Julie Appel

Though the Columbia lacrosse team may not have had the year it hoped for or anticipated, much of its season can be summed up in these few words: successful out of conference, unsuccessful in conference.

About 15 people marched from Lerner Hall to the Office of the Secretary yesterday to present the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Bill Campbell, with a petition to protest the unclean environmental practices of Apple Computers.

The Frontiers of Science program, now completing its third year of a five-year experiment, is due to undergo structural changes that will increase continuity between the lectures and seminars, as both students and faculty pinpoint areas in which they believe improvement should be made.

Paula Cheng, CC '08, was elected the new president of the Activities Board at Columbia as the organization picked its 2007-2008 executive board.

The 700 copies of Jester magazine that disappeared this past weekend were recovered on Monday, found in all the places that the magazine is usually located-dorms, Lerner Hall, and Mudd, among others.

Most people take just one or two copies of the magazines laid out in Lerner. This weekend, one avid reader took 700.

Breaking with more traditional celebrations, the Organization of Pakistani Students at Columbia University, in conjunction with Pakistan at City College, commemorated the 67th anniversary of the Lahore Resolution-which began the creation of Pakistani statehood-last night with a discussion of issues facing the country.

Applications for the Living-Learning Center have declined over the past three years, from 488 in 2005, to 327 in 2006, to just 220 for 2007.

It might be difficult to imagine a sophomore telling a senior to keep the noise down, but that may very well be the case next year, as the Office of Residential Programs is employing 14 rising sophomores to be residential advisers, the first time that the youngest returning class is eligible for the positions.

It might be difficult to imagine a sophomore telling a senior to keep the noise down, but that may very well be the case next year, as the Office of Residential Programs is employing 14 rising sophomores to be residential advisers, the first time that the youngest returning class is eligible for the positions.

On the west side of the fifth floor of Lerner Hall, space is at an absolute premium. Small offices are packed with filing cabinets and boxes full of papers, computers fill much of the usable desk space, and people affiliated with the Student Government Office and other student-run clubs are often crowded together in small areas trying to work efficiently.

Members of the Columbia community discussed how race affects the transgender experience at a Common Meal co-hosted by the Office of the University Chaplain and Columbia University and Barnard College Black Heritage Month and held last night in the basement of St. Paul's Chapel.

Inquiry House, a special interest community created last year in which residents plan and develop independent research projects, has struggled to find enough applicants to fill its rooms next year.

In a report issued last Wednesday by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, Columbia received an overall "B" in sustainable and environmental campus and endowment policies.

Efforts to encourage sustainable living and promote environmental issues at Columbia are increasing as students and administrators work to promote awareness around campus.

The Pro-Israel Progressives and the Columbia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union hosted an event on Monday night to discuss how to protect civil liberties while preserving national security.

Brendan Charney, CC '08 and president of Columbia's chapter of the ACLU, said that the idea of the event was to encourage "intercultural discussion on how to promote security without sacrificing civil liberties.

With titles like Essays in Algonquin Bible and Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, it may not be surprising that many of the 9.3 million volumes that make up Columbia's libraries are seldom used.

Despite the sheer size of the collection during the last fiscal year, only 540,000 titles were checked out by students.

With control of Congress up for grabs and the New York state deadline for voter registration set for Friday, Columbia students and administrators have been making a concerted effort to register new voters for the November general election.

The delayed re-opening of Cafe Nana, located on the second floor of the Kraft Center, is leaving many Columbia students yearning for some good home-style kosher cooking.