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ORIENTATION 2011
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TAKE PART IN 116 TIME-HONORED COLUMBIA TRADITIONS...........PG. 4
FEED YOURSELF, DRESS YOURSELF, AND MAYBE CATCH A NAP....PG. 5
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TALK SMACK ABOUT OTHER IVIES...................................................PG. 9
FIND YOUR WAY AROUND MORNINGSIDE, YOUR NEW HOME.........PG. 6 illu
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PAGE 2 NEWS ORIENTATION 2011
BY RAKHI AGRAWALSpectator Staff Writer
If Columbia students are masters of anything, it’s master-ing everything. If you’re looking to hit the salt mines when you’re not hitting the books, here are a few surefire ways to get em-ployed by fall break.
1. Work the work-study. Federally-funded work study is one of the most commonly doled out financial aid pack-ages at Columbia, and many departments and non-profits around the city offer jobs to qualifying students. The pay is decent (average pay for un-dergrads is $12/hour) and the hours can be pretty relaxed. Check with your financial aid officer to make sure you’re eli-gible and browse Columbia’s offerings at columbia.studen-temployment.ngwebsolutions.com/JobX_FindAJob.aspx.
2. Hop on board a student-run business. There are several businesses on campus operated and managed by undergradu-ates, some of them backed by the Center for Career Education. There are a few different ways to jump in:
At the Barnard Babysitting Agency, students can work at the agency’s office in Elliott Hall during business hours and process incoming requests for student babysitters, or after at-tending a brief orientation, the agency will hook Barnard stu-dents up with well-paying bab-ysitting gigs. For more infor-mation, visit eclipse.barnard.columbia.edu/~bbsitter/.
Even if the agency doesn’t hire you, the Columbia Bartending Agency’s mixology course is easily the most fun and booze-filled class you’ll ever take at Columbia. In five two-hour sessions, you’ll learn how to mix the perfect martini and impress your friends with exotic cock-tails, like the Moscow Mule.
If you can charm your teach-ers and the agency’s managers, you might land a spot as one of their commissioned bartenders. CBA bartenders work private parties at $18/hour or more with tip and cab fare. But beware: if you aren’t one of CBA’s chosen few, real bars laugh at 18-year-olds with bartending certifica-tions. Either way, it’s a great way to spend a Tuesday night.
The multilingual among us might try Columbia University Tutoring and Translating Agency. CUTTA offers transla-tion, transcription, and tutoring services to students both on and off campus.
3. Stay local. There’s no need to stray far from campus for a “real-world” job. Many lo-cal businesses, like Oren’s, Le Monde, the Joe Coffee in the Northwest Corner Building, 1020, and American Apparel are known to hire students. Bring a stack of resumes with you the next time you take a walk on Amsterdam or Broadway. Don’t forget about the area just north of campus on Amsterdam—a foodie’s paradise with room for student waiters and baristas.
4. Craigslist. It can be challenging, and sometimes downright sketchy, to navigate
through the spam postings and find the legitimate job opportu-nities. Nevertheless, Craigslist often lists openings for pet-sit-ting gigs, babysitting jobs, and part-time openings at restau-rants, cafes, and retail estab-lishments located elsewhere in the city. Make sure to only meet prospective employers in public places and, if something feels sketchy, it probably is. Otherwise, be prepared to email out a lot of resumes and keep re-tooling your cover letters.
5. Link and share. Two of the most useful resources for students looking for jobs come from the University’s career cen-ters—LionSHARE for CC, SEAS, and GS students, and NACElink, a system similar to LionSHARE, for BC students. Both notori-ously-difficult-to-navigate plat-forms offer a number of more career-focused listings, from internships, both paid and un-paid, to full-time jobs for soon-to-be alums, to odd-jobs posted by neighbors in the area.
Students can upload their resumes and cover letters to the sites, and then submit them to individual employers. University departments also of-ten post openings on the sites. Sometimes grabbing a job can be a matter of seeing the posting be-fore anyone else, so check them early and often. For more infor-mation, make an appointment with an advisor at the Center for Career Education in Lerner Hall or Barnard Career Development in Elliott Hall.
Here’s how to find a local job, stay saneBY SONALEE RAU
Spectator Senior Staff Writer
With the first day of classes about one week away, here’s what you need to know to get grades that resemble those As you accumulated in high school.
Make sure to spend time on CULPA (culpa.info), Columbia’s student-run take on Rate My Professors. It’s full of nuggets of information that will aid you in preparing that color-coded spreadsheet of potential class-es you’re tempted to make. The website’s reviews cover every as-pect you’ll need to take into con-sideration: professors’ teaching styles, some course syllabi, and advice for both morning people and night owls.
Remember, even though the site is an amazing resource, you shouldn’t hesitate to supplement your CULPA searching by talk-ing about classes with your ad-viser and upperclassmen—and do some Googling, especially for younger professors or TAs.
Once classes start, know that Columbia students have ac-cess to a whopping 22 libraries. Changing your study location from week to week can make the process a little less monotonous. Of course, Butler Library is the most convenient study location to freshman dorms—and by far the most crowded.
To circumvent the chaos of traditional study rooms dur-ing midterms week, though, try heading for the Butler stacks located behind the librarians’ desks. Don’t wait until one se-mester of your first year has
already flown by to use them—even though the stacks get a bad rap as being dark, secluded, and creepy, they are always condu-cive to concentration. There is no Wi-Fi in the stacks—and there are, therefore, no distractions.
Alternatively, the library in Avery, Columbia’s architecture building, is one of the best-kept se-crets on campus. It’s conveniently located above Brownie’s Café, a cash-only spot in the building’s basement. No food and drinks in there, though—if you like to snack while studying, head to the library in Kent, the East Asian studies building, instead.
Also, take full advantage of the fact that Barnard’s Lehman Library and Butler are so close to each other. You’ll often find
that books that have been checked out of Butler end up across the street. This informa-tion will prove useful during University Writing, when you take on the 3000-word research paper for which UW is famous. The Writing Center can also be surprisingly useful for revising those papers—just make ap-pointments early.
As for Lit Hum, don’t wor-ry about reading every word, and do get your hands on the study guides for midterms and finals that generations have spent days compiling for you. Remember: just going to class gets you ahead. And your GPA doesn’t matter as much now anyway.
Go beyond Butler for grade-A first year
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columbia in the spotlight after drug bustOn the morning of Dec. 7, 2010, five Columbia students were arrested for selling drugs to undercover narcotics officers. Four of the students who were arrested belonged to fraternities and the fifth lived in the Intercultural Resource Center. The three fraternities—Alpha Epsilon Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Psi Upsilon—lost their University-owned brownstones on 114th Street, after a review undertaken by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. The IRC faces no sanctions.
—Leah Greenbaum
In April, exactly four months after President Barack Obama signed the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy into law, Columbia offi-cially recognized the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for the first time in over four decades. ROTC had not been recognized since 1969, when protests over the Vietnam War led to the disso-lution of the University’s long-standing Naval ROTC program. The University Senate voted overwhelmingly in support of the program’s re-turn following a heated campus debate. Critics of ROTC have argued that the military has no place on college campuses and that the military still practices discrimination against transgen-der individuals.
columbia recognizes rotc after 42 years
WHAT YOU MISSED LAST YEAR
In October, Bollinger agreed to stay on as President for at least five more years. Since taking over in 2002, Bollinger has overseen the legal battle surrounding Columbia’s expan-sion into Manhattanville, the launch of a network of global centers around the world, and a University capital campaign whose target was recently raised from $4 billion to $5 billion.
bollinger: five more years
green light for gender-neutral housing
In November 2010, Dean of Student Affairs Kevin Shollenberger announced that the University would launch a gender-neutral housing pilot program, that would allow any two students, regardless of gender, to live together in double occupancy rooms. The pilot program is open to upperclassmen and only available in select buildings this year. Students have pushed for this type of program since 2008, arguing that co-ed housing creates a more comfortable environment for LGBTQ students.
President Bollinger first announced plans to build the largest expansion of the campus in over 100 years in 2006, and last December the University surpassed the final legal hurdles that had threat-ened those plans. In the last year the University has selected architects, released building plans, and proceeded with the demolition of manufacturing warehouses on 129th Street. The first buildings on the Manhattanville campus are scheduled to open in 2016.
construction begins in manhattanville
HANNAH BOTKIN / SPECTATOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
STUDY PARTY | Butler’s reference room is a popular spot to hit the books, but don’t forget about the other 21 libraries on campus.
ORIENTATION 2011 NEWS PAGE 3
Amid a leadership shake-up, meet your Columbia, Barnard administrators
Check out these headline-making campus groups
BY JACKIE CARREROSpectator Senior Staff Writer
Prepare for spam: Part of col-lege is four years of sifting through notices from all the student groups you signed on with at your first ac-tivities fair. There’s something for everyone, but here’s a handful of groups that made news last year.
cu democrats, college republicans, columbia political union
If you’re a political animal you might try reaching out to the CU Democrats or College Republicans. Each year both groups send students across the country to campaign for local issues or candidates from their respective parties. The Activist Council of the CU Dems tends to make headlines for fundrais-ing from local businesses and advocating on campus for liber-al causes. In April, the College Republicans ignited a heated debate on campus when they launched a campaign calling the role of “safe spaces” on campus into question.
