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As graduation nears, Senior Wisdom presses on. Today, we check in with CC senior and Delta Sigma Theta President Tyeisha Chavis

Name, School: Tyeisha H. Chavis, Columbia College 2008

Claim to fame: If I served the Lord according to the calling He placed on my life, than I would have done a job well done.

Post-grad plans: New York City Teaching Fellow

Preferred swim test stroke? Front stroke

Justify your existence in 30 words or less. God has a purpose for my life.

What Columbia memory best exemplifies your college experience? The historic memory of the 1968 riots and most recent protests that have shaped my experience at Columbia, and contributed to the ways in which I acted to affect change.

Days on Campus memory? The massive step show on college walk with a wide array of National Pan Hellenic Council Greek steppers.

Regrets? I make a conscious decision not to live with any regrets.
Read more: Senior Wisdom, Senior Wisdom 2008

May 6, 2008 @ 11:26 AM | Comments 64 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post | Share on Facebook

Posted by abridged?: [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 11:37 AM ) (from campus)
What are three things she learned at Columbia??
Posted by this is probably...: [#2] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 11:42 AM ) (from campus)
one of the blander senior wisdoms yet...
Posted by meh: [#3] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 11:43 AM ) (from campus)
maybe she only answered these questions?
Posted by uhhhh: [#4] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 11:44 AM ) (from campus)
'affect' change or 'effect' change?
Posted by Well,: [#5] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 11:56 AM ) (from campus)
I guess the Lord called upon her to be boring.
Posted by ummm: [#6] [reply] [track] (in reply to #4)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 11:57 AM ) (from campus)
affect is a verb, effect is a noun. figure it out for yourself
Posted by ummm...nope: [#7] [reply] [track] (in reply to #6)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:01 PM ) (from campus)
actually effect can be used as a verb, most commonly in the phrase "effect change".
Posted by Grammarian: [#8] [reply] [track] (in reply to #6)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:02 PM )
actually it's "effect," acting as a verb. "Effecting change" means bringing about change, ie, putting change into effect
Posted by same as #7: [#9] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:04 PM ) (from campus)
and just putting out there, Tyeisha is awesome, and I think some of these posters are conflating boring with absence of snark. It's totally not the same.
Posted by ummm i don't get it: [#10] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:05 PM ) (from campus)
wow. why is she special again?
Posted by boo: [#11] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:06 PM ) (from campus)
BOOOOOORRRRRRINGGG

Jesus would have answered this with a lil more spice!
Posted by she's: [#12] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:07 PM ) (from campus)
the president of a Sorority. Which is pretty cool.

She's also cool because she doesn't seem like an overachiever, simply someone who does her work and is content with that. (unlike most of the senior wisdoms so far). She may be one of the wisest people who's written so far.
Posted by I didn't notice: [#13] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:08 PM ) (from campus)
this thing was abridged because i fell asleep 50% of the way through it.
Posted by R.A.: [#14] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:08 PM ) (from campus)
she wasn't the best RA
Posted by Regrets?: [#15] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:09 PM ) (from campus)
i think she'll regret this one.
Posted by Not boring, short: [#16] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:09 PM ) (from campus)
There just wasn't any wisdom here. Seriously, the whole point of these is the "3 things you learned at Columbia". I'm not bored; I'm just wondering where the rest of it is. And if you're confused by the idiot above, "affect change" is wrong. The only way you can affect change is if you're trying to stop it!
Posted by 44444444444444: [#17] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:12 PM ) (from campus)
Absolutely uninspiring.

She's the first black person on Senior Wisdom, I think. Get some yellow and brown, please.
Posted by whatever: [#18] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:20 PM ) (from campus)
if you're going to profile someone just because they're greek, profile someone good
Posted by apparently: [#19] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM ) (from campus)
she is not out to impress bwog commenters. Her claim to fame may sound boring, but I understand it. People, think twice before declaring a non-flashy interview as unwise. There are loads of wisdom in her words and in her demeanor.

It's awesome that someone this chill, put-together and grounded, has served in leadership in someway on campus.
Posted by the whole point: [#20] [reply] [track] (in reply to #9)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:23 PM )
Of these interviews is to have a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor. Lots of people get by with simply existing, but they don't make a good read or story. She answered this like a required professor evaluation form.
Posted by this chick: [#21] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:30 PM ) (from campus)
may be great, but nothing she says here even hints at it
Posted by still not wise: [#22] [reply] [track] (in reply to #19)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:31 PM ) (from campus)
Good that you understand her claim to fame, because I had to read it twice to get past the glaring grammatical error (than) and then figure out why exactly her non-specific shout-out to her religion (which I share, by the way) qualified her in any way as an interesting person. I mean, I'm all for Christian humility, but she didn't answer the question!

I'm sure she's a chill, put-together, grounded, and wonderful person in real life, but this is a terrible questionnaire. It does not evince the wisdom that is suggested by her background (student leader, NYC Teaching Fellow).
Posted by i think: [#23] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:35 PM ) (from campus)
Tyeisha is a pretty cool gal on campus. :)

Try to get to know her, she is really sweet.
Posted by omg: [#24] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:44 PM ) (from campus)
I love Tyeisha! I'm so glad they asked her to do a senior wisdom! YAY TY!
Posted by Hmm: [#25] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:48 PM ) (from campus)
I wonder if people like her also phrase their essays as such. "The Lord gave us a dark and stormy night."

"And then (with the blessings of the Lord) I engaged in intercourse."
Posted by I wonder: [#26] [reply] [track] (in reply to #25)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:52 PM ) (from campus)
If bwog commenters like to end their essays with lowercase descriptions of colors.
Posted by god is dead: [#27] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 12:55 PM ) (from campus)
god is dead. gg.
Posted by lame: [#28] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:18 PM ) (from campus)
lamest senior wisdom. Nothing terribly wise, nor interesting.
Posted by also: [#29] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:19 PM ) (from campus)
My guess is if she was forced to answer everything, she would've picked cheese. Just a thought.
Posted by oye: [#30] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:35 PM )
sorry, it really is boring. she may be an awesome person, but her senior wisdom is boring, rote, and feels forced. if you're not gonna have fun with something like this, don't even bother doing it.
Posted by sheesh: [#31] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:38 PM ) (from campus)
oh come on guys. when bwog was profiling Rhodes recipients people complained about wanting to see "normal people" and when bwog finally does a normal person, she's denounced as utterly boring. go back to profiling superstudents bwog!
Posted by !!!: [#32] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:41 PM ) (from campus)
They only gave her 3/5 of the survey.

Bwog is racist, but subtly so.
Posted by 444444444444444: [#33] [reply] [track] (in reply to #32)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:44 PM ) (from campus)
LOL WURD.
Posted by pink-blue: [#34] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:48 PM ) (from campus)
most boring senior wisdom ever

EVER!
Posted by Snoopy: [#35] [reply] [track] (in reply to #25)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:52 PM )
Gradually, a shot rang out.
Posted by are you: [#36] [reply] [track] (in reply to #34)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 1:55 PM ) (from campus)
on ahimsa
Posted by she is so: [#37] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 2:35 PM ) (from campus)
BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.

snore snore snore * makee triangle shape with hands. *
Posted by If I wanted: [#38] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 2:42 PM ) (from campus)
to read a bible thumper's perspective I'd read Fox news.
Posted by anonymous: [#39] [reply] [track] (in reply to #38)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 2:57 PM )
If the memory that best exemplified her college experience is "The historic memory of the 1968 riots and most recent protests that have shaped my experience at Columbia", she probably doesn't share the Fox News perspective.

Of course, her answers suggests that she is in the bottom 10% of Columbia's IQ distribution.. but that's another matter.
Posted by guys...: [#40] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 3:04 PM ) (from campus)
tyeisha's not gonna read this...no for real... she doesn't read the bwog....
Posted by you: [#41] [reply] [track] (in reply to #37)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 3:05 PM ) (from campus)
CLEARLY want to be in her sorority....
Posted by *FAV*: [#42] [reply] [track] (in reply to #32)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 3:59 PM ) (from campus)
best post in recent memory
Posted by yellow: [#43] [reply] [track] (in reply to #17)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 4:16 PM ) (from campus)
geoff aung is burmese.
Posted by lolz: [#44] [reply] [track] (in reply to #32)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 4:26 PM ) (from campus)
is it also racist that the photo of her is in black and white?

