NEWS »

Health Care reform hits home

For local residents, the health care legislation in Washington will have a major impact in West Harlem and Morningside Heights.

Barnard drops dorm phones, Columbia hung up on safety

Call me! But not on my ROLM phone.

Frontiers of Science up for evaluation, renewal

The University continues to experiment with Frontiers of Science.

Arts Initiative moves to School of the Arts

The Columbia University Arts Initiative is now under the wing of the Graduate School of the Arts.

Native American Heritage month begins

Native American Heritage Month begins a celebration of “Native New York: Indigenous in the City.”

OPINION »

The Columbia conundrum

College is supposed to be a time of unrivaled variety, but it is so hard to dabble at Columbia. Life more resembles a series of obsessions or addictions.

An F for the A-plus

Columbia needs to develop a passable A-plus policy.

The thievery of health care

Would this not be considered a thievery of sorts? If not thievery, a slimy trickery at best.

Letter to the editor

Calling Wilders’ words ‘hate speech’ is censorship

Letter to the editor

EcoReps want Barnard’s sustainability grade reconsidered

Politics on Stilts

Letter to the editor

While dialogue is key, columnist misses points in CCSC discussion

SPORTS »

Gear-grinders beware, fans’ love is conditional

Sometimes players, coaches, and teams say or do something that pushes all the wrong buttons. Not everyone has a column to express their frustration, but, luckily, I do. So here are three players who really grind my gears.

Harvard and Penn stay perfect in league play

At the start of the weekend, Columbia was looking at undefeated Harvard and Penn at the top of the Ivy standings. Both stayed there and kept their Ivy League title aspirations alive, but in very different styles.

Men’s cross country captures Ivy title at Heps

Friday at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships, the men took home the team title—and accompanying first annual Jeffrey H. Orleans Trophy—besting the rest of the Ancient Eight and defeating Princeton by the slimmest of margins, 60-61. The women exceeded pre-race expectations with an impressive run of their own, earning a spot on the podium at third.

Quote of the Day

“The day I moved into my room, I unplugged the phone and put it in my closet. That’s where it has been sitting collecting dust ever since.”

-Jon Sisti, CC ’12, about his dorm room phone

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