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Student groups focus on mental health

On the evening of SEAS first-year Eric Harms’ death, a counselor came to the Engineering Student Council meeting, offering his services to any student who wanted to talk. At ESC’s next meeting, members of student groups Q and Nomads, as well as staff from Columbia Health Services, also presented themselves as allies to whomever needed a listening ear.

Lucha to host event for health screening, reform

According to Columbia social justice group Lucha, health should not depend on wealth.

Low income housing at risk from rent hikes

On the densely packed island of Manhattan, it can be difficult for housing to remain affordable. Some buildings, like Morningside Apartments on 109th Street, have to fight to avoid selling out to market prices.

Barnard’s admit rate rises for 2013

A log-rolling champion, a first-place pie baker, and a finalist in the South Korean version of “American Idol” were all accepted to Barnard’s class of 2013, under a slightly increased admissions rate.

Reported rumors suggest Massad will be tenured

Reported rumors have spread that Middle East and Asian languages and cultures professor Joseph Massad will be granted tenure.

Low income housing at risk from rent hikes

On the densely packed island of Manhattan, it can be difficult for housing to remain affordable. Some buildings, like Morningside Apartments on 109th Street, have to fight to avoid selling out to market prices.

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Beyond the face of APAAM

sian Pacific American Awareness Month (APAAM) is an annual celebration at Columbia University dedicated to promoting awareness of Asian Pacific American (APA) issues and history among the Columbia student body.

Youth voices on lockdown

Here’s the whole hype: while we love our historical survey courses and Music Humanities, until this semester we had never seen a Columbia class break out of the comfortable campus environment; most classes focus instead on students’ acquisition of multiple majors and the entire Western philosophical canon.

Information invasion

CubMail is a necessary component of daily life at Columbia and serves as the main e-mail service of student academic use. Yet organizations outside the University take advantage of the server’s ubiquity on campus.

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The photographer is a sophomore in the School of Engineering and Applied Science majoring in chemical engineering. She is a deputy photo training editor for Spectator.

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CU opens divisional play against Tigers

After a 9-1 rout of Rutgers on Tuesday, the Columbia baseball team (7-21, 4-4 Ivy) will head to Princeton (9-13, 2-6 Ivy) this weekend for a four-game set against the Tigers.

A historical perspective on CU fencing

There’s a picture hanging near the coaches’ offices in Dodge that shows the Columbia athletics staff in 1991. You won’t see M. Dianne Murphy in that one, nor the coaches Wilson, Nixon, and Jones. I’d guess that around half of the coaching staff here did not hold head-coaching positions in 1991, let alone ones at Columbia.

M. Tennis returns home to host Brown, Yale

Ranked No. 57, the men’s tennis team will return home to the Dick Savitt Tennis Center to host Brown and No. 60 Yale in two Ivy matches this weekend. Columbia (13-4, 3-0 Ivy) is undefeated at home this season: 5-0 in nonconference play and 1-0 in Ivy play, with a 4-3 win against Cornell. Columbia is coming off a dramatic 4-3 win against rival Harvard on Friday, in which three freshmen in the bottom half of the lineup got crucial wins in singles play.

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