Sammy Roth

Benefits cuts will cause faculty flight, profs warn
Mon, May 2, 2011, 6:45am

Recommended cuts to health care, tuition, and retirement benefits have University faculty members up in arms, saying that the changes compound their decrease in real wages since the beginning of the recession—and warning of harm to the University's ability to draw new faculty.

Gateway Lab to undergo major changes
Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 3:35am

The semester-long project that Gateway groups work on will likely be eliminated.

Candidates lay out priorities in USenate Student Affairs Committee chair race
Tue, Apr 26, 2011, 2:44am

The senate Student Affairs Committee—which is composed of the student senators—will elect its chair or co-chairs by internal vote on Friday, to deal with issues from ROTC's implementation to course evaluations.

CU to officially recognize Naval ROTC
Fri, Apr 22, 2011, 5:45pm

ROTC has not been an officially recognized group on campus since 1969.

Following USenate vote, Columbia officially recognizes Navy ROTC program
Fri, Apr 22, 2011, 5:21pm

"The elimination of ROTC was a symbolic gesture of frustration and anger towards policies and practices that people strongly disagreed with," Bollinger said on Friday.

At panel, Bollinger, Spar, deans take on ‘going global’
Thu, Apr 21, 2011, 1:15am

University President Lee Bollinger has spent the last few years pushing Columbia to “go global,” and the conference was billed as a discussion of how the University can best execute those plans.

USenate may vote on confidentiality rules soon
Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 2:38am

The resolution calls for all committee minutes to remain confidential for 50 years and establishes a mechanism for senators and outside scholars to request access to those minutes.

‘Inside Job’ sparks three separate reviews of disclosure policy
Thu, Apr 14, 2011, 8:36am

Business schools with more comprehensive disclosure policies than Columbia’s include the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, and Stanford University—ranked first, third, fourth, and fifth best in the country, respectively, by Bloomberg Businessweek last year.

CU Charge to lead student council
Thu, Apr 14, 2011, 8:25am

Forty-five percent of students voted in the CCSC election—an 18-20 percent increase in participation.

USenate votes for ROTC’s return
Fri, Apr 1, 2011, 4:00pm

The resolution’s passage does not guarantee that ROTC will return to Columbia.

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