If you couldn’t get out enough this week to watch frat families playing Frisbee with their adopted dogs, couples stroking on Low, or observe hoards of unknown Columbia citizens emerging out of the woodwork in celebration of the beautiful weather, INY is here with more suggestions so that you can enjoy the great in and […]

“This is not the most important question I’ll ask today, but how many of you think that Cornell can beat Kentucky?” -Ira Katznelson, 20th Century American History, God Among Men

Last night the Columbia Queer Alliance gathered in Fayerweather Hall to inaugurate their new Speakers Series, a natural outgrowth an expansion upon their popular Third Thursdays lecture series. Holding no punches, CQA started big, focusing their first discussion on the rocky and contentious topic of Sexuality and Religion. Bwog’s Resident Tantric Sexpert/Peter Awn Enthusiast Mark […]

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 […]