Housing Guide 2008

It's that time of the year again -- students are choosing between friends, checking out old cutoff numbers, and strategizing in hopes of landing the ideal dorm room for the next year.

By Spec News | Mar 12 10:20 pm ET

Special Interests—and Proximity—Unify Students

It’s one thing to come to Columbia and join a campus group, but quite another to get quality housing out of it.

By Mary Kohlmann | Mar 12 06:40 pm ET

Barnard Goes Coed—Well, At Least in the Residence Halls

What’s it like for a guy to live in an all-girls dorm? Marcos Garcia, CC ’08, spent a year in Barnard’s Plimpton Hall and lived to share the story.

By Niyati Roy | Mar 12 06:36 pm ET

The Swinging Pendulum: Housing Trends Over the Years

The housing-selection process is about as easy to predict as the stock market, but where there are numbers, people will always use them.

By Stephanie Turner | Mar 12 06:34 pm ET

How Far We've Come

If you thought the recent crackdown on parties in East Campus was bad, imagine living on campus 40 years ago.

By Zack Hoopes | Mar 12 06:33 pm ET

Electronic Contracts Replace Paper Forms

Say goodbye to paper housing contracts.

By Monica Varman | Mar 12 06:30 pm ET

A Peek Into the Life of a Commuter

It’s Friday afternoon in the 116th Street subway station. A young face squeezes onto a packed 1 train among a crowd of gray-haired commuters in suits.

By Zahra Khimji | Mar 12 06:28 pm ET

Residence Halls Make Way for Eco-Friendly Renovations

Since June 2007, when Columbia and Barnard joined eight other New York City colleges in adopting Mayor Bloomberg’s “30 in 10” challenge, ongoing efforts to make the University more eco-friendly hav

By Stephanie Turner | Mar 12 06:22 pm ET

Ruggles, Other Residence Halls Slated for Summer Makeovers

While students are busy mulling over possible options in the perennial housing-selection process, administrators have their own annual housing ritual: renovations.

By Monica Varman | Mar 12 06:14 pm ET

Don't Know What to Do About Housing?

So you’re stuck in that crappy two-year limbo between cushy first-year housing and coveted senior selections. Imagine a life in...

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By Angela Radulescu | Mar 12 06:07 pm ET