Friday, December 19, 2008
STAFF EDITORIAL

We Didn’t Start the Fire

By Editorial Board | Dec 08

Over the course of this past semester, the Editorial Board has commented on numerous developments, some of which have been solved and others of which have not.

Shock and Awe

It’s a Hard Rain’s A-gonna Fa-a-all

By Sarah Leonard and Kate Redburn | Dec 08

The auto industry is begging Congress for cash, the banks are failing, and America is being overwhelmed by a vast economic shopocalypse. We predict that Columbia will be making cuts, and we’d like to humbly offer some suggestions.

Home Ec

Modern Convenience

By Becky Davies | Dec 08

As a country, we have been saying that things are going poorly now and have been deteriorating for a few years.

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Arts & Entertainment

Theater Web Exclusive

No Hair Raising Horrors in Radiotheatre's Dracula

By Andrea Lopez | Dec 10

The tale of Dracula is one that is well known. Vampire hunter Van Helsing and his friends embark on a quest to destroy the evil vampire Dracula.

Theater Web Exclusive

Politics and Comedy Collide in Weiner's Hillary

By Jessica McKenzie | Dec 10

In Wendy Weiner’s new one-act play, Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy with a (Somewhat) Happy Ending, two feuding Greek goddesses play tug-of-war with the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton (Mia Barron), yielding hilarious and sometimes even touching results.

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Web Update

M'ville Expansion Clears Last Major Hurdle, State Approves Eminent Domain

By Maggie Astor | Dec 18

Clearing the way for Columbia's Manhattanville campus expansion, the Empire State Development Corporation unanimously voted to invoke eminent domain on private commercial properties in the project area.

Web Update

First Vice President of Spain de la Vega Sanz Speaks Out at UTS

By Margaux Groux | Dec 16

First Vice President of Spain María Teresa Fernández de la Vega Sanz advocated for multilateralism, social consciousness, and transparency during financial crisis at a Tuesday speech in Union Theological Seminary.

Web Update

BC Asks for Student, Alumnae Help to Navigate Economic Turbulence

By Joy Resmovits | Dec 11

Barnard has been hit hard by the economic crisis, according to e-mails sent by Dean Dorothy Denburg and President Debora Spar to students and alumnae respectively.

Web Update

Admissions Sends Early Decision Packets to Record Pool of Applicants

By Danny Ash | Dec 11

To the crew of the UPS truck idling along College Walk, the red-fringed envelopes were just another pickup on a busy Thursday afternoon. But for Columbia's early decision applicants, the envelopes contained the life-changing news that they will be attending their first choice school.

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Couple Arrested for Scheme to Steal Hundreds of Thousands from CU

By Christine Choi | Dec 10

On Wednesday, the United States Attorney’s office announced the arrest of a couple who had attempted to defraud the University of over $200,000 by submitting false invoices for expenses allegedly relating to neuroscience research.

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Sports

Lions Face Regional Foes a Yale Opener in First Meet of Season

By Sonya Chandra | Dec 05

The Columbia track teams will kick off its 2008-09 season by competing in the Yale Opener, formally called the Lidifter Invitational, this weekend.

Wrestling Heads to Vegas for Invite

By Jacob Levenfeld | Dec 05

The Columbia wrestling team will fly out to Nevada this weekend to compete in the 27th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.

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