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ink-stained wretches
Apr. 24, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
Columbia Served Sexual Violence Prevention Cake Unsurprisingly, no one ate it and it was promptly removed.
By Joe Coscarelli
seeing out loud
Dec. 5, 2013
Saltz on the Trouble With the M.F.A. “Maybe longtime instructors — like me — might have their hours cut back to make room for newer teachers to take the stage.”
By Jerry Saltz
very sad things
Mar. 31, 2013
By Adam Martin
Columbia Students Love Nutella, Stealing From Dining Halls If they start hoarding lobster tails, they definitely have a problem.
By Margaret Hartmann
Columbia Gang Professor in $240,000 Audit Before this, Sudhir Venkatesh was best known for the time he spent embedded with a Chicago gang.
By Andre Tartar
Columbia Janitor’s Life Will Definitely Be Movie He’s graduating with a degree in classics after twenty years.
By Dan Amira
Columbia Not As Mad As Yale at NYPD The local Ivy is being cautious in responding to reports about surveillance of Muslim students.
By Joe Coscarelli
school daze
Aug. 23, 2011
Columbia Dean Drops Out of College The head of the undergraduate division quits two weeks before classes start.
By Noreen Malone
school daze
Jan. 25, 2011
Columbia University Inundated With Applications From Barely Motivated Students Applications soared 32 percent, but are they the kind of students you really want?
By Dan Amira
harrison david
Jan. 18, 2011
By Julie Gerstein
Is NYU Officially Five Times More Fun Than Columbia? It is if your definition of “having fun” is “using drugs.” Which ours isn’t.
By Chris Rovzar
Columbia Professor Charged with Incest Political Science Professor David Epstein is now on administrative leave.
By Stephanie Vallejo
Floridita Gets New Home on 125th Street The Manhattanville longtimer gets a relocation deal from Columbia University.
By Daniel Maurer
First Look at the New Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Opening September 30 The barbecue favorite is relocating to a space with a larger bar and a proper stage.
By Daniel Maurer
the federal reserve
July 20, 2010
By Chris Rovzar
Gyllenhaal’s Persia Hair: Historically Accurate! It’s an accurate historical detail, people, so stop making fun!
By Emma Rosenblum
in other news
Apr. 12, 2010
Pulitzer Prizes Announced: Washington Post , New York Times Win Big Also, the Broadway hit ‘Next to Normal’ took home the award for drama.
By Chris Rovzar
school daze
Mar. 24, 2010
By Charlotte Cowles
animanhattan
Feb. 8, 2010
What Do the Coyotes Want From Us? The third and fourth coyotes in as many weeks have turned up in upper Manhattan.
By Chris Rovzar
let’s get civical
Dec. 4, 2009
Crawl of Eminent Domain Across the City Stops in Manhattanville Columbia University’s expansion plans in Upper Manhattan have hit a snag after a court ruled against their right to take over new land.
By Chris Rovzar
Pilot Alcoholism-Treatment Program Targets Gays Columbia University researchers have been trying to figure out if gay men can avoid giving up the nightlife just because they have a drinking problem.
By Richard Morgan
the most important people in the world
June 24, 2009
Hermione Might Be Going to Columbia! We hear she’s interested in their Transfiguration program.
By Jessica Pressler
Fire Damage
Apr. 24, 2009
Community Food & Juice Is Down After Kitchen Fire Morningside Heights has temporarily lost an outdoor café.
By Daniel Maurer
Take That, Harvard Columbia’s acceptance rates are way down. And we think we know why!
By Chris Rovzar
school daze
Mar. 11, 2009
Columbia J-School’s Existential Crisis The media bloodbath has made for unhappy days uptown, and a fight for change is brewing in the school’s hallowed halls.
By Erica Orden
Marketing Gimmicks
Nov. 14, 2008
Busing Them In Take a cab to the Village Pourhouse’s Upper West Side location and you’ll get your cab fare back in drinks.
By Daniel Maurer
the greatest depression
Nov. 12, 2008
Columbia Contemplates Cutbacks Due to Financial Crisis Students majoring in useful fields will likely not be affected.
By Jessica Pressler
current events
Sept. 11, 2008
Tobey Maguire to Appear at Columbia Tonight? Tonight’s special 9/11 commemoration is set to feature remarks by the governor, the two presidential candidates, and … Spider-man?
By Jessica Pressler
Is Columbia the Duke of the North? In which we argue that our beloved hometown Ivy might have to come up with a new nickname.
By Chris Rovzar
company town
Aug. 19, 2008
Anti-Feminist Sues Columbia Over Women’s Studies Program Roy Den Hollander, the guy who sued against ladies’ night promotions at nightclubs, is at it again. Plus, no one cared that the New York ‘Times’ raised its cover price, and Lehman sells a key asset.
gossipmonger
Aug. 6, 2008
Lydia Hearst and Aubrey O’Day Hop on the Faux-Lesbian Train But only for one night. Plus, Britney frolics with dolphins, and ‘Pineapple Express’ star James Franco frolics with the literati, in our daily gossip rundown.
ranters and ravers
July 23, 2008
in other news
July 14, 2008
Prepare Your Angry Introduction: Ahmadinejad Is Coming Back to New York He’s coming to attend the U.N. General Assembly, but it’s not too late to invite him to speak elsewhere. He may even invite you back to Iran with him!
company town
July 14, 2008
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Shares Already Sinking Again Washington’s weekend moves appeared to initially help but may not have stuck. That, and other industry news in our daily wrapup.
company town
June 11, 2008
Fifty Cent’s Baby Mama Will Get Rich or Die Tryin’ The battle between 50 Cent and Shaniqua Tompkins rages on, Columbia bulldozes most of the Upper West Side, more big changes at the Murdoch-owned ‘Wall Street Journal,’ and other epic battles, in our daily roundup of news from the law, real-estate, media, and finance sectors.
in other news
June 2, 2008
‘Paper’ Tigress: ‘You’ll Never Work in This Town Again!’ Amanda Lorber of MTV’s reality show ‘The Paper’ gets in a feud with a ‘Columbia Spectator’ reporter.
World Science Festival Founders Brian Greene and Tracy Day Make Science … Festive Okay, so there’s no balloons. But the upcoming festival promises other kinds of entertainment.
in other news
May 20, 2008
Columbia’s Newest MBAs: All Dressed Up With No Place to Go? What does $144,128 get you? An MBA from Columbia Business School and a great job … if they’re lucky …
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