For those who aren’t interest-ed in partisan politics, Columbia Political Union promotes politi-cal engagement for both liberals and conservatives. Each year CPU facilitates a debate between the Republicans and Dems.
everyone allied against homophobia, columbia queer alliance, genderevolution
Last year was an excit-ing one for LGBTQ advocates: Columbia’s administration ap-proved a long-awaited pilot pro-gram for gender-neutral hous-ing, the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was repealed, and over the summer New York State voted to legalize same-sex marriage. Don’t expect the mo-mentum to die out this year.
Everyone Allied Against Homophobia will continue to ask local businesses to join their “safe spaces” campaign. In recent years EAAH has been a powerful lobby-ing voice on campus for LGBTQ issues.
Columbia Queer Alliance has focused more on building com-munity and promoting social life.
Each month they throw a huge LGBTQ-oriented dance party on campus called “First Fridays”.
Genderevolution is a smaller, and by some accounts more radi-cal, group. The club recently re-leased a map of all gender-neutral bathrooms on campus and will continue to promote gender-neu-tral initiatives this year.
columbia/barnard hillel, muslim student union, veritas forum
For all things Jewish at Columbia, check out the Kraft Center, on 115th, which houses the Columbia/Barnard Hillel. Even if religious services don’t appeal to you, Hillel offers a wide variety of programming, including groups focused on social justice, a capella, Israel advocacy, and a myriad of social events.
Trying to figure out where to find a prayer room or a halal burger? Check out the Muslim Student Union. Like Hillel, they offer programming that is as much social and philanthropic as it is religious.
Every year the Veritas Forum, a group of Christian students trying to answer life’s hardest questions, brings a set of sometimes high-profile, but always thought-provoking speakers to campus. Recent forums have included journalist Nicholas Kristof and scholar Cornel West. postcrypt coffeehouse, columbia university society of hip-hop
Student-run music venue Postcrypt puts on free weekly folk music concerts in the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel. The ‘Crypt—part basement, part lounge, part cafe, and part broom closet—is the perfect place to mellow out after a long week of hitting the books.
For those not interested in folk music, the ever-more-pop-ular CUSH provides an alterna-tive. The group brings together all kinds of hip-hop lovers, from rappers to producers to street artists, to participate in ciphers, album listening parties, and dis-cussions. CUSH made headlines last spring when they opened for Snoop Dogg at Bacchanal.
BY FINN VIGELANDSpectator Senior Staff Writer
It can be tough to be an eco-friendly university in New York City—but that’s no excuse for you not to be green at Columbia.
Start with the basics: un-plug your electronics whenever they’re not in use, particularly when you leave your room. All it takes is reaching down to your power strip and pulling out the plugs.
Make sure to pick up your free water bottle as you receive your orientation materials.Not only will you save money across the year by not buying all those Dasani bottles, but you’ll heavily cut down on the amount of plas-tic the school purchases for its vending machines. Also a mon-ey-saver: the Hospitality Desk in Hartley Hall rents drying racks for free by the semester, letting you avoid the $1.25 for the dry-ers in your building’s basement.
While you’re still furnishing your room, check out the Give and Go Green sale in John Jay lounge. Last spring, students sold back their appliances, school supplies and other odds and ends—and now they’re up for grabs at affordable prices. Be warned: the fridges go in the first hour and people line up for them early.
That sale is run by EcoReps, a student group on campus that organizes recycling projects, lo-cal food study breaks, and other carbon footprint-reducing op-portunities on campus. Over the summer, the group worked with Housing to purchase a student-run composter in the basement of Ruggles Hall. It will be the first of its type in an urban university, accord-ing to Aida Conroy, CC ’13 and EcoReps co-coordinator.
EcoReps is also starting a program called Environmen-tal Community Organizers, or
ECOs. Every floor of every resi-dence hall—including first-year dorms—will have one or two residents who “serve as a con-nection between the general student body and EcoReps,” Conroy said. The ECOs will en-sure their floormates are com-mitted to recycling and using reusable water bottles, and plan events like organic snack study breaks and trash sculpture building.
If you want to get your hands dirty, work in the community garden in front of Pupin and the Northwest Corner Building. Organized by the CU Food Sus-tainability Project, the garden grows vegetables, beans, herbs, and flowers.
Just north of campus is another public garden at the Grant Houses at 124th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. This Columbia student-led initia-tive faced red tape from both on-campus organizations and the New York City Housing As-sociation, but was eventually established in February.
For more local food outlets, you can walk right out your door to the Columbia Green-market along Broadway at 115th Street. The farmers’ market, which runs every Thursday and Sunday, attracts scores of Upper West Siders, who shop there religiously for baked goods, preserved fruit and vegetables, cheeses, milk, and cider. The focaccia—warmed bread with veggies and herbs on top—is a classic.
There are local food-friend-ly restaurants in Morningside Heights, too. Community Food and Juice, on Broadway be-tween 112th and 113th streets, supports upstate farmers and
uses local and organic ingredi-ents whenever possible. Beware the long brunch lines, though. Heading to Pisticci, on LaSalle Street between Broadway and Claremont Avenue, will take you just outside of the Colum-bia bubble to the first carbon-neutral restaurant in New York.
The more academically in-clined should register for Sci-ence for Sustainable Develop-ment (EESC W2330). It’s taught by Professors Ruth Defries, co-director of the undergraduate major in sustainable develop-ment, and John Mutter, direc-tor of the doctoral program in sustainable development.
And of course, you now live in Manhattan—no driving around everywhere. Make sure you master the subway. You’re only allowed one free pass of unintentionally taking the ex-press train past 96th Street.
Simple ways to stay eco-friendly while studying, eating
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS:
Dear Class of 2015,
Welcome to Columbia! Wet and soggy though you may be, don’t ignore the silver lining to these heavy clouds. You may miss out on Convocation—but you’ll also get to skip University administrators’ predictable rain jokes. Your flight may have been delayed—but a crowded airport terminal makes the
perfect place to peruse the “Iliad.” Or your NSOP schedule may be waterlogged—so we’ve provided you with an eminently superior guide: the Columbia Daily Spectator’s Orientation Issue 2011, your survival guide for life in Morningside Heights.
In this issue, you’ll find
our insider’s guide to the neighborhood and our favorite
locations around New York City. You’ll learn how to get straight A’s and land a great job. You’ll read about Columbia’s sports stars and the University’s biggest political players. And you’ll get our updated 2011 list of the 116 Columbia traditions you have to take part in before you graduate.
Rain or shine, you’re
starting four years of your
life that will be more fun, and a greater challenge, than anything you’ve ever done before. We at Spectator are excited to be a part of that. Stay safe out there.
Samuel E. RothEditor in Chief
Michele Cleary
Managing Editor
Coatsworth was chosen by Bollinger in June to be the interim provost, follow-ing the unexpected resig-nation of Claude Steele, who left to become dean of Stanford’s School of Education. Coatsworth, who will also continue to serve as dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, is now the school’s top academic officer. That gives him purview over everything from the tenure review pro-cess to allocating academic space on campus.
After two years as the College’s first African-American and first female dean, Moody-Adams sur-prised the school with news of her sudden resignation two weeks ago. In an email to alumni, Moody-Adams said that coming changes to the University’s struc-ture would “ultimately compromise the College’s academic quality and finan-cial health.” In her email,
she implied that Arts and Sciences would soon be taking over policy, fund-raising, and budget respon-sibilities that she currently oversees independently, and said that her concerns about those changes had not been taken seriously. In a dramatic turn of events last week, Bollinger called on Moody-Adams to step down from her position ef-fective immediately.
In his two years as dean, the energetic Peña-Mora has worked to increase the engi-neering school’s stature, both among other engineering schools and within the lib-eral arts-centric Columbia. To do that, he’s instituted a “Rising Superstars” program to attract top faculty to the school, and is reshaping the school’s study abroad pro-grams, among other initia-tives. Peña-Mora previously served as associate provost at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Spar, who is entering her third year at Barnard’s helm, has worked to increase the college’s international rep-utation, holding sympo-sia abroad and seeking out more international students. She’s also a scholar of inter-national political and eco-nomic issues, and has writ-ten about topics ranging from the economics of the fertility industry to the rise of the Internet. In June, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Goldman Sachs Group.
Hinkson, BC ’84, became Barnard’s dean in February, replacing longtime dean Dorothy Denburg, who is now the vice president for college relations. Hinkson, who said in February that one of her first priorities would be evaluating how Barnard uses its library spaces, oversees the Dean of Studies, Admissions, Financial Aid, the Registrar, Residential Life and Housing, Student Life, and Health Services. Previously, she was the director of un-dergraduate advising at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dirks, who is also the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, over-sees all things academic at A&S schools and de-partments, including Columbia College, the School of General Studies, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of the Arts, the School of International and Public Affairs, and
the School of Continuing Education. Dirks, a histo-ry and anthropology pro-fessor, played a key role in planning and allocat-ing space in the newly-opened Northwest Corner Building, and was involved in the central adminis-tration’s review of the University’s conflict of in-terest policy.
