Betsy Morais

Senior column: Trapped in bathroom stall, news editor reminisces

Betsy Morais discusses journalism, writing, and Kurt Vonnegut.

By Betsy Morais | Apr 26 09:34 pm ET

Senior Columns

Former Spectator staff share their experiences and thoughts before graduation. Today we hear from Julia Halperin, Betsy Morais, Ajit Pillai, and Colin Sullivan.

By Julia Halperin, Colin Sullivan, Betsy Morais, and Ajit Pillai | Apr 26 09:25 pm ET

Tie vote leaves community board with no voice in CU Baker project

With 13 votes in favor, 11 against, and two abstentions, the vote came to a tie, which was not sufficient for passage.

By Betsy Morais | Oct 27 04:27 am ET

Double Discovery Center faces major transition

One assistant director left in March and the other left in May. The outreach coordinator was gone by early June. Three tutoring counselors left over the summer, as did one interim assistant director, who lasted only a week.

By Betsy Morais | Sep 17 04:53 am ET

Court rejects eminent domain in Manhattanville

The New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division ruled Thursday that state seizure of private property in the 17-acre expansion zone is illegal, dealing a harsh blow to the University’s vision for development.

By Maggie Astor and Betsy Morais | Dec 4 03:35 am ET

Court says no to eminent domain in Manhattanville

The state court dealt a harsh blow to Columbia’s expansion plans by ruling eminent domain use there to be illegal, after a string of disappointing losses to the University’s challengers over the past few years.

By Maggie Astor and Betsy Morais | Dec 3 04:10 pm ET

Conrad Lung honored at Hamilton Dinner

“You have always been a pioneer,” Lee Bollinger told the 2009 recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award.

By Betsy Morais | Nov 20 01:05 am ET

History class tackles Manhattan on 'epic' all-night bike ride

The 35th Annual All-Night Bike Ride for the History of the City of New York class, taught by Kenneth Jackson, took students through Manhattan in a midnight tour of history.

By Betsy Morais | Sep 28 02:53 am ET

Orienting yourself to life all over New York City

This is the town of everybody who’s somebody and anybody who’s a nobody. Frank Sinatra said if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. But it would also be fair to say that New York is a place for people who wouldn’t make it anywhere else (cue Woody Allen reference here).

By Betsy Morais | Sep 1 12:19 am ET

Shots fired in Morningside Heights

Gunshots were fired in Morningside Heights on Tuesday evening.

By Betsy Morais and Joy Resmovits | Jul 29 02:54 pm ET

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