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It's a mixed bag for Columbia today. The school was probably happy to find out that it ranked 9th in U.S News & World Report's latest top college ranking issues, but it's no fun to learn that its billion-dollar Manhattanville project was rejected by a community board committee. more ›

THEATER: Less than a week post-Fringe, another festival is upon us: the Brick's new Clown Theater Festival, which starts tonight with a subway parade and "free-for-all pie-fight." Some of the participating local and international performers wear big red noses but these aren't the sort of clowns that kids get scared of at birthday parties, but rather the promoters of and participants in a vibrant physical format that's re-energizing theater; there are performances like Chiche Capon's Cabaret out of France and Fools Mass by NYC's own Theatre Group Dzieci, plus workshops for aspiring clowns. Even if the Fringe has you tuckered out, these will be different and delightful enough to get you going again. - Mallory Jensen more ›

Joe Schumacher took this photograph of a bounce house on the steps outside of Columbia University's Low Library, making Gothamist wonder if our alma mater is maybe a tad too desperate for additional buildings. Or it could be that the school wants its students to regress, some arty students got clever, or the frat house's delivery company messed things up again. But last night was the first official meeting about Columbia's Manhattanville Expansion project, and people were angry: The Columbia Spectator reports that "[t]wo years of anger spilled out over the course of six-and-a-half hours" and that no Columbia officials present at the meeting "expressed support for Columbia’s plans in their current form." The City Planning department even told one attendee that there had never been a scoping session with such vehement opposition! more ›