- Sammy Roth
LEE BOLLINGER,University President
Kasdin is a longtime Bollinger associate, having come to Columbia with him in 2002 from the University of Michigan (where Bollinger was president and Kasdin was chief financial officer). Now second-in-command at Columbia, Kasdin runs the University’s finances and oversees the construction projects in Manhattanville and Inwood, where Columbia is building a new athlet-ic center. You won’t hear much from Kasdin, except for the occasional update email on “the University’s Environmental Stewardship” bearing his name.
Bollinger is entering his tenth year as Columbia’s president, and has agreed to stay on through at least 2015. Known by many students as “PrezBo,” Bollinger has the final say on all administrative appointments and is the driving force behind the University’s globalization plans and the campus expansion in Manhattanville. Bollinger is also a noted freedom of the press and freedom of speech scholar, and he generally stays quiet on campus controversies. If you want to meet him, watch for an email about the fireside chats that Bollinger holds at his house on 116th Street and Morningside Avenue.
JOHN COATSWORTH,Interim Provost
MICHELE MOODY-ADAMS,Outgoing Columbia College Dean
ROBERT KASDIN,Senior Executive
Vice President
DEBORA SPAR,Barnard President
FENIOSKY PEÑA-MORAColumbia Engineering Dean
AVIS HINKSON,Barnard College Dean
NICHOLAS DIRKS,Executive Vice President of Arts
and Sciences
PAGE 4 TRADITIONS ORIENTATION 2011
1. Enter the 116th Street gates and sing “Roar, Lion, Roar” on the first night of orientation.2. Think your OL is an OG. Realize later she was only OK.3. Make a spare key with an old credit card and an X-Acto knife (VingCard dorms only).4. Try to figure out the Barnard-Columbia relationship. Give up.5. Lock yourself out of your room while in a towel and flip-flops. Proceed to Hartley or the security desk (normal people only).6. Lock yourself out of your room while dressed. Borrow towel and cell phone from friend and call Hartley to say you are locked out and undressed (lazy bums only).7. Enroll in a 9 a.m. or Friday class. Never go.8. Get a Broadway shake at Tom’s.9. Avoid Uni Café like the plague. You might catch it there.10. Detach your closet door. Play beer pong on it.11. Pretend to be interested in a club to get free swag. Get spammed for the next four years.12. Forget to transfer at 96th Street and end up at Central Park North.13. Catch someone moving your laundry.14. Get excited about the new buildings on Manhattanville campus. Just kidding, you’ll never take a class there.15. Learn what eminent domain means.16. Go to Joe. Never go to Starbucks again.17. Get sexiled. Sleep in the lounge.18. Eat a slice of Koronet pizza after a long night of drinking. Return another day to discover it’s inedible when you’re sober.19. Explore the tunnels.20. Watch the Varsity Show all four years. Notice repetition of tired Barnard jokes. Also GS jokes. And SEAS jokes.21. Never choose classes without using CULPA.22. Take a class on the sixth floor of Hamilton. Hate yourself for it.23. Get a fake ID. Still get rejected from Havana Central.24. Go to a frat party. Just one.25. Protest something.26. Counterprotest something.27. Get shafted in McBain. Make lame “shaft” jokes 10 times a day for the rest of the year.28. Ditch CubMail for Gmail.29. Eat at Sylvia’s in Harlem.30. Find the owl on Alma Mater.31. Rock the Glass House.32. Go to a campus group’s concert.33. Go to Midnight Breakfast.34. Make friends with the people in maintenance and with your security guards (and buy their CDs).35. Join PrezBo’s 5K run.36. Attend a Columbia basketball game.37. Believe at one point that race and gender are simply constructs.38. Drink on Low Steps.39. Read a text from every author on Butler. Find out who Demosthenes is and let us know.40. Take a walk of shame. Run into your CC professor.41. Study abroad and discover how much you love Columbia.42. Change your major. Twice.43. Go to services at Riverside Church or to the Blessing of the Animals at St. John the Divine.44. Take part in 40s on 40. If it still exists. If not, pour out a 40 for another casualty of the War on Fun.45. Volunteer with Community Impact.46. See a movie filming on campus. When the movie comes out, go to see it and obnoxiously point out Columbia scenes to your friends.47. Go to a fireside chat. Eat mini-burgers and chocolate chip cookies in PrezBo’s living room.48. Sneak onto the roof of Mudd, SIPA, or Sulz for a picnic.49. Take a class on something you know absolutely nothing about.50. Eat brunch terribly hungover at Community Food & Juice. Temporarily forget your woes.51. Order the Spicy Special at CrackDel. Never actually find out its ingredients.52. Take the M60 to LaGuardia. Foot the taxi bill for JFK.53. Pull an all-nighter with the rest of your floor studying for the Lit Hum final.54. Find a study spot in Butler. Sleep there to keep it during finals week.55. Go to Orgo Night.56. Go to the Hungarian Pastry Shop. Realize Artopolis and Café Amrita are better.57. Spend a vacation on campus while it’s empty.58. Go to Postcrypt in St. Paul’s Chapel.59. Quote a Core text outside of class.60. Take a class that meets in 309 Havemeyer Hall. Even if the class is awful, you won’t regret it.61. Ignore the red flags on South Lawn.62. Go to a World Leaders Forum event and shake hands with a foreign president—preferably a brutal autocrat.63. High-five Roar-ee. Don’t get kicked by the visitors’ mascot.64. Wish Obama would come for graduation. Realize it’s never going to happen.65. Call CAVA for a friend.66. Avoid getting CAVAed.67. Start a CU Assassins team. Obsessively stalk your target.68. Set foot in all five boroughs. Alternatively, set foot in four and look at Staten Island on the subway map.69. Check out the view of campus from Butler’s roof, preferably at night.70. Sled down Low Steps on a tray from Hewitt.71. Start using Flex because it’s just like free money. Feel the wrath from your parents when it shows up on your tuition bill.72. Get into museums free using your CUID.73. Listen to your friend call it the “red line.” Call them a noob.74. Write a term paper in 12 hours.75. Realize Williamsburg isn’t the only place in Brooklyn worth visiting. 76. Regret wearing heels after falling on College Walk.77. Walk all the way up Lerner using only the ramps. Wonder why it’s built like that.78. Hear Jeffrey Sachs speak. Experience liberal guilt.79. Sample the various local supermarkets. Pledge your heart to Westside.80. Pass without ever scoring above 60 on a test (SEAS only).81. Get an A without ever doing the reading (CC only).82. Go to the tree-lighting and Yule Log ceremonies.83. Walk from Battery Park to campus or vice versa.84. Wait an hour, in the cold, while drunk, for chicken and rice from the cart on 53rd and Sixth. Shed tears of joy when it comes to campus.85. Eagerly await the announcement of Bacchanal artists. Then complain that they suck.86. Take the science or lab requirement. Almost fail out (nonscience majors only).87. Get an Absolute Bagel. Never go to Nussbaum again. 88. Take Principles of Economics with Sunil Gulati. Become an econ major.89. Discover econ majors have to take econometrics. Become an English major.90. Try to go to a party in EC. Spend your whole night waiting to get signed in (Barnard/GS only).91. Log onto CCE’s LionSHARE system and then realize that 90 percent of the internships are in consulting.92. Get an “I love BC” T-shirt on Barnard Spirit Day.93. Attend Homecoming once—the year you get free beer (seniors only).94. Seriously consider dropping out. All the cool Columbians have.95. Pledge to cook more. End up starting a line of credit at HamDel (cool kids only) or Milano (gourmet eaters only). Or Morton Williams (imbeciles only).96. Attend a ceremonial religious meal, but not for your religion.97. Have a drunken hookup. Awkwardly bump into said hookup everywhere.98. Go to Health Services with a cold. Leave with condoms.99. Get your parents to pay for dinner at Pisticci.100. Join a campus tour and ask the tour guide awkward questions.101. Get dragged out of bed at 4 a.m. for a fire alarm—three times in one week (Carman/McBain only). Swear to savagely beat the person who set off the alarm.102. Attend a WBAR-B-Q.103. Go for a run in Riverside Park.104. Fall over after Dance Marathon.105. Spend one summer living and working in the city.106. Make friends with a General Studies student who is 10 years older than you.107. Lose friends in Senior Regroup.108. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge at night. Eat at Grimaldi’s.109. Write a paper based entirely on Wikipedia. Earn a B.110. Realize the value of research librarians.111. Check out Citi Field and the new Yankee Stadium.112. Work an off-campus internship during the year.113. Put off the swim test until second semester senior year (CC only). Consider inventing a water phobia to get out of it.114. Hook up in the Butler stacks.115. Remember that thesis you were supposed to write. Leave the stacks.116. Graduate!
116 Columbia Traditions
ILLUTRATIONS BY AMALIA RINEHART
Hang this up on your wall and check off the boxes as you immerse yourself in life at Columbia. The first person to complete 30 traditions and send us pictures while doing them will receive a prize and be profiled on Spectrum. Send submissions to [email protected].
BY MARICELA GONZALEZSpectator Staff Writer
1. Mathematics LawnA large lawn that isn’t closed off to students is hard to find on campus. With a perfect ratio of shade to light, this sequestered lawn provides the best outdoor spot for a peaceful nap.
