Name, Hometown, School, Major: Barry Weinberg, Indianapolis (a.k.a. “Indy,” “Naptown,” “the land that time forgot”), Columbia College, Political Science-Economics Major, EALAC concentrator Claim to Fame? That randomly intense guy who was always at CCSC saying “well, see, I was digging through the archives and there used to be…,” the reason CCSC no longer has instant-runoff […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Marissa Tremblay, Cow Hampshire, Barnard ’12. Everyone says, “you’re that girl majoring in geology at Barnard, right?” But I’m technically an Enviro Sci major. Claim to fame? People thought it was pretty cool when I came back from a semester sailing from Hawaii to Tahiti with a shaved head (a small part of […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Nnaemeka (Emeka) Ekwelum, Boston, MA., Columbia College, Comparative Ethnic Studies Claim to fame: Co-writing and producing FRIEZE, which is one of my greatest achievements to date (special shout out to our amazing cast and production team—I love you all). The day that Felicia Marie Bishop dedicated her thesis to me. In […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Gac Filipaj, New York City, GS, Classics Claim to Fame? [Editor’s Note: Read about Gac’s claim to fame.] Where are you going? I would like to go to grad school here at Columbia. Three things you learned at Columbia: I thought I knew a lot, if not everything, but I came […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Stephanie Jurburg, Montevideo, Uruguay, Environmental Biology Claim to fame: Hanging out like it’s a sport. Also I once 911-ed myself Where are you going? To the Netherlands, to study soil ecology. Three things you learned at Columbia: Aside from academics, which vary greatly between majors, New York moves at a completely different […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Usha Sahay, Short Hills, NJ, CC, history & political science, which is just a longer way of saying I majored in JSTOR. Claim to Fame: Conspiracy theorist, Simon and Garfunkel fanatic, overwhelmingly proud Youth for Debate mama, that girl rudely doing the crossword puzzle in lecture. I wrote the rules for this drinking […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Erica Weaver ⋅ Virginia Beach, VA ⋅ CC ⋅ English and Medieval Studies Claim to Fame? With the help of Writers House(s) past, I have wined and dined—but mostly abused—famous authors by giving Paul Auster food poisoning and cramming seven-foot tall Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand into a Wien single. I […]

Name, Hometown, School: Sarah Dion; Cleveland Heights, OH; CC Claim to Fame? COÖP Coord, CAVA member, that girl who is always late to class (this has become a bad, rude habit). Where are you going? The whole post-graduation thing is a work in progress. I’m staying in New York for the summer to work and save up money for whatever […]

Name, Hometown, School Ganiatu Denise Afolabi, Pawtucket (Yes, the Pawtucket of Family Guy’s Pawtucket Brewery) RI, CC (African American Studies and Political Science) Claim to Fame? Hmmm… To my friends: Finishing my credit requirements last semester when no one actually has ever witnessed me sit down and do work. To others: Either being the President […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Daniel Valella. Affectionately known as D-Va (a female version of a hustla, of a hustla, of a, of a hustla). Dallas, Texas. Columbia College. English and Comparative Ethnic Studies. Claim to Fame: Lots of people know me as the CA of Broadway and Hogan (“Brogan,” as we call it in the ‘hood). Others […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Todd Nelson, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  Double Major in Environmental Science and American History Claim to Fame? Worked with some great friends building the Columbia environmental community (<3<3<3), CUE leader Where are you going? I’m part of the inaugural Venture for America class (holla at CU fellows Derek Turner and Jim Kahmann!!) […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Brandon Christophe, Lubbock, TX, CC, Economics/Pre-Med Claim to Fame? I am uncommonly good at getting people to trust me with money including a small club called Face AIDS, the amazing brothers of SigEp, and at one time, a voting majority of Columbia College students. Where are you going? Most likely I’ll be conducting research […]

Name, Hometown, School: Pat Blute, Cape Cod, MA, Columbia College Dual-concentration in Sustainable Development and Anthropology Claim to Fame? Won a free trip around the world, played Dean Quigley in V115, created BwogWeather with the talented Zak Dychtwald and the inspirational Eliza Shapiro, put on SPEARS: The Gospel According to Britney thanks to an amazing […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Amanda Cormier. San Diego, California. CC. English! Claim to Fame? I convinced everyone on The Eye, Spec’s magazine, to pose naked one time. They still let me run the damn thing, which indicates just how crazy everyone at Spec really is. Where are you going? I’m staying right here! For a little […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Duygu Yilmaz, The Hague, the Netherlands, Political Science Claim to Fame? Secretary-General of CMUNNY, the-one-who-never-reached-5-feet, “she seems so cute and innocent, but she’s so feisty” Where are you going? I’m going back to the country of wooden shoes, weed and politicians with ridiculous hair: the Netherlands. I will be working for the Labor Party […]