This dude was spotted studying in the Carman service elevator the other day, sitting on his dorm chair stolen lounge chair (that’ll land you in Columbia prison, son) under an unplugged desklamp and with his trusty Nalgene at his side. Bwog gives up.
Vernacular change alert! Gender Neutral Housing will now be called Open Housing, and you better believe it has a task force. We’ve confirmed the makeup and goals of the task force with Dean Shollenberger’s office, and here’s what we found out. The Task Force (that’s right, uppercase as in Official) will be working on a […]
Name, school: Devora Aharon, CC Claim to fame: Student Governing Board Chair, Hillel Executive Board Where are you going? Most likely Mount Sinai Medical School, but I am trying to take the long way across the Atlantic and then Pacific to get there. Three things you learned at Columbia: Go to Orgo Night and then […]
All of these things are not like the other! The Hechinger Institute, an independently funded branch of TC, launched an education blog. Your tour guide lied: murder and rape rates rise in NYC. The most recent Jester and Fed are now online. So there’s this group called the Columbia Business School Follies and they made […]
We’re hearing reports of four firetrucks outside Lerner and firemen walking into the building with a hose. Anyone there? Let us know what’s going on in the comments. Expect an update in a hot (!) sec. Update, 9:38: Fire trucks gone, Lerner half-empty. Fire alarm went off briefly but firemen found no smoke or fire. […]
Name, school: Frances Bodomo, CC Claim to fame: Thinking I could crew on most on-campus film sets to supplement my double-major courseload. Also, chasing after you to submit to the CUFP Film Festival, also WBAR. Organizing events without a cell phone (hey, it all worked out!) Where are you going? I’m staying put for the […]
Asenso Ampim, CC’11, has produced a song addressing the inevitable post-finals decision: “EC, Heights, or Campo?” [audio:2011/03/ec-heights-or-campo.mp3] Try not to let it get stuck in your head until after you finish that last exam. You can download the mp3 here.
We know many of you are anxious about your interim and summer housing assignments, so we stopped by Hartley to ask what’s up. Spring interim assignments should be emailed out “by the end of today” and summer housing by “next week.” Hopefully that actually means “tonight” and “by the time everyone graduates.” Update, 7 PM: […]
Michael Adame takes a ride in the Dental Van of Upper Manhattan. When confronted earlier this year with new accusations of steroid use, Yankees powerhouse Alex Rodriguez kept his mouth shut—an ironic move for a man whose concern for open mouths all over New York led him to donate $250,000 last July to Columbia’s Community […]
Name, school: Kate “Kate-O” O’Gorman, BC Claim to fame: Prez-O of the Dems, Roosevelt Policy Director, RA, assorted other things along the way. Where are you going? Still looking for a job. Know anyone who is hiring? Three things you learned at Columbia: In my first-year, I learned about the competition to be the “most […]
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