Journalism Students Go Pro
By
Jessica Calefati
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The Paper Trail - September 8, 2009
A program run at Arizona State distributes students' stories to the New York Times and CNN.
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Top Colleges See Record-Low Acceptance Rates
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - March 31, 2009
Number of applicants spike, forcing acceptance rates down, while schools expect yield rates to increase.
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Columbia Has Highest Black Freshman Percentage
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - February 4, 2009
Brown and Cornell at bottom of Ivy League, and Amherst has highest percentage of liberal arts colleges.
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More Madoff Victims: Columbia Law and Brown
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - January 22, 2009
Law school loses $3 million from endowment, while Brown benefactor folds.
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Obama's Lessons for Transfer Students
By
Kim Clark
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Education - January 16, 2009
His former roommate talks about what he and Obama learned about switching between colleges.
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Columbia Climbs Big Hurdle to Expansion
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - December 19, 2008
Development board OK's use of eminent domain to clear some holdout property holders.
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Michigan and Columbia Expect Big Endowment Losses, Too
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - December 9, 2008
Their declines will very likely be similar to Harvard's 22 percent endowment drop.
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College Newspapers Endorse Obama Over McCain, 63 to 1
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - November 3, 2008
The only student paper to pick McCain as of October 31 was from the University of Mississippi.
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Obama and McCain Create Chaos at Columbia
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 12, 2008
Thousands come to see the presidential candidates discuss public service.
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Title IX Takes On Science
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - July 15, 2008
Federal agencies are taking stock of sexual discrimination in science and engineering departments.
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Tibet Tops This Week's Protesting Schedule
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - April 11, 2008
Duke, NYU, Columbia, East Carolina, and Southern Mississippi all chimed in.
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Jeffrey Sachs on Beating Global Poverty
By
Kirk Shinkle
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Money - April 11, 2008
The Colombia economist says it can be done with little investing.
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Story AND Newsmaker of the Year: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - February 5, 2008
The Iranian president was so important, he won two categories.
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Best of College Journalism Results Are In
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - February 1, 2008
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still big news, and the Michigan blog, with its promise of puppies, takes the top prize.
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Story of the Year
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - January 15, 2008
The Virginia Tech shooting was unquestionably 2007's biggest story. Vote on the best of the rest that made national news.
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Newsmaker of the Year
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - January 15, 2008
Choose the higher education mover and shaker of 2007..
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Best Alternative Media Outlet
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - January 15, 2008
Which nontraditional medium do you prefer?
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Hunger Strike Garners Support, Scorn, and Snark
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - November 16, 2007
Columbia University's hunger strike makes some gains, but the student government condemns it.
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Anonymous Evaluations Not That Anonymous
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - October 24, 2007
The University of Georgia went as far as hiring a handwriting analyst to confirm who wrote nasty remarks on teacher evaluations.
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A Hate Symbol Makes Its Way North
By
Eddy Ramírez
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The Paper Trail - October 11, 2007
At Columbia University, a noose found outside an African-American professor's office has sparked campus demonstrations.
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A History of Controversial Campus Speakers
Nation & World - October 1, 2007
Controversial campus speakers have been strongly protested with everything from petitions to pies.
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An Unwelcome Invitation
By
Jay Tolson
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Nation & World - September 29, 2007
The Iranian leader renews an age-old debate on free speech
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Iranian President Speaks; He’s Kind of a Big Deal
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 24, 2007
The circus has descended upon Columbia University this week, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Monday speech rained controversy, protesters, angry fliers, reporters, and Geraldo Rivera onto the school's New York City campus.
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It's Like Family Feud but With Biz Students
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - August 13, 2007
On CNBC's Fast Money MBA Challenge, teams of business grad students duke it out.
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