WKCR got the money ($270,000)

Chalfie got the money ($1.5 million)

Columbia got the money ($150 million)

Columbia might lose the money ($7.2 billion)!

"Uncle Ronnie" got the money ($700 billion)

Plus: the War on Fun part bazillion

Yesterday, the Columbia Community received an email from James McShane announcing the release of Public Safety's Annual Report. Bwog's Crime Bureau Chief Jon Hill crunched some numbers and compared Columbia with Duke and U. Chicago (our peers in U.S. News rankings) on their levels of per-student (full-time enrollee) crime.

Says Hill: "The University of Chicago comes off looking like Munchkinland. Their crime reports are full of zeroes, with the total number of incidents reported bottoming out at about 20 percent of Columbia and Duke. Considering U. Chicago's main campus is on the city's infamous South Side, though, I have a feeling that these numbers do not accurately reflect the level of campus crime.

Duke and Columbia are about on par when it comes to crime. Duke has far more alcohol/drug/weapons-related incidents, but this is not unusual given Duke's suburban campus (security officers more likely to notice students drinking, fewer off-campus bars, etc.). Schools may also vary in their level of enforcement for these types of incidents. As for non-vice crimes, Columbia has more incidents reported but a lower count per student.

Also, the numbers from James McShane do suggest a "War on Fun" -- drug and alcohol incidents are up 325 percent over last year."

Bwog just heard word that this July, Governor Paterson signed legislation making smoking illegal in all New York college dormitories -- this includes EC!

A pair of RAs also noted that at least for Columbia, the mere possession of tobacco products is forbidden.

In other crackdown news, one Bwog staffer was removed by security this morning for eating some delightful breakfast treats in a Lerner computer lounge. The no-eating policy in the computer lounges is nothing new, but now it seems it's actually being enforced, which is just awful.

The rationale provided by administrators, according to several current RAs, is that after the Radio Perfecto shooting, RAs should be available immediately to talk to their residents and can never be more than a ten minute walk from their residential area or building and cannot be on the subway at all. Kris Alspach, CC '09 and Wien RA, wondered what they, as RAs, could do in a situation like that of the Radio Perfecto shooting. "They're turning us into police officers. They're making our responsibility for our jobs greater than our responsibility as students," he said.

Near fisticuffs! Veritas vs. Tarantino

Double Backwards Meta: Bwog links to a Blue and White article about a blog devoted to the The New Yorker.

The 20th Century: A Blue and White Retrospective of...

The 1920s and today: Drinking liberally

The 1950s and today: Worshipping liberally