Wed, Feb 17, 2010, 4:17am
Behind the scenes of Casino Night on Feb. 11, the four undergraduate student councils were talking business.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010, 4:09am
Barnard administrators currently in the process of reevaluating their school asked students on Tuesday to give their two cents on the school’s problems.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010, 3:56am
The Engineering Student Council board is currently considering a policy that would allow visual and performing arts classes to count as non-technical electives for School of Engineering and Applied Science students.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010, 3:09am
Tough times forced Columbia to reduce the number of annual faculty award recipients this year, but the dinner celebration of Tuesday was not shy on lavish dishes and congratulatory speeches.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010, 11:44pm
Scott posted a career high of 29 points last weekend as he led his team to a 66-62 victory against Penn, helping his team recover from a loss to Princeton the night before. Columbia defeated Penn just after they scored an upset victory against the then-No. 22 Cornell team.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010, 11:40pm
It was pandemonium at the Palestra Friday night when Penn (4-16, 3-3 Ivy) upset then-No. 22 Cornell (21-4, 7-1 Ivy) to win its first home game of the season. The Quakers led by only one at intermission, but a 15-0 run to open the second half really put the game away, as Penn ended up winning 79-64...
Tue, Feb 16, 2010, 10:09pm
James Bradley spoke at Columbia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute last night about his newest book, "The Imperial Cruise," which investigates Theodore Roosevelt and U.S. activity in East Asia.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010, 8:59pm
We’re used to it because American markets are no longer really free. “Freedom” as a concept inherently includes the freedom to fail. Frankly, I would love to see a return to the time—if such an era ever actually existed—when fortunes could be made and lost in the blink of an eye. That’s the sort...
Tue, Feb 16, 2010, 8:51pm
The issue speaks to putting performance excellence above doing the best with what you have, a dilemma that challenges universities and students in countless other ways, especially those subjected to the competitiveness of New York City.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010, 8:32pm
As my stepmom told me when I applied to college, “Someone’s always going to be the stupidest person at Harvard.” And at a University as riddled with inferiority complexes as Columbia, the fear of being the stupidest is even more amplified.