 11:50pm
The Lions were just 1.9 seconds away from their first season over .500 since 1993, when Penn’s Kevin Egee took a cross-court inbounds pass and launched a deep 3-pointer. As it passed through the net, the Quakers earned a 51-50 victory and gave Columbia its third consecutive 7-7 season.
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 11:09pm
Shaina Rubin is a Columbia College senior majoring in English.
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 10:50pm
College students who insult people in online articles are going to revitalize our political discourse? Bwog and IvyGate are going to rescue America from the tedium of mainstream journalism? How many sweet, democratic-sounding lies need to be poured into one’s ear before one can begin to believe...
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 10:29pm
A New York Times article a few months ago focused on the current influx of Wall Street types into creative industries. The United States as a nation on credit was bound to collapse.
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 10:26pm
Julia Alekseyeva: In superhero comics, topics such as nuclear holocaust and the Cold War are often unpopular—except in Alan Moore’s Watchmen.
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 10:25pm
The truth is that certain groups are attempting to turn one of the most complicated foreign policy issues in recent history into a black-and-white campaign, wherein Israel is the sole wrongdoer.
Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 10:22pm
To both Sylvia Nasar and Brad Gooch, there is something inherently seductive about biography.

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