Just as the collective hopes and dreams of Columbia’s campus were being crushed by the weight of finals… ducklings appear. Mama Duck and her dozen or so babies, waddling and quacking their way around the side of Butler today (did these guys get busy?!). Alas! A heavy wind sweeps a few duckling off the ledge, […]

The old CCSC board convened one last time before finals. Brian Wagner reports, sheds one shiny tear. Norita Mengu was elected President of next year’s Elections Board. After she delivered a speech and answered a few questions from the board, the Council decided she had the experience and passion to bring about the reforms they hope to […]

. . . just a couple of firemen making a special stop to buy chocolate for their sweethearts!

A mother escorting her teenaged daughter on a stroll down College Walk. Mother: “Over there is Hamilton—it’s a classroom building. And that’s Butler, the big library.” Daughter: “What’s that?” (points to sundial; they stop) Mother: “That’s where I first met Dad.”