Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Sports

At its core, writing a personal column is a solitary act. I have always believed that a columnist shouldn’t cater their writing to what they think people want to read, but rather that they should simply write what they want.

Columbia position only head coaching job left in Ivy basketball.

The Lions' pitching will be crucial in their games against Penn this weekend, in which they will look for a chance to compete in the playoffs.

Cornell's strong offense presents challenge for Lions

Opinion

The obscurity of local community boards is symptomatic of the partisanship and obstructionism that has taken over pragmatic community organizing.

The Internet is a stock character unable to perform any part but that of deus ex machina, a plot device that is often disparaged as the authorial “cop-out.”

Before Spec, I never stumbled home to my dorm at 7 in the morning, delirious and exhausted from what we’d spent the last 12 hours doing.

News

The former President of Rock the Vote will lead this year's Student Leaders Forum, a student answer to the University's World Leaders Forum.

Barnard's Student Government Association may not officially recognize Greek organizations at Columbia, but they do provide financial support.

Arianne Richard, CC '10, and Seth Davidovits, SEAS ’10, will be the schools' respective valedictorians. Jeffrey Spear, CC '10, and Rodney Chang, SEAS ’10, were both named salutatorian.

Assembly members are pushing legislature to crack down on illegal hotels. The residential "single-room occupancy" buildings are common on the Upper West Side.

Arts and Entertainment

The new documentary film clears up the confusion surrounding the U.S. health care system.

Students can mix their own sangria instead of settling for overpriced restaurant drinks.

Go behind the scenes with Columbians Joey Goldberg and Emily Alpern Fisch in their auditions for "Glee."