campus community

Familial relations

Our ambition makes for a selfish campus community.

Learning by serving

Practical experience in community service is a vital supplement to a Columbia education.

Teach research

Teaching and research are inevitably and intimately connected at Columbia.

Going off-script

CCSC is changing how it operates in an effort to focus on student issues.

Lonely lions

Columbia University lacks a sense of community.

Four heads are sounder than one

Fact: Columbia is a decentralized place. While this has its virtues, it also breeds complex bureaucracy and often unnecessary frustration.

Going the distance

When I strike out for campus from Cathedral Gardens, I triple-check my provisions, wear my sensible walking shoes, and run through contingency plans involving cabs, buses, and stealing children’s bicycles in case I’m late.

A sorting hat

This is a school that lends itself to supporting the individual, yet when so many individuals are off pursuing all these wonderful opportunities, a small campus can feel like more of a springboard than a meeting place.

Attitude problem

How much are the Columbia students that you don’t know just some other New Yorkers, to be regarded with the usual circumspect distance and fear?

Enough Thinking—Now It’s Time for Action

Today’s is the last episode of the semester.