Time to don the shorts and shades – the flowers are out! –Photo by ECS

Aw…how cute! PrezBo talks about self-esteem. Photo via The Wall Street Journal

Head to Barnard for some midday shopping. They’ve got jewelry and vintage clothes galore! Hurry though – the fair closes at 6pm. -Photo by ECS

Bombed that midterm? Slept through one too many lectures? Don’t panic! Today’s your last chance to pass/fail a class. (Remember, you need a letter grade for core and language classes…damn you, Arabic!) It’s also the last day to drop a class if you’re in SEAS. Get the form here. Now go to Kent and save that […]

Comrades, revolution is upon us! Communists demanding revolution and handing out their literature. Photo by BPD

Driven out of Canada, Anne Coulter claims to have been well received at the Ivies. (ThinkProgess) Things are getting out of hand in the post-health care reform era. (Huffington Post) Something that may deserve a few protests. (New York Post) Columbia plans to live large, and hopes not to upset the neighbors. (NY1) Apparently Columbia’s […]

Diana Center Black Box A new mixed media project of poetic and mythical lengths, The Leap of Ersatz! tells the story of an archetypal poet who returns to nature seeking meaning in a life filled with loss, disillusionment and mendacity. It is on this path, however, that Ersatz falls into a state of unconsciousness where […]

Remember to bring your camera to capture the best moments of your spring break! Submit your photos to the annual Columbia University Exposure Photography Contest and you may win cash prizes and a professionally print of your photo! The contest has 5 categories: People/Emotive, Nature/Landscape, Urban, Humor/Humour, Abstract. All submitted works will be exhibited during […]

@ Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR Dr. Shaw will be discussing his work in D. E. Shaw Research (“DESRES”) as chief scientist. RSVP today at http://www.tinyurl.com/deshawtalk!

NYC’s First Intercollegiate Hackathon – Friday, April 2nd, starting at 7pm and lasting 24 hours Meet top programmers & hackers from Columbia, NYU, UPenn, City College, Yale, Cooper Union, Brown, & Princeton. Learn about cool new technologies and APIs demoed by NYC’s top tech startups. Improve your hacking skills with tips and tricks from startup […]

@ Satow Room Come to the FREE screening of Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-Winning film “Letters from Iwo Jima,” hosted by Columbia Japan Society! There will be a short introduction provided by Professor Carol Gluck, an expert in the field of WWII history, and an opportunity for discussion and a Q&A session with Professor Gluck following the […]

The youngest-ever president of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, CC ’94, will be speaking at Columbia College’s Class Day. At a celebration tonight in Havana Central’s back room, Class Council 2010 President Cliff Massey revealed Jealous’s selection after weeks of speculation that saw names floated including Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan Jealous, who was involved with […]

Now there’s a novel idea! The CQA will host another of their “Third Thursday” Speaker Series tonight. The event will focus on Religion and Sexuality, and speakers will include GS Dean Peter Awn and our very own Learned Foote, among several others. Free food happens at 7:30, and the discussion begins at 8, all in […]

In case the weather wasn’t enough to tip you off, here’s another surefire sign that spring is here: lemonade is back at Oren’s!

It’s been a while, but today feels like an alternate Wednesday. That means the return of QuickTix, a look at what’s selling and what’s for sale at the TIC.We’re experimenting with categories, but expect to find big sellers and recommendations next week. Tickets sold for campus events this past week: 457 And a few upcoming […]