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I was scrolling through Twitter one afternoon recently when I came across an interesting NHL note. One of the Tampa Bay Lightning's beat writers had tweeted the team's opening lineup. As usual, the Bolts were starting Steven Stamkos, easily the best pure goal-scorer in the game today, and 37-year-old Martin St. Louis, still one of the best playmakers around and a lock for the Hall of Fame when he retires. The other player on that line is normally Teddy Purcell, but the starting left wing that night was rookie Alex Killorn.

Wonder what the class of 2019 admit rates are like for Columbia's peer institutions? Here's a handy bar graph for comparison. Be on the lookout tomorrow for a full post (with more great graphics) about college acceptance rates!

It's raining! Typically, this isn't the kind of weather that we celebrate, but because it's raining instead of snowing, spring must be around the corner. So start blasting "Sining in the Rain" and catch up on some news.

Hello, lovely Columbians! We hope you aren't drowning in midterm stress just yet. Enjoy your last days of freedom, and try to remember what the real world looks like before moving into Butler. Here are some bits of news to start your day off right.

Every team but Columbia in the Lou Gehrig Division split its conference twin bills this weekend. Columbia, meanwhile, went 4-0. 

It's late. You're up. Reading week is almost over. Exams are nearly upon us. Let's get this thing started. more
Columbia news: One less decent place to eat: Bwog reported today that P&W Sandwich Shop is closing next week. Disappointing news. The adjoining Hungarian Pastry Shop, on the other hand, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this past spring, is not going anywhere. Speaking of anniversaries: Courseworks had its 10th birthday yesterday, and was honored by CUIT in a somewhat sentimental press release:

It turns out Columbia students aren't the only ones who are unhappy with their school's mental health care system. Yesterday, the Yale Daily News published a weekend lead article about how Yale students have been disappointed by long wait times and unhelpful staff: A Yale College Council report showed that 31 percent of students who received help from the school's Mental Health and Counseling Department rated their experience as "poor" or "very poor." The Yale Mental Health and Counseling Department employs 28 mental health clinicians, 22 of whom work full time, to treat Yale's student body of almost 12,000. Columbia's Counseling and Psychological Services, by contrast, employs 38, 33 of whom work full time, to treat a student body of over 29,000. According to data from 2012 from the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, both schools have two to three times as many health professionals per student as do institutions of similar size. So why are wait times still so long?more Yale promises a wait period of three days between a student's "intake" call and their being matched up with a therapist or professional, but students frequently wait more than a week—and one student waited over a month. Richard Eichler, executive director of Columbia's Counseling and Psychological Services, said the average wait time from when a person calls CPS to their first appointment is 5.67 business days. But some Columbia students have said they experienced longer-than-expected wait times—an issue Columbia College Student Council and other student groups are looking into. Both schools' services are nevertheless very busy. Yale's Mental Health and Counseling Department sees about 1,000 of its 5,000 undergrads per year, and it's estimated that over 50 percent of undergraduates will visit the MH&C at some point during their time at Yale. CPS drop-in centers recorded a similar 1,000 visits last year, and Eichler said that 50 percent of the class of 2013 visited CPS in their time at Columbia. Students at both schools report feeling confused when faced by the seemingly labyrinthine systems in place, and both schools see students deterred from seeking treatment by the fear that they might be asked to take a forced medical leave and by rumors of general bad experiences. Here's the link to the full article.