2008-05-01

Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 10:20pm
When President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to campus in September, we were greeted with weeks of protest and discussion about whether Columbia should have even extended the invitation in the first place.
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 10:15pm
Four years ago, my grandmom said to me, “Life is good to you because you give so much to life.” At the time, I wasn’t sure what she meant, but it became clearer when I got to Columbia: everybody here is really good at something.
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 10:06pm
I have never found the prospect of writing 700 to 900 words quite this intimidating. Needless to say, I have both read and written more in a single sitting, as has everyone at Columbia by the end of the first day of classes.
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 9:59pm
For four years, I’ve had the wrong priorities.
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 9:48pm
I am (finally) graduating, which means: a) from now on I will be acting responsibly in bars in a different section of town; b) I am getting nostalgic for conversations I had yesterday; c) this is the last appearance of my column and horrible column photo—so it is time to clean up this mess.

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