Dick Kiphart, the chair of Columbia’s board of trustees since 2013, has stepped down from his position due to an extended surgical recovery period and will be replaced by trustee member Bill Wolf, wh...

When freshman theatre major Winter Sherrod was younger, her male classmates often asked, “Do you masturbate?” Though she did, she did not feel comfortable telling them about it. She did not want to be publicly shamed for a natural act.“Boys are totally OK talking about masturbation and how much they do it, and women don’t really get that opportunity,” Sherrod said.Like Sherrod, many women have been embarrassed and ...

The college’s endowment balance increased about 12 percent during the fiscal year ending on Aug. 31, 2014, and increased about 48 percent throughout the five fiscal years prior, according to the colle...