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Powell, a 1958 graduate of the school, was a member of the ROTC there.
The Ivy League school is reinstating a Naval ROTC program.
Columbia's senate approved a resolution inviting the military training program ROTC back to campus after 42 years.
60 percent of Columbia students surveyed say they want ROTC to return to campus.
Army ROTC has no plans to return to Columbia even if the school rescinds a four decade exclusion of the program.
Now that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been repealed, Mayor Bloomberg said the university should bring back ROTC.
Military veterans defended the university against attacks it endured in the wake of "Hecklegate."
Columbia students who want to be in the ROTC currently have to commute to Fordham, but they'd rather stay closer.
Anthony Maschek, a Columbia freshman who was seriously wounded in Iraq, was booed by fellow students at an ROTC event.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.