Hi Everyone,
I haven’t found another service that compares to Twitter for learning of breaking news. I primarily use it as a tailored news source, rarely tweet.
Adam Wexler explains it well: “…at the end of the day, what makes Twitter so amazing as a crowdsourced news source is its natural ability to become the ideal newspaper for each and every one of us. We choose our sources. They choose the content.”
Best,
Malcolm
PS. My handle is @Marcoulides_MS.
On the front page of their last daily print edition The Columbia Spectator featured the data released by the EPPC last week.
In short (they said it best): “The Education Policy and Planning Committee proposed on Friday to add a point to courses with two weekly lectures and a discussion section.”
As I mention in the article, I agree with the spirit of the change, however, it is critical that any financial burden caused by this change is eliminated or equally applied to all undergraduates studying liberal arts, not disproportionately applied to students who transferred into the university.
While the degree requirement (124 credits) remains the same, students will most likely reduce their enrollment in electives, with no change in overall cost. That being said, I still see a potential cost issue; this change may harm transfer students more than traditional students, as transfer students often have little leeway for taking electives.
Best,
Malcolm Marcoulides
Graphic by Ryan Veling, Columbia Spectator
It’s terrific to see the effort to increase study space on Columbia’s main campus move forward – Thank you Daphne, Hannah, and Sidd!
On a related note, below is a video introducing Columbia’s Manhattanville campus, which will include some spectacular new buildings (and alleviate some of the spatial issues on the main campus).
Introducing the Manhattanville Campus (trailer) from Columbia Alum on Vimeo.
Within a week of being elected the new President of Lion Fund Capital Management, Michael Hansen (2nd from right), and two co-founders of Lion Fund, Michael Sher (3rd from right) and Daniel O’Leary (not quite visible), were front and center in a photo on Forbes.com this week (link).
Special thanks to Alexey Loganchuk (4th from right – standing) for the invitation and his persistent hard work on Upgrade Capital’s innovative Online Macro Trading Competition. To clarify, I attended the meeting on behalf of CUFE (6th from the right).
PS. Each fall the Lion Fund accepts new applicants. While the process is extremely competitive, Lion Fund encourages all current Columbia students to apply. Please contact eboard@lionfundllc.com if you have any questions about the process. If you would like to be updated on when the next round of applications begins then make sure to “Like” Lion Fund on Facebook.
Additionally, the next Fortress Challenge will be launched in October 2014. Further information will be posted on the Upgrade Capital website; students wishing to sign up can already do so using this form.
Best,
Malcolm Marcoulides
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