Columbia
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Informative, Photography, Updates
Meal Plan Miracles: Un Nuevo Desayuno
Like many on this campus, I am waging a constant battle against my bed and my 8:40/9:00 AM classes. Some mornings, it’s all I can do to run through the shower, throw a coat on, and weigh the opportunity costs of taking the elevator versus the stairs. But on the mornings when I do have [...]
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Gift Ideas, Informative, Recipes
Meal-plan Miracles: Rice Crispies, Your-Way
Ever seen the beautiful, gigantic rice crispy treats that sit in front of the salad station at Westside? They are about the size of a 1980s paperback and covered in everything from M&Ms to chocolate shavings to colored sugar. And granted, while the rice crispies served in John Jay and Ferris may be pretty darn [...]
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A café buried in the depths of campus
Melina comes back with HIDDEN GEMS and this time has got a place on campus. Now, there’s really no excuse not to go mine this newest gem. Only 1 in 10 Columbia students knows about this place. Okay, I made that ratio up…but I am sure that the real statistic would be in that ballpark [...]
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Fika Fridays: Beignets in the Valley
Amanda return for her second Fika Friday by taking an afternoon fika at a French bakery near to campus. Go get your own coffee and sweet treat, take a break, relax, read this post, and fika it up. After all, it is Friday. Not sure what a fika is? Click here. Welcome to midterms week [...]
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The (green)Market Watch: Cauliflower
The Columbia Greenmarket is a place filled with possibility and potential, but there always seems to be a lingering problem: Where do you start? Enter Merritt, our Farmer’s Market correspondent and a former chef. Each week, Merritt will update us about the seasonal produce–just in time for Sunday morning’s market. The Greenmarkets of New York [...]
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5 Ways to Improve Your John Jay Dining Experience
As Columbia and Barnard students are forced into the hellish mess of reading (ie papers are due!) and finals week, we all have less and less time for eating out. While I’ve still managed to make it off campus once or twice, most of my meals have been restricted to the dining halls and specifically, [...]
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Street Sweets Comes to Columbia!
Emergency Update! The Street Sweets Truck is coming to Columbia University tomorrow! The truck will be parked at 113th and Broadway from 8 am to 5 pm, and it will be AMAZING! Street Sweets sells delicious pastries, including my personal favorite Nutella Croissants! However, they have many other offerings: quiches, muffins, savory croissants, cupcakes, coffee, [...]
