<p>i recently attended a free ludacris concert with some friends of mine at UCSD and was curious to know if columbia ever has that sort of event for its students. not like fancy orchestra concerts, but real artists coming down for free concerts, that type of thing. thanks</p>
<p>The Walkmen (rock) performed for us during Orientation Week. The Hanson brothers (eh) had an informal acoustic concert sometime on an october afternoon. Kayne West (hip hop, amazing) performed for us last year on campus. And Common (hip hop, really amazing) performed a few months ago during Bacchanal. And that's only a handful. Before I came, I know people like Wyclef Jean and Usher came to perform at Columbia only a mere few years ago.
A lot of famous people show up at Columbia to perform, so don't worry. Plus you'll be in NYC, capital of good concerts :-) (I went to The Used concert last october after class and a DJ Tiesto club party at Central Park in September, etc.)
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the finalists - the best pictures from best nights of columbia - 2005.
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<p>thanks... i'm a huge fan of most of those (kanye, common sense [or common, whatever], wyclef and usher.) even though i'm probably the whitest kid you'll ever meet. anyway, that's really good to know. one other unrelated question though... i've only talked to a handful of NYC'ers on the phone, and every one of them has pronounced my name (kyle) as more like "kahl" than the standard "kiile" that i'm used to down here in southern cal. i know it sounds stupid, but that sort of thing will drive me crazy over 4 years. please tell me i'm not doomed to be kahl for my whole college career....</p>
<p>you're not doomed.
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the finalists - the best pictures from best nights of columbia - 2005.
<a href="http://www.CUfestival.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.CUfestival.com/</a>
Columbia National Undergraduate Film Festival.</p>