Michelle Inaba Mocarski

GS Class Day speaker swapped computers for classics

Thomas Reardon, GS ’08, after creating Internet Explorer, turned in his computer when he arrived at college.

GSSC, SGB examine GS involvement in student groups

The Student Governing Board and the General Studies Student Council have formed a task force to find ways to get GS students more involved in student groups.

450 General Studies students turn out for masquerade gala

GSSC hosts a gala event every year, but the 2012 GSSC Venetian Masquerade Gala is the biggest one it has ever hosted.

Staffed by students, homeless shelters stay open

A Community Impact group sends Columbia students overnight to staff two Upper West Side homeless shelters weekly. The shelters need one volunteer every night to stay open.

For GS student, Prop 8 trial was personal

Ryan Kendall, GS ’13, was one of 19 witnesses against California’s Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

O’Donnell, driving force behind NY same-sex marriage, weds

Newlywed O'Donnell and campus LGBT activists say the gay-right movement is headed in a good direction.