Annual GS Town Hall
"State of GS" Tuesday, Nov 27th

What is the "State of GS?" Share your opinions and get answers about further GS/Columbia College/SEAS integration, the strike, financial aid, housing, Manhattanville, the OMA, and ANYTHING you deem fit. Dinner will be served. The Annual GS Town Hall is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov 27.

RSVP and send questions to Niko Cunningham, Student Body President at nrc2107@columbia.edu

Interested in the PEACE CORPS?

Monday, November 19
7:00 pm, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 477

Facebook Event: CSIS Interested in Peace Corps?

CSIS, Columbia Students for International Service, has brought together
returned Peace Corps Volunteers from places like China, Kyrgyzstan, and
Georgia to tell their stories, a representative from the Peace Corps
who will answer questions about applying, and food! Tell your friends!
This is a great opportunity to speak to people with amazing
international experiences.

Professors Clash Over Bollinger

Faculty members presented a letter to top administrators Tuesday condemning
University President Lee Bollinger for creating a “crisis of
confidence” and accusing the University’s administration of
inadequately protecting academic freedom on campus.

The Columbia University Faculty Action Committee, a coalition formed earlier this semester, presented the letter to Bollinger, Provost Alan Brinkley, and Vice President for Arts and
Sciences Nick Dirks yesterday at a meeting of the Faculty of the Arts
and Sciences. The statement, which an endorser said was signed by 109
professors, accuses Bollinger of failing to rebuke outsiders’ criticism
and attempts to influence tenure decisions of Columbia scholars. The
professors also condemn Bollinger for ...keep reading

The latest version, SimCity Societies,
which launches on Thursday, allows you to play out the climate
experiment, designing cities that either expand or limit their
greenhouse-gas contribution and environmental footprint...keep reading

Q: Why does Hollywood care about student loans?

A: It doesn’t, but it does care about prosecuting students who trade movies online.

That explains why the Motion Picture Association of America might care about a press release issued last week praising, of all things, proposed legislation addressing higher education financing and access. The bill would require colleges to come up with ways to help movie studios and record labels prevent trading in copyrighted works...keep reading

Girls' Science Day is an outreach event involving 100 middle school girls in the New York metropolitan area to give them more exposure to science and scientists via hands on experiments and interactions with undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs and professors from various departments at Columbia.

Girl's Science Day 2007

For further information regarding this event, please contact The Girls' Science Day Committee by sending email to girlsscienceday@gmail.com

This Thursday, November 15, Columbia Colleges Against Cancer (CAC)
will be participating in the Great American Smokeout. For over three
decades, this annual event has encouraged many to quit smoking. So
stop smoking and visit our table on College Walk and Barnard Campus
for hot chocolate, delicious baked goods, and t-shirts with clever
slogans, with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.

What: Great American Smokeout
Who: Columbia Colleges Against Cancer
When: Thursday, 11/15, 11a-3p
Where: College Walk and Barnard Campus

columbial.relay@gmail.com
www.columbia.edu/cu/cac/home.html