Jordan Freisleben

LGBT option considered for applications

University senators are doing research into how Columbia and its peer schools use information regarding sexual orientation, if at all, to determine if it would be useful for students to identify as LGBT on applications.

By Jordan Freisleben | Apr 26 06:29 am ET

SEAS likely to change computer science requirement

The required computer science class will be focused more on the increasingly popular Python programming language, moving away from Java.

By Jordan Freisleben | Apr 17 04:09 am ET

CC, SEAS, BC elections end; 212 wins CCSC E Board

Three of the four undergraduate student councils announced election results Thursday night, with student government veterans winning most of the top positions.

By Luke Barnes, Jordan Freisleben, Emma Goss, and Ben Gittelson | Apr 5 10:44 pm ET

SEAS class council, USenate candidates present initiatives

Senate candidates vowed to represent SEAS students well in the majority-faculty body, while council candidates outlined initiatives to bring their classes closer together.

By Jordan Freisleben | Apr 3 03:45 am ET

All but two races for ESC, SEAS USenate seat uncontested

Only the race for the SEAS undergraduate seat on the University Senate and for the class of 2015 council are contested.

By Jordan Freisleben | Mar 27 04:19 am ET

Students say new Gateway class could still be improved

The semester-long course, which is a requirement for all SEAS first-years, was revamped last year, but some students think that it still leaves something to be desired.

By Jordan Freisleben | Mar 26 04:17 am ET

NW Corner Building awarded LEED Gold

Over 20 percent of the building is composed of recycled materials, and over 2,000 tons of waste from the construction have been recycled.

By Jordan Freisleben | Mar 7 04:31 am ET

General Studies seeking new name, donor

Dean of the School of General Studies Peter Awn is looking for a donor to endow a name change for the school. Awn says GS has outgrown the original meaning behind its name—a “highly distinguished name referring back to a state of the medieval universities when they began to expand their outreach more broadly to students, not solely from their own region.”

By Jordan Freisleben | Dec 2 04:48 am ET

Paris global center looking for recruits

Only 17 students so far have applied for the University’s Global Scholars program, based in Paris.

By Jordan Freisleben | Oct 7 01:52 am ET

Post-Campo, Il Cibreo tries to revive nightlife

“We want the kids to come back,” Il Cibreo bar manager Dawn Cantwell said. “We want the Mel’s crowd."

By Jordan Freisleben, Finn Vigeland, and Daphne Chen | Sep 30 04:18 am ET

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