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Opinion
More Than NSOP
| Sep 5Since the week before school is meant to foster strong peer relationships, the University should shorten NSOP while expanding and emphasizing its selection of preorientation programs like CUE and COÖP.
Awkwardly Speaking
By Alexios Shaw
| Sep 5
“Awkward” has morphed into a signal of the excess individualism of our age. Too impatient to concentrate on the person we’re communicating with, we obsess over the situation itself, and how it falls short of a standard of smoothness that can only be attained by phonies or by simple people who would never use such a word.
On the Care and Feeding of Columbia’s Pigeons
By Rick Shur
| Sep 5
As we continue our journey into the new millennium, we question our appropriate role as beings sharing this planet. Should we cling to an archaic idea that defines Man as master of animals, or should we see ourselves as cousins to each and every creature that crawls, flies, or swims around and among us?
Photos & Multimedia
Orientation 2008
| Aug 26
Nervous about being thrown into a University of thousands within a city of millions? Yeah, we were too. So Spectator has created this friendly online guide to help you along the way. Welcome to Columbia!
Summer Festivals: All Points West
| Aug 10
The inaugural All Points West Music & Arts Festival was held this weekend at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ.
Lottery Opens for McCain, Obama Event
By David Xia and Alix Pianin
| Sep 5
Columbia announced on its Web site Friday evening that student registration for the ServiceNation Presidential Forum will be extended until Monday at 8 a.m. due after a day of technical difficulties. Students have reported difficulties in registering through the site due to the high traffic on the servers.
Oven Fire at 600 W 116th St. Residence
By Angela Radulescu and Betsy Morais
| Sep 5
A small fire broke out on the sixth floor of the Barnard residence at 600 W 116th St. Friday morning. Everyone in the building was evacuated immediately and no students were injured.
CU Plans for Obama, McCain
By Joy Resmovits and Betsy Morais
| Sep 5
Columbia has released details regarding the process by which students will be able to obtain tickets for next Thursday’s joint appearance of presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) at Roone Arledge Auditorium.
Clubs Incorporate Election in Year's Events
| Sep 5As the 2008 Fall Activities Fair kicks off Friday afternoon, College Walk will overflow with eager first-years and the even more eager representatives of Columbia’s countless student groups. But in the wake of a turbulent school year and in the final months before a hotly debated national election, extracurricular life may be up for a new kind of energy.
CU Republicans Gather, Celebrate McCain's Night
By Betsy Morais
| Sep 5
The Columbia University College Republicans hosted a watch party of John McCain’s speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, an event which took place exactly a week before the newly dubbed presidential nominee appears on campus.
Project Met With Mixed Feelngs at ESDC Hearing
| Sep 5The Empire State Development Corporation held its second round of hearings Thursday on Columbia’s General Project Plan for its Manhattanville campus expansion, considering in particular the possibility of the use of eminent domain there.
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Sports
Columbia Field Hockey Aims for Ivy Title
By David Sims
| Sep 5
After finishing in second place in the Ivy League last year, the Columbia field hockey team has set the bar high for 2008 and looks to win the Ivy title.
Three Captains Lead CU in ’08
By Sarah Sommer
| Sep 5
This season, the Columbia women’s soccer team will try to improve upon its 8-5-4 (3-3-1 Ivy) record from 2007 and bring home the conference title for the second time in three years.
Arts & Entertainment
To Days of Inspiration: A Celebration of Rent
| Sep 5
On Sept. 7, 2008, the online countdown will hit zero and an era will officially come to a close after 5000+ performances. Rent has seen extraordinary success on Broadway, and now is set to tour in 2009. Having grown up with the phenomenon, Spectator writers “leave their conscience at the tone.”
Beautifully Tragic, but Don’t Pass the Secret On
By Rosie DuPont
| Sep 5
A Secret, directed by Claude Miller, is a bit like a long train ride in the countryside. It rattles through beautiful landscapes, and rewards the audience with surprising vistas, but the trip itself seems to drag on forever.
The Eye Magazine
September 4, 2008
How to Be the Best...at damn near everything at this school.
I ran into a first-year friend from my hometown last week while he was in the midst of deciding which NSOP activities to skip. I ended up standing next to Alma Mater for a good hour or so talking with him. After suggesting that he stay far, far away from anything resembling a scavenger hunt (remember “the BlaZe,” juniors?), I passed on to him my favorite piece of advice for getting through my first year: Don’t try to be the best at anything, because chances are everyone at this crazy school is at least as smart as you (and probably smarter). Since first-years are—well—first-years, I didn’t really expect him to listen. Would I have?
With that in mind, here’s a guide that disregards my advice. We have what you’re looking for, whether you’re into the Greek scene, the performance scene, the journalism scene, or no scene. We’ve asked the people who know best to tell you how to succeed. Trust me, you’ll need their advice.
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