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...This very newspaper waxed poetical about Ahmadinejad’s visit, applauding it as a “proud” moment for academia and celebrating Bollinger’s “bravery” and “gusto.” The Columbia Spectator, that campus’s paper of record, congratulated the University for displaying the “courage and philosophical integrity befitting a prestigious institution.” The New York Times, no doubt comprised of many graduates from both amateur periodicals, similarly gushed: They “could imagine no better...
...Avowed Holocaust-denier and President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, feted last month by Columbia University’s tough-talking but effectively spineless administrators, received glowing praise from campus commentators and editorialists the country over. Welcoming a vociferous enemy of the United States and, in the words of Columbia president Lee Bollinger, a “petty tyrant,” was a courageous and laudable reaffirmation of free speech and academic freedom...
...shortage, including the training of more nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants. In addition, HMS Director of Admissions Joanne M. McEvoy said that at 165, Harvard’s entering class is bigger than the size of most of the medical schools that have recently expanded. Officials at Columbia University, Yale University, and Dartmouth University said their institutions have not expanded their capacity either...
...Chijoff-Evans also competed at the ITA Regionals. Ermakov, who was seeded 20th, defeated his second-round opponent from Fairleigh Dickinson, 6-0, 6-4, after a first-round bye, then lost in the third round, 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3, to eighth-seeded Mark Clemente of Columbia despite taking the first set. Guzick lost his first-round match and also suffered a defeat in the consolation bracket. However, he teamed with Clayton to advance to the quarterfinals in doubles, after defeating a pair from Yale, 8-5. Chijoff-Evans beat his first-round opponent from St. John?...
...mention the forces of history pressuring the squad all the more—this was a tall task.But respond it did. Bouncing back from 2006’s difficult dual season, the Black and White came out strong last spring, capturing early victories over then-No. 6 Princeton and Columbia and falling short against eventual national champion Brown by less than four seconds. After a successful 8-4 dual season, Radcliffe landed back where it belonged—on the river in June, back in the NCAA Championships. And this year, the team expects even more.“Last...