2009-04-29

Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 10:36pm
The No. 53 Columbia men’s tennis team will travel to Florida to take on the No. 22 Miami Hurricanes in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament on May 8.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 10:30pm
Looking relieved to file into the air conditioned classroom after having just finished their tour of Columbia’s main campus, 22 fourth graders from River East Elementary School in East Harlem took their seats in one of the first science lecture halls created at Teachers College.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 9:13pm
Columbia's music program, which emphasizes theory over performance, sets its students up for careers outside concert halls.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 9:12pm
Barnard visual arts majors displayed their senior thesis projects on Monday, remaining hopeful that art will continue to play a large role in their lives after graduation.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 9:09pm
Stephen H. Norwood’s latest book, The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower, offers a controversial look into Columbia University former president Nicholas Murray Butler’s darkest hour.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 9:05pm
The annual Varsity Show, one of the most highly anticipated campus events of the year, maintains high ticket sales due, at least in part, to an equally high budget and a self-enforced celebrity culture.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 8:41pm
If we want to make a mark on our universe, we will have to call on science.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 8:39pm
When I crossed the threshold of 2875 Broadway for the first time, I had my entire life planned out. I was going to be a reporter, damnit—a feisty cross between Nellie Bly and Christiane Amanpour, specifically—exposing social injustice and political scandal at every turn.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 8:36pm
As my defense mechanisms of denial buckle beneath the weighty imminence of graduation, I can’t help but wonder what insights I can unearth from the last four years here before they’re buried in manure.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009, 8:32pm
If the recent downturn in the economy has shown anything, it’s that a lack of financial literacy extends to all levels of society—including college students.

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