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These excerpts were culled from Columbia Class of 2012’s Facebook correspondence. We encourage our readers to submit their own digitalia finds to us, via e-mail, at theblueandwhite@columbia.edu.

Me from the outside; crazy, speech about everything, driven, leader, creative, always thinking, big heart not a job—but a calling and mission?
Can I streak my hair purple and wear green sneakers as a 'lawyer?'

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you want it, you got it, toyota
everything's coming up roses...

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I nervously checked my watch every few minutes hoping that the MTA would have no surprises for me. I needed the train to move swiftly during the next half hour because I was going to attend my first opera and it was set to begin at seven thirty. My class had ended at six and I rushed to eat dinner, get dressed, and make it to the subway. All this took a bit longer than I had hoped but it was still possible for me to get there on time.

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does existence not become like some poor and pathetic payment plan of patience some choreographed leap of faith

where you hope somewhere in the end
to proverbially reap the fruits of your labor?

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I started to speak. "Hold on asshole, " he said, interrupting me and putting his hands behind his large head, "I'll let you know when I'm ready to hear your whinin'. I hear your sister's in town," he went on. I nodded slowly. "Back when that whore still had some traction me and the boys used to ride her like a camal," he paused, "two at a time," he snapped his fingers, nudged the goon on his right and winked at the one to my left. Clearly Mario had never spent much time around camels.

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Can you imagine about choosing any traits of babies? If you can choose any traits of babies, can you design your baby?

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The most prototypical uses of the world claim are "to demand" and "to assert." In this passage, Newman died of cancer, in other words, cancer took his life, as if cancer asserted his life was on its hands, and demanded his life determinedly.

(My eyes were glued to this headline ready by the person sitting next to me on the subway. I didn't know this expression and I felt scared because cancer seemed to have a huge power that a big movie star could not resist.)

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Mario Salvo was wrong--the operation of the machine can be a glorious thing. Throwing your body upon the gears really isn't necessary: embrace it for your own ends. At least if the machine is Facebook.

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I seemed so out of touch with this particular demographic and I even considered that Columbia may have been making a rather vain attempt to culture me and have me be assimilated by this stuffy crowd, equally or maybe even more concerned with appearances as they were with the actual music we were about to hear. All these thoughts were fleeting and I was well aware of their semi-ridiculousness.

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Reality is different between movies and novels. Human is not computer robots.

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Visible struggle! Finally reconciled, finally decided: SHIFT IN GENRE!

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My troubles with the argument.
Phrase "whatever is understood exists in the understanding"
This is true. Greater question: Does it exist in REALITY???

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The Magistrate seems like nothing more than a very stubborn old man. He incessantly bemoans the persistence of the women and their insolence, and does not for a minute take their requests the least bit seriously.

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It seems preposterous that at the beginnings of the last century, Upton Sinclair, to cast light upon the horrors of the meat-packing industry, would write The Jungle, a novel.

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I wanted to discuss with him the reason for camp, to tell him it existed solely for his pleasure. I realized though that this kind of conversation could never actually materialize.
He surprised me though; he started talking to me. I was able to relate to him the purpose of camp and my aim of ensuring his enjoyment of camp. He began to fully participate in the activities, enjoying himself at camp and ensuring that I had indeed fulfilled my aim.

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Barack Obama, speaking at Columbia? Most Columbians thought hell would freeze over first. And McCain? Why would he bother? But there they were.

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The incredible excitement surrounding the 2008 election presents a unique opportunity for the next president of the United States to revive a robust idea of citizenship. Hopefully he will grab it.

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Wreath
Scepter: King's College Seal
Bible
Outstretched arms--towards library, vulnerable, asking
Lamps on seat: wisdom and teaching
Face: Serious, intense
Cloak: academic, but defined as those of classic scultpures
Foot: Left foot forward like that of Greek Art
Back facing Low Steps, Parthenon like qualities gives the Alma Mater a much more classic look. It belongs there.

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I would like to dissect Anselm's argument and add my own ideas as to why God exists. I feel like Anselm had great ideas but they were not thorough.

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I will compare the "Standing male worshipper" to other members of the Tell Asmar votive group as a means of speculating further about the figures (whether mythical or actual) who were privileged enough to attain a lasting depiction of eternal devotion.

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I would also love to see someone take on the canon forming in the genre of books written by pollsters.

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Since residence halls are the epicenter of student life, it is essential that these machines are the first to be given swipe access. Most of the vending machines without swipe readers are in residence halls located a few blocks away from the South Field area of campus. If a student does not have the appropriate amount of change on hand, this student will be unable to access the snacks and drinks sold in the vending machines.

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