The Tea Party movement has been accused of being a collection of ignorant citizens convinced the government is out to get them. However, many who consider themselves a member of the disparate movement with legitimate political stances would disagree with that negative perception portrayed by the media.An April 14 New York Times/CBS poll found a majority of Tea Partiers felt their party’s main concern was their financial futu...

It is probably impossible for this sort of exercise to not sound self-serving, cliched and cloying, so rather than try too hard to avoid those things I’m just going to reassure myself that this piece is unlikely to be read by many people besides those who I thank within it.I have only spent the past two years of my too-long college career at Columbia, but the classes I have had, the work I have done and the people I have met h...

Come fall students will no longer complain about the snail-like elevators at the 2 E. 8th Street Building because Columbia didn’t renew its contract with the residential building. The school is instead offering a swanky, new housing option for the 2010-2011 academic year: The Dwight.Located at 642 S. Clark Street, The Dwight will also replace another dormitory building Columbia leased—18 E. Congress Parkway—offering...

Children are maturing faster with the help of Internet-spread knowledge that should be well out of a young person’s reach. With unlimited access to any kind of sexual information and pornography, some children develop into highly sexually active beings at a young age. This can lead to harmful consequences, including the contraction of various STIs and pregnancy.According to statistics released by the Centers for Disease...