Comments on: Police Arrest Fake Columbia Student

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:54:31 +0000

a man named michael came up to me yesterday as i was reading a book and listening to music. he spoke very bad english and claimed to work for LG. when he asked to speak with me again, on a later date, i told him i had a boyfriend and he said, don’t worry, i’m married.
if this married chinese LG man (abou 35) approaches any of you, take his card and ride away with him into the sunset. this one seems like a keeper.

By: GS '14

GS '14 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:49:25 +0000

Uh, GS folks participate in plenty of positions and participate in a large number of GS and school-wide events. I know several that head up large clubs in the school or hold officer positions in them. I can say for myself that the MilVets club, unless someone is doing it wrong, is almost entirely made up of GS student-veterans. Also, many GS types hold jobs in addition to their credit hours. And, not to take anything away from the other schools’ wealth of interesting students, I haven’t met many GS students whose life stories I didn’t find interesting in some way or another.

Sounds to me like you’ve just got deep insecurities you need to air out.

By: GS '13 GPA: 3.94

GS '13 GPA: 3.94 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:41:40 +0000

GS students take fewer credits, have fewer core requirements and are involved in less activities outside of the classroom. It should be seen as no accomplishment that their GPAs are higher on average, if they even are. Let’s think of a better argument than this one to justify our existence.

Also, stfu about your life experience in classes. Only 1 out of 100 times is it actually interesting or relevant to discussion. This is why everybody hates us.

By: GS 07

GS 07 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:55:19 +0000

Con artist Joseph Cafasso, aka Colonel Gerry Blackwood on campus, set up shop at Columbia for a while in the mid-2000s. Hung out in the library, attended events, tried to link up with profs, groups, etc..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:59:06 +0000

Actually GS students rank higher in GPA at Columbia, so the fairer argument is that CC kids are reducing the pool of academic capability. If you’re going to be an intellectual elitist, you might want to get some facts, like actual intellectuals. Then again you don’t learn that by cramming for the SAT’s or racking up meaningless extracurriculars :P

By: Van Owen

Van Owen — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:02:26 +0000

I’d hit it.

By: Van Owen

Van Owen — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:00:41 +0000

This is gay. Gray Fox, you’re either retarded, or Asian.

By: GS '14

GS '14 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:18:06 +0000

SEAS folks are either quiet or amazing. True story.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:16:30 +0000

How do these folks get into Butler?

By: CC'14

CC'14 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:05:15 +0000

Granted, their GPAs at Columbia show they actually are academically accomplished, although I’ve been annoyed by a GSer or two in the past as well. Then again, I could say the same for CC, and BC. Not sure about SEAS.

By: GS '12

GS '12 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:46:22 +0000

You might be right. The prospect is, of course, even more disturbing.

By: fred

fred — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:04:09 +0000

There are lots of posers at CU. Some are alumni that still hang at frats and look for cheap/free housing with sob stories. Bottom feeders. who cares why? just protect yourself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:44:39 +0000

but not in academic achievement

By: The Dark Hand

The Dark Hand — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:09:08 +0000

>not using meme arrows

By: CC '11

CC '11 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:26:46 +0000

Maybe that’s a different person? I had a similar experience with I think the same woman — slight build, South Asian, and definitely older than 20 or 26. She asked me to help her sort her giant trash bag of mail, and I later saw her asking people to log her on to the Butler lab computers.