"Wake Up, Columbia. What are you fighting for?"
Haven’t watched The 121st Varsity Show yet? Tickets are still available for purchase here. Last night, the Columbia Lion team sent two reporters to review the Varsity Show's aptly titled show,...
View ArticleWelcome to Columbia: First-year Housing
If you’re reading this, let us here at the Lion be the first to say, “Welcome to Columbia!” As you and your family get ready to officially join the Columbia community this August, we here at The Lion...
View ArticlePrinceton grad and student develop Ivy League online chat service
Perhaps in an attempt to model Facebook's growth, Princeton University alumnus Akshay Kumar and current senior Dan Kang have developed a free, online chat service called Campus Anonymous, that...
View ArticleColumbia University student blog to launch "Happy" campaign
There's an old saying in campus media, one that's guided editorial thinking for months. No, not "If it bleeds, it leads." "Whatever gets pageviews." That is, stories of scandal, administrative...
View ArticleThe actually unexpected virtue of ignorance - Varsity Show: West End Preview
I had never held musical theater in particularly high regard as an art-form. It, after all, has a reputation for replacing meaningful story-telling with unoriginal or uninspired showtunes. But with...
View ArticleWikipuffery, or Columbia's skewed encyclopedic presence
Editor's note: The author of this piece is a self-described Wikipedia fanatic and claims to have read virtually every Columbia-specific Wikipedia entry (as well as hundreds of WikiCU entries), and this...
View ArticleBacchanal Battle of the Bands 2015
Interested in being the student opener for Bacchanal 2015?The Bachannal Committee is currently accepting 5 minute video submissions for students/groups interested in joining the Battle of the Bands...
View ArticleThe new Columbia Lion
Journalism is all about sharing what is important and delivering it in a way that is easily accessible for all readers. The Lion has been a source of interesting, unique news over the past few years...
View ArticleAnnouncing changes in our leadership structure
A Note from Jake Davidson, Founder and Owner of Columbialion.comTo Our Readers,I want to share some news about some forthcoming changes at The Lion.As you've heard, recently, editor emeritus Sean...
View ArticleFor sale: campus publication
Illustration: Lian PlassWell, that's all for us this semester, folks!It's been a crazy ride, what with guillotines, and strategy guides, and secret societies, and even executive editors! We're glad...
View ArticleUpdated: Potluck House Black Lives Matter banner removed by administrators
Photo via Gabriela Catalina Update (12/10): A Potluck resident informs me that the house received an email today telling them that Facilities is on its way to remove the banner, ostensibly for fire...
View ArticleThe Lion's study break drinking game
Because we are all degenerate anti-intellectuals here at The Lion, we came up with a DRINKING GAME to get you through those finals week study breaks. Because who can read Kant sober, anyway?Take a...
View ArticleCOLUMBIA CONSPIRACIES: ROBERT KASDIN'S ALUMINUM CONNEXION
DID YOU KNOW:President Lee "EBOLLINGER" Bollinger has a "Dick Cheney" of his own?That man is Robert Kasdin, a Senior Executive Vice President by day, a Manhattan socialite by night??Kasdin served on...
View ArticleThe Senior Society of Nacoms: Docs
You thought we forgot about this, didn't you? Read our previous two posts here and here.The Senior Society of Nacoms is a non-profit organization, and with that status comes certain requirements. One...
View ArticleNews round-up: December 8 - Is this the end?
This is my last news round-up as editor-in-chief of the Lion (but not my last post). It's been a great ride, everyone.We previously reported about an alleged incident where the Law School mistreated...
View ArticleUpdated: Andy Robbins, son of Columbia English professor, reported missing
Bruce Robbins, a senior humanities professor in the English department, has posted a flyer on his Facebook account urging people to search for his son Andy. According to the flyer, Andy was last seen...
View ArticleJoshua Villa, (CC '18), found dead in dorm room
This morning, Joshua Villa, a first-year in Columbia College from California, passed away.An email from College Dean James Valentini announced the death. In the email, Valentini described Villa as a...
View ArticleThe Senior Society of Nacoms: Where were they then?
Photo / PulsoSocialRead our previous post here.We're a little late, but here is a list of Nacoms members in the classes of 2007 through 2010. When possible, we included any club positions they held by...
View ArticleHere is a list of Spec op-eds that have solved the Israel-Palestine crisis
Photo: A political map, with the nation of Israel in green (the color of Hamas).Are you enrolled in a political science or history class and stumped about what to write for your term paper?...
View ArticleGadzooks! CUMB does it again!
CUMB one, CUMB all, to the circus of mystery and mayhem! Tally-ho! What have we here? A rousing collection of Orgo Night posters, mayhaps?Oh, be still my heart! What wondrous use of text on...
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