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sdfsIn the spirit of symbolic welcome, NSOP is throwing a party for the class of 2011 on the site where many others before them waited in lines and were herded through stations: Ellis Island. Like the whole thing.

An NSOP insider has informed us that the children will be transported via chartered ferry to the patriotic tourist attraction, where they've rented out the immigration center and surrounding lawns. Welcome to America?

In other news of the weird and/or nifty: New York's public transit patrons must not mind gaggles of drunk Columbians. Ivygate has the scoop on Chinese feuds. And a very dear Bwog grandmother is now blogging for them!

- LBD

See also: ., Ivygate, Nsop

July 26, 2007 @ 6:01 AM | Comments 54 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | | Share on Facebook

Posted by Question: #1 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 7:18 AM
Do you mean class of 2011?
Posted by a 2010-er: #2 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 7:49 AM
psssh i hope they really did mean 2010, these 2011 kids are too lame. besides itll make up for our coney island one, which was meh.
Posted by Lydia (Site staff): #3 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 8:52 AM
Oops, you're right, error fixed. I think I'm a little behind the times. And bwogging at 6 in the morning.
Posted by hah: #4 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 11:28 AM
You bitter fuck.
Posted by i must say: #5 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 1:00 PM
ellis island is an odd choice for a party. there is a quasi-religiosity to that place that doesn't mesh well with a bumping party. my mother just visited there with her friend yesterday, and she thought it was a very powerful experience.

i think having the party in st. john's (dare i be so crass) would make more sense.
Posted by Well...: #6 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Will Smith took Eva Menes to Ellis Island in Hitch so it must be a bumpin' place.
Posted by Woops: #7 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 1:38 PM
Mendes*
Posted by '09: #8 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 1:39 PM
I thought my year's party on the Intrepid was pretty cool, though I regret not having known enough to pregame. A silly freshman mistake which I've thankfully yet to repeat.
Posted by so you: #9 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 1:56 PM
were the life of the party when you should up the freshmen party as a sophomore?
Posted by '10: #10 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 1:58 PM
I missed out on all of the NSOP planned activities last year, and I'm willing to bet that I had a better orientation week than all of the people who went to those events.
Posted by when : #11 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 2:01 PM
you said "bwog grandmother" the first thought that popped into my head was some old gs student.
Posted by psh: #12 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 2:31 PM
nsop is what you make of it. i had a good amount of fun at coney island, even though i came late and didn't get to go on any rides. i hung out with friends and had a great time.

a party on ellis island might be a little awkward, though. remember that will smith made eva mendes cry there. imagine that times the whole freshman class.

i feel like an ellis island event can be one of two things: a learning experience on immmigration, which isn't exactly what freshmen want during their first week in college, or a complete disregard for the historical significance of the place.
Posted by sorry: #13 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 2:39 PM
nothing was lamer than 08's party at madame tussaud's
Posted by '07: #14 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 2:43 PM
we went to msg, but just like the lounge area. we couldn't even run around on the court. best part was running around in the theater at msg.
Posted by Beth: #15 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 3:05 PM
Aww. You guys make me blush.

-Beth
Posted by Beth: #16 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 3:06 PM
P.S. No matter what they tell you, real life doesn't really suck. Sure, you have to pay rent and go to work, but at least you get a bathroom that's all your own.
Posted by Push them: #17 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 5:38 PM
into the river!

2011 I mean, not the Granny.

That subway article is interesting too; you'd think most trains would be equally good (/bad), at least in terms of things like cleanliness
Posted by '10: #18 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 6:19 PM
Ellis Island really doesn't sound like all that much fun. If the party sucks, you're stuck. At least at Coney Island there are rides. And a subway or two back to campus.
Posted by '10: #19 (in reply to #18) · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 9:10 PM
This is like a metaphor for Columbia. The party usually sucks, but you're also usually stuck when your best friend is off hooking up with a frat brother.
Posted by Agreed: #20 (in reply to #13) · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 10:01 PM
That year's NSOP makes me embarassed to be a senior.

I don't know about quasi-religiosity. I think that the part of the island where they take your photo and then stick your head on an 1890s immigrant completely destroys any historical integrity that the location once had.

No, I'm not kidding. That exhibit actually does exist.

As far as I'm concerned, I would have rather had a ferry trip than a visit to Times Square, tourist capital of the world. So at least NSOP 2007 has outdone NSOP 2004 (which isn't saying much).
Posted by 09'er: #21 · reply · track
July 26, 2007 at 11:54 PM
Dude, nothing beats a live band on the USS Intrepid!
Posted by ...: #22 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 3:13 AM
the nsop "secret concert" is clipse this year, fwiw. :(
Posted by clipse?: #23 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 8:07 AM
FUCK YEAH

