Melissa Repko

The Empire State Development Corporation announced it found Manhattanville to be "blighted," paving a path for the state to invoke eminent domain—ability of government to forcibly buy property from a private citizen—where Columbia plans to build its new campus.

The Empire State Development Corporation announced its finding that Manhattanville is "blighted" on Thursday, paving a path for the state to invoke eminent domain.

One of Columbia’s own, David Paterson, CC ’77 and an adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, was sworn in as governor of New York state on March 17.

There is no simple way to recall the past, and to recall Columbia during the spring of 1968 is a task as controversial as the period itself.

The New York City Council’s Zoning and Franchise Committee approved a substantially altered vision for the future of Harlem’s “Main Street” Tuesday in a move expected to propel the major rezoning plan to an eventual Council victory.

As Columbia prepares to expand into Manhattanville, the regime change in Albany that thrust two alumni to the helm of state government may prove both convenient and timely for the University.

In the 1940s and ’50s, City Planning Commissioner Robert Moses orchestrated the bulldozing of whole New York City neighborhoods to make way for expressways, housing projects, and parks.

City Council will vote today on Columbia’s Manhattanville rezoning proposal, Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s office confirmed early this morning.

A homophobic slur was found on a dry erase board in Carman Hall on Friday morning, according to a University e-mail sent to all Carman residents on Sunday.

Reflecting on his four years as the chair of Community Board 9, Jordi Reyes-Montblanc likened himself to an orchestra conductor, leading area residents in a delicate West Side symphony.

Led by Sunday-school students carrying brightly-colored banners, approximately 30 people marched from St. Mary’s Church to the Manhattanville Health Center to protest it being closed for the last four years.

The New York City Planning Commission approved the rezoning needed for Columbia to move forward with its Manhattanville expansion plans on Monday.

The New York City Planning Commission approved the rezoning needed for Columbia to move forward with its Manhattanville expansion plans on Monday.

The New York City Planning Commission will vote on Columbia’s proposal to rezone Manhattanville and Community Board 9’s plan for the area’s future at a meeting today.

Senator Bill Perkins, D-West Harlem, fielded questions from residents within the footprint of Columbia’s proposed expansion zone at the Manhattanville Community Center on Monday night.

As Columbia’s expansion plan for Manhattanville works its way through the public review process, State Senator Bill Perkins, D-West Harlem, is finding himself nearly alone among politicians as many fall in line with the University.

University President and Chair of the University Senate Lee Bollinger reviewed the visit of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and was criticized by various faculty members at last Friday’s Senate meeting.

Community Board 9 members clashed over views of the West Harlem Local Development Corporation and political stances on Columbia’s expansion at a meeting held Thursday evening.

City Council members aim to crack down on tenant harassment with a bill they introduced in front of over 100 supporters on Wednesday.

It turns out the average straphanger is not the only one up in arms about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s proposed fare increase. A coalition of state legislators pledged Wednesday to find an alternative to the increase.

As Columbia’s Manhattanville expansion plan continues to work its way through the public review process, a rezoning plan proposed by Tuck-It-Away Storage owner Nick Sprayregen, one of Columbia’s most vocal critics, is also being reviewed by the city.

A major labor union and a federal empowerment zone announced an initiative to boost health care job advancement for Upper Manhattan residents at a press conference on Monday.

Somewhere between working it on the red carpet and saving the planet, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie squeezed in time to find a posh pad in the Big Apple.

A gas explosion on the first floor of a building on West 119th Street injured 20 people on Saturday afternoon.

The City Planning Commission listened to testimonies about Columbia’s and Community Board 9’s rezoning plans at a public hearing Wednesday.

Beneath gray skies and a sea of umbrellas, thousands clung to photos of loved ones and to each other as they gathered to recall the day when the city that never sleeps held its breath.

It seems even the mayor of New York City isn’t immune to one of modern life’s greatest perils: identity theft.

