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I'll keep this short, because I should be writing that UWriting paper I talked about on Tuesday night. Anyhow, I started editing articles on WikiCU and I realized just how much I did not know about Columbia. I also realized just how much I've come to understand the Columbia sense of humor. One article about tunnel exploration captures this quite well:

At the same time, maintenance workers do have to keep the place running, and they sometimes don't appreciate bewildered liberal arts majors wandering into their workplace. This is understandable, as liberal arts majors don't belong anywhere near a workplace of any kind. If a janitor, technician, or other worker spots you in the tunnels, he may care and he may not. It's best just to avoid this situation. Many tunnelers have gone years without bumping into a single worker.

Beyond the obvious quip about liberal arts majors being useless, there is also an underlying attack on maintenance workers, especially the lack of them on campus. Oh Columbia!

Formidable Friday

As the end of my first year at Columbia approaches, it does not surprise me how stereotypically Columbian my day was. Allow me to regale you with the details:

1. Woke up at 11:30 AM, grabbed coffee and a muffin, and went to meet my Lit Hum professor at the Broadway Gates. It was our class field trip to the Met. Professor Legassie was looking quite perky, while the students were slowly sipping their coffee.


2. After a subway and crosstown bus ride, we arrived at the Met. We entered with our free admission as Columbia students, and met a curator who would "guide us" through our semester in Lit Hum. She began with depictions of the Aeneid in Roman art as well as Renaissance references to and depictions of Aeneas. We ended the day with the Spanish painter Velazquez, whom the curator hoped would demonstrate the period of Cervantes' life. I would have looked at his paintings, but the eyes in the portrait eerily peered out at me.


3. After a stop by the gift shop, I caught the Lexington Ave Express (for the first time in my life) and headed down to SoHo for some pre-exams retail therapy.


4. I returned to campus to enjoy some cheeseburgers and chess with the floormates. After dinner, we headed over to Roone Arledge Auditorium to watch the 115th Annual Varsity Show (WikiCU:Varsity Show).


5. Now that my day of fun is coming to a close, I've recalled the two papers I am supposed to write this weekend. Time to head to Butler for a late night of writing. Not that I'm complaining; I find my best writing happens between 1 and 2 AM.

Do not fret faithful readers. In just two short weeks my first year will be complete, and I will be able to catch up on all the sleep I have missed, and share with you the wonderful perspective on life I have gained from being cultured by the works of antiquity. Ta ta, for now!