also, I will be changing my last name to corleone before registering for classes
Posted by Camp Counselor: #24 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 12:07 PM
The fresh meat's looking real ugly this year. Don't forget to stock up on paperbags, boy-os
Posted by bad counselor: #25 (in reply to #24) · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 12:26 PM
Bad, bad camp counselor!
Posted by senior senior: #26 (in reply to #24) · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 1:01 PM
I actually met a really hot '11er recently. I don't think that makes me a rapist... In any case, I doubt he would be at Columbia the summer before he would be at Columbia. I think that program attracts a certain type.
Posted by bah: #27 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 1:17 PM
back in nsop 1911, they took us to the triangle shirtwaist factory. some stupid prefrosh spilled their drink AND dropped their lit pipe onto some clothes. man, that was one crazy night...sucked for the workers though.
Posted by lol: #28 (in reply to #27) · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 1:19 PM
back in nsop 1863, they took us to union square.. some stupid prefrosh lit a cigarette with his draft card and started a fucking riot
Posted by Ugh: #29 (in reply to #23) · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 1:23 PM
Clipse? This sucks.
Posted by 08er: #30 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 2:43 PM
I dunno, this doesn't sound so bad. Since it's at night, it's probably worth it just for the views on the boat ride. I know that getting hammered and taking some girl to the Staten Island Ferry during orientation convinced her to swap bodily fluids with me, so maybe the principle will work for all those other loser kids out there and someone'll get laid.

Then again, this is Columbia.
Posted by question: #31 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 2:58 PM
I wonder how many students lose their virginity during orientation week?

Anyone? Anyone?
Posted by yo!: #32 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 3:35 PM
more columbia people in iraq!

[external link to www.sfgate.com]
Posted by '10: #33 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 4:13 PM
eh coney island sucked...but I don't think a huge boat would have been much better, who comes up with these lame ideas
Posted by BIGPUN: #34 (in reply to #27) · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 4:33 PM
That sure was a waste of shirts.
Posted by Yes!: #35 (in reply to #29) · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 5:47 PM
The 2007-2008 school year has officially begun!
Posted by oh man: #36 · reply · track
July 27, 2007 at 9:43 PM
1911 and 1863 cracked me up.

no comments on the MoMA party?
Posted by ???: #37 · reply · track
July 28, 2007 at 1:33 AM
uh.. ellis island seems like a weird place to partayyyyy. are people gonna bump coke off the health inspection desks?
Posted by i'll second that: #38 (in reply to #13) · reply · track
July 28, 2007 at 3:34 AM
that was pretty fucking retarded. instead of showing up at a landmark of significance or a naval carrier, we ended up at a place with imitations. sweet.
Posted by '11er: #39 (in reply to #24) · reply · track
July 28, 2007 at 7:26 AM
@camp counselor: urgh, i've seen ONE good looking guy in my class, and it turned out he was gay. i cry on the inside.
Posted by grasshoppa: #40 (in reply to #39) · reply · track
July 28, 2007 at 12:27 PM
you too will learn to lower your standards one day.
Posted by 2011er: #41 (in reply to #39) · reply · track
July 28, 2007 at 2:08 PM
well then good thing I'm a gay guy.
Posted by Angry Columbian: #42 · reply · track
July 28, 2007 at 2:18 PM
Let's not leave out the other stereotype: I saw another hot 2011er but he had a girlfriend.
Posted by he'll: #43 (in reply to #42) · reply · track
July 28, 2007 at 8:41 PM
end up gay by thanksgiving.
Posted by Armin Rosen: #44 · reply · track
July 29, 2007 at 12:54 AM
is a genius. Surrender bwog to him!
Posted by CLIPSE: #45 (in reply to #22) · reply · track
July 29, 2007 at 11:49 AM
even if you don't like them they're pretty amazing live. what day is this and when?
Posted by chestnut: #46 · reply · track
July 29, 2007 at 3:27 PM
not to bring up mark modesitt again because I'm sure not even his own mother cares by now, but I did hear that he used to be one of the students in charge of NSOP, only to leave after claiming oh-so-familiar charges of "harrassment" against a fellow student organizer. looks like mark is back to his old tricks again!
Posted by harassment: #47 · reply · track
July 30, 2007 at 12:11 AM
is so gay. and by gay i mean bad.
Posted by Alexander Hamilton: #48 · reply · track
July 30, 2007 at 1:23 AM
I recollect NSOP 1773, when our entire collective took a trip to Boston. We observed numerous wondrous ships in the city harbour, many bearing wooden containers of the notorious English concoction known also as Earl Grey Tea. Of course, it was fit in those days to bring a servant to accompany one in all NSOP activities, and as such, one young lad's servant (named, as I shall never forget, Haywood Jablomie) thought it wise to propel overboard the containers I have heretofore mentioned. Many young lads, having already imbibed numerous gallons of Samuel Adams' fine brew on the trip northward, joined in as well. Aye those were the finest days of NSOP King's College did see.
Posted by ok..: #49 · reply · track
July 30, 2007 at 8:04 AM
now its not so funny anymore
Posted by I remember: #50 · reply · track
July 31, 2007 at 3:05 AM
when we ran a joke into the fucking round
Posted by the: #51 (in reply to #45) · reply · track
August 3, 2007 at 2:50 PM
it's supposedly wednesday the 29th, according to an email i received through the grapevine. the only other performer i know is reni laine (frontiers girl).
Posted by curious george: #52 · reply · track
August 4, 2007 at 9:57 PM
yo, #51, where can I get a hold of the NSOP sched?
Posted by damn: #53 (in reply to #47) · reply · track
August 6, 2007 at 11:09 PM
wow, what a way to welcome the 2011'ers.
Posted by me!: #54 · reply · track
August 7, 2007 at 6:35 PM
MoMa party was LAME.
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