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Thursday, September 4, 2008

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Student Lottery for Obama-McCain Tickets Will Begin Friday

By Joy Resmovits
Sep 4 12:12 pm ET

6:00 p.m.--Spectator has confirmed with President Bollinger's Office that there are 200 seats in the lottery for full and part-time students for admission to the September 11th event featuring John

Presidential Candidates Will Speak at Lerner

By Joy Resmovits
Sep 4 03:14 am ET

Presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama, CC ’83, will appear on stage together in Alfred Lerner Hall next Thursday as part of a summit on the importance of public service, event organize

Students Push for Inclusion in Event

By Jacob Schneider and Joy Resmovits
Sep 4 02:56 am ET

As students were blindsided Wednesday by the news that the presidential candidates would appear at Alfred Lerner Hall on Sept.

Nexus Completion Pushed Back At Least One Semester

By Alix Pianin
Sep 4 02:50 am ET

Students will have to wait at least a semester longer than expected for the completion of the Nexus building, according to an e-mail sent to Barnard students this summer.

Dems Set Up Tables, Hand Out Pamphlets

By Zack Hoopes
Sep 4 02:43 am ET

For Bob Botfeld, this year’s election has become messy in more ways than one.

TC Prof Constantine Appeals Termination

By Joy Resmovits
Sep 4 02:38 am ET

In an effort to hold on to her position as a tenured faculty member at Teachers College, controversial professor Madonna Constantine is grasping at the last shreds of the college’s internal appeals

OPINION »

Not a Campaign Stop

By Editorial Board
Sep 4 03:33 am ET

Wednesday night, Spectator learned that Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, CC ’83, will be appearing together in Alfred Lerner Hall next Thursday, almost a year after Iranian President M

The Gods Cheat Too

By Cathy Madeo
Sep 3 09:51 pm ET

A new school year has descended upon us. And as I write this, early in the morning on the first day of class, I have a sinking feeling that I am already behind.

New Orleans, Three Years Later

By Mark Holden
Sep 3 08:49 pm ET

Last Thursday I flew up from my home in New Orleans to what is, for most of us, our home away from home, New York, to begin the final year of my undergraduate education.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT »

From Brooklyn to Tennessee, Music Fests Don’t Disappoint

By Jennie Rose Halperin, Elizabeth Simins, and Lucy Tang
Sep 4 03:25 am ET

McCarren Park Pool Parties

You Say Tomato, I Say Fried Green Tomatoes and Yellow Wax Beans

By Claire Bullen
Sep 4 03:17 am ET

The farmers’ market that appears every Thursday and Sunday along Broadway is packed with local, seasonal fruits and vegetables that are certainly preferable to the insipid specimens found in John J

The Days of Summer Are Gone, But the Games of Summer Live On

By Kevin Ciok
Sep 4 02:09 am ET

Generally speaking, the gaming industry is the exact opposite of the movie industry—while the movie industry ramps up in the summer with blockbuster after blockbuster, the gaming industry usually h

Early Birds Get to Pick the Peanut Galleries of New York

By Hillary Busis
Sep 4 02:03 am ET

Live, from New York, it’s... Good Morning America, The Colbert Report, and tons of other programs that are taped in front of live audiences.

SPORTS »

The Jonathan Wilson Era Begins for the Columbia Volleyball Team

By Christopher Brown
Sep 4 12:58 am ET

In his 15-year career as a volleyball head coach, Jonathan Wilson has won over 300 games, earned seven Atlantic Coast Conference titles, and made three Sweet Sixteen appearances in the National Col

Columbia Basketball Hits Europe

By Max Puro
Sep 4 12:55 am ET

As most students finished packing for college, the Columbia men's basketball team was packing to go elsewhere—Europe.

Ivy League Absolves Harvard Basketball of Allegations

By Christopher Brown
Sep 4 12:52 am ET

The Ivy League has officially concluded its investigation of the allegations against Harvard University and its men's basketball program, which were raised in the New York Times last March.

Roughing It: Seniors Camp For Sports Class

By Lisa Lewis
Sep 4 12:49 am ET

A few dedicated Columbia sports fans spent the night outside the International Affairs Building on Monday. Only the courageous (and perhaps slightly insane) showed up to brave the night air and the ferociously wandering security guards in order to get into one of the most highly sought-after classes of the fall—Sunil Gulati's Sports Economics senior seminar.

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