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Penn had dropped an ugly game at Columbia, while Princeton stormed from behind, as it is wont to do, to top Cornell in a double-overtime thriller...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVY LEAGUE: Penn Close to Crown as Season Nears Wrap | 2/24/2006 | See Source »

...Columbia University named Bollinger as its president in October of that same year. And the controversy on Columbia’s campus surrounding allegations of anti-Semitic sentiment in the university’s Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures department could have dimmed any Harvard hopes that Bollinger may still harbor...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Past Presidential Searches Give Clues; Chiefs of Other Schools and Deans at Harvard Lead the Pack of Prospects | 2/23/2006 | See Source »

This attitude stands in marked contrast to the sense of skepticism, even resignation, with which the general public has greeted the periodic raising and lowering of the terror-alert levels. Especially worrisome is the extent to which the public appears willing to second-guess official directives. According to a Columbia University study released in August 2003, 90% of Americans polled said they would not evacuate their homes in a time of crisis based only on a government order to do so. Public-health officials are increasingly worried that weak public confidence in official guidance will undermine their efforts to carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Why America Is Still An Easy Target | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

...Crimson wrestlers finished their last dual meets of the season on the road this weekend, losing to Cornell on Friday before splitting their matches against Columbia and Duke on Saturday in New York. For the Crimson (5-9-1, 2-2-1 Ivy), the season thus far had been marked by several impressive individual performances. Seventh-ranked junior tri-captain Bode Ogunwole boasts a 15-0 record in dual meets and 24-5 overall, while junior tri-captain Max Meltzer has a 13-1 record after returning from an injury that had kept him out of competition in the fall...

Author: By Tony D. Qian, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Individual Performances Fail to Save Weekend | 2/20/2006 | See Source »

...half. The foul was Stehle’s third and caused him to be forced to the bench after he picked up his fourth just two minutes later. QUAKING AT LEVIEN While the Crimson languished far behind Brown all evening, Ivy-League-leading Penn struggled to dispense with pesky Columbia at Levien Gym. The Lions hung tough despite falling behind by double-digits on two separate occasions and pulled even on a free throw by Ben Nwachukwu with less than a minute to go. Nwachukwu came through again with a second left, as his tip-in gave Columbia...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Slide Affects Play vs. Brown | 2/20/2006 | See Source »

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