There will be no more financial aid.

LOL. Good one.

While this might come to students as good news, it's really just a trade-off. CU, as Bollinger has said, cannot afford to continue even the current allocation of finaid for students. Sure, we might get more aid, but expect to have fewer parties, crappier dorms, etc.

If you're on the GS mailing list you already knew about this. Mega-lame, Bwog.

"It is expected that in a matter of days, Columbia University will announce an extraordinary financial aid plan for undergraduates."

-Niko Cunningham, GS-wide email, 4 days ago

was BWOG's ""mega-anonymous" tipster" a GS mailer?

Yeah, that email went out a few days ago and was reposted to one of the Spectator blogs. Bwog isn't really breaking any news here. Sorry.

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Everyone knew this was coming, but there's a difference between a GS email saying "in a matter of days" and Bwog saying today or tomorrow. Good tip.

it's news to this reader. thanks bwog.

what it is? are we gonna go the harvard-yale financial aid route?

how people here would react if they were told financial aid is being suspended for a year or two, and the money is being used to relocate Manhattanville residents. mwahahaha moral dilemma much, motherfuckers?!

Maybe I won't have to pay for my education by responding to those "Sugar Daddy looking for college-age hookers" ads on Craigslist anymore!

ur dum

"moral dilemma much, mother..." more like stupid, unrealistic hypotheticals much?

I say make Columbia into the Rich Man's School of New York City once again! Who needs financial aid? That's what City College is for. We'd only be going back to how things were, like, 50 years ago.

I really wonder where they're going to pay for a financial aid package from. I hope there isn't a tuition hike looming.

On Tuesday, President Bollinger announced an initiative to redirect capital from financial aid to renovate the PrezBo Palace. Bollinger made it clear that the funds would add several floors to his mansion -- including a dance floor for, as he put it, "sweet raves."

Columbia University announced today that it will be eliminating all loans for SEAS and CC undergraduates from families that earn $180,000 or more per year. "We understand that many of these wealthy families feel that they are being unfairly targeted as potential sources of revenue, this plan is part of a comprehensive package that has been forumlated to address those concerns. We want America's richest families to know that Columbia University is here for them," said university spokesman J. Robert Dobbs. "We've also noticed a trend where students from this particular demographic face special challenges. Their academic performance tends to lag behind that of students from more modest backgrounds, thus making career placement more difficult, for example. They also face special challenges in the case where their families choose to pull financial support after college. As part of our new comprehensive package, we have chosen to offer a lump $60,000 dowry at graduation to students in this special demographic to ease the transition from university life."

In other financial aid news, the School of General Studies has announced that it will be offering free hot dogs in the GS Lounge on Thursdays as a new comprehensive financial aid plan.

GS is putting bunk beds in the GS Lounge?

um...fuck GS

bwog is breaking news if it was posted on spec blogs, since nobody reads those terrible, poorly conceived blogs

Ah, that sucks. Mainly because every time I talk to anyone about the bwog, all I hear is them talking shit... about the bwog!

Commentariat is actually interesting. I only read you guys for Hawkmedinejad--a term someone else came up with. and i'm getting bored the hawk anyway

...says the one guy who has ever read a spec blog, probably b/c he wrote it

Actually, I've been seeing fliers around Butler with [external link to commentariat.specblogs.com] on it.. so me and a couple of friends decided to visit the site... so bitter, bwog!

You casually included the link? You definitely write for the Spec Blog.

...I did it out of spite. But you can turn my comments around in order to satisfy the things you want to believe--whether or not they have any bearing to truth.

That being said, I would not mind writing for the Spec Blog. Bwog is constant bitterness. There's a difference between satire and bitterness and Bwog is way off the mark.

there isn't any bitterness on the Spec Blog because nobod reads it. if people read it, they'd probably be bitter about it.

if a tree falls in the forest, does anybody hear it?

if an article is written for Spec Blog, does anybody care?

so... any announcement?