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Tonight marked the 3rd Annual Pillow Fight/Primal Scream. Not that we needed to tell you that; anyone who wasn't getting a good night's rest before a final (ha!) or listening to very loud music probably just heard about 25 straight minutes of screaming emanating from South Lawn.

The be-pillowed masses started to gather at 11:50 PM or so, slowly migrating out of Butler and the dorms and congregating by the sundial. An official-sounding girl with a pillow (UPDATE: "The lovely" Nina Bell, founder of the pillow fight Correct UPDATE: Lindsey Kaley, this year's event organizer.) instructed the ranks to split in two, and half retreated to the steps of Butler, while half stayed put at the sundial.

A midnight exactly, the two troops charged towards one another—pillows were flung, screams were primal. Bwog personally noticed two pairs of glasses break and heard of the destruction of at least one pillowcase.

Bwog asked one sophomore who the winner of the pillow fight was, the Butler side or the sundial side. She paused. "Neither. The system. The man."

More portraits of cotton-y carnage below.


Read more: Original Photos, Pillow Fights, Pillows, South Lawn, Stress

May 12, 2008 @ 12:29 AM | Comments 57 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post | Share on Facebook

Posted by wow: [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:32 AM ) (from campus)
someone was out there with a crutch? probably injured the other leg...
Posted by Looks like fun: [#2] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:32 AM ) (from campus)
But when's the panty raid?
Posted by yeah: [#3] [reply] [track] (in reply to #1)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:34 AM ) (from campus)
well, maybe that's what he uses as a pillow. it's ok - we're a tolerant school.
Posted by 300: [#4] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:36 AM ) (from campus)
SPARTAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Posted by DHI: [#5] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:37 AM ) (from campus)
Where am I in these pictures?

I demand pictures of myself because of my human ego.
Posted by Why didn't: [#6] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:40 AM ) (from campus)
Bob Dylan show up?

The answer is pillow-ing in the wind!
Posted by excellent: [#7] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:44 AM ) (from campus)
that was a great form of stress relief and conflict resolution. next time a bunch of columbia students feel the need to strike or protest, they should try that first...
Posted by well..: [#8] [reply] [track] (in reply to #6)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:45 AM ) (from campus)
it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a pillow to cry
Posted by The man: [#9] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:46 AM ) (from campus)
with the crutch is Dan. He enjoys Disney characters, good beer, and opera. He is single, aside from rendezvous with the mayor of West Harlem, and his skin is olive and luscious.
Posted by DHI: [#10] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:47 AM ) (from campus)
William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carrol

With a goddamn pillow
Posted by Applepie Nordic: [#11] [reply] [track] (in reply to #8)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:48 AM ) (from campus)
Just like a pillow.
Posted by AWESOME!: [#12] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:50 AM )
Nice job, Bwog!
Posted by DHI: [#13] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:51 AM ) (from campus)
Medicine Sunday Night (Temporary Like a Pillow)
Posted by awww: [#14] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:52 AM ) (from campus)
never have i loved my school so much as tonight.
Posted by I vote: [#15] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:52 AM ) (from campus)
that we make pillow fight bi-annual.
Posted by YES!: [#16] [reply] [track] (in reply to #15)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:53 AM ) (from campus)
ESPECIALLY when we are in WINTER GEAR = extra padding.
Posted by Dan's Friend: [#17] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:53 AM ) (from campus)
Dan Amzalog is the fucking man
Posted by The Dink: [#18] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:55 AM ) (from campus)
yeah, DHI was tearing shit up out there. Packard was takin people down too. Yago in his helmet was a machine.
Posted by then : [#19] [reply] [track] (in reply to #17)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:56 AM ) (from campus)
why don't you spell it right, HUH?

i want more photos!
Posted by dan: [#20] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:56 AM ) (from campus)
is probably amazing. nina bell needs a good screw.
Posted by fun times: [#21] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:57 AM ) (from campus)
however, someone punched me in the face. Does that give me street cred?
Posted by actually: [#22] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:58 AM ) (from campus)
while Nina is the originator of the pillow fight tradition, it was not Nina Bell who split people into two groups. I think that was a girld from the facebook event.
Posted by victim: [#23] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 12:59 AM ) (from campus)
Dan smacked down quite a few people with his crutch / pillow
Posted by Face Puncher: [#24] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:00 AM ) (from campus)
yes eva, it does!
Posted by yeah!: [#25] [reply] [track] (in reply to #22)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:01 AM ) (from campus)
this was the first year that happened. and it was awesome!
Posted by DHI (Site staff): [#26] [reply] [track] (in reply to #22)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:04 AM ) (from campus)
Yo my bad, I got there just before the charge, after the groups were divided, so I just assumed Nina had done it.

As the saying goes, I have made an ass out of "u" and "me," but don't blame the main reporter.
Posted by note last picture: [#27] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:09 AM ) (from campus)
pitr strait, an alumni, caught reliving days of yore.

go update lolbama.com, pitr.
Posted by a fan: [#28] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:12 AM ) (from campus)
Dan is 80 years old at heart and has been labeled by some as "a catch."
Posted by alexw: [#29] [reply] [track] (in reply to #22)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:15 AM ) (from campus)
I split everyone into two groups. The facebook group lady yelled it out for me because I was shy.