2. Lerner leather seatsSome of the oversized leather seats placed throughout Alfred Lerner Hall have seen better
days, but that doesn’t mean they don’t maintain their title as the comfiest seats on campus. A short siesta on these chairs in between classes can be the best part of a busy student’s day—as long as someone isn’t playing the Main Lounge piano too poorly.
3. John Jay loungeJohn Jay lounge is the perfect napping spot for first years seeking out a classic Ivy League common room feel. Curl up next to the ornate fireplace—or the decorative Christmas tree stationed there during the holiday season—and doze off just like Columbia students of yesteryear.
4. Avery PlazaTucked between Avery, Schermerhorn, and Fayerweather, the plaza boasts a quiet getaway undisturbed by frisbee-throwing frat guys, tour groups, or parents with small children. This spot is especially peaceful during the spring when the cherry blossoms bloom. 5. Avery LibraryUnlike Butler, Avery Library is so far free of bedbug sightings and contains the prettiest book stacks on campus. Besides, the lower level’s corner couch is much more suited for a midday snooze than studi-ous reading.
BY CLAIRE STERNSpectator Staff Writer
1. Sweetery, www.streetsweetsny.comFormerly known as Street Sweets, this truck serves up the sweetest desserts on four wheels. Its mo-bile menu features cookies, muffins, cakes, and ice cream sandwiches—as well as basic lunchtime fare like quiches, croissants, and soups. Be sure to try their signature dessert item: whoopie pies, $2 apiece.
2. Korilla BBQ, www.korillabbq.comParking under the bridge to IAB on weeknights, Korilla is perhaps the most delicious Columbia-friendly food truck. Its build-your-own menu of-fers tasty Korean toppings, like kimchi, served up in generous portions. The bulgogi (black angus ribeye steak) burrito with sticky rice, spicy kim-chi, and the famous Korilla sauce is highly recom-mended. It’s a steal at $7.
3. Wafels & Dinges, www.wafelsanddinges.comWaffles are great anytime of day, and students can thank Wafels & Dinges for making this delicious
treat available street side. The two options are the light and crispy Brussels Wafel and the soft and chewy Liège Wafel (both $5). A must-try topping is their special spekuloos spread (tastes like a com-bination of nutella and peanut butter).
4. Frites ‘N’ Meats, www.fritesnmeats.comWith buns from Balthazar bakery and cheese from the famous Murray’s cheese shop, Frites ‘N’ Meats uses only the best ingredients in their gourmet-quality burgers. For juicy and tender meat, order the grass-fed angus burger ($5.50). Compliment the burger with one (or two) of the truck’s deluxe toppings: garlicky guacamole, applewood smoked bacon, and oven roasted tomato jazzy sauce. Definitely go for the side of double fried Belgian style frites—they’re perfectly thin and crispy and taste great with the aioli dipping sauces.
5. Joyride Truck, www.joyridetrucks.comAttention fro-yo lovers: the Joyride Truck makes a perfectly tart frozen treat with a mix of organic yogurt and all-natural greek yogurt. They also of-fer “Buzzed” yogurt (fro-yo infused with a dose of caffeine)—perfect for an afternoon pick-me-up.
Joyride offers fresh fruit and dessert-inspired top-pings: oreos, Cap’n Crunch, gummy bears, and more. The best part? The indecisive can ask for as many toppings they want at no additional cost. The coffee is good too, with beans from Stumptown Coffee Roasters—the city’s best.
Top 5 Food Trucks Near 116th for a Snack or Meal on the Go
Top 5 Spots to Nap Besides a Dorm Room
BY IAN ERICKSON-KERYSpectator Staff Writer
1. Riverside Park (east of Riverside Drive, between 55th and Dyckman streets)Head just a block west from campus to discover a narrow, 4-mile long strip of grass, trees, paths, monuments, and waterfront. Spend an afternoon picnicking with friends or strap on running shoes and jog in either direction to get some potentially-neglected exercise.
2. Hungarian Pastry Shop (1030 Amsterdam Ave., between 110th and 111th streets)Yes, tourist guides include this one but with good reason. The pastry shop is a truly unique and charming spot to whittle away a few pages (or books!) from “The Odyssey,” eavesdrop, daydream, flirt, or chat up friends and strangers. While bet-ter coffee can be found elsewhere (read: Joe), it’s unlimited here. When paired with a good pastry, it will surely fuel that Lens paper due tomorrow morning.
3. Peace Fountain at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Amsterdam Avenue, at 111th Street)Immediately across the street from Hungarian lies a park on the property of the cathedral. A circular sitting area surrounds a monumental bronze fountain, which can either be studied or ignored. This is one of the city’s great pockets of tranquility—come here to do the thinking (or relaxing) rendered impossible by too much time in Butler or with new floormates.
4. Levain Bakery (2167 Eighth Ave., between 116th
and 117th streets)What better way to elevate one’s spirits than a walk and a scrumptious, freshly baked cookie? Head east from the 116th and Amsterdam gates, cut across Morningside Park, and walk a few blocks into Harlem to uncover the tiny, but widely touted, bakery. The cookies are massive, so they can easily make two people’s days at once.
5. Book Culture (536 W. 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue)Students who come here to shop for course books might seek the quickest exit possible. However, those who linger (or come without the thought of class) will be rewarded. The store’s lower level has a small but curated selection of books ranging from art to politics and a great pick of magazines. The favored bookstore of Columbia’s faculty, its upper level is an intellectual treasure trove.
Top 5 Nearby Escapes from Campus
BY ALLISON MALECHA Spectator Senior Staff Writer
1. Mac ‘n’ Cheese and CornbreadComfort food—the key to beating the Lit Hum pa-per blues or those first pangs of homesickness. It’s also the key to the freshman 15, but still, John Jay’s mac ‘n’ cheese is one of the (very) few dishes worth joining the buffet line for.
2. Wilma’s OmeletsIf the tour guide didn’t mention them, most any upperclassman will—Wilma’s omelets are John Jay legendary, as is the peppy Wilma herself. Pick the mix-ins and Wilma will whip up the perfect hangover breakfast.
3. Hummus and VegetablesThough most first years are too busy grabbing piles of pizza and cookies to notice, the hummus at John Jay is weirdly good. The salad bar’s pita bread can be stale, but baby carrots and green peppers—or even cold grilled chicken when it’s at the sandwich station—always safe pairing bets.
4. Turkey Taco Salad BowlThis lunchtime Action Station option, which made an appearance most Mondays last semes-ter, is worth looking forward to. The tortilla bowl is crunchy, if lacking a little in salt, and the turkey chili served over rice inside is hearty. There’s also always a vegan option.
5. Baked Ziti with Meat or Eggplant ZitiThe oil-soggy noodles at the make-your-own pasta station are about the farthest things from appe-tizing, but these two are at least cheesy enough on top to hide whatever grease lies underneath. Filling and tasty. General note: when the meat looks sketchy, as it so often does, the vegetarian options are usually pretty decent.
And when all else fails, load up on white choc-olate chip cookies and fro-yo. Neither will ever disappoint.
Top 5 Edible Meals at John Jay Dining Hall
ORIENTATION 2011 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 5
BY JOSEPH POMP Spectator Staff Writer
1. Taqueria y Fonda (968 Amsterdam Ave., be-tween 107th and 108th streets)If any place in Manhattan has the potential to sat-isfy taco enthusiasts from California, this is it. The meat is the right kind of spicy, the cheese is the right kind of stringy, and they even offer nopales (prickly pear cactus pads).
2. Cascabel Taqueria (2799 Broadway, at 108th Street)Already a hit in the East 80s, this luchador-themed eatery just opened its MoHi location over the sum-mer. A more upscale and roomier alternative to Taqueria y Fonda, it also boasts some of the best shrimp tacos in New York.
3. El Toro Partido (3431 Broadway between 139th and 140th streets)This quintessential off-the-beaten-track, hole-in-the-wall gem has spectacular tacos that go for a mere $2 a pop. Try the chorizo or al pastor, which includes chopped grilled pineapple.
4. El Paso Taqueria (237 E. 116th St., between Second and Third avenues)The crosstown bus ride to East Harlem is well worth it for this solid Mexican establishment (with additional locations in Spanish Harlem and the Upper East Side).
5. The Heights Bar & Grill (2867 Broadway, be-tween 111th and 112th streets)Although not as popular as their burritos, stuffed tacos are included on The Heights’ $6.50 lunch special menu (choice of chicken, steak, portobello, or spinach). They are sure to pair nicely with a passion fruit or raspberry margarita.
Top 5 Tacos in the Greater MoHi Area
BY KATY TONG Spectator Staff Writer
1. Luke’s Lobster (426 Amsterdam Ave., between 80th and 81st streets)When the craving for a shellfish sandwich strikes, stop into Luke’s Lobster for reasonably afford-able lobster rolls and an interior that resembles a New England seafood shack. The joint boasts four Manhattan locations and recently took to the streets in a new food truck.
