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In the spirit of symbolic welcome, NSOP is throwing a party for the class of 2011 on the site where many others before them waited in lines and were herded through stations: Ellis Island. Like the whole thing.
An NSOP insider has informed us that the children will be transported via chartered ferry to the patriotic tourist attraction, where they’ve rented out the immigration center and surrounding lawns. Welcome to America?
In other news of the weird and/or nifty: New York’s public transit patrons must not mind gaggles of drunk Columbians. Ivygate has the scoop on Chinese feuds. And a very dear Bwog grandmother is now blogging for them!
– LBD
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@me! MoMa party was LAME.
@curious george yo, #51, where can I get a hold of the NSOP sched?
@I remember when we ran a joke into the fucking round
@ok.. now its not so funny anymore
@Alexander Hamilton I recollect NSOP 1773, when our entire collective took a trip to Boston. We observed numerous wondrous ships in the city harbour, many bearing wooden containers of the notorious English concoction known also as Earl Grey Tea. Of course, it was fit in those days to bring a servant to accompany one in all NSOP activities, and as such, one young lad’s servant (named, as I shall never forget, Haywood Jablomie) thought it wise to propel overboard the containers I have heretofore mentioned. Many young lads, having already imbibed numerous gallons of Samuel Adams’ fine brew on the trip northward, joined in as well. Aye those were the finest days of NSOP King’s College did see.
@harassment is so gay. and by gay i mean bad.
@damn wow, what a way to welcome the 2011’ers.
@chestnut not to bring up mark modesitt again because I’m sure not even his own mother cares by now, but I did hear that he used to be one of the students in charge of NSOP, only to leave after claiming oh-so-familiar charges of “harrassment” against a fellow student organizer. looks like mark is back to his old tricks again!
@Armin Rosen is a genius. Surrender bwog to him!
@Angry Columbian Let’s not leave out the other stereotype: I saw another hot 2011er but he had a girlfriend.
@he'll end up gay by thanksgiving.
@??? uh.. ellis island seems like a weird place to partayyyyy. are people gonna bump coke off the health inspection desks?
@oh man 1911 and 1863 cracked me up.
no comments on the MoMA party?
@'10 eh coney island sucked…but I don’t think a huge boat would have been much better, who comes up with these lame ideas
@yo! more columbia people in iraq!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/BAG67R82LC1.DTL&hw=chip+johnson&sn=001&sc=1000
@question I wonder how many students lose their virginity during orientation week?
Anyone? Anyone?
@08er I dunno, this doesn’t sound so bad. Since it’s at night, it’s probably worth it just for the views on the boat ride. I know that getting hammered and taking some girl to the Staten Island Ferry during orientation convinced her to swap bodily fluids with me, so maybe the principle will work for all those other loser kids out there and someone’ll get laid.
Then again, this is Columbia.
@bah back in nsop 1911, they took us to the triangle shirtwaist factory. some stupid prefrosh spilled their drink AND dropped their lit pipe onto some clothes. man, that was one crazy night…sucked for the workers though.
@lol back in nsop 1863, they took us to union square.. some stupid prefrosh lit a cigarette with his draft card and started a fucking riot
@BIGPUN That sure was a waste of shirts.
@Camp Counselor The fresh meat’s looking real ugly this year. Don’t forget to stock up on paperbags, boy-os
@bad counselor Bad, bad camp counselor!
@senior senior I actually met a really hot ’11er recently. I don’t think that makes me a rapist… In any case, I doubt he would be at Columbia the summer before he would be at Columbia. I think that program attracts a certain type.
@'11er @camp counselor: urgh, i’ve seen ONE good looking guy in my class, and it turned out he was gay. i cry on the inside.
@grasshoppa you too will learn to lower your standards one day.
@2011er well then good thing I’m a gay guy.
@clipse? FUCK YEAH
also, I will be changing my last name to corleone before registering for classes
@Ugh Clipse? This sucks.
@Yes! The 2007-2008 school year has officially begun!
@... the nsop “secret concert” is clipse this year, fwiw. :(
@CLIPSE even if you don’t like them they’re pretty amazing live. what day is this and when?
@the it’s supposedly wednesday the 29th, according to an email i received through the grapevine. the only other performer i know is reni laine (frontiers girl).
@09'er Dude, nothing beats a live band on the USS Intrepid!
@'10 Ellis Island really doesn’t sound like all that much fun. If the party sucks, you’re stuck. At least at Coney Island there are rides. And a subway or two back to campus.
@'10 This is like a metaphor for Columbia. The party usually sucks, but you’re also usually stuck when your best friend is off hooking up with a frat brother.
@Push them into the river!
2011 I mean, not the Granny.
That subway article is interesting too; you’d think most trains would be equally good (/bad), at least in terms of things like cleanliness
@Beth P.S. No matter what they tell you, real life doesn’t really suck. Sure, you have to pay rent and go to work, but at least you get a bathroom that’s all your own.
@Beth Aww. You guys make me blush.
-Beth
@'07 we went to msg, but just like the lounge area. we couldn’t even run around on the court. best part was running around in the theater at msg.
@sorry nothing was lamer than 08’s party at madame tussaud’s
@Agreed That year’s NSOP makes me embarassed to be a senior.
I don’t know about quasi-religiosity. I think that the part of the island where they take your photo and then stick your head on an 1890s immigrant completely destroys any historical integrity that the location once had.
No, I’m not kidding. That exhibit actually does exist.
As far as I’m concerned, I would have rather had a ferry trip than a visit to Times Square, tourist capital of the world. So at least NSOP 2007 has outdone NSOP 2004 (which isn’t saying much).
@i'll second that that was pretty fucking retarded. instead of showing up at a landmark of significance or a naval carrier, we ended up at a place with imitations. sweet.
@when you said “bwog grandmother” the first thought that popped into my head was some old gs student.
@'10 I missed out on all of the NSOP planned activities last year, and I’m willing to bet that I had a better orientation week than all of the people who went to those events.
@'09 I thought my year’s party on the Intrepid was pretty cool, though I regret not having known enough to pregame. A silly freshman mistake which I’ve thankfully yet to repeat.
@so you were the life of the party when you should up the freshmen party as a sophomore?
@Woops Mendes*
@Well... Will Smith took Eva Menes to Ellis Island in Hitch so it must be a bumpin’ place.
@i must say ellis island is an odd choice for a party. there is a quasi-religiosity to that place that doesn’t mesh well with a bumping party. my mother just visited there with her friend yesterday, and she thought it was a very powerful experience.
i think having the party in st. john’s (dare i be so crass) would make more sense.
@Lydia Oops, you’re right, error fixed. I think I’m a little behind the times. And bwogging at 6 in the morning.
@a 2010-er psssh i hope they really did mean 2010, these 2011 kids are too lame. besides itll make up for our coney island one, which was meh.
@hah You bitter fuck.
@psh nsop is what you make of it. i had a good amount of fun at coney island, even though i came late and didn’t get to go on any rides. i hung out with friends and had a great time.
a party on ellis island might be a little awkward, though. remember that will smith made eva mendes cry there. imagine that times the whole freshman class.
i feel like an ellis island event can be one of two things: a learning experience on immmigration, which isn’t exactly what freshmen want during their first week in college, or a complete disregard for the historical significance of the place.
@Question Do you mean class of 2011?