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dWith nearly the entire student body locked up now in finals or the library, you may have forgotten that we live in quite the dangerous city! While tipster Alex Weinberg was able to stand on Ruggles in GTA IV, Columbia sociology professor turned underworld expert Sudhir Venkatesh noted in Slate that the first person shooter bears close resemblance to actual life on Chicago's South Side, where he studied social trends in drug dealing, gang-leading and prostitution with Freakonomist Steven Levitt. He also suggests improvements, including the option of being able to run over his book publishers.

The city is not just killing urban youth, but also innocent red-tailed eyases! Cityroom, after first reporting the existence of three hawk babies in our beloved Riverside Park, now tells us that it seems like they have died. Only one corpse has been found, but a local birder said that cause of death is most likely poisonous food, which would have probably killed all three hawk chicks. We are still not sure what relationship these 81st Streeters have with Hawkmadinejad, but they are probably related to our Hero.

-JJV

Read more: Columbia In The News, Not Hawkmadinejad, Sudhir Venkatesh

May 12, 2008 @ 1:36 PM | Comments 9 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post | Share on Facebook

Posted by dead hawks?!: [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:40 PM ) (from campus)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO

It's rainy and cold. And a Monday. And I have finals. And my shoe has a hole in it (which I discovered because of the rain). And hawks have died.

Is there no justice in the world?
Posted by Eric Idle: [#2] [reply] [track] (in reply to #1)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM )
You want to complain? Look at these shoes! I've only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through!

Posted by Sad: [#3] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:56 PM )
I found out about the dead hawks from Cityroom just moments before the news was posted here.

Needless to say, I was numb at the report of thousands dead in the earthquake in China, but almost in tears at the news of three baby hawks possibly no longer being with us.

Does this make me a bad person, or possibly just sociopathic?
Posted by venkatesh: [#4] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 2:15 PM ) (from campus)
is an asshole
Posted by lebowsky: [#5] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 2:49 PM ) (from campus)
hawkmadinejad makes my days brighter
Posted by well,: [#6] [reply] [track] (in reply to #2)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 4:03 PM ) (from campus)
Oh my back hurts, it's not a very fine day and I'm sick and tired of this office.
Posted by WTH?: [#7] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 4:09 PM ) (from campus)
Hey, whats up with collegeboxes now charging like 3x last year's price?! This sucks.
Posted by ...: [#8] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 5:27 PM ) (from campus)
the breathed in too much of lowlying adderall vapor currently surrounding morningside heights and it overcame their tiny hearts.
Posted by bwahaha: [#9] [reply] [track] (in reply to #7)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 6:49 PM ) (from campus)
They probably have to squeeze some drops of profit out of their drastically reduced business; didn't you hear about the massive delays and general idiocy of last summer? Store with anyone else, CB was so bad the Barnard student body actually got 'em kicked off of their campus. Would that our administration cared enough to do the same.

Seriously. My stuff was 22 days late coming in last fall, and I was lucky enough to not have water damage. Steer away.
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