2. Great Jones Café (54 Great Jones St., between Lafayette Street and Bowery)New York feels miles away at this lively diner with its hole-the-wall exterior. Creole staples, such as New Orleans-style jambalaya, gumbo, and po-boy sandwiches, will sate anyone’s appetite for the bayou.
3. Makana (2245 First Ave., between 115th and 116th streets)Makana merges west coast inspiration with Lower East Side roots for a unique dining experience. The East Harlem establishment offers authentic Hawaiian and Japanese BBQ, perfect for a quick spam musubi fix.
4. Carl’s Steaks (507 Third Ave., between 34th and 35th streets)The Philly cheesesteak sandwich at Carl’s Steaks is as authentic as it gets outside of its namesake lo-cation. Endure the greasy, clothes-clinging stench for a cheesesteak made fresh daily to flavorful perfection.
5. Georgetown Cupcake (111 Mercer St., between Prince and Spring streets)Magnolia Bakery will face some new competition in town when Georgetown Cupcakes of TLC’s “DC Cupcakes” fame exports its brand of tiny frosted cakes to New York later this year. Expect outrageous lines but moist, rich cakes as a reward for the wait.
Top 5 Regional Eateries in New York
BY MELISSA HANEYSpectator Staff Writer
1. Mint (448 Columbus Ave., between 81st and 82nd streets)Forgot that super-cute wardrobe staple at home? Don’t fret, because Mint is just one of many Upper West Side boutiques that offer fashionable es-sentials at relatively affordable prices. Here, the racks are full of unique silhouettes and funky prints that will add some New York City swag-ger to any style.
2. Pippin Vintage Jewelry (112 W. 17th St., be-tween Sixth and Seventh avenues)With limited time and money, buying a bunch of new clothes usually isn’t an option. Snagging a well-priced vintage accessory from a store just minutes from the 18th street station, however, is perfectly acceptable. Pippin Vintage Jewelry is the cure-all for a Columbian’s style depression, provid-ing a wide range of kitschy necklaces, bracelets, rings, scarves, gloves, hats, and broaches.
3. Zachary’s Smile (9 Greenwich Ave., between 10th and Christopher streets)Vintage clothes shopping in New York City is not for the faint at heart—with hundreds upon
hundreds of overstocked shops, one must be well-versed in what makes a previously worn item more than just a piece of trendy trash. Zachary’s Smile, within walking distance from the 14th street sta-tion, is the perfect first step into the world of vin-tage shopping. Shelves of shirts, bags, scarves, and sweaters are organized by color and print, alleviat-ing the tiresome scouring typical of most vintage
stores. The shop also sells original, never-before-worn items for those too timid to take the second-hand plunge.
4. Barney’s Co-Op (236 W. 18th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues)This Chelsea landmark is one of those places to look but never touch—mostly because touching may lead to hundreds of dollars spent. The store offers intricately constructed originals at “dis-count” prices from the Barney’s Madison Avenue location. However, various designer trunk shows and the bi-annual warehouse sales offer up some truly amazing, only-in-New-York fashion steals.
5. Patagonia (426 Columbus Ave., between 80th and 81st streets)New York City is cold. Not exactly breaking news, but come November, when the frigid wind comes whipping down Broadway, that windbreaker just isn’t going to cut it. The fleeces, jackets, hats, scarves, and gloves at Patagonia are reliable and unique—despite it being a national brand, the cold weather items sold here are far less ubiquitous than the North Face standards. Plus, Patagonia devotes much of its profits to environmentalist causes and many of its items are partially made from recycled fibers.
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Meet the Seniors Interviews with three of our opinion writers who are entering their final years at Columbia.
PAGE 8 EDITORIAL & OPINION ORIENTATION 2011
Who are you?An Ancient History major with pending and probably never-to-be-
completed minors in English and religion. I’m also aloof.
Why did you join Spec? I don’t actually remember. Which probably means I was drugged, kidnapped, and forced to join by a masked and marauding posse of
sleep deprived editors and columnists.
What book should you actu-ally read in Lit Hum?Because I’m a Barnard student, I did not take Lit Hum. Instead I read “Moby Dick” in an ocean literature class taught by a maritime history professor who sails boats on the weekends and is missing a pinky. (You know you’re jealous.) Other than that, I’ve heard “Crime and Punishment” is good.
Favorite study spot? The cupboard under the stairs. If that’s occupied, East Asian
Starr Library is my home away from home.
Survival tip for NSOP week?Patience, young grasshoppers. You have the next four years of your life to meet people. In the meantime, embrace the awkward, and strike up conver-sations with people sitting or standing alone.
A word of advice to incoming first-years?College is too important to be taken seriously. And leggings are not pants. Or wait, did you want an actual “word of ad-vice”? In that case, tomfoolery.
CAROLINE BLOSSER
Who are you?A creative writ-ing major with a concentration in East Asian languages and cultures (which
doesn’t really matter, but which you’ll spend the next few years thinking matters a whole lot).
Why did you join Spec?I was on the paper in high school, wrote one article during orientation week my first year, and was asked by the person who edited that article to take her job at the paper. I learned two lessons that day: 1.) It’s never too early to join Spec. 2.) If anybody
compliments you at Columbia they’re usually about to ask you to do more work.
What book should you actu-ally read in Lit Hum?Nobody reads everything, but read as much as you can. You’ll like the class a lot more if you do, and nobody ever regretted having the knowl-edge in those books. That said, if you have to choose one, read “Crime and Punishment.”
Favorite study spot? My room. I never understood the appeal of studying in front of other people, but maybe that’s because I study naked.
Survival tip for NSOP week? Don’t worry about finding people you like during NSOP week—most people won’t start acting like themselves until week three anyway.
Just go out and do things. See the city. Organize people on your floor if you have to—nobody will dislike you for doing that.
A word of advice for incom-ing first-years?Columbia’s not the easiest place to be a first-year, but how happy you are is largely dependent on the effort you make. Join groups that inter-est you, introduce yourself to everyone, and find the two or three people that you don’t feel like you have to perform for. (And if you’re someone who wants to go out, invest in a fake ID. There’s no point in further limiting your already limited social options.) Columbia gets exponen-tially better every year, and four years here will prob-ably do more to make you an adult than four years spent elsewhere.
NEIL FITZPATRICK
Who are you? I’m a senior in CC majoring in Russian literature and culture, for-
mer Spec editorial page editor, current columnist and blogger, lover of ’80s pop culture, and valiant defender of Ke$ha.
Why did you join Spec?To be like Neil FitzPatrick.
And because I like editing and writing. As an editor, I like helping people articu-late their opinions. And as a writer, I like to trick people into reading mine.
What book should you actually read in Lit Hum?Since you’ll read “Pride and Prejudice” and “Crime and Punishment” anyway, be sure to read “Don Quixote.” It takes a while to get into it, but once you’re in, you’re in. It’s basically the exclusive nightclub of Lit Hum books.
Favorite study spot?There’s a level on the third floor of Butler that’s elevated above the main part of the floor. It feels like studying in a tree house, which is all I ever really wanted.
Describe the Barnard-Columbia relationship in one sentence.It’s complicated.
A word of advice to incom-ing first-years?Breathe. You’ll love it here. It just takes some time.
EMILY TAMKINCurrent columnist and blogger, former editorial page editor.
Current blogger, former col-umnist and associate editorial page editor.
Current blogger.
ORIENTATION 2011 SPORTS PAGE 9
BY JIM PAGELSSpectator Senior Staff Writer
There’s a perception around campus that Columbia sports suck. Or that Columbia sports blow. Let me set aside all of these myths. Whether or not Columbia blows or sucks, I can personally guarantee the wind created by the other seven Ivy schools sin-glehandedly caused Hurricane Irene. No joke. Look it up.
brownDo you really think these hippy
feng shui majors have any athletic fortitude? No. In fact, one former athlete recently advocated in a column for the athletics depart-ment to be eliminated altogether.
cornellCornell offers a course called
“Sheep.” Yes, that’s the title. The Big Red may be able to hang a 2010 Sweet Sixteen banner, but the students will probably cel-ebrate by going cow tipping or drinking beer they brewed from the wheat and barley they har-vested last fall.
dartmouthOkay, so the general percep-
tion is that we suck at sports, but Dartmouth really sucks at sports. If the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Lions, and LA Clippers invested in a college team, they’d choose Dartmouth. Luckily for Hanover residents, many don’t know about the Big Green’s revolting play since they don’t have the Internet up there.
harvardJeremy Lin may be the first
Ivy player in 16 years to enter the NBA, but that doesn’t make up for the embarrassment of storm-ing the court when the Crimson clinched a share of the Ivy bas-ketball title last season, but then lost to Princeton in a one-game playoff.
pennThe Fighting Quakers? Even
though they’ve won two straight Ivy football titles, the only thing they’d do to celebrate a third is flip over a giant button sculpture on campus—which would be a very Philly sports fan thing to do.
princetonDo we even need to explain
this? Eating clubs, lawn parties, popped collars, polo matches (ok, not really on the last one). We could print an entire list of all the reasons Princeton sucks, but it would likely destroy whatever’s left of the Amazon Rainforest. The Lions have beaten the Tigers by a combined score of 80-14 on the gridiron the past two years, and that trend doesn’t look to change anytime soon.
yaleNo need to poke fun at the
Bulldogs—they already have to live in New Haven, aka the Fallujah of Connecticut. We rec-ommend following the behavior of the Trinity squash team the next time you come in contact with an Eli (yes, that’s actually one of their nicknames).
