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Against the Machine

The Columbia Daily Spectator | Posted 05.14.2012

The Columbia Daily Spectator

I'm not so sure that the ability to look up a concept or name on the fly in class makes us better learners -- on the contrary, I think it makes us reliant on an external body of memory.

Columbia's Sexual Assault Policies Under Scrutiny

columbiaspectator.com | Posted 06.14.2011

Eve, CC '11, had doubts about filing a complaint with the University against one of her closest friends, a student who sexually assaulted her one nigh...

Columbia Frats Implicated In Drug Ring Suspended

Spectrum | Posted 05.25.2011

Student Affairs has just released a statement announcing interim suspensions for the Alpha Epsilon Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Psi Upsilon fraternities on...

The Finals Guide To Netflix Streaming (CHART)

Posted 05.25.2011

It's the most wonderful time of the year -- those mystical few weeks that rob us of sleep, sanity and, at times, faith in our peers. No, not the holid...

Columbia University To Offer Gender-Neutral Housing

Posted 05.25.2011

Columbia University has formally joined the growing list of colleges and universities that offer gender-neutral housing. After reviewing a revised p...

Columbia Hiring Less, Reviewing Fewer Tenure Cases

The Columbia Daily Spectator | Posted 05.25.2011

The economic crisis has steepened a decline in tenure cases evaluated from year to year, as well as outside faculty recruitment, administrators said. ...

Stephen Colbert Tests Columbia Prof On Textbooks (WATCH)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The Texas State Board of Education has voted to radically alter textbook lessons for future generations, removing from curricula separation of church ...

COLUMN: I'm Majoring In X. Don't Ask Me Why.

The Columbia Spectator | Posted 05.25.2011

In the spring of my senior year of high school, I gave my father the silent treatment for two days. He deserved it--he had refused to discuss what I s...

How To Break Up And Make Up, With Minimal Injury In Between

columbiaspectator.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Rejection is hard, no matter how you look at it. When you are told "no," it hurts, brings up insecurities, and becomes a layer of grime over everythin...

Meryl Streep To Speak At Barnard Commencement

columbiaspectator.com | Posted 05.25.2011

She had to choose which of her children she would save in the Holocaust, she was the editor of a major fashion magazine, and recently she mastered the...