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Sophomore Hannah Weiss, a student at the School of General Studies and the Jewish Theological Seminary, died in a plane crash in Costa Rica on Sunday, according to an email sent to students by a JTS administrator. She was 19 years old.

As students across the country campaign for their institutions to divest from fossil fuels, a new student group, DivestJTS, is pushing for the Jewish Theological Seminary to do the same.

Local residents and Union Theological Seminary students are concerned that large expanses of their neighborhood once owned by Jewish and Union Theological Seminaries will soon be congested by towering condominiums.

The hand I'm sticking out my window indicates that an ambiguous mixture of sleet is going to leave Morningside a little damp today. The sun may have already left for spring break, but we can't phone-in classes just yet. We've done this midterms/housing/grayness thing before. And we'll do it again.more There is a silver lining to this early-March cloud (after cloud, after cloud), and a playlist to help you remember why you love New York in the first place. And proof that your temporary, Butler-induced depression really is getting you that "A" on today's exam. If the present is too soon, and the thought of interviewing for summer internships or LSATs or even thinking about the future may send you to the loony bin, rest assured! Today we suppress and look to the past for comfort. [Vulture and The Awl] Sports nostalgia. Columnist remembers the five most exciting sporting events in recent Columbia history. [Sports] Housing nostalgia. Student living in Cathedral Gardens—past our edge of the earth at 110th and Manhattan—remembers why she makes awesome housing decisions. [Opinion] Going-to-a-less-competitive-school-in-a-less-competitive-era nostalgia. Fireside chat with Barnard President Debora Spar shows that even important adults are telling us to relax a little. [News] And so we gently ease our way into the future: Possible on-campus remedy to the Israeli-Palestinian debate. Maybe just a Band-Aid. [News and Opinion] Possible changes to CCSC elections. Prevent incumbency-preference voting and show your political savvy by running for the 2010 election. [Opinion] Possible changes to the institution itself. JTS restructures the program that sends its students to the pulpit as cantors. Also, senior theses in theater no longer require three consecutive all-nighters. [News and A&E]

Candidates for the General Studies Student Council and General Studies University Senate seats discussed the integration of GS students with the general student body, financial aid, and the appointment of positions without candidates at Monday's debates.

In a neighborhood characterized by its African-American identity, another—perhaps unlikely—demographic is making a return after a long time under the radar. For the first time in decades, a Jewish community has begun to reclaim its loose strand in Harlem's history.