Name, Hometown, School: Sarah Ngu. Malaysia (first 10 years). Irvine, California (7 years). Now in Long Island (3+ years). Columbia College. American Studies & Political Science. Claim to Fame? I like to think about questions, search for answers and create forums for people to discuss them, whether as the president of the Veritas Forum or as a […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Felicia Bishop, Arlington, MA, Columbia College, Sociology and African American Studies Claim to Fame? hmmm.. perhaps the most epic walk of shame? I was forced to run through hordes of graduating students descending on college walk for Commencement last year, smelling like the Heights manufactured a fucking fragrance to eternalize the nights we […]

Name/Hometown/School/Major: Amirah Sequeira, Winnipeg, MB, CANADA BABY. CC – History and Sustainable Development. Claim to Fame: Before the last Harry Potter movie came out, I spent an entire night in 209 writing a Harry Potter themed SGB newsletter. Also, Deantini called me a pain in the ass today (clearly I’ve succeeded in life). Once I got […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Jeff Stern, Los Angeles, California, CC’ 12, Film Claim to Fame? I’m another guy who successfully transferred to Columbia from a school in California, and once the admissions office used me for a photo shoot for the “Blue Book” but settled on a picture where all you can see is the back of […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Zach Levine, Fresno, California, CC, Anthropology Claim to Fame? Columbia’s gayest salutatorian since George Stephanopoulos. Sarah Camiscoli’s daughter. Really-wrote a thesis that is pretend-entitled “The Gayest Miracle.” Pretend-wrote a real porno entitled “The Gayest Miracle.” Columbia’s most confusing salutatorian. Where are you going? New York. My parents aren’t paying for me to fly home […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Jasmine Senior (yes, that’s my last name), Army Brat, Columbia College, Political Science/French and Francophone Studies Claim to Fame? I consistently provide people with free food throughout the academic year. I have also never pulled an all-nighter. In part because my body just won’t let me (probably jinxing myself…) Where are […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: David Spencer Seconi; Rochester (the Roc), NY; Columbia College, History. Claim to Fame: The one I tell my parents: bringing Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to campus my junior year was a wild ride. I raised over $7k and organized a multitude of student groups/faculty/campus security in order to bring him to Lerner Hall […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Mario Gabriele, London, UK, Columbia College Claim to Fame: My time in Morningside was pretty devoid of fame, though I did stumble into a little infamy while abroad in Nepal. An angry middle-aged villager in the Himalayas is not fond of me…I called him a naughty man in nepali (never say that), he […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Jacob Rice, Oakland, CA, CC, Theater and Astrophysics Claim to Fame? I think I may be the only person to graduate Columbia with a double major in theater and astrophysics, but most people know me as the loud kid who looks kind of like Andy Samberg. Where are you going? I’m doing a theater […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Zach Sims, Old Greenwich (CT), CC Claim to Fame: Dropped out after junior year to found Codecademy, a startup focused on teaching the world to learn to code. We count Mayor Bloomberg and The White House among our 1m+ users. Where are you going? I’m already gone (but our offices are in SoHo so […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Alex Frouman, Larchmont NY, Columbia College, math major, econ concentration Claim to Fame? I might have been your RA, your TA, or your senator Where are you going? I’m volunteering at a school for troubled teens this summer and then going to Oxford for an MPhil in economics on a scholarship—i.e. for free. Three […]

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, […]

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 […]