(without my oh-so-valuable columbia education i would never have picked up on that - thanks columbia!)
Posted by cheesehead: [#45] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 4:50 PM ) (from campus)
where is the cheese question?

Posted by doubtful: [#46] [reply] [track] (in reply to #41)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM ) (from campus)
her sorority is a so-called "multicultural" sorority, which means it is only open to black women and has about 6 members.
Posted by takeoutbox: [#47] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 6:11 PM ) (from campus)
....and this is why bwog didnt choose a lot of minorities to answer senior wisdoms
Posted by carpe diem: [#48] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 6:15 PM ) (from campus)
"The historic memory of the 1968 riots and most recent protests that have shaped my experience at Columbia, and contributed to the ways in which I acted to affect change."

This is the lamest thing I've ever heard. But it's also how probably 60% of CU peeps think about these kinds of things. Yay, a riot - and of course I'm better for it. What?!
Posted by Baptized in Poison: [#49] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 6:20 PM )
True, the profile is truncated, and the answers given aren't hyper-entertaining. But it is nice to see someone profiled who doesn't shy away from their faith.

What would be the point of having yet another secular-humanist type talking about feeling transcendent whenever power has truth spoken to it? That would also be super-boring. At least she breaks the Columbia mold in that respect.

Posted by it's one : [#50] [reply] [track] (in reply to #49)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 9:10 PM ) (from campus)
thing to have faith, it's another thing to answer every question with "i
Posted by ugh: [#51] [reply] [track] (in reply to #50)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 9:11 PM ) (from campus)
...with "i[less than three]jesus and so should you"
Posted by trkk: [#52] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 9:24 PM ) (from campus)
Oh yes, because white people are much more interesting than anything else will ever be! Bitch.
Posted by trkk: [#53] [reply] [track] (in reply to #52)
( posted May 6, 2008 at 9:26 PM ) (from campus)
In reply to #47
Posted by weirdd: [#54] [reply] [track]
( posted May 6, 2008 at 10:43 PM ) (from campus)
i'm in a seminar with her and she's WAY funnier than this in real life.
Posted by Also: [#55] [reply] [track] (in reply to #47)
( posted May 7, 2008 at 12:26 AM ) (from campus)
You go to Barnard. STFU
Posted by Bad Bad Choice: [#56] [reply] [track]
( posted May 7, 2008 at 1:20 AM ) (from campus)
I'm sorry but this is really a fucking bad choice for Senior Wisdom. The girl is a bitch, you have to know her and you will realize that...
Posted by Nietzsche: [#57] [reply] [track]
( posted May 7, 2008 at 1:59 AM )
Didn't she hear? God is dead.

Pwnt.
Posted by takeoutbox: [#58] [reply] [track] (in reply to #55)
( posted May 7, 2008 at 2:14 AM ) (from campus)
i got a columbia email address so ill say whatever the fuck i want shithead.
Posted by stfu : [#59] [reply] [track] (in reply to #58)
( posted May 7, 2008 at 2:25 AM ) (from campus)
too bad that e-mail address doesn't make you any less of an idiot.
Posted by yeah: [#60] [reply] [track]
( posted May 7, 2008 at 4:00 AM ) (from campus)
ive interacted with her a coupl;e of times and she's kinda bitchy.
Posted by Bad RA: [#61] [reply] [track]
( posted May 7, 2008 at 4:00 AM ) (from campus)
She's my RA and she really sucks...
Posted by smokey: [#62] [reply] [track]
( posted May 7, 2008 at 6:23 AM ) (from campus)
i like her because her initials are THC
Posted by you're : [#63] [reply] [track] (in reply to #47)
( posted May 7, 2008 at 8:27 PM ) (from campus)
ridiculous
Posted by She's: [#64] [reply] [track]
( posted May 9, 2008 at 2:26 AM ) (from campus)
the worst RA ever
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