Elaine Wang

Students accused of selling drugs appear in court

Chris Coles, Harrison David, Adam Klein, Jose Stephan Perez, and Michael Wymbs appeared in court this morning, accompanied by their attorneys.

By Robin Simpson-McKay, Elaine Wang, and Chelsea Lo | Jan 18 11:15 am ET

West Harlem residents complain of local construction

While Columbia has continued its demolition in Manhattanville, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been renovating the 1 train viaduct that runs through the area over Broadway since June—making for a noisy and polluted neighborhood.

By Elaine Wang | Nov 18 05:28 am ET

Dems, Republicans debate immigration

To some at the Columbia Political Union’s immigration debate on Tuesday night, it was the audience interjections that fueled the discussion.

By Elaine Wang and Amanda Stibel | Oct 27 04:20 am ET

Rangel attends Broadway Dems, urges locals to vote in November

The embattled congressman was greeted with loud applause from the 35 or so neighborhood residents who attended the meeting, organized by the local Broadway Democrats.

By Sammy Roth and Elaine Wang | Oct 15 03:23 am ET

Anti-gentrification festival draws small crowd

Organizers of the 24th annual Anti-Gentrification Community Awareness Festival, which was held on 124th Street between Broadway and Riverside, said that despite the low turnout, fighting rapid neighborhood change is seen as an important cause.

By Elaine Wang | Oct 11 01:40 am ET

Housing places waitlisted sophomores dorms on campus

This year, 67 sophomores were stuck in limbo on Housing & Dining’s waitlist.

By Elaine Wang | Sep 17 01:34 am ET

Oh, Those Laundry Machines!

If you’re a student living on this campus, then you’ve probably had to deal with one of Columbia’s most incorrigible problems: laundry machines. Given the persistence of such problems, why is it that week after week (or month after month) we return to the laundry room, encounter the same problems, and do absolutely nothing about it other than curse, kick, and grudgingly move to another machine?

By Elaine Wang | Feb 19 11:09 pm ET

Good Food, Better Company

With the recent hype over “change,” the word seems to have lost its neutrality and acquired a staggeringly positive connotation.

By Elaine Wang | Feb 3 09:57 pm ET

John Jay: Naughty or Nice?

While not every soul on campus despises the campus dining hall with a passion, one thing is for certain: by charging students a fee to switch meal plans, Columbia Dining Services effectively undermines its image as a fair, upstanding provider of on-campus food.

By Elaine Wang | Dec 4 09:47 am ET

A New Perspective on Frontiers of Science

When it comes to Frontiers of Science, there is never a shortage of criticism from CC first-years and their predecessors.

By Elaine Wang | Nov 6 09:06 pm ET

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