Name, Hometown, School: Eliza Shapiro, New York City, Columbia College Claim to fame: Bwog Editor 2010 (Operation Ivy League, Boringside Heights, BwogWeather, posting the video for “Welcome Back” by Ma$e too much, the “Eliza” that asked you what exactly you were so upset about in the comments at 3 AM), “Morningside Shtetl Royalty”, fact brat […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: In life: The Three Musketeers. On our diplomas: Andrew Altamirano; Orlando, Florida; SEAS; Civil Engineering David Coplon; Mt. Desert, Maine; SEAS; Civil Engineering Jane Zellar; Helena, Montana; SEAS; Civil Engineering Claim to Fame? Steel Bridge, Ski Team, Sailing Team, KDR, Tequila Tuesday™, Bottle Wednesday, Columbia Hostel, Sky Lounge on KDR 3.5, Sunrise Shenanigans, 5-pg […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Jessica Blank, Livingston NJ, Barnard College, Political Science Claim to fame? I know who Millie the Bear is, bwog named a tag after me and I currently serve as Barnard’s SGA President. Where are you going? I want to roadtrip across America (or as of right now, just from Chicago to St. Louis) […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Andrew Kisch, New York City, SEAS, Computer Science Claim to Fame? I was on GSElevator Twitter , I’m the reason Rite Aid cards you, I’ve never had a housing lottery number over 500, and I was the guy in the Knicks jersey standing on the garbage can in all of your Snoop-Bacchanal pictures. Where […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Hayley Peterson, East Bethel, MN, Barnard College, Film Studies Claim to Fame? Former Drum Major of the Columbia University Marching Band, I’ve strutted around in a certain lion costume, and danced with Lebron James…sort of. Where are you going? That remains to be seen. But definitely northern Minnesota for the 4th […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Barry Weinberg, Indianapolis (a.k.a. “Indy,” “Naptown,” “the land that time forgot”), Columbia College, Political Science-Economics Major, EALAC concentrator Claim to Fame? That randomly intense guy who was always at CCSC saying “well, see, I was digging through the archives and there used to be…,” the reason CCSC no longer has instant-runoff […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Marissa Tremblay, Cow Hampshire, Barnard ’12. Everyone says, “you’re that girl majoring in geology at Barnard, right?” But I’m technically an Enviro Sci major. Claim to fame? People thought it was pretty cool when I came back from a semester sailing from Hawaii to Tahiti with a shaved head (a small part of […]

Despite what began as a light drizzle but soon became a torrential downpour, the 2012 graduating class of Columbia College made it up to the South Lawn stage—and on to the real world—this morning. There’s got to be a metaphor in there, somewhere. Words of wisdom and congratulations were bestowed upon the baby blue-swathed grads […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Nnaemeka (Emeka) Ekwelum, Boston, MA., Columbia College, Comparative Ethnic Studies Claim to fame: Co-writing and producing FRIEZE, which is one of my greatest achievements to date (special shout out to our amazing cast and production team—I love you all). The day that Felicia Marie Bishop dedicated her thesis to me. In […]

In case you’re living under a rock/booth of 1020 and haven’t heard, Obama stopped by South Lawn yesterday to give Barnard’s 2012 Commencement Speech. Decently Dynamic Duo Ella Quittner and Brian Wagner stopped by and made a highlight reel. In their heads.  “Fight for a seat at the head of the table.” That’s one of […]

Today, the SEAS class of 2012 took the metaphorical and literal stage. Super SEAS Specialist (aka SEAS junior) Brian Wagner watched and took some notes.  Coming and going with a bit less fanfare than today’s other ceremony, SEAS Class Day took place on the South Lawn late this afternoon. The atmosphere was decidedly less energetic […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Gac Filipaj, New York City, GS, Classics Claim to Fame? [Editor’s Note: Read about Gac’s claim to fame.] Where are you going? I would like to go to grad school here at Columbia. Three things you learned at Columbia: I thought I knew a lot, if not everything, but I came […]