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Initiative plans cuts to campus art programs

Gregory Mosher, director of the Columbia Arts Initiative, will send a scaled back budget proposal to the Office of the President at the end of this week, detailing how he and his staff hope to execute the 30 percent budget cut that was requested by President Bollinger last month.

Gregory Mosher, director of the Columbia Arts Initiative, will send a scaled back budget proposal to the Office of the President at the end of this week, detailing how he and his staff hope to execute the 30 percent budget cut that was requested by President Bollinger last month.

Miller moves back into School of Arts

Miller Theater has been re-integrated into the Graduate School of the Arts.

Miller Theater has been re-integrated into the Graduate School of the Arts.

Defending the Arts Initiative

Our position is that key to the survival of the Arts Initiative on campus, and by extension the creative capacities of individuals and student groups, is AI’s decentralized place, which acts as a point of convergence for all schools.

Our position is that key to the survival of the Arts Initiative on campus, and by extension the creative capacities of individuals and student groups, is AI’s decentralized place, which acts as a point of convergence for all schools.

Arts Initiative moves to School of the Arts

The Columbia University Arts Initiative is now under the wing of the Graduate School of the Arts.

The Columbia University Arts Initiative is now under the wing of the Graduate School of the Arts.

Mee’s program to stage students’ writing

Until last year, graduate students in the playwriting department were encouraged to perfect their writing from behind a desk rather than in rehearsal.

Until last year, graduate students in the playwriting department were encouraged to perfect their writing from behind a desk rather than in rehearsal.

A Melting Pot of Media at the Queens Museum of Art

It’s a bright and momentous occasion that takes a Columbian not just out of the Morningside bubble, but onto the mystic 7 line and all the way to Queens.

It’s a bright and momentous occasion that takes a Columbian not just out of the Morningside bubble, but onto the mystic 7 line and all the way to Queens.

Alumnus Documents the Extreme World of Summer Camp

For many people, memories of summer camp last a lifetime—whether because their moms still won’t throw out those painted rocks they made or because they’ll never forget the guitar tabs to that Blink-182 song they memorized for the talent show.

For many people, memories of summer camp last a lifetime—whether because their moms still won’t throw out those painted rocks they made or because they’ll never forget the guitar tabs to that Blink-182 song they memorized for the talent show.

Film Grads Nab Screenwriting Awards

For two Columbia alumni, a film class assignment has paid off in a big way.

For two Columbia alumni, a film class assignment has paid off in a big way.