2009-04-21

Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 11:20pm
Banging music, neon green and blue headdresses, and glittering trophies pave the CU Bhangra path to fame and status as a cultural fixture at Columbia. With its high-energy and creative style, the team has won a total of six trophies at some of the largest bhangra competitions across the nation.
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 10:56pm
Rape must be declassified as a woman’s issue and reclassified as something that can affect anyone­—regardless of sex.
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 10:34pm
In honor of Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Rememberance Day—the Columbia/Barnard Hillel hosted a commemoration ceremony Monday night, run and organized by students.
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 10:21pm
The New York Times received five Pulitzer Prizes this year, marking the second-highest number of prizes won by that paper during any year in its history.
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 10:20pm
The Barnard Leadership Initiative is slated to relaunch as the Athena Center, a program with a full-time director and revised priorities, in September 2009.
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 10:13pm
Athletic senior citizens, spandex-wearing toddlers, and everyone in between brought their bicycles, tricycles, and roller skates to the world’s largest cathedral, St. John the Divine, for a Saturday morning blessing of the city’s toughest, sweatiest commuters.
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 10:05pm
After the class-day speeches of Eric Holder, CC ’73, Law ’76, Hillary Clinton, and James Albaugh, SEAS M.S. ’74, University commencement will celebrate honorary degree and Medal of Excellence recipients.
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 10:02pm
Men’s rights activist Roy Den Hollander, MBA ’97, pledged to fight on in his battle against feminism, in light of a magistrate judge’s April 15 recommendation to dismiss his case against Columbia’s women’s studies program.
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 10:01pm
With Columbia’s recent opening of an office in Beijing, students here are looking for more opportunities to work and study in China. One organization, Global China Connection, has expanded into a network of 33 university chapters, and continues to grow. Founded by two Columbia first-years, GCC is...
Mon, Apr 20, 2009, 9:58pm
Walking into Butler library to finish her homework for the night, Graciela will head to her lucky room to find a seat. She turns the pages slowly in her books, reading the last sentence of each page three times. Writing papers for class proves difficult as she struggles to make each line perfect...

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