Pugs and other animals
It’s late. You’re up. It was national margarita day on Tuesday, so I’m sure you don’t need encouragement that you will get through the week!
Actual News
Tragedy: Today, George Huguely, a former lacrosse player at UVA, was convicted of second-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love and sentenced to 26 years of prison.
Civil Rights: Ruby Bridges spoke tonight in a completely packed Diana Oval. More »
The perks of being in a language class
This series is all about celebrating the Little Victories here at Columbia. If you didn’t catch the latest post, we left our heroine celebrating the joys of travel mugs. This week, someone gives her a break.
I pulled an all-nighter
How my liberal arts education ruined libraries
Remember when you were young and libraries held books that you just wanted to devour with your eyes? You would enter the library and the smell of the thousands of books would wash over you. You would find your book and use that weird stick thing to mark where you got it from, then curl up in a cozy corner and read at your leisure. (Please click that link—it took me so many Google attempts to find the video.)
Fast forward to right now. You might even be in a library as you read this. Is it cozy? Does it still give you a sense of wonder? If it’s Butler, the likely answer to that question is no. A more accurate answer is that your back hurts from being hunched over a copy of The Wealth of Nations or The Radical Reader. It doesn’t smell like books, but rather like old coffee and B.O. More »
Are you a big league B.S.er?
Do you have all of your résumés sitting in a portfolio, printed on scented parchment, (I think it gives it a little something extra, don’t you think?) or are you still trying to figure out where the Career Fair is even being held?
Find out which kind of Spring Career Fair attendee you’ll be this Friday:
Fervent Freshman
- You still have your position as president of the Science Club listed on your résumé
- You run home and add everyone you meet on Linkedin even though you have fewer than 10 connections
- You call yourself a “first-year student” in hopes of sounding older
- Deciding what font size to use for your name on your résumé took around 45 minutes
Do the numbers really lie? Looking inside the stats for men’s basketball
Jeremy Lin! #Linsanity! Everything is Linsane!
There, now that we’ve got the obligatory sports post “Jeremy Lin” reference out of the way, let’s get to what’s really important. And it’s not him.
For a wide variety of reasons, I try not to be too stats-heavy on these “second opinion” posts, but today I’m going to shake that up a little bit—and I think with good reason.
You see, the other day in this “three quick thoughts” post, I made the claim that the Lions have played better than their 3-7 Ivy record might have you believe.
Unfortunately, after a little closer inspection, I think I may have been wrong. More »
Giving up more than chocolate
Perhaps you’ve realized this by now from the ashen markings on some students’ and professors’ foreheads, but today is Ash Wednesday. It marks the beginning of Lent, a period of almost seven weeks that lead up to Easter Sunday.
Many Christian denominations encourage followers to give up something from their lives during the period of Lent. Whether chocolate, TV, or (in my case) Facebook, many abstain in particular ways for the sake of distinguishing Lent as a season of turning away from worldly things in order to more acutely meditate on divine truths.
Doctrine aside, I think this is a practice many of us at Columbia could learn from. More »
CU on campus: Harry Neff
In this week’s “CU on Campus,” we talk about man skirts and drag queens with beards.
Find out where this freshman with daring style gets pieces to spice up his wardrobe (including where to get a man skirt of your own) in a multimedia piece after the jump.
Interview by Alison Herman, multimedia by Sara Garner, and photos by Lila Neiswanger. More »
GSSC to propose task force for greater GS student engagement
Wondering why there aren’t more task forces at Columbia? Sad that GS students aren’t more involved on campus? Madina Toure reports with highlights from last night’s General Studies Student Council meeting:
GS Student Involvement: GSSC president Jackie Thong and VP of Communications Jennifer Wisdom are planning on meeting with Student Governing Board Chair Barry Weinberg to discuss the proposal for a task force to increase GS student involvement on campus.
The first phase will consist of interviews with student leaders who are involved on campus. The second phase will consist of focus groups of GS students discussing their level of involvement on campus. They will subsequently send out a survey to students and come up with a recommendation. They plan on discussing the proposal with other student governing boards as well. More »
Free music and lunch at noon, Ruby Bridges and MiMoo tonight
Today is going to be fun! And it’s a Wednesday! First off, Pearl and the Beard are playing at Live at Lerner from 12 to 1 p.m., and while you’re soaking up the melodies you can grab a po’ boy and some gumbo.
Then, at 8 p.m. in the Diana Oval, Michele Moody-Adams will be interviewing Ruby Bridges, the first African-American to go to an all-white school. Excited?
Read this: William Deresiewicz discusses in this week’s Canon that Columbia shouldn’t have to choose between being a research or an undergraduate institution. [Opinion]
Know this: Administrators push a proposal to build two apartment buildings on the land of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. [News]
Here’s more: Queer swimmers are grateful for the supportive environment of Columbia’s athletics team. [Sports]
Columnist Mark Hay argues that the aesthetic wellness of our campus should be one of Columbia’s top priorities. [Opinion]
Weather: Pretty nice: partly cloudy with a high of 56.
Columbia alums talk porn and, obviously, Jeremy Lin
It’s late. You’re up. This one eleven looks to educate you about two alums you probably have no idea about.
Actual News
An alum in industry: Lux Alptraum, CC ’03, is the CEO of a porn blog, and talks about the way the internet is shaping the adult industry.
An alum who played against Jeremy Lin: The Knicks star is the talk of the town, and USA Today has an interview with a former Columbia basketball player who remembers taking on the Harvard guard. More »