Anne Hathaway, collegiate role model
Let me tell you about the time I got an internship
An "interview" with the guy behind an actually really cool blog
Stereotypically railing against enforced gender stereotypes
"We put not only the lipstick on the pig, but a dress, and we give it a tampon"
September 25, 2008
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So my boss just sent me out on an errand, with nothing more than an address and his credit card. I assumed the location was a store, I assumed wrong. I ended up at a vet's office, picking up his cat's medicine. I returned to the office, pissed off, and told him, "I hope your cat doesn't die."
Ten minutes later, he walks over sheepishly, hands me a bottle of shitty wine and apologizes. Cellar No. 8. California Merlot. 2005, aged to perfection.
Small(ish)-town newspaper writing is inexorably absurd. My summer experiences include: riding a creaky fire-boat around Lake Erie with drunk seamen, driving 2 hours in the rain because the police in Pennsylvania cracked a case about a pizza delivery man who robbed a bank just before his head literally exploded, interviewing historical re-enactors in one of their encampments (including a man named Ghost in the Head who actually lived the life of a 19th-century Native American trapper), having another reporter violently cuss out a cop who didn't want to tell me the name of another cop's baby who drowned in a pool, trying to get a bunch of media-hatin' rednecks at a freakin' tractor pull to talk to me... Not to mention the obituaries!
...Like sand through an hourglass, such were the days of my life.
August 18, 2007
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The march of overachievers continues today as Bwog salutes Frances Jeffrey-Coker C'10. The frolicsome freshman apparently decided that CCE's Wall Street connections didn't go quite far enough, and has decided to enter "the ultimate internship contest", offered by the promoters of Will Smith's upcoming film, The Pursuit of Happyness [sic] for, among other things, a coveted Morgan Stanley i-banking slot. The NY Times business blog, Deal Book, advertised the finalists a few days ago, among them our very own Frances, who can now count herself among the elite the Times has deemed worthy of the title "next Aleksey Vayner".
Bwog gives Frances a pretty good chance given the competition. One discovered the contest when rummaging through her email's trash bin and can't seem to stop monotonically self-deprecating, while another claims to have enjoyed warming his basketball team's bench and feels the need to preface one comment with "while Michael Jackson's advice may not be the best for life..." Then there's the "honors finance student" whose minimalist video proclaims that he works for a "buy-side institutional investor institution" before declaring "I want to become a better artist." In this context, who can fail to be charmed by Frances' classical campus backdrop, pop culture references, and her serenade to the soundtrack of Sister Act II? Quoth the Times, it's simply "the most cinematic video of the four."
See (and vote) for Frances' and the other contestants' videos here.
-CJS
UPDATE: ...and, if you're so inclined, join the related Facebook group for moral support.
November 13, 2006
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EventsCurious about life as a MechE major in SEAS? Ever wonder what you can do after graduation as an Applied Math major? Here's your chance to chat with faculty, alumni and graduating seniors from every department over a FREE dinner.
December 1 (Satow): Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Applied Physics & Applied Math, Material Science
December 2 (Party Space): Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Earth and Environmental Engineering
December 3 (c555): Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
RSVP at www.cuengineering.com by Wednesday, 11/26. Limited seats are available.
Questions? Email got.fud@gmail.com
Date:
Monday, December 1, 2008 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location:
New York Public Library, Morningside Heights Branch, 2900 Broadway (at West 113th Street) New York City
Contact:
Arezou Raeisghasem, ar2393@columbia.edu
Event Description:
Speakers: Various
The Columbia University MA in Climate and Society presents "Breaking the Ice: Carbon, Climate, and Change, with four Columbia University graduate students in a facilitated workshop about understanding climate change. Find out how scientists know the story of Earth's climate. Also learn some skills for interpreting and discussing the science behind climate change. Open to the public.
Sponsors:
Earth Institute
Web Site:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety/news.html
Date: Tuesday, December 2
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Earl Hall — Dodge Room
Praying with Lior an engrossing, wrenching and tender documentary introduces Lior Liebling, also called "the little rebbe." Lior has Down syndrome, and has spent his entire life praying with utter abandon. Is he a "spiritual genius" as many around him say? Or simply the vessel that contains everyone's unfulfilled wishes and expectations? Lior - whose name means "my light" - lost his mother at age six, and her words and spirit hover over the film. While everyone agrees Lior is closer to God, he's also a burden, a best friend, an inspiration, and an embarrassment, depending on which family member is speaking. As Lior approaches Bar Mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony different characters provides a window into life spent "praying with Lior."
Directed by Ilana Trachtman│Documentary│87-minutes
Group discussion following the screening. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to oucfilmseries@columbia.edu. For additional information, please contact 212.854.4194.
Date: Wednesday, December 3
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Choir Room - St. Paul's Chapel
The Office of the University Chaplain invites members of the Columbia community to explore how the HIV/AIDS epidemic has affected communities of faith--not only the external work faith communities have been committing themselves to but also the internal implication the epidemic has had on the way such communities have approached their faith. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to commonmeal@columbia.edu.
This event is part of our Common Meal series, a program that facilitates informal conversations over dinner about issues salient to faith communities.On December 9, 2008, John Milton turns 400!
Come celebrate his birthday at a special event/study break hosted by the English department, featuring readings from Paradise Lost by faculty and students.
301 Philosophy Hall, Tuesday December 9, 4-6 PM All are welcome