Peter Maroulis
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Columbia College announced that 92 members of the Class of 2018 will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest honor society for liberal arts students at the university level.
This story is part of a series on the 1968 protests at Columbia and their present-day implications fifty years later.
Conservative author and radio host Dennis Prager spoke about the importance of finding religion at a Columbia University College Republicans event in Low Library on Wednesday evening.
Columbia College has launched “My Columbia College Journey,” a resource that provides students with a range of testimonies on the CC experience, Dean of Columbia College James Valentini announced in an email to students on Tuesday.
More than 30 Columbia students discussed current University mental health policies, pointing out key issues and presenting possible solutions, at the Columbia Mental Health Coalition’s first-ever town hall on Monday evening.
As Columbia students await universitywide mental health reform from administrators, the School of General Studies has already developed resources that are more specialized than services offered to Columbia College and School of Engineering and Applied Science students. Although these resources are targeted towards GS’s unique demographics, they represent a largely successful effort to mitigate mental health risks that are still prevalent at the other two undergraduate schools.
More than a year after a string of six student suicides sparked cries for sweeping mental health reform on campus, students have called into question the efforts of Columbia administrators to deliver on such changes.
Hiding instruments and ducking Public Safety officers, the Columbia University Marching Band held its Orgo Night performance in room 209 of Butler Library Thursday night, defying a decision by administrators that has denied them access to the library since last December.
A confidential and free service, Columbia University Emergency Medical Services is widely misunderstood by students due to a lack of clarity surrounding its cost. While CUEMS itself does not charge, students can be left to cover external transport expenses incurred when CUEMS is tending to another patient and a New York City ambulance is dispatched instead, a fact that can dissuade some from using the resource.
Members of the Columbia community congregated on Low Steps Wednesday evening to hold a candlelight vigil commemorating the lives of over 300 victims who died in a terror attack in Egypt this past weekend—the country’s deadliest ever.