Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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Floridita Owner Looks Back on Harlem

By Maggie Astor
Feb 12 01:51 am ET

Upholding a family tradition that has lasted over three decades, Ramon Diaz has become a window into the changing landscape of Manhattanville.

Borough President Gives Annual Address

By Betsy Morais
Feb 12 01:12 am ET

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer presented his State of the Borough Address at City Hall Monday evening, calling his vote for Columbia’s campus expansion plan the most important decision

RAs Face Stricter Policies

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Feb 12 01:08 am ET

Rumblings of discontented residential advisers have surfaced over a policy change that will take effect this fall with stricter guidelines for the responsibilities of RAs while on duty.

CU Journalism Professor, Longtime AP Editor Dies

By Maggie Astor
Feb 12 01:05 am ET

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism professor and longtime Associated Press editor Sam Boyle died Sunday, Feb. 3 after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 59 years old.

JTS, SIPA Offer Dual Degree Program

By Joy Resmovits
Feb 12 01:02 am ET

Aspiring leaders in Jewish affairs will be able to combine secular and religious schooling starting in fall 2009, thanks to a new partnership between the Jewish Theological Seminary and the School

Off-Campus Flex Points to Begin in Late March

By Monica Varman
Feb 12 12:57 am ET

After months of deliberation by student council members, Columbia students now have tentative locations for the new Off Campus Flex program and a date for its launch—March 24.

Wheat Prices Put Bagel Eaters in a Crunch

By Scott Levi
Feb 12 12:54 am ET

Immigration in the 1880s transformed the United States, giving way to the Chinese Exclusion Act, greater Western expansion, and the arrival of the bagel in New York City.

OPINION »

Gimme Shelter

By Editorial Board
Feb 11 11:45 pm ET

In a late January memo to the University Senate, Housing Policy Committee co-chairs Paige Lampkin and Craig Schwalbe brought the issue of housing for students in the School of General Studies befor

My Beard Says I'm 20

By Zach Dyer
Feb 11 11:20 pm ET

Isaac Sullivan sat alone in an alcove of Butler Library, precociously spreading out his books on the table in front of him, grabbing some off the shelves to make his study situation seem slightly m

100 Years of War

By Jonathan Hollander
Feb 11 08:13 pm ET

With the Republican nomination all but officially awarded to Senator John McCain, it is likely that Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will increase their attacks against him, especially as

Teach For Making a Difference

By Eva Colen
Feb 11 08:06 pm ET

Inequality in education is hard to deny, though many choose to ignore it.

Foucault and Facebook

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Feb 11 07:53 pm ET

I’m spending the year at Cambridge (that other English university), and aside from the normal cross-cultural confusions­—we have bathrooms, they have loos, we have irony, they have absurdity

SPORTS »

Ivy Basketball Experiences Ups and Downs

By Sarah Sommer
Feb 12 01:33 am ET

After an inauspicious start to a season for which expectations were high, the Columbia men’s basketball team is looking strong following victories over Penn and Princeton.

Sports and Hollywood Collide

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Feb 12 01:32 am ET

In 1998, Hollywood produced a film titled An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn.

Dedication Pays Off For Chow

By Kunal Gupta
Feb 12 01:30 am ET

If you listen to Columbia tennis standout Justin Chow explain his story, you will realize that his success comes neither from his technical skill with a racquet nor from his tactical skills on the

Defense Leads to Columbia Victories

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Feb 12 12:14 am ET

In this past weekend’s sweep of the former Killer P’s, Columbia demonstrated not only its ability to hit the three-point shot and perimeter jump shots, but also its strength to defend the three-poi

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