The activist group No Red Tape crashed an information session Tuesday for prospective Columbia University students and their parents, part of an effort to draw attention to the flaws they see in how the school handles sexual assault. » 2/10/15 5:30pm 2/10/15 5:30pm

Columbia University senior Emma Sulkowicz is carrying her mattress to class every day until her rapist leaves school. In an incredibly poignant act of solidarity, other Columbia students have begun walking with her, helping her carry the load. And today, they dragged several mattresses of their own in front of the… » 9/12/14 5:40pm 9/12/14 5:40pm

Colleges and universities have a reputation for sweeping sexual assault under the rug because they want to avoid negative publicity. That tactic has been biting Columbia University in the ass over recent months, as their administration's responsibility dodge has led to a barrage of bad press. And now, a smattering of… » 5/21/14 6:30pm 5/21/14 6:30pm

After several truly infuriating accounts of the Columbia administration mishandling and neglecting sexual assault reports became public, the University pledged to clean up its act. But, as is so often and so alarmingly the case, this seems to have just been a PR smokescreen: the administration's first concern was… » 4/24/14 4:30pm 4/24/14 4:30pm

Following a wildly infuriating and very damning report on Columbia University's severe mishandling of three rapes on campus, the school's president has announced new policies intended to make its sexual assault procedures more transparent. » 1/30/14 6:40pm 1/30/14 6:40pm

In the small town of Barbacoas, Colombia, women stopped having sex with their men because they wanted a road fixed. An important road, one that connects them to the rest of Colombia. They called it the "crossed legs movement" and it worked! » 10/23/13 2:20pm 10/23/13 2:20pm

Columbia University's The Eye convinced Delta Sigma Phi brother Phil Ross to take an hour off "from preparing for investment banking interviews" to discuss the "romantic framework of the 'fraternity man.'" Oh no. His response? It's all about supply and demand, bro. » 2/07/13 3:50pm 2/07/13 3:50pm

Tonight is "Orgo Night" at Columbia University, a storied school tradition that takes place every semester during finals when the marching band performs stand-up comedy in the library in an attempt to entertain (and offend) everyone. Some Barnard students say Orgo Night is too sexist to be funny — and that this year,… » 12/13/12 4:40pm 12/13/12 4:40pm

For college freshmen, the first few weeks of school are all about not making (and subsequently being stuck with during first-time-getting-wasted experiences) boring friends, learning which classes to complete assignments for and which classes to blow off, and, especially if you happen to be a freshman at Columbia this… » 9/10/12 9:15pm 9/10/12 9:15pm

After a nearly 51-year hiatus, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a fraternity whose Dartmouth chapter garnered a lot of negative press after former brother Andrew Lohse revealed all the butt beer and vomletes its pledges were forced to consume, is returning to Columbia University, where students are organizing a friendly… » 5/13/12 12:00pm 5/13/12 12:00pm

You'd think after Spirit Airlines' past year — snagging a spot in Consumerist's ‘Worst Company in America' bracket, receiving widespread criticism for majorly failing to respond to an alleged sexual assault complaint, etc — the company might have wanted to, shall we say, "fly" under the radar for awhile. Apparently… » 4/23/12 7:30pm 4/23/12 7:30pm

You've probably heard of this whole cooking genre that's sprung up around parents sneaking vegetables into otherwise delicious sounding things like cakes and cookies. Well, a new study has looked into how accepting of these sneakily nutritious snacks kids were, and it's beginning to seem like going to the trouble of… » 3/02/12 4:00pm 3/02/12 4:00pm

In the news today: A study of Swaziland women finds people don't know most rapes aren't committed by strangers. Another piece says rape is a war crime being committed in Colombia, and often not reported. » 5/12/09 9:30am 5/12/09 9:30am

Every weekend for the past decade, Luis Soriano has strapped pouches painted with the word "Biblioburro" to two donkeys and loaded them with books for villagers near his home in Colombia. Soriano, a 36 year old schoolteacher, got the idea after watching the effect reading had on his pupils. Now 300 people regularly… » 10/20/08 10:40am 10/20/08 10:40am

Ah, the fall semester of college. The crisp air, the drinking, the mostly-ignorant references to crypto-fascist texts spewed by someone who just took his first philosophy course! Which brings us to "James", a Columbia University student who wrote an "anti-feminist manifesto" on his Facebook page earlier this year in… » 9/02/08 4:30pm 9/02/08 4:30pm