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Focusing Columbia Community Outreach

The people who worked so hard to organize CCO should take the time to reflect on what participants felt went wrong this year in order to improve upon the experience in the years to come.

By Editorial Board | Mar 28 09:05 pm ET

Sunshine and self-fulfillment for students

Despite overcast and somewhat melancholic weather two Saturdays ago, Columbia Community Outreach managed to bring bright smiles to campus with its annual large-scale community service event.

By Sarah Camiscoli | Apr 5 07:12 pm ET

Service Groups Make the Most of Inaugural Fervor

“Service” has been a Columbia buzzword ever since then-presidential candidates Barack Obama, CC ’83, and Senator John McCain paid a visit to campus during September’s ServiceNation summit. But only time will tell if this new attention will persist.

By Tabitha Peyton-Wood and Alix Pianin | Jan 27 03:45 am ET

Lessons from the Pueblo of Zuni

I joined Teach For America after I graduated from Columbia in 2003. My experience as a Special Education teacher in Zuni, an American Indian reservation in rural northwest New Mexico, had a profound impact on me.

By Michelle Hodara | Jan 25 11:39 pm ET

We're All in This Together

This week’s column was originally going to be about why women are still repressed in some ways and what we as Columbia students can do about it.

By Marissa Mazek | Nov 16 09:08 pm ET

Honor and Respect Through Honest Debate

Service, on both the local and global level, is a moral obligation for us all. Even while attending school, many students find time to contribute to our University, our community, and our world.

By Jacob Matilsky | Sep 10 09:43 pm ET

Yu Memorial Elicits Tears, Memories

With a tremor in his voice, the college roommate of Minghui Yu—the 24-year-old statistics graduate student who was assaulted and then struck and killed by a car earlier this month—struggled to reac

By Betsy Morais | Apr 28 03:05 am ET

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