Columbia Dining During COVID-19 Creates Waste in a Time of Food Insecurity
Columbia Dining During COVID-19 Creates Waste in a Time of Food Insecurity Noelle Hunter / Staff Illustrator March 7, 2021, 1:31 PM
The “new normal” I had heard about for months was in front of me. I was eating lunch in an outdoor tent in mid-January, talking with classmates I had previously only seen in Zoom squares. I was grateful to experience a taste of campus life. I’d been home since March, but the comfortable warmth I felt seeing the lit trees along College Walk for the first time and building a snowman in front of Butler Library was the most at home I’d felt in months.
On campus and across the globe, the class of 2024 tries to connect with Columbia
On campus and across the globe, the class of 2024 tries to connect with Columbia Beatrice Shlansky / Senior Staff Photographer In December, after months of waiting, the University reiterated the message of its summer email and announced that first-years would not be prioritized for spring housing, leaving many of the class of 2024 to experience their first year at Columbia entirely online. By Faith Onyechere | January 18, 2021, 11:58 PM
Just as first-years and sophomores were preparing to move to campus last summer, Columbia abruptly announced the cancellation of all semester-long housing contracts. Students and their families were forced to cancel plane tickets and hotel reservations and reconsider their plans for the semester ahead.
The New Columbia Bubble: First Generation, Low Income Students Form The Majority In Pandemic-era Dorms
The New Columbia Bubble: First Generation, Low Income Students Form The Majority In Pandemic-era Dorms Sadia Sharif / Staff Illustrator January 18, 2021, 7:20 PM
Columbia College sophomore Vivian Jackson shares a one-bedroom apartment in Hell’s Kitchen with her family. When Columbia went remote last spring, she struggled to attend Literature Humanities while her mother, a ballet teacher, taught plies and how to stand en pointe a few feet away from her laptop. While the commute would have been easy, the opportunity to have her own room, reliable Wi-Fi, and an on-campus job compelled her to live in the dorms this fall. As one of many students who requested on-campus housing this fall, Jackson identifies as a first-generation, low-income college student. On August 14, Columbia reversed its initial decision to bring up to 60 percent of undergraduates back to campus and instead
understanding even before the first brick of the building is laid, laid, and to that end i ve invited them to a dialogue with myself and maybe others who might have some ideas as to how to bring about a solution that would be favorable to everyone. reporter: meantime, another new york democrat, congressman charlie rangel of harlem, who is seeking a 21st term in the house while fighting ethics charges has spoken out and taken the side of park 51 s backers. i m kind of proud they re sticking to their guns, rangel told an audience saying, this is where they would want to worship. but congressman john jay hall who is seeking a third term from voters just north of manhattan broke ranks with president obama saying while freedom is essential to democracy, it would be best if the center was built elsewhere. jenna: thanks so much, james rosen.
events around the world and the media desk bringing you all the video and live pics, 24/7, our rock stars. we start off with a fox business alert. disturbing jobless numbers out this morning. jobless claims are up, with a half million americans filing for unemployment in the latest week. that is the highest number since november and a sign employers may be getting ready to cut jobs yet again, ryan sweet, a senior economist with it moody s and joins us now. tough news, but nice to see you today. thanks for having me. tell us about why this 500,000 number is so psychologically important to the economy right now. well, to put it into perceive, we d like to see initial jobless claims near 400,000, consistent with an improvement in the labor market, and right now we re at 500,000 which suggests that the job market has taken a step back the last couple of weeks. what does it mean for the recovery? are we in an economic recovery right now? i think the recovery is underwa