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It’s late. You’re up. Time to look at these links before you go to sleep (it’s a school night, why are you even awake right now?!).
Color costs extra: Staples has announced that stores will soon be able to do 3-D printing. I don’t even want to think about what over-achieving private school parents are going to put their kids through for school projects after this hits the market.
Amazing: Check out just some of the awesome photos users submitted to the National Geographic photo contest, including an adorable picture of a horse and his rider.
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Ready for Goth Cruise?
Want to dress up? Listen to great music?
Then consider heading to Goth Cruise, WBAR’s annual winter concert in the Diana Center starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday—if you dress to impress, you even have the chance of being named Goth Cruise Captain and First Mate.
Staff writer Jenny Payne spoke to WBAR’s Natalie Robehmed, CC ’13, about what to expect.
JP: What’s happening at this year’s WBAR Winter Formal?
NR: This year’s Winter Formal is our third annual Winter Formal, and we’ve themed it Goth Cruise. Last year we had Goth Prom, and it was just a wonderful time.
You can get dressed up in formal wear, goth wear, or cruise wear, and come out and have a great time. We’re going to have three acts.
Our opening band is called Household, who play really fun post-punk music. This is a very rare show for them because they rarely play live. Our second band is a really awesome band called Midnight Magic — they play super danceable funk-infused disco and they’re just a really fun band.
Our headliner is James Chance and the Contortions who are a really legendary no-wave punk group who were at the forefront of that movement in New York.
We’re also going to name a Goth Cruise Captain and First Mate, like Prom King and Queen but not gendered, and also a photobooth where you can take pictures with your friends.
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A breakdown of the changes to the Arts Initiative and the response from student arts leaders
This evening, Arts Initiative Executive Director Melissa Smey announced that changes are being made to the program, also known as CUArts. These include filling the role of associate director of CUArts and forming a student advisory group.
These changes have dated back to early this month when Will Hughes, CC ’13 and Columbia College Student Council vice president for policy, started a petition asking for more funding for CUArts and for it to be led by a full-time director who would oversee a larger staff.
In response to Smey’s statement, the student group Advocates for the Arts Initiative, of which Hughes is a leader, said that more needs to be done, including an even more drastic restructuring of the administration of CUArts and the hiring of more administrators.
Smey’s email—which was not sent to all Columbia students, but to the Friends of the Arts at Columbia in lieu of her usual newsletter—and the Advocates’ statement, sent to Spectator, are after the jump.
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Eye Drop: Highlights from this week’s magazine
Last March, Bwog, the blog of the Blue and White, announced that Obama would be delivering the Barnard class of 2012 Commencement speech. And unless you were living in the stacks or under a large, urban rock, you heard about, perused, or maybe even contributed to the long thread of comments, largely comprised of attacks on Barnard students, under the blog post. Talk on the subject has since subsided considerably, but in this week’s lead, Margaret Boykin brings the issue back to the forefront. [Lead]
“Far East” and “fast food” are the new buzzwords when it comes to New York City eats. Brea Salim explores the growing trend of Asian-fusion fast food. [Food]
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Pamela Cooper, SCE student and employee, dies
Pamela Cooper, student in the School of Continuing Eductaion and an employee at the Medical Center, has died, according to an email from Terry Martinez, Dean of Community Development and Multicultural Affairs and Associate Dean of Student Affairs.
The email is included after the jump.
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How much does PrezBo make? Not as much as a professor of dermatology
At the beginning of the month, the big news was that Nicholas Dirks, executive vice president of Arts and Sciences, was stepping down to become the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.
Yesterday, the big news was that the governor of California, Jerry Brown, wasn’t happy about just how much Dirks was going to get paid, and that regents still went ahead and approved his salary.
How much you ask? $486,000 plus $8,916 as a part of a car allowance, $30,425 per year for four years as an “relocation allowance,” and the opportunity to live in the totally sweet 2.5 acre chancellor mansion.
In light of this, we decided to take a look at just how much he (and all of the other big people) was making at Columbia. Turns out it was around $420,000 (according to 2008 data), so he’s getting a pretty nice raise.
But even his new salary doesn’t compare to that of President Bollinger’s. All data is from 2008.
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Advice from the Asian dad you wish you had
I hate to be the three-eyed raven of doom, but finals are coming up, and much sooner than we’d like to admit to ourselves.
Upon hearing this, most Columbians would probably start having a minor panic attack before plugging our ears and mentally erasing the last thirty seconds until we wind up where we started: stressfully ignorant, and just about to go drown our sorrows in re-watching season one of Game of Thrones.
Stop.
Breathe.
And read this article by Sara Ngu in today’s paper:
“Given the serenity of my current schedule, when I look back at my Google Calendar over the past four years at Columbia, I shudder. There are few discernible patterns in the multicolored madness. Waking up, sleeping, and eating occurred in irregular frequencies; weeks fluctuated in intensities; classes, clubs, and friendships inhabited separate, color-coded compartments. My old calendar gives me a glimpse into the rituals I participated in at Columbia.
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It’s the Tree Lighting today!
I’m not sure if you are totally psyched for hot chocolate and hot apple cider and singing and trees getting lit up tonight, but I am! The Tree Lighting and Yule Log is going down tonight at 6 p.m., so don’t miss it!
But first, here’s today’s news!
Read this: SEAS Computer Science requirements changed, and some Columbia College students are hoping the college will do the same.
Know this: Orchesis’ show Gimme Gimme mOrchesis performs much more than Britney (Santigold and Lady Gaga too!) and does it well.
Here’s more: Alex Jones argues that the way Columbia athletes behave affects how they are treated, in response to a column published earlier this week that argued that the administration is to blame for how students perceive athletes.
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You’re in luck!
It’s late. You’re up. Chances are you didn’t win the $580 million lottery this evening, but there’s still plenty to smile about! For one thing, you totally have a working Internet connection (unless you’re in Butler), which means you get to end your night with the One Eleven!
Actual News
Something new: The Mars rover Curiosity found something noteworthy in a pinch of Martian sand, but no one knows what that exactly is. John P. Grotzinger, one of the scientists working on the mission, described the find as “one for the history books.” My prediction? Dirt, but interesting dirt.
Meanwhile: A U.S. study found that 85% of couches and stuffed chairs contain at least one flame-retardant chemical. So… that should put things in perspective.
Another one bites the dust: Angus T. Jones—the “half” in Two and a Half Men—is rumored to be leaving the show after the series ends its 10th season. This may lead some to speculate that a certain higher power has it out for the show, which leads me to speculate that said higher power has g