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...gave his opinion on a potential conference tournament to determine the Ivy representative in NCAA tournament. Each coach spoke favorably about that possibility. The Ivy League is the only conference in America without a conference tournament.“I’m a huge advocate,” Columbia coach Joe Jones said. “When you are mathematically eliminated after just three weeks, it is tough to get motivated, especially for upperclassmen.”Last season Cornell benefited from the lack of conference tournament as it didn’t have to risk squandering...
...whose recent faculty expansion has forced its competitors to reconsider their hiring strategies. With a $1.85 billion endowment bolstered by a recent capital campaign that brought in over $450 million, the Law School’s war chest has enabled it to target tenured professors at schools like Columbia, Chicago, and the University of Virginia. To replace the faculty that departed, these law schools must also ramp up their efforts to poach professors...
...rare show of agreement, both Obama and McCain expressed steadfast support for ROTC at a joint appearance at Columbia last month...
...McCain, a decorated Vietnam veteran, leveled charges at Ivy League institutions like Harvard and Columbia for baring ROTC from their campuses...
...We’re here in a wonderful institution,” McCain said of Columbia. “But did you know that this school will not allow ROTC on this campus...