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As administrators choose Dean McGee’s successor, it is imperative that they find a replacement who understands GS’ institutional mission so that the school remains attractive to future nontraditional students.

It’s unsurprising that little has been said about the possible merger of General Studies and Columbia College since Spectator broke the news that the Task Force on Undergraduate Education was considering ways to better integrate GS into the University community. After all, the article prompted strong negative reaction from many.

Discussions about the state of housing for the School of General Studies students came to a climax at a University Senate Housing Committee hearing on Friday.

The School of General Studies Annual Gala, held in Low Library Saturday night to a crowd of approximately 250, was a black-tie affair that featured dinner, dancing, and fountains of chocolate, while also honoring current and past GS students.

As a GS student, should I have been forced to take Lit Hum at the possible expense of another literature course I might be more interested in? I believe so. In fact, I feel that we should take Lit Hum and another literature course of our choosing.

In a late January memo to the University Senate, Housing Policy Committee co-chairs Paige Lampkin and Craig Schwalbe brought the issue of housing for students in the School of General Studies before the Senate with the support of University President Lee Bollinger. While in many ways GS is a separate program with its own particular issues, adequate shelter is not a luxury—it is a basic need for all.

The School of General Studies is moving toward a possible merger with Columbia College, according to a report issued in May by the Task Force on Undergraduate Education.

Men were shedding standards for a good cause at the first annual “Mr. GS Mangeant,” held Friday at The Parlour at 86th and Broadway.

On Friday, 50 students and representatives from at least five Columbia schools met in Lerner Hall to discuss the anti-Semitic graffiti that was found in Lewisohn Hall on Thursday.
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