Name, Hometown, School, Major: David Spencer Seconi; Rochester (the Roc), NY; Columbia College, History. Claim to Fame: The one I tell my parents: bringing Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to campus my junior year was a wild ride. I raised over $7k and organized a multitude of student groups/faculty/campus security in order to bring him to Lerner Hall […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Mario Gabriele, London, UK, Columbia College Claim to Fame: My time in Morningside was pretty devoid of fame, though I did stumble into a little infamy while abroad in Nepal. An angry middle-aged villager in the Himalayas is not fond of me…I called him a naughty man in nepali (never say that), he […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Jacob Rice, Oakland, CA, CC, Theater and Astrophysics Claim to Fame? I think I may be the only person to graduate Columbia with a double major in theater and astrophysics, but most people know me as the loud kid who looks kind of like Andy Samberg. Where are you going? I’m doing a theater […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Zach Sims, Old Greenwich (CT), CC Claim to Fame: Dropped out after junior year to found Codecademy, a startup focused on teaching the world to learn to code. We count Mayor Bloomberg and The White House among our 1m+ users. Where are you going? I’m already gone (but our offices are in SoHo so […]
If you’ve been cooped up in Butler for the past week like we have, you’ve probably forgotten how to use your voice/form words/engage with others. That’s okay. For your sake, and for that of the 2015ers, we’ll repost our comprehensive guide to Columbia’s loudest and most transient school tradition. Finals got you down? Then […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Alex Frouman, Larchmont NY, Columbia College, math major, econ concentration Claim to Fame? I might have been your RA, your TA, or your senator Where are you going? I’m volunteering at a school for troubled teens this summer and then going to Oxford for an MPhil in economics on a scholarship—i.e. for free. Three […]
We’re going on another Senior Wisdom bender for the next two hours. Enjoy, and play nice in the comments! Name, Hometown, School, Major: Valerie Pinkerton, Toledo, Ohio, Columbia College, Triple Concentrating in E3B, Economics, Political Science Claim to Fame? Effusive COÖP leader, Valedictator of Bach Society (sorry I’m not sorry about “bringin’ sexy Bach’), Greenborough house coordinator, […]
Last Wednesday, Bwog got the chance to sit down with Deantini to talk about the McKinsey report, financial aid, admissions policy, and a bunch of other things College-related. McKinsey Report: We first asked Deantini how he felt about Spec’s publishing of an executive summary of the McKinsey report. To our surprise, he said he was […]
In the time we’ve shared here at Columbia with our dear PrezBo, it’s become increasingly clear that he’s not the most, uh, accessible campus figure—unless you’re stalking him online or in class. But for most of us laypeople, PrezBo has remained a man of many mysteries, shrouded by evasively worded emails, exclusive garden parties rife with sparkling […]
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