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• Klein, McDavid, Lung, Johnson to Receive John Jay Awards • September 11 Recovery Efforts Continue • Columbia Expands Online Offerings • Jester Holds Court Again • Columbia Undertakes NCAA Certification • Celebrating WKCR's 60th Anniversary • To Pay Off Her Student Loans, Dunphy Tries for Miss America • Campus Bulletins • Roar, Lion, Roar • Alumni Bulletins • Transitions • In Memoriam

HOOP IT UP: Columbia's men's basketball team, with seven seniors on its roster including last season's Ivy League Player of the Year, Craig Austin '02, got off to a fast start by winning six of its first eight games before the Christmas break. The Lions spent the holiday out west, participating in the Yahoo Sports Invitational at Laie, Hawaii, and then visiting UCLA and San Diego State before opening the Ivy campaign at Yale on January 11.

The Lions hope to improve on last season's .500 Ivy record and make a run at the league title. "This is it. We have to do it now," says co-captain Treg Duerksen '02, who missed all of the 2000–01 season with a torn ACL and a foot fracture. Adds Austin, "We know this is our last year. We have to play well."

For the latest on the Lion cagers and all Columbia teams, log on to the athletics Web site: www.columbia.edu/cu/athletics/comm/.

ALL-AMERICAN: Caitlin Hickin '04 became Columbia's first All-American cross-country runner when she finished 20th in the NCAA Championships in Furman, S.C., on November 19. More than 250 women competed in the race, and the top 25 finishers were named All-Americans.

All-American Caitlin Hickin '04 PHOTO: DAVID ZINMAN '51

Finishing in the top 25 was not without its price, as Hickin told the Spectator. "I've seriously never felt that kind of pain. I can't even describe it," said Hickin, who ran the six kilometers in 21:08. She passed numerous runners in the final mile to improve significantly upon her 90th place finish of a year ago, and credits her improvement to a summer of serious training. "I ran about 50 or 55 miles every week," she said. "I definitely put in the effort for a more solid base than the years before."

GRIDDERS GO 3-7: Columbia's football team finished with a 3–7 record, identical to last year and a disappointment for a team that began the season with hopes of a winning mark. All three Columbia wins came against Ivy opponents, but the Lions lost a chance at a winning conference record by bowing to Brown 45–21 in their Ivy finale. A 23–20 overtime loss to Bucknell in the season opener was the first of four consecutive losses from which the Lions never fully recovered.

New York Governor George Pataki was on hand for the Lions' 28-14 win over Yale at Baker Field on October 27. PHOTO: ARIELLE JS ABRAMS

Tailback Johnathan Reese '02 and safety Philip Murray '03, both of whom were All-Ivy first team selections a year ago, were named to the second team this time. Reese finished his career with a school-record 3,321 yards rushing, fifth in Ivy history, while Murray posted 56 tackles and three interceptions, giving him 13 picks for his three seasons — three shy of the school record. Guard Matt Himelstein '02 also was named to the All-Ivy second team, while five Lions received honorable mention: defensive ends Jerry Bailey '03 and Brian Lysiak '02, wide receiver Doug Peck '03, kicker Sam Warren '03 and linebacker Chris Carey '04. Quarterback Jeff McCall '02, meanwhile, finished as Columbia's third-leading career passer with 4,250 yards.

ALL-IVY: Congratulations to the following athletes from fall teams who earned All-Ivy honors:

Women's cross-country: Caitlin Hickin '04, first team; Trish Nolan '05, second team.

Men's cross-country: Steve Sundell '04, first team; John Garvie '03, second team.

Women's soccer: Tara Davis '04 and Lauren Papalia '02, first team; Jessica Haftek '02, second team; Brianne Pardini '05, Meredith Corkery '03 and Jana Whiting '05, honorable mention.

Men's soccer: Stephen Foster '05, first team; David Duffy '03, second team; Michael Ching '03E and David Lagasse '02, honorable mention. In addition, Foster was chosen as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

Volleyball: Kathy Lavold '03 Barnard, first team; Madia Willis '04, second team.

Field hockey: Nikki Campbell '02, first team; Tina Fernandez '02, second team; Melissa Macomber '03, honorable mention. It was the fourth year in a row that Campbell received All-Ivy recognition.

For more on the teams' performances, log on to: www.gocolumbialions.edu.

HEAD OF THE CHARLES: Tami Deeb '02, the coxswain for the Columbia men's lightweight crew, helped the United States women's national team to a second-place finish at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston this fall. Deeb was asked to join the national team by former Columbia crew coach Tom Terhaar, who while on leave is coaching the women's national team. "It's a huge deal, something that anyone who's ever rowed in America dreams of — the honor of rowing for the national team," said Deeb. "It was a chance to compete at a level that I hadn't been able to compete at before." The United States finished second, five seconds behind the German national team.

Around the Quads

• Klein, McDavid, Lung, Johnson to Receive John Jay Awards • September 11 Recovery Efforts Continue • Columbia Expands Online Offerings • Jester Holds Court Again • Columbia Undertakes NCAA Certification • Celebrating WKCR's 60th Anniversary • To Pay Off Her Student Loans, Dunphy Tries for Miss America • Campus Bulletins • Roar, Lion, Roar • Alumni Bulletins • Transitions • In Memoriam