Joshua Chambers

Howard Dean, GS ’75—former Governor of Vermont, 2004 presidential candidate, and current chair of the Democratic National Committee—spoke about student activism and the 2008 presidential election at Low Library on Monday.

Following an administrative shuffle, Todd Smith, currently an adviser to LGBT groups at New York University, has been appointed associate dean of the newly-formed Office of Student Group Advising.

He steps up to the podium, grinning back at the hundreds of young, bright-eyed political junkies drawn to his boyish charm and inspired by his cries for change. Pundits say he’s snagging the youth vote, and students across the country are gearing up to “rock the vote” for him.

A plume of gray smoke reached up into the Harlem sky as a fire tore through an apartment block late Monday afternoon and destroyed a building some residents called home for many years.

The College Democrats received confirmation Wednesday from the Democratic National Committee that they will be the first College Democrats chapter in the country to host DNC chairman Howard Dean.

Campus Jewish organization Hillel, Columbia’s largest student group, has elected its new executive board.

Internet users experienced spotty connections across Columbia networks Sunday evening.

Protesters rebuffed an attempt by administrators to reach out to the hunger strikers Monday night as the demonstrations closed in on the end of their first week.

Seeking to use fall break in the way intended by its 1968 architects, the Columbia College Democrats headed to Kentucky to engage in the electoral process.

Three people were hospitalized when a yellow cab collided with a car at the corner of 114th Street and Broadway Sunday night.
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The Columbia Political Union’s decision not to sponsor an appearance by Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, came about after several miscommunications regarding the inclusion of Karina Garcia, CC ‘07, according to the president of CPU.

Jim Gilchrist, the controversial founder of the Minuteman Project whose visit to Columbia in fall 2006 ended in a brawl, confirmed yesterday that he was invited to return to campus for a second speaking engagement, but a withdrawal of support for the event by the Columbia Political Union made it unclear whether such an appearance would occur.