Lanbo Zhang

Institutional priorities

Should Columbia give higher priority to research or teaching?

Bacon in the reference room

The adage “a man is but what he knoweth” is engraved in gold lettering above Butler’s Reference Room. Do we agree with this assessment?

The Canon

Is Columbia an American University? Should it be?

ZHANG: CU football program due for reconsideration

We hang onto the football team despite its failure to justify its existence year after year. Successful college football programs serve at least one of two often inseparable functions. They are either NFL stepping stones or indispensable to the identity and existence of their institutions as a whole. Columbia’s football program is neither.

Basketball Supplement 2011

Men's Basketball

With core returning, Lions look to build on last season

2010-11 season recap: Struggles on road limited Lions’ success in 2010-11

Player profile: Healthy and fit, Cisco ready to step up as Lions leading big man

Women's Basketball

Basketball Supplement: Struggles on road limited Lions’ success in 2010-11

The men's basketball team finished its 2011 season 15-13, winning eight of its 14 conference games.

Academics

From cheating to the Core, faculty and students weigh in on classes.

America, the land Lit Hum forgot

America should have a place in Literature Humanities.

CU Arts needs an athletic counterpart

We get to go see Broadway for cheap, so why not the Yankees?

Bring leaders to campus, not to Low

The World Leaders Forum needs a change of venue to fully serve its purpose.