Monday, April 13, 2009

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Counseling offices aim to overcome student hesitance

By Maggie Astor
Apr 13 01:33 am ET

You may have seen posters for the Furman Counseling Center around the Barnard campus, or stumbled upon Counseling & Psychological Services when the elevator doors opened on the eighth floor of Lerner Hall.

SEAS students aim to study abroad

By Aaron Kiersh
Apr 13 01:35 am ET

The idea of studying abroad piqued the interest of Gunnar Aasen, SEAS ’10. But he soon found that leaving Morningside Heights was unfeasible.

La Negrita bar gets an 11th-hour reprieve

By Sam Levin
Apr 13 01:36 am ET

Local bar-goers breathed a sigh of relief on Friday when La Negrita, purportedly days away from permanently shutting its doors, announced that it would continue to serve locals and students under new management.

Welfare services face demand, budget cuts

By Sam Levin
Apr 13 01:38 am ET

As empty pockets deepen, welfare services in West Harlem and Morningside Heights are struggling to meet increased demand with fewer resources.

Barkowitz appointed financial aid dean

By Joy Resmovits
Apr 13 01:41 am ET

Daniel T. Barkowitz may bring poetry to his new job as the manager of Columbia’s undergraduate financial aid programs.

Moving Storage

By Betsy Morais
Apr 13 01:41 am ET

Among the last three holdouts in Columbia’s negotiations with property owners in the Manhattanville campus expansion site, Anne Whitman finally struck a deal with the University in June 2008.

OPINION »

America: Between a rock and a hard worker

By Sudeep Moniz
Apr 12 11:13 pm ET

I came to New York, feeling blessed that my parents would finance my education at a premier global university.

Columbia’s social life—the greatest comedy of all

By Philip Petrov
Apr 12 11:18 pm ET

The more civilized one becomes, the better one learns to lie—this is a fact of near-anthropological proportions.

Politics On Stilts

By Shaina Rubin
Apr 12 11:25 pm ET

Shaina Rubin is a Columbia College senior majoring in English.

As I See It

By Dave Minchin
Apr 13 01:21 am ET

The photographer is a senior in the School of General Studies. He is majoring in political science.

An eClassroom of one’s own

By Editorial Board
Apr 13 01:46 am ET

eClassrooms have the potential to be a great tool for student groups. The University should work toward making the eClassrooms less expensive to use so that undergraduates can afford this valuable resource.

SPORTS »

Lacrosse snaps losing streak with victory over Bryant

By Jonathan Tayler
Apr 12 10:21 pm ET

It took less than two weeks for Columbia lacrosse to pick up its first five wins. And while it may have felt like the Lions would never manage to win number six, Columbia finally ended up on the right side of the ledger on Saturday, by defeating Bryant 19-11.

Lions split doubleheader against Tigers

By Michael Shapiro
Apr 13 12:46 am ET

After Saturday’s baseball doubleheader was postponed, Columbia (8-22, 5-5 Ivy) and Princeton (10-14, 3-7) competed in a makeup bill on Sunday, splitting the series.

Motorsports should get fair shot

By Charles Young
Apr 13 12:48 am ET

As residents of the metropolis that is New York City, it’s hard to imagine cars as anything other than bricks in mile-long walls of gridlock.

Softball drops two close matchups versus Princeton

By Michele Cleary
Apr 13 12:52 am ET

After Saturday’s games were postponed, the Columbia softball team took to the field on Sunday to play a doubleheader against Princeton. The Lions’ difficulties in conference play continued, as they dropped both close games to the Tigers.

M. tennis atop Ivy after triumph over Bulldogs

By Kunal Gupta
Apr 13 12:55 am ET

The No. 57-ranked men’s tennis team split its weekend matchups with a loss against Brown and a win over No. 60 Yale, and managed to stay atop the Ivy League standings, going into the final weekend of play with a record of 4-1.

W. tennis continues on league losing streak

By Kunal Gupta
Apr 13 12:58 am ET

The women’s tennis team (4-13, 0-5 Ivy) dropped two matches this weekend to Ivy powerhouses Brown and Yale by scores of 6-1 and 7-0, respectively. Columbia will finish off its spring schedule next weekend when it takes on Penn and Yale.

Moriarty and Hale finish first in 800-meter premiere and 400-meter dash

By Sabine Schulz
Apr 13 01:03 am ET

The Columbia track and field team triumphed as the Lions split up yet again this weekend to compete in the Arizona State University’s Sun Angel Track Classic in Phoenix and University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill’s Joe Hilton Invitational.

Lions take cup, first time in 46 years

By Michele Cleary
Apr 13 01:08 am ET

While all three Columbia rowing teams competed this weekend, it was the heavyweight team that proved most impressive. The Lions defeated Princeton and Penn to take the Childs Cup for the first time in 46 years.

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