Instilling Ivy hatred and ridicule from an early age
BY JIM PAGELSSpectator Senior Staff Writer
While largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things since their first football game against Rutgers in 1870, the Light Blue have managed to make a few headlines.
7)March20,1998 Cristina Teuscher, CC ’00, became the first female Ivy Leaguer to win an NCAA championship in swimming when she took the 500-yard freestyle in 4:35.45. Teuscher went on to win a gold medal in the women’s 4x200 freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 2000 Olympics.
6)Dec.10,1983The men’s soccer team tragically suf-fered a 1-0 double-overtime loss to Indiana in the NCAA Championship game. This is still the furthest an Ivy team has ever gone in the NCAA tour-nament. The Lions went 18-0 that season before falling to the Hoosiers and were ranked first in the nation at the end of the regular season.
5)Jan.1,1934 The Columbia football team defeated Stanford 7-0 to win the Rose Bowl—the
only bowl game in all of col-lege football at the time. The Lions beat the Indians thanks to a tricky play by Light Blue quarterback Cliff Montgomery, CC ’34, that lead to a Columbia touchdown in the second quar-ter. Though the Rose Bowl Player of the Game award wasn’t created until 1953, Montgomery receives the hon-or retroactively.
4)April18,1923 In a game against Williams College, Lou Gehrig struck out an Ivy League record 17 batters. In the only season he played for Columbia, Gehrig hit .403 with seven home runs—some of which are fabled to have broken windows in the Journalism building—the base-ball field was South Field (now called South Lawn) at the time. After the 1923 season, Gehrig signed with the Yankees, taking his talents 40 blocks north to team up with Babe Ruth.
3)April1968 After taking the national basketball scene by storm, the 1968 men’s basket-ball team beat nationally ranked Louisville, West Virginia, and St. Johns in the regular sea-son, even prompting a Sports Illustrated feature. However, they still had one more game to
win for their first-and-only Ivy championship. In a one-game playoff against Princeton, the Lions won 92-74, giving them a bid to the NCAA tournament where they advanced to the Sweet 16.
2)Oct.8,1988 The fact that one of Columbia’s crowning sports achievements is sim-ply ending a streak of atrocity might tell you a bit about the history of the athletics depart-ment here. Luckily those times are (mostly) in the past, but from 1983 to 1988, the Lions set an FBS-record losing streak of 44 games. After five years, the Light Blue held onto a thrill-ing 16-13 win over Princeton at Baker, inciting fans to rush the field and tear down the goalposts.
1) July 4, 1878 The Columbia crew team became the first international squad to win a race at the Henley Royal Regatta. The Lions defeated University College, Oxford and HertfordCollege, Oxford, marking the first-ever loss of an English crew in English wa-ters. This is the first year that the Visitors’ Challenge Cup—the race the Light Blue won—is open to foreigners.
Seven notable moments in Lions history
BY MRINAL MOHANKASpectator Senior Staff Writer
Tips for attending CU athletics events:• Find the fan bus for football
games. It leaves from the 116th and Broadway gates and is free.
• Wear Light Blue.• Take a picture with Roar-ee
the Lion (our mascot).• Make some noise: loudly
sing the fight song and “Who owns New York” (note: avoid this practice at golf and fenc-ing meets).
• Pregame all events you attend.
• Participate in crowd-wide chants (“Let’s go Lions,” “air-ball,” etc.)
• Do not attempt to start the wave at baseball games. You’ll get worn out quickly
between the three of you.• Spend Oct. 29 and/or Nov.
5 at Baker Field watch-ing football, men’s soc-cer, and women’s soccer back-to-back-to-back.
• Chant “safety school” when we play Cornell.
• Go to Basketball Mania (date TBD) and other events early to get free swag.
• Don’t get mad if the people in front of you are standing—you’re supposed to do that at games.
• Don’t wait until you’re a se-nior to go to a sporting event. You’ll regret it.
• Note: Levien Gym is locat-ed on campus in the Dodge Fitness Center, and Baker Field is at 218th Street and Broadway (nearest subway stop is 215th Street on the 1 train).
Helpful tips for navigating the Columbia sports scene
ALYSON GOULDEN / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
FACIAL | Fortunately, no residents of Hanover will be aware of this embarrassment, as the Internet has yet to be installed there.
FILE PHOTO
HITCH A RIDE | Don’t waste your subway fare getting up to Baker. Put your student activities fee to use and take the fan bus.
PAGE 10 SPORTS ORIENTATION 2011
BY JIM PAGELS AND MRINAL MOHANKA
Columbia Daily Spectator
To all the soon-to-be-diehard Columbia sports fans, hello and a very warm welcome to Morningside Heights. You may not know much about athlet-ics at Columbia, but we at Spectator are here to provide a brief introduction to varsity sports, and tell you why it may be worth your while to invest the time in becoming a fan.
Let’s rip the Band-Aid off right away—the 2011-12 Columbia teams are not the all-time greatest. They prob-ably won’t dominate the Ivy League, and they probably won’t be champions at every sport. College GameDay won’t be mak-ing an appearance at Baker, you shouldn’t pencil the Lions into the Final Four in your NCAA bracket just yet, and the admin-istration isn’t saving any space on the side of Butler to engrave Noruwa Agho’s name.
However, they definitely will provide top-quality entertain-ment and a sense of commu-nity spirit (which can be rare on this campus, let us tell you), completely free of charge. Last year, Henning Sauerbier scored a goal in the final minute of normal time, giving the men’s soccer team a electrifying vic-tory against Dartmouth, and the
men’s tennis team rallied from 0-3 down to beat Yale in a 4-3 thriller.
We can personally guaran-tee that Friday night basket-ball games at Levien are about 10 times louder than Primal Scream, and there’s a good chance you’ll see that fencer you sit next to in poli-sci on TV in London next summer.
There’s a certain passion that comes from backing the underdog (and without a doubt, that’s what the Light Blue will be in many of its contests this year). The joy of every precious triumph will more than com-pensate for the losses you may witness. Several Lions teams have been on the rise these past few seasons—most noticeably volleyball and men’s soccer—and 2011-12 promises to be a cam-paign that provides its fair share of highlights.
The people representing the Light Blue will be your friends, classmates, and floor-mates, and they could use your support. Don’t you want to be there to watch them make history?
Jim Pagels is a Columbia College junior majoring in American Studies and English. Mrinal Mohanka is a Columbia College senior majoring in eco-nomics. They are the sports edi-tors of the Columbia Spectator.
Being a fan makes the rare highlights worth the woes
So here’s the gist: essential facts for any Columbia fan
ALYSON GOULDEN / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
HANG TEN | Junior Nate Gery and Kevin Kung CC’11 were key contributors to the Lions’ tenth men’s tennis title in 2010.
football Record Last Year: 4-6, 2-5 IvyIvy Position: Sixth place Last Ivy Title: 1962Key Player: Sean Brackett, CC ’13Coach: Norries WilsonWhere They Play: Baker Field
women’s basketballRecord Last Year: 7-21, 6-8 IvyIvy Position: Fifth place Last Ivy Title: Never wonKey Player: Brianna Orlich, CC ’14Coach: Paul NixonWhere They Play: Levien Gymnasium
men’s basketballRecord Last Year: 15-13, 6-8 IvyIvy Position: Fifth place Last Ivy Title: 1968Key Player: Noruwa Agho, CC ’12Coach: Kyle SmithWhere They Play: Levien Gymnasium
women’s basketballRecord Last Year: 6-8-3, 2-3-2 IvyIvy Position: Fifth place Last Ivy Title: 1994Key Player: David Najem, CC ’14Coach: Kevin AndersonWhere They Play: Baker Field
volleyballRecord Last Year: 16-9, 8-6 IvyIvy Position: Tied for third place Last Ivy Title: Never wonKey Player: Megan Gaughn, CC ’13Coach: Jon WilsonWhere They Play: Levien Gymnasium
men’s tennisRecord Last Year: 8-15, 2-5 IvyIvy Position: Sixth place Last Ivy Title: 2010Key Player: Haig Schneiderman, CC ’13Coach: Bid G0oswamiWhere They Play: Baker Field
women’s soccerRecord Last Year: 9-5, 3-3-1 IvyIvy Position: Fifth place Last Ivy Title: 2007Key Player: Ashlin Yahr, CC ’12Coach: Kevin McCarthyWhere They Play: Baker Field
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JIM PAGELSSports Editor
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HANOVER, N.H. —It had happened
two years in a row, and early in the sec-
ond half it looked like the Lions might
once again get tripped up by an inferior
Dartmouth team on the road. The Big
Green made the first bucket of the sec-
ond half to go up after a sluggish first half
finished with the score knotted at 25. The
hosts would stick around for the early
part of the second half, but once again
this version of Columbia men’s basket-
ball proved it is not like its predecessors.
