Columbia UniversityNews and information about Columbia University. News and information from the best feeds offered by Columbia University.Election '08: Community Organizer In Chief- September 17, 2008 Election '08: Barack Obama claims he worked for a "small group of churches" as a community organizer.http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?status=article&id=306457496204... Analyze this - By Calev Ben-David- September 17, 2008 The current Wall Street meltdown is now the worst financial crisis in the US since 1987's "Black Monday" stocks plunge, with the collapse and crippling of major American financial institutions even spurring ...http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=12214... Jewish groups gear up for Ahmadinejad's trip to N.Y.- September 17, 2008 With hundreds of world leaders, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, slated to come here next week for the annual opening of the U.N. General Assembly, Jewish groups will be campaigning both ...http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/item/jewish_groups_gear_up_for_ahmadinejads_trip_to_... Richard Cohen: No more Mr. Truth Guy- September 16, 2008 Following his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 South Carolina primary, John McCain did something extraordinary: He confessed to lying about how he felt about the Confederate battle flag, which he actually ...http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_10479810 Chinese Movie Makers Secretly Head to Hollywood- September 16, 2008 University of California, Los Angeles recently held a series of semi-secret meetings for low level Chinese movie executives.http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/movies/chinese_movie_makers_secretly_head_to_hollywo... Chinese student enrollment at MU at an all-time high- September 16, 2008 Anson Li, 20, at left, a senior MU business student and president of the Chinese Business Student Association, jokes with his friend, David Wong, at the Memorial Union on the evening of Sunday, Sept.http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/09/16/chinese-student-enrollment-mu-all-tim... How Terrorism Ends....- September 16, 2008 The RAND Corporation dug into its own funds to produce an unusual report. It seeks to determine how terrorists groups end .http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/16/how_terrorism_ends/ Remember when- September 16, 2008 New homes completed or under construction numbered 18, compared to eight in 1957.http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/invermerevalleyecho/community/28426634.html Joseph Stiglitz: How foreign governments are buying America- September 16, 2008 Big Think presents a short video of Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz explaining how foreign governments are buying America.http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/16/joseph-stiglitz-how.html Author of "Ten-Cent Plague" Explores Outlaw Comics- September 16, 2008 The Ozzie and Harriet years, the era between World War II and the advent of rock 'n' roll, are portrayed as an idyllic time in American history.http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=17744 |