Harvard

University President Lee Bollinger has said that the University cannot afford to expand its financial offerings at present. That may be true, but it is high time for the administration to articulate how it intends to reform financial aid.

On the heels of high-profile financial aid reforms by Ivy League peers Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth, Columbia President Lee Bollinger said that, despite its lucrative capital campaign, the University cannot afford to make similar changes.

Following disappointing outcomes in the 2006-2007 Ivy League basketball season, Harvard and Princeton sought to find new sparks for their teams this season.

For the second time since 2003, Columbia volleyball finished the season without an Ivy League win, as the Lions dropped their final two road games over the weekend.

Although Columbia can’t boast much about its league play this season, the Lions (1-7, 0-5 Ivy) are the Ivy League team to have received the most consistent and standout play from their freshmen class. In the eight weeks of play so far, a Columbia player has received the Ivy Rookie of the Week award four times.

After a frustrating stretch in which they went 0-3-2, the Columbia women’s soccer team (7-5-4, 2-3-1 Ivy) finally got the win they were looking for in a 2-1 victory over Harvard (10-5-1, 3-3 Ivy) on senior day at Columbia Soccer Stadium. It was their first two-goal effort since a draw against Marist on Oct. 8.

The Columbia Field Hockey squad finished the year on a high note, defeating Harvard (8-9, 4-3 Ivy) 2-1 at the Columbia Field Hockey Venue.

Despite committing 14 penalties, Harvard dictated the momentum in Saturday’s game at Kraft Field, beating Columbia 27-12 for their fifth-straight Ivy League win and the Lions’ fifth-straight conference loss.

The Harvard offense has managed to strike a rare, consistent balance this season—the kind of balance that Columbia was hoping to develop this year.

While most football fans are anticipating Sunday’s Patriots-Colts showdown, Ivy football fans in particular may have an additional high-stakes contest to look forward to in November: the 124th edition of The Game. Taking place at the Yale Bowl in three weeks, this game is developing added significance with the emergence of Yale and Harvard as the league’s only unbeaten teams.