Among students in Columbia College, the notion that all General Studies students are strange seems as timeless and unquestionable as the Core Curriculum. Fairly or unfairly, as a GS student, my reputation often precedes me. Perhaps it is time for me to confront this reputation and start a dialogue with other members of the University community that will broach pressing issues vis-à-vis GS’s role on campus. Toward that end, I will be using this column to answer CC students’ questions about what life is like for those of us in GS. Here are two inquiries I received this week: