Amanda Erickson

As journalists, we figured, we should try and see as much as we could firsthand.
Working at the paper wasn’t always easy. I would sometimes come home from 2875 Broadway frustrated and exhausted. There were moments that broke my heart and mistakes that I ache to go back and fix, coffee dates I shouldn’t have forgotten about and friends I should have called back. In the end though, I can’t imagine college any other way, and I don’t want to.

The Student Government Association wants to change the way you think about Barnard before you even arrive on campus. SGA teamed up with Barnard’s Communications Group at the beginning of the 2007-2008 academic year to create a brochure for incoming students at all four of the University’s undergraduate schools.

It was the kind of event that reminded Imam Syed Z. Sayeed how old he is.

Saleem Ahmed, CC '07, doesn't listen to Kanye West just because he likes his music.

It was over almost as soon as it began. Seconds after a small group of students rushed the stage where Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist was speaking and unfurled a banner stating that "no one is illegal," a fight broke out on the stage.

Stories about an imam in America and a missing family in Oregon topped the list of notable works of journalism this year.

Columbians across campus expressed shock and outrage over the violent rampage on Virginia Tech's campus that left at least 32 students dead yesterday, the deadliest shooting attack in the country's history.

Stories about an Imam in America and a missing family in Oregon topped the list of notable works of journalism this year.

In the days after the protestors stormed the stage of Jim Gilchrist's Oct. 4 speech, one question loomed large: how, if at all, would the students be punished?

Columbia students may be giving hosts of yore a run for their money. Theme parties have become more and more popular in suites and dorm rooms-students say the more intricate the theme, the better.

Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia alumnus and a major proponent of laissez-faire eonomics and limited government spending, died Thursday of heart failure. He was 94.

An audience gathered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Wednesday night to watch a documentary about a college that aims to turn students into political leaders who will remake America as a Christian republic.

Premeds across the country will be staying up late Tuesday night-and it isn't just because they're cramming for Wednesday's organic chemistry test.

Sign up for the new MCAT begins Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. and many students are poised to log on as soon as possible to secure a seat at their choice test site and date.

Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science Zvi Galil has been unanimously selected as the new president of Tel Aviv University in Israel, officials from the school confirmed Saturday night.

Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science Zvi Galil is the top choice for the position of president at Tel Aviv University, according to Haaretz, an Israeli daily newspaper.

It's Sunday morning, but Lindsey Lazopoulos, CC '08, isn't taking a break from her job.

Advocates from around the city joined students for dinner and a discussion on homelessness Thursday night.

Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science Zvi Galil is the top choice for the position of president at Tel Aviv University, according to Israel's daily newspaper Haaretz.

Columbia has appointed two new members to the University board of trustees, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, CC '93, and Kenneth Forde, Medicine '59.

A new leadership program at Barnard aims to translate classroom lessons into real world glass-ceiling breaking know-how.

The Barnard Leadership Initiative is a supplemental program that students can take in addition to their major. The Initiative aims to give students the tools to be leaders in business, nonprofit, and public sectors.

Columbia has appointed Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, CC '93, and Kenneth Forde, a Physicians and Surgeons alumnus, to the University board of trustees.

The Earth Institute at Columbia received a $15 million donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-the largest single grant in the institute's history, officials announced Wednesday.

Top administrators and professors will spend a year evaluating undergraduate life at Columbia, officials announced Wednesday.

The new Task Force on Undergraduate Education will meet bi-weekly to develop a set of recommendations on how to improve academic life and the infrastructure of undergraduate education, officials said.

When the College Republicans invited Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist to speak on campus, University President Lee Bollinger defended the controversial figure's right to speak.

First-Year Class Dean Hilary Link will take over as Barnard's dean for study abroad, officials announced Friday.

First-Year Class Dean Hilary Link will take over as Barnard's dean for study abroad, officials announced Friday.

The position has been empty since July, when former dean Janet Alperstein left for a job as the New York City director of academic affairs for Hebrew University.

A former Palestinian militant will speak on campus next Wednesday after receiving an invitation from the Columbia University College Republicans.

What's in it for you?
Administrators say that all of the money raised for the capital campaign will fund projects and programs that will make Columbia better for students, and they stressed that no goal is more immediate and relevant than financial aid.

Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs Lisa Anderson will resign at the end of this academic year, University officials confirmed Thursday.

Ten years after student protests put the issue on the map, Columbia administrators are finally taking steps to start an American Indian studies program.

Professor J. W. Smit, a Renaissance historian and the only person to teach all four Core Curriculum classes, died of heart failure in July. He was 75.

Look out, Aristotle, and move over, Homer. There's a new name on the Core reading list.

Starting in mid-October, Vaclav Havel-famed writer, human rights activist, and first president of the Czech Republic-will be visiting Columbia for 10 weeks.

We surveyed experienced Columbia students far and wide to come up with a list of classes worth their weight in textbooks. We suggest you take as many as you can-you won't be disappointed.

Welcome to Columbialand: We know, we know; it doesn't get any more awkward than orientation. You've already asked your new "friends" about their favorite philosophers and garage bands, but you still have four hours to fill before you can safely say you need some sleep.

The fun doesn't end with Orientation Week. Even during the school year, Columbia has a few hot events that bring the campus together. Read on for a sneak peek of some of the highlights.