Tamar Kaplan-marans

CB7 Committees Approve 110th School Resolution

With tensions running high and patience wearing low, community members and Columbia-affiliates gathered at the Community Board 7 (CB7) office this week to hear the long-awaited decisions on several

By Tamar Kaplan-marans and Simone Sebastian | Feb 22 12:00 am ET

Residents Denounce School, Ask for Ballfield

Last night Community Board 7 gathered at Temple Ansche Chesed at West 100th St. for its monthly full board meeting open to the public.

By Tamar Kaplan-marans | Feb 7 12:00 am ET

Fifty Years in, Runyon Continues Struggle

On Marie Runyon's desk sits a framed piece of paper that reads, "Good morning. This is God. I will be handling all your problems today. I will not need your help. Have a good day."

By Tamar Kaplan-marans | Feb 2 12:00 am ET

College-Prep 'Discovery' Of Uncommon Students

For Natacha Naut, a high school sophomore, algebra was always a major source of frustration. This past summer, Naut took a math class at Columbia.

By Tamar Kaplan-marans | Dec 1 12:00 am ET

Spoonbread Too Spices Up 110th Street

As the aroma of fresh baked cornbread and fried chicken wafts through the air of Miss Mamie's Spoonbread Too, Morningside Heights residents Julie Schraufk and Michael Szwejbka eagerly anticipate th

By Tamar Kaplan-marans | Nov 15 12:00 am ET

Anxious Campus Waits on Election

With the presidential election still too close to call and Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader perhaps stepping into the role of spoiler, Democrats all over the country were venting fru

By Tamar Kaplan-marans | Nov 9 12:00 am ET

Alum's Site Promotes Community Outreach

On a cloudy spring day in 1996, William Blackman sat in a café on the Upper West Side. Waiting for pancakes and eggs, he began to doodle on the white paper tablecloth.

By Tamar Kaplan-marans | Sep 27 12:00 am ET

Program Cleans Up Broadway Median Malls

Morningside Heights is looking a little different these days. In the past, the malls - the islands of greenery that line the middle of Broadway - were covered in garbage and neglected plants.

By Tamar Kaplan-marans | Sep 26 12:00 am ET

Columbia Bans Smoking In First-Year Residences

Regardless of the time, regardless of the weather, walk by any first-year residence hall and gathered outside will be Columbia's newest breed of outcasts: the first-year smoker.

By Tamar Kaplan-marans | Sep 11 12:00 am ET

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