Nostalgia, much?

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<p>I realised I haven’t started a thread before, and this one was inspired by Lionheaded’s “Columbia, I love you” thread.</p>

<p>So, I thought Alums and Current students could post their favourite/funny/strange Columbia memories on here. It also wouldn’t be a bad marketing tool to accepted students :D</p>

<p>I’ll go first, and this is just one of hundreds:</p>

<p>I lived on the all girl’s floor in Carman freshman year, and a group of us got really close. Our gender seclusion prompted my girlies and I to make friends with the boys on the Mezzanine floor, one of whom was particularly attractive, but he refused to visit our floor because he disliked a girl who lived there (Call her A).</p>

<p>At some point one of my friends decided she wanted said boy to read her essay because she thought the topic would interest him…or something, the reason’s irrelevant. After much coaxing (and possibly bribes), my friend and I drag a boy upstairs, and just as we’re about to enter the 3rd floor from the stairwell, A steps out. You’d think the guy would step aside, let a lady pass, like most gentlemen would. But no. The boy BOLTS. He takes one look at her and RUNS the **** away–down the stairs, and into the safety of the mezzanine.</p>

<p>I cracked up–it was hilarious. A wasn’t amused–obviously–and her 5’10" frame is cornering my 5’1" frame in the Carman stairwell demanding to know what happened. I had no answer–who the hell runs away from a girl unless she’s weilding a knife/gun/lipstick?</p>

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<p>Maybe he’s amazonianaphobic.</p>

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<p>Is JJ’s Place still around? There was a latino guy (Julio?) and a short black guy who worked the night shift… they were soooo funny… it was comedy hour to go down there at 1am and shoot the sh-- with them and and have a late-night snack of mozzarella sticks or chicken fingers. And are those dudes still around?</p>

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<p>"There was a latino guy (Julio?) and a short black guy who worked the night shift… "</p>

<p>I dunno their names, but i’m pretty sure they’re still around.</p>

<p>so… freshman year first semester there was this guy on our floor (call him M), really nice guy. M was a science major, and never underestimated Columbia’s ability to short change him, so he studied incredibly hard for all of his classes. A week or so after thanksgiving, a couple of guys on my floor write a letter to him pretending to be the dean (on a columbia letterhead, fake signature and all). they also create an email account which seems like the dean’s and email M. </p>

<p>The letter (paraphrased) reads:</p>

<p>Dear M,</p>

<p>It has come to our attention that you have been involved in an instance of academic dishonesty. We have every reason to believe that you have cheated on your organic chemistry midterm. We are thus putting you on academic suspension indefinitely, effective immediately. </p>

<p>The severity of the disciplinary action is in accordance with how highly we value academic honesty at Columbia. We maintain a high level of trust between students and faculty, and any breach of this trust undermines the system altogether. We therefore ask that you vacate your room by the end of the day and leave Columbia premises. Public safety will come by at 7pm to check that your room has been vacated.</p>

<p>If you would like to appeal this decision, you are free to do so, but only after leaving campus. If you would like to reenter campus at any time during the suspension, you will need to be escorted by a public safety officer. In order to appeal the decision you can reach me at <a href=“mailto:xx999@columbia.edu”>xx999@columbia.edu</a> or 212-854-xxxx.</p>

<p>Thanks for your cooperation on this matter.</p>

<p>[sign]</p>

<p>Dean Austin Quigley</p>

<p>M screamed expletives out loud, and then proceeded to pack up his room with tears rolling down his cheeks, the guys let him know an hour or so later, he still hasn’t fully forgiven them.</p>

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<p>That’s a great story… but that’s a really really dumb thing for the pranksters to do. M could easily have done something crazy (like attempt suicide) before people got around to tell him it was just a prank. They’d certainly stand a chance of facing civil liability for inflicting emotional distress on M, and they might have been subject to criminal liability if M had done something really stupid.</p>

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<p>^nah, they were close to his room when he got the letter, and they went in when they heard his reaction, and sat with him consoling him while he packed up, couldn’t miss his reaction. They were also good friends with him and knew he wasn’t that unstable, he’s a good friend of mine and he’s not unstable at all.</p>

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<p>Alfonzo? He’s pretty baller. And Charlie works the grill.</p>

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<p>Charlie is most definitely the black guy to whom I was referring. Thanks! Alfonzo doesn’t sound familiar.</p>

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<p>Yeah, Charlie is the ****. There was another guy who worked with him who was taller, can’t remember his name. Anyways, they’d always hit on girls and dick around with my friends and I. Good times. Alfonzo is the guy with the dreads who walks around cleaning. Rupert is the nice guy who sits at the register with the glasses.</p>

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<p>^^Confidentialcoll, that’s RIDICULOUS. </p>

<p>Something else that happened to me: Senior year, on my way to London for Springbreak with the boyfriend, roommate and another friend.</p>

<p>One of the guys in my class had this habit of sneaking into my room (he lived on my floor) and changing my AIM away message to something lewd and inappropriate (I guess I deserved it, I rarely locked my door–but hey, could’ve been worse). Anyhow, the night I was leaving for spring break, he got into my room and changed my ENTIRE facebook profile.</p>

<p>We’re sitting at JFK and my friend’s checking facebook on his iphone, and he gives me this strange look and says, “Uh…you changed your interests to pornography?”</p>

<p>BAM. What?</p>

<p>Stupid ■■■■■■■ changed every. single. line. of my profile. And it all had something to do with sex/pornography/something crass. I went through the entire thing, on an iphone, and changed it back to what it was. I missed a few spots too–those I discovered a couple of months later.</p>

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<p>Yikes. I’m locking my door in college :slight_smile: haha (to post below me)</p>

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<p>^^ haha no, he’s one of my best friends. Love him to death, but he’s such a child. :P</p>