Rejoice! The Lerner Hot Dog Machine has been been restocked (though the fact that it came to be “out of product” in the first place is disturbing enough)! You can finally enjoy those wonderful and disturbingly artificial franks once again.

A girl outside Carman, on the phone and seemingly near tears: “I’m just SO stressed and SO nervous that I’ll wind up in a McBain double!”

RoomHop once again with Bwog’s Carolyn Ruvkun to check out this John Jay resident’s epistolary memorabilia. If you believe your room should be Hopped, please email tips@bwog.net with pictorial evidence. “I consider myself a nostalgic person,” reflects Will Hughes, CC’13. He salvages his memories with a commemorative collage covering every inch of his John Jay single’s […]

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam at 112th Street The Episcopal Campus Ministry offers Columbia and Barnard free, simultaneous tours of the world’s largest cathedral. Register at: rs3046@columbia.edu or 212-316-7427 by April 22nd. What students have said about the tour: “This tour was truly amazing. Our guide was awesome (even stayed around later to […]

We’ve heard that a Red Bull-promoting frat has been leaving gifts on doors in Hartley, John Jay, Broadway and EC. Thanks, but this may have been more useful a few days ago.

It’s time for everyone to leave Butler. (Spec) The Columbia bubble isn’t good for our reputation. (Huffington Post) Paterson set the standard for the position of Governor. (Huffington Post) Maybe next year we won’t have to go home on Christmas Eve. (Spec) The government’s answer to helping us all stay healthy. (Huffington Post)

Columbians send and receive the darnedest things. This week, Postal Service (remember?) groupie Sarah Camiscoli slipped into the Package Center on the fourth floor of Lerner to beat the morning rush.  She sat down with the Package Center Professionals, Ralph, Jason, Alex, and Louie. Below, the Professionals list the most bizarre mail and people they’ve […]

For a few years now, the General Studies Student Council has lobbied to receive a diploma written in Latin–like the College and Law School currently give. (GS, along with the other 13 schools, award an English diploma.) Peter Awn, the GS dean, took a break from being totally awesome to let down GS students easily: […]

Tonight, CCSC brings you a rather bizarre combination of foods-without-price: chicken wings, mac and cheese, and green jello. We’ll take it! 8:30-10:30 PM, Lerner Piano Lounge. But wait, there’s more! An email from the Political Science Dept. about more free things: The Political Science Dept’s administrative office (IAB 710) is giving away a few hundred […]

5:00pm (that’s less than half an hour from now) brings the end of housing registration. From Housing’s web site: REMINDER: Online Room Selection Registration will close on Wednesday, March 10 at 5:00pm. (EVERYONE must register!) Any student that does not register will lose their guaranteed housing status. Pester your friends! Lest you miss out on […]

A lovely spring afternoon on the Steps. A man wearing a tie-dye shirt gives some advice to a friend: “It’s spring, so you need to get Tevas. These things are unstoppable!”

Just when the Community Inferno ’09 seemed to finally, finally be a plague of the past, Deluxe’s flashy good-for-nothing big-city-slicker electric sign caused the McBain Conflagration ’10 and we all realized that something needed to be done. So Deluxe got a new sign that is less likely to catch fire. Observe!

Photo: The New York Times Corey Haim, dead at 38. (New York Post) Two Columbians have made it to the next round of the STA World Traveler Internship competition. Go ahead and vote for Spencer Oberman, GS ’12, and Reni Calister, BC ’11–you can even pick both of ’em! (STA Travel, which doesn’t actually stand […]

Come chill with us and melt your worries away! Stressed about midterms? Good company and sugar can do miracles. Come melt your worries away with our mouth-watering desserts! FREE Cheesecake, Ice Cream, and Soda will be provided! Location: Satow Room, Lerner Hall Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Time: 8 PM Sponsored by Scientists and Engineers […]

ed D Satow Room in Lerner Hall “I Had an Abortion” film screening and discussion with Sister Circle and filmmakers Jennifer Baumgardner and Gillian Aldrich. Description of the film: Powerful, poignant, and fiercely honest, I HAD AN ABORTION tackles taboo, featuring 10 women – including famed feminist Gloria Steinem – who candidly describe experiences spanning […]