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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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Students reflect on campus's therapy offerings

By Maggie Astor
Apr 13 07:33 pm ET

Caitlin, BC ’11, began to notice familiar feelings of depression and anxiety last semester.

Local Ollie's not part of NY Labor case

By Sam Levin
Apr 13 07:39 pm ET

Despite a record settlement over unfair labor practices at Ollie’s Noodle Shop and Grill, diners around Morningside Heights can feel better about digging into their lo mein.

Students cite differences between CPS, Furman

By Ruthie Fierberg
Apr 13 07:53 pm ET

Ask Mary Commerford, director of the Rosemary Furman Counseling Center at Barnard, to compare her organization to Columbia’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS), and she’ll say the two are “apples and oranges.”

Students air grievances at CCSC town hall

By Alix Pianin
Apr 13 07:55 pm ET

Fifty students circled up in Earl Hall Monday night for an end-of-the-year Columbia College Student Council town hall, an evening during which students and council members expressed ideas about what they would like to see done in the coming year.

Panel: women hit hard by recession

By Pooja Reddy
Apr 13 09:05 pm ET

Many people and organizations are experiencing the negative effects of the ongoing recession, but American women are among the hardest hit.

OPINION »

An Ivy-educated fashion icon

By Ana Baric
Apr 13 09:10 pm ET

The Columbia students I have spoken with have all agreed that the focus on “Michelle Obama: the fashionista” has missed the bigger picture, and they have expressed at least some dissatisfaction with the media’s one-dimensional representation.

Hate crimes and institutional racism

By Nicole Winter
Apr 13 11:24 pm ET

The silence of the administration is dangerous because it keeps students ignorant of the challenges we face, but, more importantly, this silence teaches us that crimes motivated by bigotry should be accepted as a fact of life.

Transparent buildings, opaque plans

By Shamsa Mangalji
Apr 13 11:27 pm ET

The University should have open discussions with members from multiple West Harlem community groups in order to formulate a plan favorable to both the University and the community.

Expanding financial fluency

By Editorial Board
Apr 14 01:19 am ET

In today’s economic climate, being fiscally savvy is more important than ever. While Barnard offers a program that helps its students become more financially literate, Columbia has nothing that matches it.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT »

Aspiring CU curators get hands-on experience

By Diana Greenwald
Apr 13 10:01 pm ET

When Columbia students talk about their future careers, some occupations are more popular than others. They often want to be doctors, lawyers, or policy makers when they grow up. Becoming a museum curator is a less frequent aspiration. However, just as CAVA, the Columbia Area Volunteer Ambulance, serves as an extracurricular training ground for the legions of pre-meds at Columbia, there are opportunities on campus that allow prospective curators, both undergraduate and graduate students, to discover whether or not museum work is right for them.

Jazz group bridges cultures on trip to Amman, Jordan

By Elizabeth Whitman
Apr 13 10:05 pm ET

As the saying goes, music is a universal language. This spring break, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program (LAJPP) had a chance to test that maxim out.

Haakon’s Hall transforms for its long-awaited opening

By Valeriya Safronova
Apr 13 10:12 pm ET

Street and Amsterdam Avenue in November, a flurry of words and gestures had to convince me that the transformations would indeed take place. But upon visiting again, I could see that the workers were making progress.

Romania and the future of film

By David Berke
Apr 13 10:16 pm ET

The Romanian New Wave? Discussing cinematic trends in a single Eastern European country with, as New York Times critic A.O. Scott pointed out, only about 80 movie theaters for its 22 million citizens, sounds like an exercise in arcane futility.

WB web series Rockville entertains viewers through music

By Liz Lucero
Apr 13 10:21 pm ET

Josh Schwartz, creator of Gossip Girl and The O.C., has been the king of teen television dramas for what feels like centuries, and with his new Warner Brothers Web series Rockville, CA, he’s expanding his territory to the Internet. Viewers may not know what to expect from Rockville, CA, a Web series on the WB Web site (TheWB.com), which now exists primarily as a platform for people to watch full-length episodes of WB classics like Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls.

SPORTS »

Tigers down Lions in pair of nail-biters

By Sara Salzbank
Apr 13 11:19 pm ET

With momentum firmly on their side after Sunday’s doubleheader sweep, the Princeton softball team captured two more wins against Columbia on Monday. The Lions (12-24, 2-10) were stifled by Princeton’s impressive offensive, which included four more homers in addition to Sunday’s six. In the end, the Tigers emerged with a pair of one-run victories.

Everything I know I learned from Nintendo

By Matt Velazquez
Apr 13 11:21 pm ET

I went home this past weekend to celebrate Easter with my family, and I intended to get a lot more work done than I did. One reason why that happened was that I noticed that my old Nintendo 64 was in its spot below the TV in the entertainment center, but nearly all of the games were missing. Fearing that my little sisters had done away with my old games, I set off on a search to find them.

Big Red, Big Green build on division leads

By Michael Shapiro
Apr 13 11:26 pm ET

After a busy weekend of Ivy League softball, both Dartmouth (18-14, 9-3 Ivy) and Cornell (31-7, 10-2 Ivy) managed to maintain significant division leads.

Princeton drops baseball in make-up doubleheader

By Jacob Levenfeld
Apr 13 11:41 pm ET

Columbia and Princeton met up Monday afternoon for a makeup of Saturday’s doubleheader that was postponed due to rain. After a pair of low-scoring affairs, the Tigers (12-14, 5-7 Ivy) emerged with a two-game sweep and a share of first place in the Ivy League’s Gehrig Division.

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