Senior Seminar, FOCA may get the council axe
June 11 vote could change core requirements

A proposal to change some of the college’s General Education Core requirements could spell the end of two of Columbia’s most widely panned classes mandatory for graduation — senior seminar and foundations of computer applications.

If passed, the proposal, created by Columbia’s Academic Affairs Committee and set for voting in College Council June 11, would not only reshape some of Columbia’s core requirements for graduation and change the first year experience of incoming freshmen, but rename the general education requirements as Liberal Arts and Sciences courses, in an attempt to make their purposes more transparent for students.
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Manifest to show work of 1,000 students
Producers hope year-end senior showcase becomes a Chicago scene

In between coordinating exhibits in the Glass Curtain and the Hokin galleries, Carol Ann Brown devotes most of her school year to getting ready for one month and, to a certain extent, one day in that month.

In three years, she’s seen the Manifest program—Columbia’s all-encompassing showcase of senior work which she produces—move from a few art walks and parades with minimal advertising to a massive monthlong celebration. Manifest now culminates in an “urban arts festival,” where the work of no less than 1,000 seniors will be exhibited in 12 galleries alongside 31 live acts on three outdoor stages—not counting the ongoing acts performed by the school’s Tic Toc project.
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Book explores school's legacy
Former president chronicles Columbia's transformation, history

Three years after his death, Alexandra Eidenberg-Alexandroff still misses her grandfather, the man whose words, she said, helped change the way she thinks about life.

But she can still feel his presence, especially when she’s at Columbia.
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Student speaks about reliving family tragedy
NFL player faces new felony DUI charges

Leonard Little hits people for a living. He has spent the past seven years playing linebacker for the St. Louis Rams. But when Little struck and killed Susan Gutweiler in a drunken driving accident in downtown St. Louis nearly six years ago, it was no game.

Little was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in June 1999, and he served 90 days of a work-release jail sentence followed by four years of probation.
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A recent dispute between the Columbia College Faculty Organization and the college’s Admissions Office comes down to a misunderstanding over two words: cold calling.

In April, Director of Admissions Murphy Monroe circulated a memo outlining a student recruitment initiative for the college.
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Senioritis strikes again at Columbia
Teachers say students want to get away

First it was flu season, and now allergy season is among us, but there is a far more dangerous epidemic lurking on campus—a disease far more noticeable and contagious, especially around this time of year.
Senioritis.

It is cured only by time and freedom to bask in the sun and enjoy the rising temperatures, longer days and deadline-free euphoria of summer. Senioritis, not to be confused with the similar symptoms of spring fever, is a natural response to the end of the academic year.
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Win the online dating game

MILWAUKEE—Ben Thompson appreciates speed and modern technology.

After all, the 27-year-old Milwaukee resident has made a good living as an Internet technologies consultant. And his interests are typical for a guy his age: fast cars, fast computers and streamlining just about everything else in life for the purpose of convenience.
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Minnesota gives Yanni honorary doctorate
Artist graduated from the school in 1976

(U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS—When University of Minnesota Alumni Association officials thought about who they wanted to speak at their annual celebration and 100th anniversary gala, they only thought of one person.
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Witchita State University professors fume over ads in student newspaper
Ad said students could pay for research

The ad in Wichita State University’s student newspaper asks college students who “hate research” whether they are willing to pay someone to do it for them.

It ran four times this month and touched off what Glen Sharp, the Sunflower’s editor, calls a “faculty furor.”
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