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How to Get Along With Your Roommates
Date: 6/9/2009 to 8/30/2009 Of all the horrible things you might be asked to do your freshman year of college (pulling an all-nighter, doing your own laundry, finding your way around campus) possibly the hardest will be getting along with your new roommate. ... (read more)

Starting This Fall, Your Advising Options Just Got Better
Date: 5/1/2009 to 8/28/2009 You spoke. We listened. Maybe you answered some questions in a survey, talked to Columbia staff, or perhaps even participated in a focus group. Thanks for doing that; we heard you. Starting this fall, prepare yourself for some improvements in the advising process and look for all your Columbia career resources to be housed under one umbrella. ... (read more)

Resident Assistants Balance Their Lives While Also Balancing Yours
Date: 2/16/2009 to 8/28/2009 You may think its tough to balance your school, work and social life without going crazy, but imagine doing that while helping a group of other students who may be younger, older or in your classes do the same thing for themselves.  For Columbia’s resident assistants, this is part of their daily lives. ... (read more)

Giant Pac-Man Game Breaks out Across 2 East 8th's Windows
Date: 2/16/2009 to 7/31/2009 Walk down State Street during the winter months and it's hard to do much other than brace yourself against the gusts of wind coming off the lake or hope you won't slip on the ice covered sidewalks.  However, take two seconds out of your busy hustle, to feast your eyes on the display that has taken residence on the west side of 2 East 8th Street, one of Columbia's residence halls, located at the corner of 8th and State Streets. Joe Jacks, Columbia sophomore Television major, was the brains behind the operation.  He and three of his floor-mates got the idea to build the display after Jacks saw a Pac-Man cut out on the other side of the building.  "I thought, how cool would it be to do the whole maze across the building." ... (read more)

10 Tips To Dorm Decorating Bliss
Date: 2/9/2009 to 9/18/2009 It's your first day at school and you walk into your new dorm room, the place you are going to live for the next nine months (maybe more). Dorms at Columbia are among the nicest in the nation (believe us) but walking into that empty space painted a mundane color can make anybody feel ... dull. Here at Columbia, we're creative people, and we need a creative space! Don't live in plain whiteness for the next year - take your dorm from standard to spectacular! ... (read more)


Last Day To Add Internships
Date: 9/18/2009 Last day to add internships (you must already be registered for other classes) for the fall 2009 semester. ... (read more)

Spring 2010 U-Pass Distribution
Date: 1/25/2010 Spring 2010 U-Pass Distribution
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Residence Halls Close at 12 p.m.
Date: 5/16/2010 Residence Halls Close at 12 p.m.
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