The Light Blue (12-6, 3-1 Ivy) were
coming off a 77-66 loss at Harvard, and
a win at struggling Dartmouth (5-12, 1-3
Ivy) was a must. The game against the
Crimson had been a tightly contested
battle between two hot teams until a
Harvard run midway through the second
half blew the game open. It was the Lions’
first game in eleven to be decided by more
than five points. The Lions turned the tables the next
night, relying on a balanced offense to
steadily pull away in the second half,
eventually winning comfortably 66-45.
It was an important win under any cir-
cumstances, but particularly in light of
the previous night’s loss.
“There’s no such thing as bad pizza, or
a bad win,” head coach Kyle Smith said
afterwards. “It was just great on the road.
It’s always tough to win on the road, and
to win by 20 is just phenomenal, espe-
cially [considering] the Harvard game.
For us to bounce back 22 hours later and
give that kind of effort was tremendous.”
“It was one of the first times we were
able to close a game really well, which is
encouraging,” junior guard Noruwa Agho
said. “We were able to go up 20 points and
keep it there, and not give away the lead
down the stretch. We could have easily let
them stick around, and we could have eas-
ily crumbled. On their home court, they
play with a lot of pride and emotion, but I
think we stuck to our guns and methodi-
cally took care of business. ”
Agho, the game’s high scorer, con-
tributed a notable performance in more
ways than one. Coming into the game
with 996 points over this three-year ca-
reer, the preseason all-Ivy first team se-
lection knocked down a three late in the
first half to make him the first junior to
reach 1,000 points for the Lions since
Craig Austin in 2001. His 16 points left
him with 1,012 points, good for 21st all
time in school history. “The guy has got a ton of accolades,
and that’s just part of being a great play-
er,” Smith said. “To get it this early in
your junior year is pretty impressive.”
It was a dominating second-half per-
formance against Dartmouth that fea-
tured a healthy dosage of Agho, who fin-
ished with 16 points on the night, and a
standout performance from freshman
guard Steve Frankowski, who contrib-
uted 13 points. The rookie sharpshooter’s play was in-
dicative of the rest of the team on a night
in which the squad showed both resil-
iency and maturity. Frankowski has been
known for his outside shooting, but on
ALYSON GOULDEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
NO. 21 ALL TIME | Noruwa Agho scored 43 points in two games this weekend, reaching the 1,000-point milestone.
BY SARAH SOMMER
Spectator Senior Staff WriterWins have been far from guaranteed
for the Columbia women’s basketball
team this season, something that the
Lions proved again over the week-
end. Columbia suffered a 69-68 loss
to Harvard before holding on for a 67-
61 victory against Dartmouth.
It was a back-and-forth game
against the Crimson, with Harvard
(11-6, 3-0 Ivy) holding just one five-
point lead and never anything larger,
and Columbia (3-15, 2-2) holding noth-
ing greater than a three-point advan-
tage. The game included 12 ties and
20 lead changes—this in a contest be-
tween the team picked to finish second
RACHEL TURNER FOR SPECTATOR
POSTING UP | Senior center Lauren Dwyer totaled 33 points this weekend.
She is only 28 shy of 1000 for the Lions, and 10th on Columbia’s all-time list. SEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, page 6
BY KUNAL GUPTA
Spectator Senior Staff Writer
Facing its first ranked competition of
the spring, as well as some of the strongest
teams that it is likely to see unless they
make the NCAA Tournament in May, the
Columbia men’s tennis team was shut out
against two of the top 40 teams in the na-
tion over the weekend. The Lions, ranked
No. 48 in the most recent polls, were de-
feated 4-0 by No. 13 Louisville and 4-0
by No. 35 Tulsa in the first round of the
ITA Kick-Off Weekend event. Despite
the shutout on the final scoreboard, there
were several encouraging performances
for Columbia.The Light Blue, seeded fourth in
its group, took on top seed and host
Louisville in its first-round match. The
Cardinals jumped out to a quick lead
by winning the doubles point. At No. 1
doubles, senior Kevin Kung and sopho-
more Nate Gery lost a close match 8-6.
Junior Haig Schneiderman was teamed
with freshman Tizian Bucher at No. 2
doubles, but the duo was beaten 8-2. At
No. 3, Columbia tried out a new pairing
of sophomore John Yetimoglu and junior
Rajeev Debsen. They were trailing 7-3
when the match was called because the
outcome of the doubles point had been
decided. Louisville proved too strong
for Columbia in singles, boasting three
top-100 players at the top three spots. At
No. 1, Schneiderman played a fantastic
match against Austen Childs, who was
the runner-up in the NCAA Singles
Tournament in May. Schneiderman
won the first set 7-5 before losing the
second set 6-1. Childs won the third set
5-2. Sophomore Cyril Bucher, the older
brother of Tizian, played his first match
at No. 2 but was defeated 6-0, 6-3 by No.
75 Viktor Maksimcuk. Yetimoglu, who
played No. 2 against Boston College last
weekend, played No. 3, but lost 6-3, 6-3 to
the No. 98 player in the nation. Debsen
lost his match at No. 6 in straight sets to
seal the loss for Columbia, as Louisville
grabbed a 4-0 lead. Gery lost his first set
6-4 and was on serve at 5-4 in the second
Lions fall to Harvard,
prevail at Dartmouth
Women’s basketball
lose to Crimson, defeat Dartmouth
Men’s tennis gets shut out but shows signs of promise
SEE MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 6
MONDAY, JANUARY 31 • PAGE 8
SPORTSMONDAY
A s a football beat writer, it is hard to resist the
instinctive temp-tation to compare
basketball’s recent loss at Harvard
with Columbia’s flop on the gridiron
at Penn this past October. Both loss-
es came in the wake
of a series of inspir-
ing victories. Both represented the
team’s first Ivy loss of the season.
Both were suffered at the hands of a
league powerhouse. But the bas-
ketball team’s ability to put a rough
setback in the rearview mirror and
take care of business just 22 hours
later at Dartmouth has convinced
me to be cautious about taking this
comparison too far.The lead-up to both defeats
shared some strikingly similar
features. Football had won three
straight including a historic and
gratifying 42-14 pounding against
our favorite Jersey-based Ivy rival.
As a comparison, basketball was
coming off two thrilling victories
against Cornell, last year’s league
champion. Yes, basketball’s win
streak came against more formi-
dable opponents, but the senti-
ment was similar heading into the
pivotal matchups. The two Light
Blue squads rode into battle against
league heavyweights on the road,
knowing that a win would signal
that the Lions really could play with
the big boys.
Basketball unlikely to fall way of football
Eye on the Ball
JACOBLEVENFELD graphic by ann chou
breaking down the 1,000
With a 43-point weekend, Noruga Agho broke the 1000-point barrier for
Columbia basketball. This graph shows the cumulative total points after
each season and the breakdown by point types.
total points1000
after 2009after 2010
season played after 1/30/11
0
200300400500600700800900
100
total2-pointers 3-pointersfree throws
SEE LEVENFELD, page 6
SEE TENNIS, page 3
scoreboard
men’s tennis
women’s basketball
women’s swimming &
divingBrown 137
Columbia 163
men’s basketballColumbia 66
Harvard 77
Millersville 3Columbia 46
Harvard 69
Columbia 68
Columbia 0
Louisville 4
women’s squash
men’s swimming &
divingBrown 136
Columbia 162
men’s squash
women’s tennisColumbia
7
Fairleigh Dickinson 0
wrestling
Columbia 66 Dartmouth 45
Rider 14Columbia 18
Dartmouth 61 Columbia 67
Columbia 0
Tulsa 4
Franklin & Marshall 7
Columbia 41 Columbia 9
Vassar 0
Columbia 9
Vassar 0
Columbia 6 Northeastern 3
Columbia 9 Northeastern 0
Columbia 9
Bard 0
Middlebury 8Columbia 1
Middlebury 7Columbia 2
Agho breaks 1,000-point barrier with 43-point
weekend, first junior to do so since 2001
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More to Coney Island than
run-down rides and littered sand
BY CLAIRE FU
Spectator Senior Staff Writer
Many New Yorkers think of Coney
Island as a relic of the past—an ancient
amusement park of the post-Civil War
era with little to offer besides a rundown
beach, a rickety wooden roller coaster, and
an overrated hot dog stand.
This Saturday, April 16 marks the year-
old Luna Park’s 2011 season opening, for
which the park will debut four new Scream
Zone rides. Such developments indicate
that Coney Island still has relevance today.
Named by 17th-century Dutch colonists
as Conyne Eylandt (“Rabbit Island”) for its
abundant rabbit population, Coney Island
is indeed a fall down the rabbit hole, with
plenty of quirky Alice in Wonderland-esque
surprises that make good attempt to win
over the most skeptical New Yorkers.
After spending the Fourth of July be-
fore my senior year of high school at Coney
Island, I was charmed into going back for
repeated visits. Coney Island turned out to
be more than the last stop of the Q train.
The Luna Park rides may not be Six
Flags-caliber thrills, but they guarantee
the adrenaline rush. A personal favorite,
“The Tickler” is a roller coaster that took
me and my friends on dizzying turns and
steep drops, all while rotating. I had the cra-
zy idea of filming the entire experience with
the camera clutched in my hand. Needless
to say, it was a blurry and scream-filled di-
saster, though it m
ade for a good laugh af-
terward. Luna Park classifies “The Tickler”
as a high-thrill ride.
