Gothamist: Is Columbia Too Sexy?

Publius

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:39:10 -0500

The arrangements with DASNY aren't even like government maintaining streets. The only involvement the state Dormitory Authority has is to make its Aaa rating available to the institution. Columbia is responsible for repaying interest and principal on the bonds, not DASNY. Overall, that's the kind of great reporting work that reminds me why I never read the Daily News.

LM

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:40:49 -0500

There's Fox News video on the subject: http://www.foxnews.com/video2/launchPage.html?112806/112806_bs_coulter&Ivy%20Gone%20Wild%21&Big_Story&Report%3A%20S%26M%20parties%2C%20x-rated%20romps%20and%20nude%20parties%20occurring%20at%20Columbia%20University&US&-1&Ivy%20Gone%20Wild%21&Video%20Launch%20Page&News%20

hot

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:05:16 -0500

Damn. I need to get laid by some college girls.

just saying

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:55:42 -0500

Yup. Gothamist is right. Columbia is way too sexy for its students.

Jackson

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:51:19 -0500

Wow, sexual hijinks and sophomoric antics? They almost make columbia sound like college.

Tim N.

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:14:33 -0500

Damn, I miss college.

dhex

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:25:43 -0500

lede is the correct spelling in that context. anachronistic, sure, but what isn't these days?

wanker

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:34:23 -0500

not unless we're all easily confused printers I keep coming across a word that doesn't make it into the dictionary. It is very specific to the journalism world and dates back to earlier days of newspaper publishing. The word is lede, and it refers to the opening lines of a newspaper article, also called the "lead." It is used in alerting the printer to them but distinguishes them from the word "lead" (Pb), since that metal was used in the printing of the ink.

t

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:27:45 -0500

actually, spelly. "lede" is correct when it comes to the first line of a newspaper article.

spelly d

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:23:41 -0500

that's because the co-founders of gothamist went to columbia... and yet they still gave us this gem: Over the weekend, the Daily News had a story with the following lede: another seed change, perhaps

laf

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:42:49 -0500

deja vu: that's because the co-founders of gothamist went to columbia... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gawker beat you to it, and didn't use the royal "our." [1] Posted by: deja vu | November 28, 2006 1:38 PM

Rufus

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:22:27 -0500

"At night people just go back to their rooms and ... heat up a hot pocket" If that's not a sexual euphemism I don't know what is.

Barnyard

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:57:35 -0500

Barnard Jokes

waefawef

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:56:52 -0500

There's a good sell for Columbia - the school where piles of pasty, flabby nerds get their shit off.

Yeahhh

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:55:42 -0500

This guy also penned some articles a while back criticizing Columbia as being anti-semitic for the controversy in the Middle Eastern Dept. He has some obvious vendetta against the school. Seriously, I know only one or two people who have even been to one of these naked parties (I'm a Columbia senior) and I promise you there are very few overly-sexed people on this campus. Have you seen how ugly we are??? That argument about dorm funds applies to any school and is probably the funniest argument I've seen in a while. That's like saying our tax dollars contribute to drug trafficking because we pay the taxes that fund the roads that support the cars that support the drug dealers.

brooklynbee

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:50:16 -0500

Somebody going to make a joke about Barnard women? Anyone?

brooklynbee

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:49:08 -0500

Somebody going to make a joke about Barnard women? Anyone?

deja vu

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:38:31 -0500

Gawker beat you to it, and didn't use the royal "our."