Entering to the rhythm of Kanye West’s Touch the Sky, Columbia alumnus and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. took the stage in Washington Square Park last night.

University President Lee Bollinger blasted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before the Iranian president’s speech yesterday, during which he attacked Western interference with his nation’s policies.

Monthly business was at the back of Senators’ minds at the body’s first plenary meeting of the year on Friday as members focused on the debate over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s invitation to campus.

Community Board 9 voted to reject Nick Sprayregen’s 197-c rezoning plan for his business, Tuck-It-Away Storage, last night, setting forth conditions that need to be met before it could be approved in a 16-15 vote.

• Writings From Mukasey's Columbia Years

The University Senate's Student Affairs Committee fought to make itself relevant, and even a force for change, this year.

This academic year, Columbia University lost a number of notable scholars, alumni, and a student. Although they are no longer a presence in the Columbia community, their legacies and memories live on.

Police were called to Community Board 9 Monday night after tensions over Latino representation came to a head at a meeting initially intended to discuss Manhattan Borough president Scott Stringer's proposal to rezone West Harlem.

Calvin Sun, CC '08, was elected to lead Columbia's Asian American Alliance for the coming school year on Saturday.

The director of a highly-selective local preschool returned to work last Thursday following an investigation into allegations made by a parent and former assistant teacher.

Columbia researchers have found a link between eating cured meat and getting lung disease, according to a study published in April's issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Local community boards have expressed cautious optimism about plans for a proposed rezoning of 125th Street which aim to commercialize and revitalize the area.

U.S. Rep Charlie Rangel, D-Harlem, and chair of the House Ways and Means committee, kicked off an annual conference of chapters of college Democrats across New York State by speaking to students about the Iraq war, the importance of education, and the need for student activism in Earl Hall Friday evening.

Suki Terada Ports still gets fired up when speaking about the day she wrapped her arms around a thick tree in Morningside Park, physically blocking bulldozers from knocking it down.

Actress and MacArthur "genius" fellow Anna Deavere Smith of The Practice and The West Wing fame will address graduating seniors at the Barnard Class of 2007 commencement on May 15, the College announced yesterday.

The director of a highly-selective local preschool has been forced to take a leave of absence following allegations of breaching privacy and making racial comments.

William Campbell, chairman of the University's Board of Trustees, spoke about the success and efficiency of the board and touched on the more sensitive topics of gender discrepancy concerns and the proposed Manhattanville expansion at the University Senate's full-body meeting on Friday.

Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer released the names of new members appointed to the island's community boards on Monday.

For over a decade, Latino members of Community Board 9 have voiced concerns about the lack of strong Latino representation, saying that a large community of Spanish-speaking individuals in the district has been left relatively voiceless.

Professors, students, and administrators snacked on appetizers, sipped on wine, and cut a bright red ribbon at a reception honoring the two new neuroscience laboratories created for Columbia women science researchers in Schermerhorn.

Elizabeth Woods McEvoy, Columbia alumna and former employee and a long-time Morningside Heights resident, died on March 2 at St. Luke's Hospital, from pneumonia. She was 87 years old and had suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

Eight students are running for the two Columbia College seats in University Senate in what is shaping up to be a highly competitive election.

Idris Leppla, BC '08, and Laura Stoffel, BC '08, both confirmed last night that they are planning to run for Student Governing Board president in April.

The President's Task Force on Undergraduate Education has begun meeting in subcommittees to focus on specific topics relating to the structures and curricula of Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the School of General Studies.

The University Senate received a report on the development of the northwest corner science building laying out the stages of physical development projects and recommending improved internal communication at Columbia.

The University Senate's Student Affairs Committee met with undergraduate governing body presidents in a hearing held Friday to discuss students' complaints about the organization of extracurricular groups on campus.

About 35 members of the Black Student Organization met in the Malcolm X Lounge last night to unveil a new mural and converse about what it means to be black at Columbia University today.

The University Senate's Physical Development Committee will present a report at this Friday's full body meeting outlining goals for improving the process of physical development decision-making as the University moves forward on large-scale expansion projects such as Manhattanville.

Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum criticized the recent changes to school bus routes and Columbia's general project plan at Community Board 9's monthly general board meeting on Thursday night.

Writing department faculty members held an open house on Tuesday night to inform students about the new creative writing major, which is set for implementation next fall and will eventually phase out the current Writing Program.

Amidst exchanges about past protests and complaints about schoolwork, students set forth goals for anti-war protests and community activism, despite a lack of funding and recognition at a meeting held Tuesday night.

Community Board 9 will be forced to leave its current office later this year, and it is currently searching for a new home.

Columbia College first-year Neha Shende died in a car accident during winter break. She was 18. The accident took place on Dec. 22 in Elizabeth, N.J.

Columbia College first-year Neha Shende died in a car accident on Friday morning and was pronounced dead at the University Hospital in Newark, N.J.

Members of the University Senate reviewed recent initiatives and set forth goals for the coming year at the last meeting of the semester, held Friday.

As the price of a Columbia education increases every year, some students and families strategically bend their financial records in order to make aid packages more favorable. Accountant Bart Fooden, who has assisted people with filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, said that students can gain more aid by strategically moving money, a legal process that savvy families can use to get ahead.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler, The Nation writer Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Columbia professors convened to discuss Democratic Congressional gains on Wednesday night.

Princeton sociology professor Alejandro Portes discussed the intersection of immigration and politics at a lecture on Tuesday night in Sulzberger Parlor.

Phyllis Garland, the first female and first African-American faculty member to receive tenure at the Columbia School of Journalism, died of cancer on Nov. 7. She was 71.

Phyl, as she was more commonly known, began her reporting career at The Pittsburgh Courier where, despite the small number of female staff members, she became editor of the paper.

Gripping crumpled tissues and pictures of loved ones, three mothers gathered on the steps of City Hall aiming to end the violence that took their sons' lives away.

Former Czech President Václav Havel discussed topics ranging from terrorism to Communism at Friday's Contemporary Civilization Coursewide Lecture in the Roone Arledge Auditorium.

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission voted to increase the per-minute charge for taxis stuck in traffic and to implement a flat fare from Manhattan to John F. Kennedy Airport at a meeting on Wednesday.

Each week, students gather at the Kraft Center to savor ice cream and the ogle the attractive cast of hit television show Grey's Anatomy.

Steps away from the feather-pattern-cushioned booths of Tom's Restaurant, Panagiotis "Pete" Papaharalambous stands on top of the earth-toned flecks of tile, the light in his eyes undimmed by the thought of a 16-hour shift.

R.W. Apple, a Columbia alumnus and long-time New York Times reporter who wrote about everything from political disputes to gourmet cuisine, died on Wednesday of complications from thoracic cancer. He was 71.

The Athletic Department officially announced the reinstatement of the men's ice hockey club on Wednesday in a statement, citing a possible miscommunication over the club sports policy.

After meeting with team representatives on Monday and Tuesday, the Athletics Department reversed its decision to suspend the men's ice hockey club until next spring.

About 40 Barnard students gathered around the Vagelos Alumni Center's fireplace with Dean Dorothy Denburg and Barnard College President Judith Shapiro on Wednesday night to discuss the meaning of female leadership.

The Columbia Men's Ice Hockey Club team will be suspended for the first semester of the 2006-2007 season, and will be on probation for the next two years, after posting off-color recruitment fliers, the latest of several Athletics Department policy violations, officials announced on Tuesday.

Off-color language used in fliers for the men's ice hockey team has triggered a concerned response from student leaders.

Among a sea of blue bandanas, berets, baseball caps, and T-shirts, a single rainbow-colored sign stated the intention of thousands of people and numerous Columbia students: "Wake up the world."

Thousands of students, city residents, and Americans from across the country gathered in Central Park Sunday to condemn genocide in Darfur and call for the United Nations and United States to take action against the Sudanese government.