James Rathmell

Barnard students discuss queer identity with Dean

At the sixth annual Queer Issues Forum, students and administrators discussed the LGBT identity on campus.

Construction safety scrutinized

Park West Village residents faced off with representatives of the New York City Department of Buildings, two months after a construction crane accident at Columbus Square.

Students work to reclaim Lerner

Governing boards are working to make Lerner more accessible for clubs as they face campus space restrictions.

Nationalize or bank-bust? Scholars debate crisis, Depression

Joseph Stiglitz, Alan Brinkley, and other economists discuss the financial climate, past and present.

Provost and psychologist: Claude Steele explains his theory of stereotype threat

On Tuesday evening, Provost Claude Steele's crowded Low Library lecture, “Identity and Stereotype Threat: Their Nature and What to do About Them at School and Work,” was based on his upcoming book, “Whistling Vivaldi.”

Book lovers of a feather flock to this Park Slope outpost

Yes, there are wall-to-wall books on sleek black shelves. Yes, there is hidden but available seating. Yes, hip, colored lamps and Christmas tree lights illuminate the rooms. But the most telling feature of Park Slope’s Community Bookstore & Café is this: It is decorated with peacock feathers.

Greek life restructures, grows

Over the past two years, Columbia’s Greek system has undergone unprecedented growth, with over 80 percent more students now members of fraternities and sororities than in the fall of 2006.

"Occupation 101"

Muslim Students Association | Barnard English professor Bashir Abu-Manneh addressed a group of students during a question and answer session following the screening of the documentary Occupation 101. The film features interviews with leading scholars on the Middle East and information on the historical roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today, as well as testimonials from those directly affected. The event was co-sponsored by MSA and the Arab Students Association at the School of International and Public Affairs.