Today’s first Senior Wisdom: Mason Silber, the  force behind the original Penthouse Club and the first senior to make a Milano’s shoutout in his wisdom (how did it possibly take this long??). Name, Hometown, School: Mason Silber, Elkins Park PA, CC Claim to fame? Threw the original Penthouse Club on McBain 8 with my roommate […]

Today’s second Senior Wisdom: Gavin McGown, telling you that haters are gonna hate, but to wake up anyways. Name, Hometown, School: Gavin McGown; Toronto, Ontario; Columbia College, despite my Barnadmiration + swag. I more or less majored in Anne Carson. Claim to fame? I’m on your campus, despoiling your precious notions of gender and civility. […]

Today’s first Senior Wisdom: Rachel Ferrari, SGA hero and aiming for humble excellence. Name, Hometown, School: Rachel Ferrari, Jackson Heights, Queens, Barnard, bitches. Claim to fame? I’ve sat in a room for two hours every Monday night for four brutal years as a student government representative. I’m a huge nerd about it, but all the […]

Today’s Senior Wisdom, evening edition: Eli Grober teaches you UWriting, and most likely does a better job than your actual UWriting professor did.  Name, Hometown, School: Eli Grober, Somerville/Andover, MA, CC Claim to fame? It’s hard for me to take things seriously. I get motion sickness very easily, so I spend a decent amount of […]

Your week just got two times better: we’re doubling up on Senior Wisdoms, since there are just too many wise graduates out there with stories to share. The first senior today: Yanyi, designer extraordinaire (including of Bwog).  Name, Hometown, School: Yanyi — Glen Carbon, IL (most recently) but Zigong, China (to be accurate) — Columbia […]

Tonight’s Senior Wisdom: Evan Burger, of SWS fame, who calls us out on our own darker past. Name, Hometown, School: Evan Burger; Huxley, Iowa; CC (Philosophy major) Claim to fame: Founding member/lead organizer of Student-Worker Solidarity by day, Lerner manager by night. Where are you going? Starting June 3rd, I’ll be fighting corporate power in […]

Tonight’s Senior Wisdom: Jack Dickey, the guy who broke Manti Te’o.  Name, Hometown, School: Jack Dickey, Guilford, Conn., CC Claim to fame? Deadspin writer, English major. Spent senior winter break proving that a famous football player’s famous dead girlfriend never existed (Bwog: see above link). Still managed to finish my thesis on time. Where are […]

Tonight’s Senior Wisdom: Bob Vulfov, Nickelodeon fan and the second wise senior in a row to mention apples. Name, Hometown, School: Bob Vulfov, Moscow, Russia, Columbia College Claim to fame? One time, I ate a frozen apple in a bizarre, Russian art house film. You’ve probably heard of it. It’s called Белый Праздник. Another time, […]

Tonight’s Senior Wisdom: Diana Clarke, apple aficionado and personal Yelp-er, who wants you to remember the name of the school you go to. Name, Hometown, School: Diana Clarke, Worcester MA (home of the diner and birth control pill, mascot: Turtle Boy), CC; Creative Writing and Yiddish Studies Claim to fame? Pathological punner and Yiddishist; down […]

Our senior wisdoms will be running every night — and maybe even more often than that — for the next few weeks, so keep coming back to get your knowledge fix. Tonight: Evan Welber, mustached master. Name, Hometown, School: Evan Welber, Coral Springs, FL, CC Claim to fame? I still haven’t managed to raze memories […]

You’ve been waiting and asking (and asking and asking…) and it’s finally here. Our first Senior Wisdom of the year: Melissa Kravitz, who may or may not have a Barnard ID, doesn’t need CU Admirers to express her feelings, and puts your “commute” from Woodbridge to shame.  Name, Hometown, School: Melissa Kravitz. Highland Park, IL […]

SENIORS: (and friends of seniors.) It’s time for one of our greatest traditions to return: we’re starting our call for Senior Wisdoms. For freshpersons/transfers/people who don’t like one of the greatest things ever, Senior Wisdom is our annual features where we ask outgoing seniors to share the knowledge and advice they’ve culled from Columbia over the past […]