Alums - They Do Stuff!

Freshmen are probably noticing that NSOP slows down the pace of events quite a bit as it moves into the weekend. Bwog thought it would slow things down as well and bring you a round-up of Columbians in the news. We know it's not all national or internation news, but not all of us can be presidential candidates.

  • President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia remains closely allied to the United States despite continual pressure from Russia.
  • Tim Horrigan CC '69 is running for New Hampshire State representative. For more background on him, check out his Netscap-era website.
  • The Buffalo News profiles Dan Foote CC '85, who is currently on diplomatic mission to Iraq.
  • Future alum/current 2010er Raphael Graybill was in Denver this past week as the youngest member of Montana's delegation.

Posted by anon : #1 · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Bridgit Donnelly, BC '11, was at Denver as a delegate, too
Posted by Ray : #2 · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 12:59 PM (from campus)
BWOG, can you post about Facebook's Books On Campus application so we can recruit freshmen and buy/sell affordable books?
Posted by anoner : #3 · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Barack Obama, CC '83, is somewhere in the country being kind of a big deal.
Posted by Timothy Horrigan : #4 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 2:31 PM
My second life avatars are selling textbooks :-) I am not 100% stuck in the Netscape era.)

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Posted by and : #5 · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM (from campus)
obama's sister (maya soetoro-ng)is a barnard grad
Posted by ... : #6 (in reply to #3) · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 2:46 PM (from campus)
yeah but ever since that thing last year, no one on campus likes to give him any additional media attention.
Posted by and.... : #7 (in reply to #6) · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
And for some reason, he hardly ever mentions the fact that he spent some time here, though he mentions his Harvard law degree every other day.
Posted by Wilson McHoulihan : #8 · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 5:43 PM
what are the easiest major cultures classes, need some guaranteed A's
Posted by .................. : #9 (in reply to #7) · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 6:18 PM (from campus)
good point! /sarcasm
Posted by ... : #10 · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 8:12 PM (from campus)
Dude, I hear that the Graybill kid was the campaign manager for the state AG's campaign......

Future congressman or senator in the class of 2010...
Posted by copy editor : #11 · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 8:54 PM
internation?
Posted by gaffeter : #12 · reply · track
August 30, 2008 at 10:02 PM
"I think it's important work," [Horrigan] said. "Preserving our personal freedoms and democracies."
Posted by you : #13 (in reply to #7) · reply · track
August 31, 2008 at 2:28 AM (from campus)
would think that he'd play up Columbia more having majored in IR while being criticized for lacking expertise in it.
Posted by so? : #14 (in reply to #13) · reply · track
August 31, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Simply majoring in IR doesn't mean you're qualified. You need experience, too, not just education.
Posted by Alum : #15 (in reply to #11) · reply · track
September 1, 2008 at 4:58 PM
And don't forget "Netscap".
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