Selected Excerpts from Spectator’s Presidential Inauguration Blog

Marcus Brauchli, CC ’83, Missed Obama in College But Gets His Full Dose Now as Washington Post Editor

Marcus Brauchli, CC ’83, never crossed paths with Barack Obama while they were members of the same Columbia graduating class. Obama transferred in while Brauchli spent a year away. Obama was studying up for his LSATs while Brauchli was scoping out jobs at the New York Times. Yet Brauchli is now Executive Editor of the Washington Post, leading a newspaper that covers his classmate extensively.

By Spectator News Staff | Jan 21 03:11 am ET

Columbia Student Wins Rhodes

For the second consecutive year, a Columbia student has won a Rhodes Scholarship. R. Jisung Park, CC '08, who has researched sustainable development, won one of the prestigious awards Saturday.

By Spectator News Staff | Nov 23 04:07 am ET

Election Night Arrives at Columbia

Spectator is following election night with dispatches, photos, and multimedia from the Columbia campus, Virginia, Chicago, and New York City on the Election '08 blog at www.specblogs.com/chi

By Spectator News Staff | Nov 4 05:48 pm ET

Students Struck By Spate of Assaults Near Morningside

Seven Columbia students were assaulted in a series of incidents near the Morningside campus late Sunday night, according to an alert Monday from the Office of Public Safety.

By Spectator News Staff | Oct 13 02:06 pm ET

Live Updates: The Big Night

9:50 p.m. Low Steps

As the forum drew to a close, the crowd cheered, but continued to hang around waiting by the steps.

9:25 p.m. Roone Arledge Auditorium

By Spectator News Staff | Sep 11 05:49 pm ET

Lottery Extended as Campus Rushes to Prepare for Forum

It was a buzz-filled weekend at Columbia as students struggled to enter their names in the lottery for the limited tickets to Thursday’s highly anticipated on-campus ServiceNation Presidential Cand

By Spectator News Staff | Sep 8 01:36 am ET

Yiddish Prof Named Acting Director of Israel Institute After False Media Speculation

Associate professor Jeremy Dauber was appointed early last week to be acting director of the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, the division formed in 2005 to reconcile a clash over what some

By Spectator News Staff | Mar 7 03:18 am ET

Sulz Pipe Bursts, Quad Evacuated

A series of pipe and heater explosions shortly before 2 a.m.

By Spectator News Staff | Feb 14 04:46 am ET

Sulzberger Struck by Pipe Explosions

A series of pipe and heater explosions shortly before 2 a.m. have flooded several floors of Sulzberger Hall at Barnard College, displacing residents.

By Spectator News Staff | Feb 14 02:29 am ET

Locals Revel In Game Day Madness

The Upper West Side was a sea of blue and white last night as New Yorkers turned out in droves to support their local team—the New York Giants—in the 42nd Super Bowl.

By Spectator News Staff | Feb 4 03:45 am ET