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The results from SGB's Town Hall are in!

Free TimesSelect is here with the wave of your Columbia/Barnard email address.

And although you have to give your CU email to the Times, (and to all your professors and Michelle Diamond and Lee Bollinger and Austin [!] Quigley), that doesn't mean you have to deal with CubMail, Columbia's the homage to 2002's latest technologies. After the jump is Mark Holden's guide to forwarding email to Gmail. It ran about a year ago and remains some of the most usable and earnest advice Bwog's ever given.


lottoticketsAn anonymous tipster reports everyone's favorite FYSAAC adviser Jay Orenduff is giving out Christmas lottery tickets to students who come by to see him.

Maybe you'll strike it big -- the odds are you'll win the jackpot before you get into that senior seminar.


Major Declaration time is here! And earlier this week, the B&W posted its first ever "Disillusioned Majors Guide," advising students to avoid History, Classics, Comp. Lit, and nearly everything else. There is only one proper recourse for the liberal arts major: don't major in anything. At all. (Note: This was not included in the upcoming March issue. It is an online EXCLUSIVE!)

For those who just can't decide what to declare, or don't enjoy, ummm, too much learning, consider a concentration. Just a concentration. You should be able finish up the requirements for something in the next couple of years.

What will you lose by not majoring? Nothing. Concentration is a minor on steroids. You usually need to take nine classes in your field, at most. You also get the mythic liberal arts education. May your schooling range wide and far, and not get artificially pigeonholed into a restricting discipline!

Bwog,
So suppose someone has left you candies and such on your door for Christmas, Valentines, etc. Problem is, you don't know who this person is, and you have a strong suspicion that the candies aren't actually intended for you, but someone else with a very very similar name. What should you do?

~Anonymously Confused


Hey Nony Nony,
You're lying about some things. For starters, your name isn't Anonymous. For those on an intermediate level, the certainty with which you dismiss ownership of the candies and and how you know just how very very similar the intended recipient's name is to your own tells me you know more than you let on.

But continue to feign ignorance and keep the candy.

Overheard in a Columbia finance class:

Professor: So, some companies reduce their tax costs by shipping inventory around the country when auditors come to the warehouse.

Idealistic Columbia Student: Wait, isn't that illegal?

Professor: Of course it's illegal, but who cares?


Ah, Columbia, preparing the next generation of white-collar inmates.


Dear Bwog,
A wise man once said, "You're not hardcore unless you live hardcore." Even the fact that I'm quoting Tenacious D should give it away - I'm the least hardcore person to ever exist, ever. I'm politically lukewarm; I like whatever music my roommate likes; I can barely put pepper on my food, let alone Tabasco. You're a ballsy site, Bwog, so how did you get that way? How do you develop some taste, or a backbone, or one single opinion?

Please like me,
Bland Ambition


Blandykins,
You've no reason for shame. Many of the strongest opinions at our age are simply affectations adopted for purposes of identity, a la middle school, or emergency outlets for Howard Dean inspired passion after that great man has passed [relevance].
See also: Advice, Dining, Roommates

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