Although most of us remember Christy Carlson Romano as perfectionist Ren on Even Stevens, she is now 26 years old and revisiting life at Columbia. Far beyond her middle school years, Christy is finding a balance between acting, film, and academics, and has since dropped the middle name. Upon beginning her fifth semester as a Barnard student, she sat down with The Eye and filled in the gaps between Shia LaBeouf and Butler.