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Article by loganor
February 9, 2012

KFM: Cheese

Some people knit when they procrastinate. My roommate and I do this. KFM: C #3 We are going for some classic cheeses today. These are the kind of cheeses you’d probably take to prom or your grandma’s house or a church potluck. At the church potluck you’d probably also eat these cheeses. THAT’S HOW CLASSIC... MORE »

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Article by loganor
February 1, 2012 2 Comments

If Disney Princesses Went to College

When the ladies of Disney were actually alive, a college degree was superfluous. I’m using the word superfluous because, unlike Ariel, I didn’t get married to a prince at 16 and I’m going to need to know big words to get a job. It’s not like I want to be a gold-digging, amphibious ho– but I’m just a little... MORE »

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Article by loganor
January 29, 2012

Now We Write About Sports! And We Take Steroids While We Do It!

I don’t know if you know this, but Columbia has athletics. Just kidding – of all the student groups here, the athletes are the ones that could most likely beat me up. So I shouldn’t be mean. Until all the a capella groups form a huge, brass-knuckled alliance, I am going to report on sports... MORE »

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Article by Jared Martin
January 20, 2012

Shit To Read Whilst Shitting: A Series

PART DEUX: SHIT GETS LITERARY The bathroom is a dirty place. Not just in the “you-live-with-three-girls-so-there-is-a-troll-head-of-hair-growing-from-the-drain” kind of way, but also in the “have-sex-hanging-from-the-shower-curtain-rod” kind of way. Taking both of these into consideration, I have found the latest inSTALLment of STRWSAS: Sea Oak by George Saunders. Now I know what some of you may be... MORE »

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Article by loganor
January 18, 2012

New Semester Resolutions

They say you should shoot for the moon, because if you miss you’ll land among the stars. Clearly whoever said this has no concept of physics. You will obviously just bypass the moon and hurtle into the dark recesses of space until you fizzle into a fried bit of nothing when you pass a burning... MORE »

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Article by loganor
January 5, 2012

10 Ridiculously Impractical Ways to Stay Warm This Winter (Columbia)

This article is part of our “Let’s Keep This Website Awesome Over Winter Break” Tournament series. Check out the opposing article here and be sure to ‘like’ your favorite! 1. Cook this. Instead of consuming, wear it. 2. (For females) Go through menopause early. Use hot flashes to your advantage. 3. Become obese. Every step is... MORE »

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Article by loganor
December 29, 2011

Year in Review 2011 (Columbia)

This article is part of our “Let’s Keep This Website Awesome Over Winter Break” Tournament series. Check out the opposing article here and be sure to ‘like’ your favorite! There are two days left in 2011. I’ve tried my best to sum up the other 363 days. I have sat in front of my computer... MORE »

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Article by loganor
December 22, 2011

The History of the Christmas Sweater (Columbia)

This article is part of our “Let’s Keep This Website Awesome Over Winter Break” Tournament series. Check out the opposing article here and be sure to ‘like’ your favorite! Long before things like “tweeting” and “Kardashian”, there existed a Christmas tradition so fantastical that it almost hurts to write about it. After a long December... MORE »

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Article by Jared Martin
December 7, 2011

Columbia is No Place for Boobies: A Homospective in Three Movements

MOVEMENT ONE: STEREOTYPES AT GAY SHUL Like a kugel stained Jew at a Catholic Communion, I am no stranger to being the minority. And while I enjoy seeing the paper wafers of the other side, there is nothing like returning to a place where your minority is the majority, a little bungalow I’d like to... MORE »

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Article by Jared Martin
December 7, 2011

Shit to Read Whilst Shitting: A Series

In the realm of all things holy, there is nothing more sacred than in-taking knowledge while excreting yesterday’s John Jay omelets. But when the unlabeled caffeinated (possibly decaffeinated) coffee begins racing down your digestive tract like a decloseted freshman to First Friday, what do you do when you’ve already read that Taylor Swift Cosmo about... MORE »