Word: columbia
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...Drew G. Faust’s first-year salary will not be released until this spring. In 2006-2007, Ivy League presidents earned between $1—former University President Derek C. Bok forewent a salary during his interim term—and $1,411,894, taken home by Columbia University’s Lee C. Bollinger. Median pay and benefits for the heads of 184 public research universities was $427,400 in the 2007-2008 academic year, up 7.2 percent from the year before. Ohio State University’s E. Gordon Gee, whose $310,000 bonus announced earlier...
...fact, the Dalai Lama's chief goal in holding the extraordinary meeting of exiles is the exact opposite, says Columbia professor and renowned Tibetologist Robbie Barnett. He says the summit is an attempt to "reunify all the factions in the Tibetan exile movement" at a time when it appears to be at its most fragmented. "He's been criticized strongly in the past for not allowing free discussion. This is a great way to answer that criticism," Barnett says. He thinks the likelihood of the more radical voices gaining the upper hand in the discussions is low. "They...
...seal a victory or a late sack to stop a potential game-winning drive at Princeton. And for the most part, it’s succeeded. But at some point you have to start wondering, how much longer can it work?After a less-than-stellar performance in the Columbia game last year, Harvard challenged itself to step things up and make the big plays it had had the potential to all season. Now it has to do exactly that again if it has any hope of beating a Yale squad that has improved tremendously since its slow start...
...couldn’t be prouder of what they have accomplished this year, including the effort they gave tonight—it was unbelievable.”After securing the Ivy league title on a penalty kick with nine seconds remaining in the second overtime on Nov. 8 against Columbia, it was fitting that the team’s bid to advance at NCAAs should go to extra kicks.But lightning did not strike twice for Harvard, as Northeastern proved the better of the two in the final contest.The penalty kicks started out rough for the Crimson. After the Huskies began...
...team, the last weekend of the fall proved to be exemplary of the entire season.The Crimson’s final weekend of the 2008 campaign saw a resounding victory in one night juxtaposed with a characteristically hard-fought loss the next day. Harvard (10-16, 5-9 Ivy) crushed Columbia (6-18, 0-14) on Friday in a 3-0 shutout that featured double-digit kills from three different players. Continuing its New York road trip the next day, the Crimson again thrived off of a number of offensive performances, but ultimately fell to Cornell...