One former-Ivy Leaguer won't have to sell nearly as much cocaine to cover the costs this semester as he enrolls at City College, where annual tuition is 88 percent cheaper than at neighboring Columbia University. But it's unlikely Michael Wymbs will be slinging anytime soon if he knows what's good for him—he's taking a plea deal that includes five years probation and court-ordered drug treatment. more ›

Two of the former Columbia University students busted for selling drugs in the NYPD's Operation Ivy League last year had a very disappointing day in court today. A mean judge decided that alleged drug dealers Jose Perez and Michael Wymbs can't enroll in a pretrial diversion program that would have kept them out of prison (and cleaned their records if they made it through). Another student, Chris Coles, was allowed to enter the program while a fourth's lawyer asked for more time before the judge makes the decision. Meanwhile the pair's lawyers say that the boys are being mistreated by a judge looking to punish some rich kids from a famous school. more ›

Harrison David, one of the suspended Columbia students charged with dealing drugs from the school's frats, pled guilty to selling cocaine today. David was the only one of the five students arrested last December to be charged with dealing coke and as such faced the harshest penalties (the others have their own plea deals on the table). He will most "likely spend only 3 1/2 months of his sentence at Rikers Island as a result of time served and good behavior," according to his attorney. more ›

The city's Special Narcotics Prosecutor's office today announced that it had offered plea deals to the former Columbia students accused of dealing drugs out of dorms and frats, but none of them are biting. Yet. more ›

The brothers at the Columbia chapters of Pi Kappa Alpha, Psi Upsilon, and Alpha Epsilon Pi can not be happy today. The Ivy's paper is reporting that, in the wake of Operation Ivy League (in which five students were charged with running a drug ring out of school dorms and frats), the school is not only putting those frats on probation for the next three years, they are also kicking them out of their University-owned brownstones on 114th Street. more ›

The five Columbia students charged with running a drug ring out of school dorms and frats had returned to court today. The five, all out on bail, showed up for a "calendar call" in which their lawyers spoke a little in their defense. The whole thing was over in less than half an hour and the gang is next due in court on March 1. Which doesn't mean a few interesting tidbits about the quintet of alleged dealers didn't slip out! more ›

Uhm, guys? You are NOT going to believe this. We may have mentioned this to you before, but this is for serious folks. Hold on to your britches: college kids do drugs. And it gets worse. Colleges really don't like to tell the authorities about it. more ›

Dr. Dave E. David, the Boston-based "surgeon, media personality and international caregiver" and father of incarcerated Columbia kid Harrison David (who sounds like he should have been on the late Pushing Daisies), may have told the Boston Herald that he was heading down to New York to “take care of everything and be with my son” but it appears that he is holding to the tough love that the younger David was expecting as his kid is still in the Manhattan Detention Center on $50k bail. Can't say the last of Columbia's alleged drug dealers wasn't warned, though. We've tried to get a comment from Dr. David but have yet to reach him. more ›

As Columbia's awful PR week continues, four out of the five Columbia students charged with running a drug ring out of the school's dorms and frats are now free on bail. Only Harrison David, who reportedly told cops he was dealing because his father "wouldn't pay my tuition," remains in the Manhattan Detention Center. It is unclear if he will be out for Christmas, as David claims his father hung up on him without saying anything when he tried to call his father from jail. more ›

The five Columbia students arrested early yesterday morning for allegedly running a drug ring that included everything from adderall to ecstasy went before a judge last night for their arraignment and all pled not guilty. Only the oldest, Michael Wymbs, was able to pay his bail (which ranged for the group between $30,000 and $75,000) while the rest are still in the Manhattan Detention Center. more ›