Columbia's announcement Monday that it was canceling next week's universitywide commencement ceremony in favor of small-scale celebrations was met with disappointment from seniors and their families, upending plans that a tumultuous school year could be salvaged with the normalcy of a time-honored tradition.
A Long Island high-school principal dropped thousands of dollars on steak-and-lobster dinners, boozy staff parties and jet-ski rentals using funds meant for a youth mentor program, a scathing audit sa...