Daniel Amzallag

Former Spectator staff share their experiences and thoughts before graduation. Today we hear from Daniel Amzallag, Raphael Pope-Sussman, and Helen Werbe.

Minghui Yu, a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, was hit by a car after fleeing an alleged assault Friday night, and subsequently died at St. Luke's Hospital. Police have since arrested a 14-year-old male in connection with the case, and the suspect has been charged with manslaughter in the second degree.

While the campus mourns the loss of Minghui Yu, a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences who was killed by a passing car Friday night while fleeing an assailant, the circumstances of the tragedy have raised larger questions about juvenile crime and the strength of security on and around campus.

UPDATE (6:30 p.m.): One of the attacks committed early Sunday morning included sexual assault, according to a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

Police found a body shot once in the head in front of 359 West 122nd Street shortly before midnight Wednesday.

The Empire State Development Corporation is scheduled to present the blight study and vote on the General Project Plan for Columbia's proposed expansion into Manhattanville Thursday, marking the potential for an official answer to the question of eminent domain.

The City Council voted in favor of Columbia's proposed rezoning 197-c plan and Community Board 9's 197-a plan in a stated meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Following a lengthy trial, the attacker of a 24-year-old student of the Graduate School of Journalism was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in July.

The convict of the rape and torture of a former student of the Graduate School of Journalism was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.

A former student of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism who was the victim of rape and torture last year took the stand in court Friday to testify against her alleged attacker.