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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.

Im great! When do u get to the city? I've only been here since like Saturday and had soo much fun already. Gotta get some stuff for my suite tho cuz its kinda dull.


im doing good. busy effin summer. lol. i've packed everything. im taking two cars, one for my stuff, the other for my family. haha.


Hey hun! What's the dress code for the party on the 28th? Is it like grown and sexy...casual..?


I've been good man i got myself a job at best buy (bro.. all the female coworkers are FIIINE!) but how you been man?


SO stoked!!

i got my bedding a few days ago hah.


THE E-BILL IS UP ON SSOL!!!!!!


Keeping it profreshional.


i think that schedule thing is a mistake

they said i have uw in pupin

pupin=physics

i dont think so


I've actually gotten two confirmations for my vaccine form (about 3 weeks after I sent it in, but I'm in Europe) as well as two reminders for AlcoholEdu in the mail. Health Services really seems to enjoy spamming me.


student 1: i am strangely excited about this whole james franco thing. color me star struck, i suppose.

Student 2: i know what you mean. there's something so exotic about having a celeb on campus. i hope he doesn't have a slip-up like julia stiles did with the JJ staff


I'm beginning to think I'll NEVER get the Iliad.


it'll be funny next yr when they're making fun of the 13ers!


fellini is overrated.

and oliver stone! what a tool. i mean like, alexander the great wasn't gay and angelina jolie wasn't his mom ok. that made me so mad.


I noticed on the DormAid site that there are no individual room clean services, just semester plans. Is there a way to get your dorm cleaned once and only once?


I don't graduate in 2012, but i am new and probably going to columbia, maan, the transfers always fall through the cracks, we're like stateless people with no juridical protection from human rights attrocities......

[Ed. note: The poster is from Guatemala.]


i mean, why study for physics when you can make sick mixes?


and i have a wii + guitar hero, but my parents have already made it clear that they're both staying at home. funny that they're worrying about my grades already.


who has bought a computer? what kind did you get, and what should i be looking for in one that i'll be using next year? don't know much about computers and all advice is appreciated

[From a SEAS student.]


floor 10 is just jealous our milkshakes better than theirs.


Student 1: YOUNG BLOOD!! YOUNG BLOOD!!!

(ummm...radiohead anyone?)


whoa! we have another member! craziness!

EXCLAMATION POINT!


First person in Hartley this year to stick a pizza box in the oven and set off the fire alarm gets flipped the bird. And likely sworn at, too.


ooh, if anyone has one that's combination dvd player/vcr that'd be even more awesome, because some of my best movies are on vhs...

I don't personaly have one, though.


I definitely suggest going with a group of friends, but just make sure you're not too obvious/ looking like babies.

haha babies

(I don't know whyyyyy 7h of sleep doesn't feel like enough....uuuugh)


But I promise I'm not one of those ditzy stupid annoying cheerleaders.

Actually ditziness can be pretty unrelated to intelligence so I take that back.


I just called the Orientation office and they said we DO NOT HAVE TO READ 1-12, just 1-6. It was a mistake in the email.

wooooooooo!


I'm on book zero. so it's all good.


Exactly what is this party suppose to be? If it's just looking at the galleries, then I don't really want to go. I practically lived in those galleries from 7-12th grade since my junior/high school was really close to it.


zach i have that saME discussion prd...
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01/10/2009


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01/24/2009

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01/24/2009

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01/26/2009

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02/01/2009

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Do you like to read and write about books, attend literary events/exhibitions, and frequent cafés and bookstores for readings by authors and poets? If you answered yes to any part of the above question, you should write for Spectator Books! My name is Yin Yin Lu, and I am the new Spectator A&E Books Editor. There are many benefits and inimitable opportunities for Books writers besides being able to see your name in print: interviewing all sorts of published writers, from debut novelists to Nobel Peace Prize winners, attending events at the NYPL, Symphony Space, book festivals, and museums for free, and getting free review copies of books before they are released! Last semester, for instance, I interviewed Lytton Smith and Karen Russell, both published graduates of the Columbia MFA program, attended a talk with critics James Wood and Daniel Mendelsohn at the NYPL, and heard Malcolm Gladwell speak at the New Yorker Festival.

Besides being exposed to these exciting opportunities, another reason you should write for Spectator Books is that it is not a long-term commitment - you can contribute as often or as little as you like. You can start your own column, write a recurring feature, or submit an article once every few weeks (or once the entire semester). Moreover, articles are flexible in terms of length and style, depending on whether they are features, reviews, or pieces for the Eye (Spectator's weekly arts and features magazine). Or you can post reviews of any length or style anytime you want on Spectacle, A&E's new and amazing blog.

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02/09/2009

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Columbia Undergraduate Film Productions is launching our inaugural Production Season to write and produce original short films for our Film Festival!

CUFP Production Season will consist of intensive Screenwriters' Workshops and Directors' Workshops to offer you full creative and logistic support from your peers as you make your films on campus! We are looking for talented writers and directors who are passionate about film to create fresh, interesting material for our film festival.

Ideal candidates will be enthusiastic about film, dedicated to the workshop process, and excited to work on short films in a CUFP workshop setting. Workshops will be late Sunday afternoons and some Monday evenings.

The DEADLINE for Writers' Applications is Friday January 23.
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All Applicants: Send an e-mail with your name, e-mail, phone number, and school and class information to CUFPproductionseason@gmail.com. Please write a short personal statement (why are you interested in CUFP Production Season? How will you benefit from the workshop process?). Make sure to include all relevant experience with film and writing and/or directing.

**Writers: Please attach a screenwriting sample in Microsoft Word format. Writing sample should be maximum 5 pgs and should give us an idea of your narrative style and genre interest. It does not have to be the short film you will work on in workshop, but if it is not please include pitches/ideas for a short film you would like to workshop.


02/15/2009

Contact email: rhapsody@columbia.edu


Rhapsody in Blue, Columbia's urban affairs journal, having successfully, if belatedly gotten its first semester magazines in hand, is going to try again.

We're back to North America this semester. We need pitches from you. We want thoughtful, interesting, fun pieces that say something about cities. What are you interested in writing about? The first step is to send us a pitch--a paragraph about what you want to talk about, how will you do it? Pitches are due February 15. You'll hear from us if it's a go and drafts due a month later.

Old issues are on our website if you'd like to see more. Great opportunity to publish ideas from class, etc.

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