Mystery solved.
Posted by that bottom: [#30] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:16 AM ) (from campus)
pic has a 4some of heros on the battlefield: disco, jezza, yago, and pitr
Posted by alexw: [#31] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:22 AM ) (from campus)
I'm going to write a parody of that A.E. Housman poem and name it "To An Athlete Dying Never" and I'll dedicate it to Pitr Strait.
Posted by pillow fighter: [#32] [reply] [track] (in reply to #29)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:28 AM )
Alex, you are many things, but shy is not one of them.
Posted by Yelena: [#33] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:31 AM ) (from campus)
Lindsey Kaley was the "official sounding girl"
Posted by ianc-b: [#34] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:35 AM ) (from campus)
lindsey is the greatest.
Posted by Atticus Never: [#35] [reply] [track] (in reply to #31)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:39 AM ) (from campus)
At first, I thought that was a threat directed towards me, but then I realized that I cannot read.

I think this post should be dedicated to the UNIVERSAL SOLDIER.

DONOVAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by alexw: [#36] [reply] [track] (in reply to #32)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:39 AM ) (from campus)
Go back to your bath.
Posted by mr. Mister: [#37] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:47 AM ) (from campus)
[ external link to en.wikipedia.org ]

a nice Columbia mention at the bottom
Posted by Nina: [#38] [reply] [track] (in reply to #26)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:49 AM )
I was patiently waiting for my pillow to arrive, watching the mayhem from the sundial. Twas indeed Alex's idea, executed by Lindsey.

In other news, I think I'm still seeing spots
Posted by alexw: [#39] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 1:52 AM ) (from campus)
Nina, you are one of the few people to whom the epithet "the lovely" is perpetually affixed.
Posted by resident douchebag: [#40] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 2:05 AM )
UH I THINK YOU MEAN SEMI-ANNUAL
Posted by pitr: [#41] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 2:07 AM )
Christ.

I may be an alumnus of Columbia, but no one ever truly graduates from the battlefield.

Also lolbama.com lives on, thank you very much.
Posted by Riven: [#42] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 2:20 AM ) (from campus)
This was soo much fun and stress relieving... until a guy who did not have a pillow in the middle of the mass hit me right in the jaw with punch... what a f'n a**hole.... he was really lucky that I dont like violence and that I did not beat him into a pulp after that action
Posted by I think not?: [#43] [reply] [track] (in reply to #40)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 4:09 AM ) (from campus)
The pillow fight has traditionally only been held in the spring semester. Maybe there should be a campus-wide snowball fight for the primal scream in the winter?
Posted by Fruit Pauncher: [#44] [reply] [track] (in reply to #24)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 4:19 AM ) (from campus)
improv comedy pillow fighters.
Posted by emilyw: [#45] [reply] [track] (in reply to #5)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 4:19 AM ) (from campus)
Yo Discoe you are totally in the last picture on the left cradling your pillow as if it were a newborn baby. not very warrior-like.
Posted by Hah!: [#46] [reply] [track] (in reply to #42)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 4:27 AM ) (from campus)
Act tough. I bet if someone has the guts to punch you in the face, you wouldn't stand a chance in a real fight.

Let's face it: when it comes to physical feats of strength (yes I'm aware of the reference) Columbia students are pretty lowly.
Posted by grace p: [#47] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 5:18 AM ) (from campus)
i second icb. lindsey IS the greatest.
Posted by DHI: [#48] [reply] [track] (in reply to #45)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 8:29 AM ) (from campus)
a) This is pretty clearly some sort of truce-zone (probably pre-fight?)

b) You don't hold a baby behind the body in the crook of one arm. That is horrible parenting.

c) Anyone I hit with that pillow knows if I was warrior-like or not.
Posted by Mike Nadler, CC 07: [#49] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 10:01 AM )
For the record: Pillow fight founder Nina Bell is Australian.

It had to be said.
Posted by katwill: [#50] [reply] [track] (in reply to #48)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 2:53 PM ) (from campus)
Considering you punched me in the mouth AND are responsible for the two separate headaches I'm currently experiencing, I'd have to say you're at least 85% warrior-like.
Posted by Mind you,: [#51] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 3:16 PM ) (from campus)
Some pillow fights actually took place in the dorms as well, for the lazy.
Posted by DHI: [#52] [reply] [track] (in reply to #50)
( posted May 12, 2008 at 3:40 PM ) (from campus)
Katherine, "punched" is a big exaggeration for accidentally scraping you with my knuckles which were holding a pillow while my hand was coming back. And I always been good to you.

Just for the record, I ain't hit anybody else with non-pillow materials.
Posted by katwill: [#53] [reply] [track]
( posted May 12, 2008 at 4:00 PM ) (from campus)
Hey man, I was just demonstrating your warrior-like-ness.
Posted by Bethmann-Hollweg: [#54] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 1:59 AM ) (from campus)
And whoever said that college was for grown ups?
Posted by Mr. Kaley: [#55] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 9:23 AM )
Lindsey!!! Wait till I tell your Mother!

Your Father
Posted by Thomas Bunsen: [#56] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 7:23 PM )
haha oh shit I think that is Kaley's IRL dad
Posted by Yo asdf: [#57] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 8:35 PM ) (from campus)
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