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SLIDESHOWs: Protestors Demonstrate For and Against Zenawi

By Shelby Layne, Embry Owen, Jasper L. Clyatt, Phoebe Lytle, Jack Zietman, and Christina Phan
Sep 23 12:00 am ET

Beekeeping legalized, students embrace hobby

The city’s Board of Health voted unanimously on March 16 to end the ban on keeping honeybee hives, but amateur student beekeepers are looking outside the gates of campus, for now.

By Claire Luchette | Apr 6 08:41 pm ET

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Dirty oil on the Upper West Side

By Catherine Mas | Mar 3 03:21 am ET

‘Hold the salt,’ Bloomberg tells New York businesses

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to cut down New York City's salt consumption.

By Nicholas Bloom and Sonal Kumar | Jan 22 04:06 am ET

Debora Spar: ‘Expecto community!’

In response to the perceived lack of Barnard community, administrators said they are considering sorting students into a system of eight societies.

By Carly Silver | Oct 29 12:38 am ET

Community proposal helps Morningside bike

The Upper West Side may make way for biking.

By Sam Levin | Oct 15 01:47 am ET

Dance majors work hard to make it all look effortless

No one said majoring in dance was easy.

By Laura Taylor | Sep 29 10:35 pm ET

Cooking vicariously through 'Top Chef'

Despite having under-stocked kitchens, tight food budgets, and cravings that err on the side of golden-fried rather than sous-vide , everyone is enthralled. Somewhat unexpectedly, “Top Chef”—and other food competition shows—have become popular with the college crowd. But what is it that has our fellow students hooked?

By Logan Hofstein | Sep 16 08:07 pm ET

MFA student revisits high school in first novel

“I definitely didn’t set out to write a novel,” said Liza Monroy, a current nonfiction MFA student in Columbia’s creative writing program. Monroy looks young enough to be an undergraduate, yet Mexican High, which she wrote five years ago, was published by Spiegel & Grau last summer, and it will be released in paperback on June 9.

By Olivia Shih | May 3 08:25 pm ET

New York summer dessert specialties to beat the heat

While it may be true that downtown eats are better and cheaper than many uptown offerings, some of the most coveted summer desserts are available within 30 minutes from campus for a short, sweet escape from Butler Library.

By Shin Young Hwang | Apr 30 11:30 pm ET

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