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Next weekend, on April 24, students at Columbia will celebrate Bacchanal, their annual spring concert. Three star performers—Ghostface Killah, glam rockers of Montreal, and Wiz Khalifa—will team up on the campus’s Low Plaza in Morningside Heights to kick off...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yardfest Countdown: Around the Ivies | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Apparently, Bowman’s status as UC President-elect and the copious amount of liquor that will surely be available at the Pfoho Bell Tower may attract more than just students to tonight’s bacchanal.

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Party Time With Your UC Leaders | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

It is time to light the Olympic Torch in a tropical country," Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as it gathered in Copenhagen to select a site for the 2016 Summer Olympics. "It is Brazil's time." The IOC agreed. On Oct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight: Rio's Olympic Win | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

Blame the debauchery on those hedonistic ancient Greeks and Romans. The arrival of spring, the season of fertility and awakening, was historically celebrated in tandem with the veneration of Dionysus or Bacchus - the Greek and Roman gods of wine. More immediate responsibility, however, lies with a swimming coach at Colgate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spring Break | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

While the dire economy has taken some of life out of the party - travel website Expedia estimates that flights to spring break destinations in the Caribbean are down as much as 20% this year - the collegiate rite of passage, which traditionally occurs between the first weekend in March and Easter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spring Break | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

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