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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

By Aaron Kiersh
Mar 2 11:52 pm ET

Once lauded as a champion of New York City’s green spaces, Mayor Michael Bloomberg responded to the ongoing municipal fiscal crisis by slashing the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation’s budget. While the mayor has not released information on how specific parks will be impacted, the cuts are likely to affect services and amenities at parks citywide, including local Morningside and Riverside Parks.

Group Promotes Palestinian Rights

By Kim Kirschenbaum
Mar 2 11:52 pm ET

While January’s wave of student activism surrounding the Gaza conflict has abated, another is on the rise with Monday’s launch of a Palestinian rights campaign.

Senior Executive Vice President Robert Kasdin Visits CCSC

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Mar 2 11:54 pm ET

“You’d be shocked at how isolating Low Library is,” Senior Executive Vice President Robert Kasdin said at a recent Columbia College Student Council meeting.

Downhill From Here

By Colin Sullivan and Andrew Scheineson
Mar 3 12:01 am ET

While Columbia students are frantically preparing for midterm week, park officials handed free sleds to families enjoying the early March snow in Morningside Park.

Turkish Law Professor Speaks on Democracy

By Hilary Soloff
Mar 3 02:46 am ET

Ergun Ozbudun, professor of Law at Bilkent University, Turkey, has harsh words for Turkey’s current government: “Pluralism is not in the structure of the state. The state is overpowering.”

SGA Discusses Safety Vans, Gender-Blind Housing

By Carly Silver
Mar 3 02:54 am ET

The Student Government Association held a shorter Monday night meeting than usual after a Barnard financial forum with Vice President of Finance Greg Brown. EcoReps, gender-blind housing, and security vans are just a few of the issues on members’ minds.

Barnard to Increase Tuition by Three Percent

By Carly Silver
Mar 3 02:58 am ET

Gregory Brown, vice president of finance and planning at Barnard, announced a 3 percent tuition increase for the 2009-2010 academic year at a financial forum on Monday evening. The hike will amount to an increase of about $1560 more per student, which Barnard hopes will bolster financial aid when coupled with a faculty wage freeze.

New Legislation Says Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite

By Liza Weingarten
Mar 4 02:02 am ET

According to city officials, bedbug complaints reported to the 311 hotline doubled between 2006 and 2008, with 9,200 calls in 2008 alone. With these insects’ numbers on the rise, New York City Council officials are taking a firm stand, recently introducing various bills to fight back against the bites.

Israel, Gaza Student Groups Clash on Issues of Divestment, Apartheid

By Kim Kirschenbaum
Mar 4 02:03 am ET

On Monday, one group of students demanded that the University divest from companies that profit directly from the Gaza conflict. On Tuesday, another group did just the opposite, calling divestment a way to deliberately single out the state of Israel.

OPINION »

Room for Improvement

By Colin Felsman
Mar 2 09:58 pm ET

If demand remains constant, in the next few years, Columbia’s space crunch will likely worsen as more space is converted to e-classrooms, which have tighter regulations.

A Brighter Broadway: A Subway Still Dim

By MaryAlice Parks
Mar 2 10:04 pm ET

Effective mid-May, Bloomberg’s plan will close Broadway to vehicles from Columbus Circle to 42nd Street and from 33rd to 26th streets. The plan is innovative.

Today In Opinion: Religion and the Columbia Intellectual

By Noah Baron
Mar 2 10:09 pm ET

A key to any intellectual community is tolerance. For debate to flourish, there needs to be tolerance—though not necessarily an embracement—of others’ ideals and beliefs. Perhaps the key issue here is respect.

Summertime, and the Money's Not Easy

By Editorial Board
Mar 2 11:58 pm ET

The College should encourage its students’ success by working to make summer classes more affordable.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT »

Macbeth Meets The Simpsons In Rick Miller’s MacHomer

By Ruthy Sher
Mar 2 10:39 pm ET

Classic drama and modern television would seem to make an unlikely pair. However, in Rick Miller’s innovative one-man performance of MacHomer, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth using the voices of over 50 Simpsons characters, the line between traditional theater and contemporary pop culture is heavily blurred.

Sam Mendes’s Winter’s Tale is a Disappointing Take on Shakespeare

By Dan Blank
Mar 2 10:51 pm ET

Over fifty candles adorn the dimly lit pre-show stage, aptly setting an eerie mood.

Tango Finally Finds Its Comfort Zone at Columbia

By Catherine Rice
Mar 2 11:01 pm ET

If you don’t like to dance, then you’re probably the perfect candidate for Robin Thomas’s Thursday night tango classes in 304 Barnard Hall.

Art in Four Boroughs: Sculptures in Queens A Big Draw

By Alyssa Rapp
Mar 2 11:05 pm ET

Surrounded by a neon yellow pebbled courtyard and vintage storefronts, SculptureCenter in Long Island City, Queens deconstructs the boundaries between art and reception space.

Columbia Creative Writing Groups Join Forces

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Mar 2 11:09 pm ET

Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Nadine Gordimer, Orhan Pamuk—Columbia boasts an impressive history of student and faculty writers. Yet until the University instituted the Creative Writing major last year, the undergraduate share of that storied tradition was smaller than many writing enthusiasts would have liked.

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