Hey CC! Exciting updates in our quest to review and RE-new the Office of Financial Aid – Phase I, student lunches hosted by Dean Schaffler of FinAid, has been completed! We are not toward the end of Phase II- a survey allowing us to gather quantitative data about the services the Financial Aid Office provides. We have 35% participation so far so look in your inboxes and fill out that survey! It

[ALMA MATTERS ♔] 3.25.12 Spring has sprung, Columbia College! The birds are singing, the trees are blossoming, and the short shorts are coming out. Really, everyone, it does get better (kudos to Ben Harris and everyone featured in the video, it’s actually wonderful–#tearedup #noshame). There are a TON of events happening this week, and like the weather, they’re hothothot. So, check those blurbs out below, particularly opportunities to meet Dean

Amidst last semester’s discussion of community on campus and the need to bridge the gap between students and administrative resources, CCSC 2015 President Jared Odessky and Dean Rinere began talking about the need to establish a new peer advising program for CC and SEAS undergraduates at Columbia. Over the past several months, fellow CCSC members Christina Fan, Erin Bilir, and Eleanor Stein have been working on the Steering Committee with the Center

[ALMA MATTERS ♔] 3.18.12 Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy… Hope you all had a thoroughly relaxing spring break! If you were lucky, you probably turned a nice sun-kissed shade. If you were really lucky (like me), you were fried to a crisp and have already started molting like some hideous reptilian creature. But regardless of your current state, there’s a lot of deadlines coming up this

Columbia College Student Council & Columbia Engineering Student Council Resolution to Create Student Lounge Space in Alfred Lerner Hall WHEREAS: Columbia students have faced a steady erosion of student space on campus since the opening of Alfred Lerner Hall in 2001; and WHEREAS: The students of Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science sorely lack necessary shared space for socialization, recreation, and expression; and WHEREAS:

Columbia College Student Council Proposed: February 15, 2012 Resolution to Support the Replacement of the Ferris Booth Staircase WHEREAS Lerner Hall was opened in 1999 with no intention of Ferris Booth Commons serving as a full time dining hall; and WHEREAS the changes to the dining system led to the conversion of Ferris Booth into a dining hall in 2010, increasing the traffic flow to the area; and WHEREAS there

To the Columbia University Community: Members of The Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) firmly stand in support and solidarity with members of our community who are committed to fighting against the hateful, divisive atmosphere that has appeared on campus due to recent events. We are outraged by the comments made by members of all associations and are embarrassed by our peers who hide behind a computer and use the internet

Class of 2015 Representative Liam Bland joins two members of the Elections Board to find out how to run for CCSC. Please attend the Elections Board information session TODAY at 10pm, in the East Ramp Lounge in Lerner. There will be FREE PIZZA!! The deadline for registration is this Friday, March 9th! Check the Elections Board website for more information: http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/ccsc-elections/     Thanks go out to Pat Blute for allowing

Dear CC’14 With many of you having signed up for Breakfast in Bed with CCSC’14, I’d like to let you know how your feedback from the question “What’s one event or policy you want CCSC’14 to work on?”  will be used. Subsequently, I’d like to tell you about a new ‘policy’ CCSC’14 will be implementing. The councils are often criticized for showing concern but a lack of action. While this

On Friday, March 2, Jared Odessky and Erin Bilir (CCSC 2015 President and Vice President) met with Vice President of Campus Services Scott Wright and Dean of Community Development Terry Martinez to discuss various issues that the 2015 class council has been working to tackle this semester. The result of the meeting was three new pilot programs that will launch within the next few months:   Student Art Displays –