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MTA Selects Subway Performance Artists
By Maggie Astor
| Dec 31
On May 15, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the results of its 21st annual “Music Under New York” competition, and gave 23 lucky musicians and groups the right to perform in New York’s subway stations. The competition, launched in 1985 by the MTA’s Arts for Transit branch, involves annual auditions in which city bands and soloists vie for participation rights in 125 weekly performances in 23 subway locations citywide, including platforms and mezzanines of stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
Standstill in Numbers of CC Science Majors Raises Concerns
By Alexa Davis
| Dec 31
Columbia College may have reason to worry that, instead of evolving and growing, its science programs have remained developmentally static and are not attracting enough potential science majors.
Veterans, New Comers Face Off in GSSC Debates
By Alix Pianin
| Dec 31
Financial aid, housing, and loan debt were hot topics at Tuesday night’s General Studies Student Council candidate debates, where presidential and Vice President of Policy hopefuls presented platforms with a common thread—what candidates purported as a return to integrity for the beleaguered council.
LGBTQ Groups Praise New State Anti-Discrimination Policy
| Dec 31Local community groups and gay rights associations have welcomed the March decision of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to adopt a policy explicitly prohibiting discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in
juvenile justice facilities across the state.
Three Day Rebellion on Campus
| Dec 31The events of the last three days have been quite confused and many unsubstantiated rumors have circulated around the campus. The following report is a brief chronology of the major events at Columbia on Tuesday and Wednesday:
Get Chic Spring Style With a Small Budget But Big Impact
By Sara Barbour
| Dec 31
The morning after my family and I arrived in New York City for the first time, we had barely finished breakfast before getting quickly down to the tricky business of deciding how to spend the rest of our day. My parents launched into elaborate plans for possible museum trips, bus tours, and sightseeing excursions, but my sister and I, nodding and smiling along, had other plans. The Met, Central Park, and the Statue of Liberty could wait—we just wanted to go shopping.
Alicia Graf Named GS Class Day Speaker, Prize Recipient
| Dec 31Dancer Alicia Graf, GS ’03, will serve as the alumna speaker at the School of General Studies 2008 Class Day on May 19, the school announced Tuesday evening.
Health Services Announces Plan to Lower Cost of Student Birth Control
| Dec 31Following pressure from student groups, Health Services at Columbia announced Tuesday that it would reduce the cost of the NuvaRing and other birth control methods for students. The announcement comes two months after a resolution drafted by a coalition of campus groups urged Columbia to alleviate the rising cost of birth control.
CU Dems’ Flag-Washing Raises Controversy
By Sarah Husk
| Dec 31
Twenty American flags, newly washed and hung out to dry in the sun yesterday afternoon on Low Plaza made a bold visual statement that few could ignore.
Protestors Roam Offices in Low
By Mark Jaffe
| Dec 31
At 6 a.m. this morning, the white students participating in the Hamilton Hall demonstration left the building at the request of the black students and in the words of Mark Rudd, chairman of SDS, went "looking for their own building."
