Harlem apartments retrofitted with stimulus funds

By William Jacobs | Feb 9 01:38 am ET

This week, Jonathan Rose Companies—a local developer committed to green affordable housing—is breaking ground with the renovation and retrofit of the 135th Street apartments.

Winter Restaurant Week goes Rouge in midtown

By Lauren Lepow | Feb 9 01:25 am ET

Paths diverge for student teachers

By Emily Kwong | Feb 8 03:07 am ET

Getting schooled by free wine in the city of lights

By Julia Halperin | Feb 9 01:29 am ET

Women's 4x400m relay, Hale qualify for NCAA Championships

By Gregory Kremler | Feb 8 08:20 pm ET

Princeton still perfect in Ivy League play as showdown with Columbia looms

By Mikey Zhong | Feb 8 07:25 pm ET

Embry Owen / Senior staff photographer

NEWS: Mobile Construction | MTA is redeveloping its 96th Street 1 train station, with a new station house, above, which will make entrances easier, and include a mobile sculpture.

Bored@butler returns after shutdown

By Gabriela Hempfling | Feb 9 01:06 am ET

Hansen takes temperature of climate debate with book

By Claire Fu | Feb 9 01:21 am ET

Connecting scientists and educators

By Elizabeth Linhardt Robinson | Feb 8 06:26 pm ET

Textbook vendors compete for customers

By Paul Hsiao | Feb 9 01:25 am ET

As the textbook-buying season comes to a close, students and professors are completing their search for the cheapest books in the neighborhood and on the Internet.

Columbia Grammar, neighbors compromise

By Sarah Darville | Feb 8 03:12 am ET

Attorney General, longtime Law prof honored for excellence

By Joy Resmovits | Feb 8 03:10 am ET

Students from China connect with Columbia

By Gila Schwarzschild | Feb 5 04:39 am ET

Students question Spar on meal plan

By Elizabeth Scott | Feb 5 04:32 am ET

Appealing to an older and wealthier demographic, expensive college-wear transcends the name or reputation of a particular institution and rather serves as an affirmation of an idealized collegiate lifestyle.

Minority Report

By Editorial Board | Feb 7 09:42 pm ET

Is Columbia scared of its students?

By Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein | Feb 7 07:10 pm ET

The Angry Pen

By Igor Simic | Feb 8 06:28 pm ET

Postcrypt? Priceless.

By Sarah Leonard and Kate Redburn | Feb 7 07:07 pm ET

Don't paint by numbers

By Victoria Fox | Feb 7 07:30 pm ET

Jody's Drawings!

By Jody Zellman | Feb 4 11:14 pm ET

DARKROOM »

The first in a series of Darkroom posts featuring the lesser known quiet spots on an otherwise bustling campus. If you have your own photographs of places you have felt at peace around Columbia and would like to showcase them on Darkroom, email them along with a brief description to photo@columbiaspectator.com.

Quiet Spots: St. Paul's Chapel

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Powering the Subway November 17 2009	Hindu, Jain, Sikh students celebrate arrival of new year with Diwali November 16 2009	Giving morechesis at dance troupe fall showcase November 15 2009
Halloween in the Village November 12 2009	Upper West Side Tours and Tastes November 4 2009	A Day in the Life of a Councilmember October 30 2009

Gossip Girl goes to college

Hey Upper West Siders. Gossip Girl here, and I have the biggest news ever. One of my many sources sent this in.
Spectator talks with Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum, stars of ‘Dear John’

‘Dear John,’ the latest movie based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks (of ‘The Notebook’ fame) stars Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried playing what they play best.
CU Couture Shakes up Glass House Rocks

What do you get when you mix couture style with Columbia tradition Glass House Rocks? According to CU Couture, a whole lot of attitude.
Film by alum garners nine Oscar nominations, including Best Director

This summer, when her film “The Hurt Locker” was just beginning to make waves, alum Kathryn Bigelow (SOA ‘81) discussed the gender gap in cinema with the Spectator: “If the politics of gender are at work, I am not dignifying them or acquiescing to them—I’m just moving forward at what seems right.
Columbia alum Kathryn Bigelow scores Oscar nom

A graduate from Columbia’s School of the Arts, Kathryn Bigelow just scored a historic Oscar nomination, which could make her the first woman to win “Best Director” at the movies’ most prestigious awards ceremony.
Vampire Weekend’s new album is number one

Columbia’s very own Vampire Weekend nabbed the top spot on the charts today with their new album “Contra,” according to The New York Times.

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NEWSROOM »

CCSC talks smoking ban and EC exclusion suites

Thanks to the Super Bowl, the weekly Columbia College Student Council meeting was moved from the trusty Satow room to the Student Government Office area—but CCSC was ready to talk smoking bans and housing arrangements.
Columbia scientist demonstrates fusion in laboratory

Michael Mauel, a Columbia professor of applied physics, and his MIT collaborators were able to use magnetic force fields from a levitating magnet to confine high energy found in plasma, thus demonstrating the principle of fusion in a laboratory setting.
Coyote sightings at Columbia

Could Road Runner be far behind? Three coyotes were spotted in front of Lewisohn Hall this morning, according to an e-mail sent out by Barnard Public Safety.

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