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Columbia Spectator 05/05/08
Barnard Builds on International Focus by Expanding Dean's Role
In a move that speaks to Barnard’s ongoing interest in international programs, current Dean for Study Abroad Hilary Link will take on a broader role governing such programs in the provost’s office next year.
Columbia Spectator 05/01/08
CU Film on Music Television
Best Film on Campus, a Web site sponsored by mtvU, allows student filmmakers to submit their work online in a format much like YouTube.
Columbia Spectator 04/30/08
Bon Appétit
Students have long complained about the University's meal plans, and with good reason. At the end of each year, students are reduced to swinging by the dining hall whenever they can in hopes of getting their money's worth.
Columbia Spectator 04/29/08
Finding Your Place
Students often have difficulty deciding where to enter calculus and language sequences, or whether to skip introductory courses with whose material they are already familiar. The University’s departments should offer online placement tests so students are better equipped to make these decisions.
Columbia Spectator 04/24/08
Get a Whole New Perspective on a Major Culture at Dévi
Wouldn’t it be great if dining out could fulfill Barnard and Columbia academic requirements?
Columbia Spectator 04/23/08
Freshmen Get Controllers, Lose Control
Early last semester, one of my floormates brought his old Nintendo 64 back to the dorm after a trip home. It came with some great old games that the entire floor remembered fondly: Mario Kart 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Snowboard Kids, and Star Fox 64, among others.
Columbia Spectator 04/21/08
Potluck III, A Place Where Artists Can Feed Their Head
Many Columbia student groups utilize the ploy of free food to entice students to attend their events. But Saturday night, at the art event entitled “Potluck III,” free food was not a ploy but a message, and the message was this: art and food do essentially the same thing.
Columbia Spectator 04/16/08
Scarlata Makes Strong Return from Surgery
As Joe Scarlata walked off the mound after the fourth inning against Davidson on March 5, 2006, he had nothing to smile about.
Columbia Spectator 04/14/08
Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader Against Tigers
What a difference a day makes. Happy to see Saturday turn into Sunday, the Columbia baseball team rebounded from a poor start to a four-game series against Princeton behind fantastic efforts from the team’s starting pitchers.
Columbia Spectator 04/10/08
It’s All In the Family Bumping to the Beat at St. Paul’s
Although New York City is expensive and Columbia University is stressful, the Music at St. Paul's Tuesday concerts are neither.
