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 […]
Insulting our athletic program: something we’ve never seen before, Harvard! Spectrum rebuts. (The Crimson, Spectrum) Someone is dealing with their finals stress in a more entertaining way, by apparently stealing all the metal objects in the city. (NY Mag) If you need an even better way to deal this week, Columbia professor Dr. Hilda Hutcherson […]
Over the course of many days spent here in Butler, we’ve looked on patiently as young love has shape-shifted through a number of manifest forms, from discreet Skype sessions to full on fornication, freshman-style. But this latest display is too much—we’re putting our foot down:
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Elizabeth Kipp-Giusti, affectionately known as EKG. NYC, CC, Religion/Human Rights concentration Claim to Fame: A fondness for hugs, a head for names, and a willingness to get dirty. Where are you going? Come Fall, I will be heading to Sacramento to begin training for AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. I’ll be roaming the Pacific Northwest […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Margaret Kaminski, New York City, Barnard, Philosophy Claim to Fame: Sister of Sigma Delta Tau, fundraiser emcee, and general loudmouth. I was briefly slandered on college ACB under the pseudonym “Morgit.” I threw a ragin’ 365 party at Cannons a few years back (which I’m sure somebody will explain in the comments). You […]
Name, Hometown, School: Sarah Camiscoli, Vacuous Shell of a Suburb, New Jersey, Immaculate Heart Academy- A Haven for Well-Behaved Women Claim to Fame: One of those girls who started FemSex, and/or that girl who brought up irrelevant points about slavery and gender performance during Lit Hum discussions of the Odyssey. Where are you going? Abroad on a […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Emily Nagel, Ridley Park, PA (Just outside of Philadelphia), CC, Drama and Theatre Arts, English Claim to Fame: Leading prefrosh all over campus, RA/CA’ing in Carman and Furnald, and probably more visibly, writing XMAS!5 with Jeff Stern and directing XMAS! 6, 3-year VShow Alum (directed 117), refusing to make a normal face in any picture, […]
George Rupp, as president, sought to stop political correctness, stop departments and schools forming silos. He expanded interdisciplinarism, and making
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