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Columbia Dining During COVID-19 Creates Waste in a Time of Food Insecurity Columbia Dining During COVID-19 Creates Waste in a Time of Food Insecurity Noelle Hunter / Staff Illustrator March 7, 2021, 1:31 PM The “new normal” I had heard about for months was in front of me. I was eating lunch in an outdoor tent in mid-January, talking with classmates I had previously only seen in Zoom squares. I was grateful to experience a taste of campus life. I’d been home since March, but the comfortable warmth I felt seeing the lit trees along College Walk for the first time and building a snowma...

On campus and across the globe, the class of 2024 tries to connect with Columbia On campus and across the globe, the class of 2024 tries to connect with Columbia Beatrice Shlansky / Senior Staff Photographer In December, after months of waiting, the University reiterated the message of its summer email and announced that first-years would not be prioritized for spring housing, leaving many of the class of 2024 to experience their first year at Columbia entirely online. By Faith Onyechere | January 18, 2021, 11:58 PM Just as first-years and sophomores were preparing to move to campus l...

The New Columbia Bubble: First Generation, Low Income Students Form The Majority In Pandemic-era Dorms The New Columbia Bubble: First Generation, Low Income Students Form The Majority In Pandemic-era Dorms Sadia Sharif / Staff Illustrator January 18, 2021, 7:20 PM Columbia College sophomore Vivian Jackson shares a one-bedroom apartment in Hell’s Kitchen with her family. When Columbia went remote last spring, she struggled to attend Literature Humanities while her mother, a ballet teacher, taught plies and how to stand en pointe a few feet away from her laptop. While the commute would ha...

Understanding even before the first brick of the building is laid, laid, and to that end i've invited them to a dialogue with myself and maybe others who might have some ideas as to how to bring about a solution that would be favorable to everyone. >> reporter: meantime, another new york democrat, congressman charlie rangel of harlem, who is seeking a 21st term in the house while fighting ethics charges has spoken out and taken the side of park 51's backers. i'm kind of proud they're sticking to their guns, rangel told an audience saying, this is where they would want to worship. but congressm...

events around the world and the media desk bringing you all the video and live pics, 24/7, our rock stars. >> we start off with a fox business alert. disturbing jobless numbers out this morning. jobless claims are up, with a half million americans filing for unemployment in the latest week. that is the highest number since november and a sign employers may be getting ready to cut jobs yet again, ryan sweet, a senior economist with it moody's and joins us now. tough news, but nice to see you today. >> thanks for having me. >> tell us about why this 500,000 number is so psychologically...