Those looking for a more relaxed ex-
perience can opt to ride rotating hot air
balloons on the moderate thrill “Balloon
Expedition.” Leave the turning and dipping
mild thrill ride “Beach Shack” for the kid-
dies, though.
A Coney Island visit would not be com-
plete without rides on the classic “Cyclone”
and “Wonder Wheel.” Yes, the “Cyclone”
was constructed around the time your
grandwparents were born and is one of the
oldest roller coasters in the nation. And yes,
the ancient construction makes horribly
suspicious rattling sounds as the carts shoot
along the wooden tracks, looping and turn-
ing at up to 60 miles per hour. But thrill-
seekers shouldn’t let that stop them from
experiencing this New York City landmark.
The highest peak of the “Cyclone” stands
at 85 feet, affording a breathtaking view of
the beach and shoreline—if you manage to
keep your eyes open, that is.
The majestic 150-foot-tall “Wonder
Wheel” is a better bet for more complete
views of Coney Island and the Atlantic
Ocean, with both stationary and rocking
cars. Tip: Always choose the rocking cars,
which slide along the track. I felt like I was
falling into the ocean—but in a good way.
If the amusement park rides aren’t
enough to fool visitors into thinking
they’re out of the city, the three-mile
beach and boardwalk wipe away any
doubt. The spot’s rolling waves and white
sands were what made Coney Island the
ideal vacation getaway for urban elites in
the olden days. Admittedly, the water was
chilly even when I visited on the Fourth
of July, but that didn’t stop my friends and
me from alternating between taking dips
in the ocean and lying on the beach to get
our tan on.
Icy temperatures are not a challenge for
members of the recreational winter bathing
organization Coney Island Polar Bear Club,
who take weekly plunges into the Atlantic
from November to April. At least they don’t
have to navigate the crowds (read: tourists)
that swarm the beach as summer nears.
Lining the beach, the bustling
Riegelmann Boardwalk is a huge part of
Coney Island’s charm. It is dotted with doz-
ens of restaurants, bars, and food stalls. Sip
on piña coladas out of supersized, neon-
colored cups with oversized sunglasses on
and pretend to be in Hawaii. Wearing bold
Hawaiian prints would be totally accept-
able here, too.
Strolling down the wooden slats of the
boardwalk, munch on Nathan’s Famous
hot dogs with sauerkraut and crinkle-
cut French fries with bacon and cheese.
Overrated? Perhaps. A deliciously gooey,
guiltily caloric feast? Definitely. Though
imagining the annual Nathan’s Famous
Fourth of July International Hot Dog
Eating Contest—think 70 hot dogs in 10
minutes—always makes me feel better.
Coney Island has more obscure charm,
too. Take, for example, the “Congress of
Curious Peoples,” a 10-day festival celebrat-
ing the best of bizarre personalities until
Sunday, April 17. Koko the Killer Clown,
the bearded lady Jennifer Miller, and other
characters have already made appearances.
Guesses are that it will only get more curi-
ous and more curious. No stranger to the
oddball and the bohemian, Coney Island is
also home to the now-demised “Shoot the
Freak” and the annual “Mermaid Parade.”
Offering the laid-back vibe of the
beach and boardwalk right along with
the eccentricity of the thriller rides and
offbeat events, Coney Island is both un-
characteristically and quintessentially
New York. Once you fall in love with
Coney Island, it’s down the rabbit hole,
and there’s no turning back.
ILLUSTRATION BY JIIN CHOI
The Shaft Spectator’s comprehensive housing guide
For the latest updates on the selection process, check
out The Shaft’s liveblog at columbiaspectator.com.
The first thing you should know about housing is that there are a lot
of options. And the second thing you
should know is that a lot of them are
terrible. But don’t despair, our 2011 map of the Columbia/Barnard dorms
will guide you to safety.
These dry dorms jointly make up the Living
Learning Center, which has its own entry re-
quirements, so they’re not available in Suite
Selection or General Selection. Hartley’s
two-floor suites are marginally better than
Wallach’s single-floor alternative, but either
way, residents don’t control who they’ll be
living with. (singles, doubles)
Hartley / Wallach
Juniors and seniors live here, and everyone
parties here. The end of the Exclusion Suite
policy will make it harder than ever for soph-
omores to get a foothold in Columbia’s most
deluxe apartments. (2-, 4-, 5-, 6-person)
East Campus
Each of the suites includes five singles, a bathroom (with
a bathtub), a kitchen, and a cramped lounge. The rooms
are large and the kitchens are well-appointed, but both
are far, far away from your classes. (5-person)
Plimpton
Bathroom renovations have done little to help this benighted dorm shake its terrible reputation. It houses some of the unluckiest ju-niors and a few ardent partisans. (singles, doubles)
Wien
Seniors, juniors and lucky soph-omores will take the suites in this dorm tucked behind the Barnard campus. Access to Riverside Park may be a plus for some, but few will appreci-ate the windy uphill trek to class.(3-, 4-, 7-person)
Claremont
Each suite houses between two and seven people with their own bath-
room and kitchen. Sophomores living here had better enjoy the smell
of noodles—Ollie’s is just a few floors down. (2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-person)
600 W. 116th
Most of the rooms in this building’s five- and six-person suites face onto
the shaft. They make up for it with generous floorplans. (4-, 5-, 6-person)
616 W. 116th
The first four floors are similar to No. 616, but the suites on the top
five floors are all singles and go to seniors. (4-, 5-, 6-, 7-person)
620 W. 116th
It’s a good option for singles, which make up eight of the ten rooms in each suite, but they’re quite small. (singles, doubles)
ElliotUnlucky sophomores can nearly always find a single here. The bathrooms, however, leave something to be desired.(singles, doubles, triples)
Hewitt
Suites of seven—six singles and one double each—
house first-years and upperclassmen alike in this dorm.
The views are exceptional. (doubles, triples)
Sulzberger Tower
HamDel
SubsConscious
Appletree
Westside
MoWi
Joe the Art of Coffee
M2M
Koronet
1020
Hungarian
Mel’s
Chipotle
Five Guys
The Heights
Starbucks
Milano
Deluxe
Nussbaum
StarbucksHavana Central
Pinkberry
Symposium
Oren’s
Tom’s
LegendAir conditioning
Laundry facilitiesWireless
Computer Labs
Gym equipmentOpen housing
The huge number of senior two-
person groups this year promise
that Woodbridge will go to the class
of 2012. Each double offers its own
kitchen and bathroom. (2-person)
Woodbridge
Mostly juniors in the singles, mostly soph-omores in the dou-bles. Close to Morton
Williams and Riverside Park, this dorm offers some excellent views. (singles, doubles)
Schapiro
Seniors snap up River’s spa-cious singles, many of which look onto the river. The rooms are arranged into suites, each with its own kitchen and bath-room. (singles, one double)
River
FurnaldA few lucky sophomores will join first-years in
this relatively quiet dorm in a prime location. For
some, nice carpeting and air-conditioning can
make the difference. (singles, doubles)
Ruggles is becoming a more exclusive dorm every year. This time around, all of the available 4-person suites will go to seniors, and most of the eight-person suites will be taken by mixed junior-senior groups, cementing Ruggles’ party-dorm repu-tation. (4-, 6-, 8-person)
Ruggles
Nine huge doubles, each with their own kitchen and bath-room, right next to Symposium (if you’re into that). Only one washer and dryer, but residents say it’s not a problem. (doubles)
548 W. 113th
HoganPrime location, all-singles suites
with large common areas, wireless
internet, and access to Broadway’s
facilities—needless to say, seniors
live here. (4-, 5-, 6-person)
BroadwayJuniors and seniors fill the spacious
singles, with sophomores taking the
doubles. The floor kitchens may be
small, but things feel relatively new
and the facilities are a major draw.
(singles, doubles)
WattA building much in demand, com-
prised of studio singles, studio dou-
bles, and one and two-bedroom apart-
ments—all with their own kitchens
and bathrooms. (singles, doubles)
McBainThe singles go to ju-niors, and the dou-bles welcome many of Columbia’s sopho-mores. The worst of the worst are the small doubles that look onto the interior shaft. Hence, the name. (singles, doubles)
This dorm is home to juniors, sophomores, and real life people. Expect an uncon-ventional suite setup, from the inconsistent placement of bathrooms to the lopsided walkthrough doubles. (singles, doubles)
Nussbaum
You’ll find singles, doubles, and triples in this
dorm, as well as non-student residents. It
doesn’t feel like campus housing, especially
since it’s pretty far away from the actual cam-
pus. (2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, person)
601 W. 110th St The singles range from miniscule to sizable,
but this dorm is all about location: six blocks
south of College Walk, to be precise. Getting
into this dorm should be no trouble for sopho-
mores who don’t mind the schlep. (singles,
doubles, 6-person)
Harmony Hall
It’s really, really far away. But for your 15-minute journey,
you’ll be rewarded with swanky four-to-six-person suites,
each with its own kitchen, bathroom, and common area.
(4-, 5-, 6-, person)
Cathedral Gardens
(off map)
