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UPDATE: The link to this form is now availible on the right side of the blog!

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Hey first years! Looking for something Halloweeny to do this weekend? Aside from Saturday's 1PM football game or Sunday's 1PM field hockey game (which you should go to- support your classmates!), here's a few suggestions of things to build up that fall spirit.

The 36th Annual Village Halloween Parade- Saturday, October 31st at 7PM

-Take part in a New York City tradition- Show up in costume on Sixth Avenue between Spring Street and Canal Street to participate or line up between Spring Street and 21st Street to watch! Take the (1) downtown to any stop on the route then walk one block east to Sixth Avenue.

Fort Tryon Park/The Cloisters

-I've always been a sucker for fall foliage, maybe it's just me. Take a trip uptown for some awesome Hudson River views in one of the nicest parks of the city, and while you're there, stop by The Cloisters, the Met's Medieval Art museum. Trust me, there are few places more beautiful than The Cloisters in the fall. Take the (1) uptown to 168th street, transfer to the (A) and take the (A) to the 190th street station, then just keep walking North along Fort Washington Avenue until it becomes Margaret Corbin Drive, then keep walking until you get to the park. I swear, the commute isn't that bad.

Procession of the Ghouls/Nosferatu Screening, Friday October 30th at 7 and 10PM

-The creepiest place in the world, aside from maybe Staten Island, has got to be that huge church on 113th and Amsterdam, St John the Divine. Don't feel like straying too far from campus? To get into that Halloween spirit, go to see the procession of the Ghouls and hear the organ play, following a screening of the first film adaption of Dracula, Nosferatu. The price is $20 per ticket, and it sounds really, really cool.

Thanks for reading this post, have an awesome Halloween weekend, and as a reward for taking the time to read this, here are some free mp3s!

Enjoy, and only download these if you promise to keep reading the blog :D
Xaphoon Jones- I Wanna Know (Bob Marley) + Kids (MGMT)

The Hood Internet- Hold The Line (Major Lazer) + Stillness is the Move (Dirty Projectors)

Additional Designs

In the additional comments section of our survey, some of you have complained about how you didn't have time to submit a design or don't like ours.

THE DESIGNS ARE NOT SET IN STONE AND WE WILL TAKE ALL SUGGESTIONS- EMAIL THEM TO cc2013-council@columbia.edu

And the winning hoodie design is...

... We don't know yet! Keep voting and make sure you give us suggestions because this isn't a black-and-white matter; we're going to combine the best suggestions along with the most popular design to make the best hoodie! Vote by clicking anywhere on this post!

First post!

Welcome to the Columbia College Class of 2013 Blog!

This blog will be updated by your 2013 class council, including but not limited to

Alex Jasiulek

Karishma Habbu

Dylan Lonergan

Ryan Mandelbaum

Kyle Schmidt

Keep checking the blog for various freshman class events, gossip, free mp3s, silly youtube videos, links, and pictures of cute animals.

In addition, we will make sure to post more comprehensive supplements to the emails, and the blog will be linked to in every email.

News point 1: Congratulations to our new minions appointed members:

William Quinn Shelton

Sameea Butt

Constance Boozer

Natalie Weiner

Juan Valderrama

Eleanor Stein

Michelle Vajello

Marielle Young

Emmanuel Arnaud

Emilio Santiago

Marciela Gonzalez

Eric Kutscher

Maggie Brommer

Yanyi Luo

Adam Pencz

Jason Tejeda

And we can't wait to work with them!

Thanks for stopping by, and to thank you for reading this post, here's a link to the greatest webcomic on the internet.

Garfield minus Garfield

-CC2013 Council