A notion floats around campus that athletes get accepted to Columbia because of our athletic capabilities, implying that we didn’t have to work as hard for this opportunity as the non-athletes. I’d propose a different way of considering the situation based on priorities, values, and merit.
A notion floats around campus that athletes get accepted to Columbia because of our athletic capabilities, implying that we didn’t have to work as hard for this opportunity as the non-athletes. I’d propose a different way of considering the situation based on priorities, values, and merit.
One day, Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust missed a call from Columbia Provost Alan Brinkley. “He said he had good news,” Faust recalled. “I said I could use some good news.” So she e-mailed Brinkley, asking him to call her. Brinkley telephoned Faust late that night to inform her that she had won a Bancroft Prize for her latest book, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, published in 2008.
One day, Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust missed a call from Columbia Provost Alan Brinkley. “He said he had good news,” Faust recalled. “I said I could use some good news.” So she e-mailed Brinkley, asking him to call her. Brinkley telephoned Faust late that night to inform her that she had won a Bancroft Prize for her latest book, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, published in 2008.
Though tales of a blood-guzzling plant may sound disturbing, the combination of music, dance, and Columbia talent makes the story more comic than creepy.
Though tales of a blood-guzzling plant may sound disturbing, the combination of music, dance, and Columbia talent makes the story more comic than creepy.
