Karachi Mayor Kamal speaks at Global Mayors Forum

Karachi Mayor Syed Mustafa Kamal discussed his role governing a rising economic city in a country plagued with violent conflict.

Book Culture employees question their treatment

Penn shows teeth, crushes Princeton

V116 to put new spin on an old favorite

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SPORTS: Nick Scott has created opportunities for Columbia forwards with his distinctive crosses, yet few have been converted into goals and he has not seen the ball much in recent games.

Pumpkin pick-me-ups in Morningside Heights

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NEWS »

Student survey will collect ideas for space use

A survey will be released within the next several weeks to gather student input on how to use newly available campus space.

Associate professor assaults Arts School employee at local bar

Plan outlines more efficient building access for GS

Student brings CatarACT to Columbia

Conference attendees look for opportunity amidst crisis

House passes healthcare bill by narrow margin

COMMENTARIAT »

  • Don’t Waste Your Vote: Vote Green!

    As I noted in a number of recent opinion pieces — first in a Letter to the Editor in the Spectator, then in a blog post on The Politicizer — I’ve expressed my support for Green Party candidate the Reverend Billy Talen, and railed against the idea that a vote for him is a wasted

  • Will Columbia professors continue writing for Al Ahram?

    …after the Pan-Arabist paper initiated a paranoiacally thorough boycott of Israel? I doubt that Al Ahram’s boycott will phase the pathologically anti-Israel Hamid Dabashi or Joseph Massad, who are occasional contributors to the racist newspaper’s English-language website.

  • Taylor Swiftboating Obama

    I’d like to preface my first post with the disclaimer that I genuinely feel uncomfortable pulling out the race card.

  • Unclear Policies, Unresponsive Bureaucracy

    This past summer, I worked for a free speech non-profit called the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which focuses on protecting the rights of students at our nation’s universities.

OPINION »

Crowns and frowns

They were funny at first, but can we please stop the Harmony jokes?

Doing well by doing good

A Nobel cause

Columbia & Its Discontents

I don’t have nine lives

Cutting it close

Politics on Stilts

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT »

Livelier late night with George Lopez

George Lopez, the Mexican-American comedian, is launching his new talk show “Lopez Tonight,” which promises positive changes to late-night television.

Food fit for a King's College student

Europeans, better by night

Vintage styles for sale at midtown flea market

Zemeckis takes Dickens classic and adds a third dimension

Cafes cook up tunes, too, at these downtown music venues

SPECTACLE »

NEWSROOM »

  • SGA goes global!

    Following President Debora Spar’s globalization intiatives for Barnard, the college’s Student Government Association discussed international concerns for Barnard students amongst their usual business Monday night.

  • FEED Talks Hunger In New York City

    Amidst laid-back music and an intimate atmosphere in Lerner Party Space Sunday night, FEED—a Columbia student organization that has emerged in the last couple of years to decrease hunger and illiteracy in local neighborhoods—schooled students on hunger in New York City over salad and pasta.

  • Flu vaccine now only on one side of Broadway

    In an interesting note, Barnard’s Health Services reports that, due to a “national shortage” of flu vaccines, it cannot give any out to students.

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