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Alas, fellow Columbians, our wintry fun is fading before your eyes.  Here in front of Dodge, see the physical manifestations of innocent fun disappear.  It’s a literary symbol, or something. Photo by AB
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FYI Columbia: the promise of wireless rooms may come to fruition–but not without a caveat.  Today from 10am to 2pm, CUIT will stop by EC, Harmony, Shapiro and 47 Claremont to review the buildings for potential wireless installations over the summer. An email from CUIT includes this cryptic message: “Also please be aware that there […]
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According to Columbia News’ Weather-Related Update–O, that we could aspire to such truly topical titles–there will be class tomorrow, but some a lot of gates will be closed, and we should be careful because there will be “a light coating of ice.” Police are on the hunt for two campus criminals: the wall- scaling spiderman […]
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How does place of origin affect chocolate? Is chocolate from Madagascar better than Ecuadorian chocolate? Are you a dark chocolate person? Can you stomach a 100% bar? Even if discourses on chocolate aren’t your thing, eating it has to be.  Make your way down to Lerner East Lounge between 9 and 10 pm tonight for […]
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For some coffee is merely caffeine fuel, for others it’s an art form. Critic Jason Bell, of last year’s famed food feud, investigates… As two employees fiddle with an iPad, unsuccessfully attempting to ring up an order, a third grinds coffee beans in slow motion, chatting with her friends. At Columbia’s outpost of Joe, getting […]
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Following recent redesigns of the Columbia website and Cubmail’s homepage, Barnard got its own online makeover today. The revamped Barnard site features flashier effects, but you’ll probably be too distracted by the collage and Fidelity-esque blue stripe in the background to notice all the techie magic. In the past two years, we’ve seen major web […]
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Dean Peña-Mora & the Class Councils of 2013 and 2014 invite you to Carnaval, “a festive event” promising Caribbean food, music and dancing! Expect free food from Korilla BBQ & Empanada Mama, and appearances by Tropical Beats Steel Drum Band and Sabor Dance Troupe. Register here for a rollicking good time. 6-8 pm in Roone. Be […]
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Ellen Morris, Academic Director of the semester abroad program, confirmed the Columbia students studying at NYU’s Amheida archeology program were safely evacuated from Egypt yesterday evening. After stopping in Dubai, they are due back in New York City today. “For the rest of the semester,” Morris writes, the CU & BC students will be studying abroad […]
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Last night Peter Sterne learned pretty much anything you would want to know and probably a lot of stuff you wouldn’t about how to have a career in politics. Last night, Matt McMillan, CC ’03 and internet consultant for Democratic political campaigns, showed a group of about 40 undergraduates in Hamilton 602 what it really takes […]
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Akeem Ajimotokan, a thirty-three year old lawyer who had been working in Columbia’s office of procurement, was found by the police last Wednesday morning, “tied up and unconscious in the trunk of his car” (NYT) after attempting to sell it on the Internet. He had been stabbed and brutally beaten. (WSJ) The car was found […]
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The Swim team beat Brown at Homecoming this past weekend! To celebrate, we bring you a bit of gossip from the latest issue of the Blue and White… Keep sending your silliest and strangest stories to tips@bwog.com Each week, the swim team coach buys 150 bottles of Ronnybrook Farm chocolate milk at the greenmarket to […]
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SGA: Housing Revelations

Katheryn Thayer reports on last night’s SGA meeting. Coming up: Barnard Basketball Night! Saturday, February 5, 7pm at Levien Gym. Support the basketball team and breast cancer awareness! With special appearance from Bacchantae, singing the national anthem. EcoReps will hold their first potluck of the semester February 2 at 7 in the Diana dining room. The […]
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