In what seems a pattern of overt financial and educational pivots toward reforming Columbia into a “Global University,” Campus Services’ Scott Wright in an email two weeks ago announced the termination of Columbia’s “banking service agreement” with CitiBank. Instead, a “committee of representatives from Columbia Finance, Student Financial Services, Campus Services and Student Life” decided to transfer Columbia’s […]

President Bollinger sent an email on Wednesday informing the Columbia community that former Provost and professor, Fritz Stern, has passed away. Fritz Stern graduated from Columbia College in 1946 and received his PhD from the university in 1953. He taught at Columbia for over 40 years. You can read the full text of President Bollinger’s […]

SEAS student Nayla Kidd, previously reported missing, has been found. According to an email from Public Safety Officer James McShane, she was “located by the NYPD and is safe.” Kidd had last been seen on May 5th, and students became aware of her disappearance on May 12th after friends of hers began posting on Facebook […]

Surprise! This is actually our last senior wisdom (and post) of the semester. Prez Ben is a busy guy, but he eventually found the time to write his senior wisdom (a few weeks after the deadline). Read on for wise words from Ben Makansi. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Benjamin Karim Storch Makansi, CC, Astrophysics, Steelville, Pennsylvania Claim to fame: NSOP […]

In our last Semester in Review, we noted that this was the fourth semester in a row in which a new Editor-in-Chief took the helm of Bwog. We never could have anticipated that we would be saying something similar only a few months later. At the end of each semester, we look back at the […]

It’s our last Senior Wisdom of the year, and we couldn’t think of a better way we’d want to go out than with our former Editor-in-Chief. She talks about St. Augustine, Hungarian Pastry Shop, and Infinite Jest – we’re not surprised. But she also has some wonderful words of advice to leave you all with. […]

Joseph Powers – known to many as Bwog’s former Internal Editor (or, Bwog Dad), and to many others as the guy who wrote that weird deer overseen a couple of years ago – discusses posts that probably shouldn’t have been published and experiences with math TAs that should. (If some of this advice sounds like […]

As we enter our final day of Senior Wisdoms, we give you some graduating Bwoggers and their life advice. First up is “ex-various” Eric Cohn, who covered some of the most real and least real news in Bwog’s history. Today, he brings you advice on listening, self-care, and getting over your cheese addiction.  Name, School, Major, […]

It’s the end of your first year, and memories from the first day of LitHum begin to haunt you. How were you so behind on reading? One by one, your classmates entered the room and began discussing the many works of fiction and non-fiction that they had read over the summer. You couldn’t believe the […]

Congratulations, everyone, we made it through! If you’re still working through a project with an extension, we’re wishing you luck. If not, good job surviving another year of the Columbia grind. Today’s our last day of the year, and we hope you party with all the energy of a kid just released on summer vacation. […]

UPDATE (5/13): Public Safety sent out an email today about Nayla Kidd. “If you know the student’s whereabouts, or any information that would be helpful in locating her, call Public Safety immediately at 212-854-5555 or the 26 Pct. Detective Squad at 212-678-1351.” Today, friends and family of 19-year-old Nayla Kidd, SEAS ’18, posted a flyer […]

You might know Alexander Pines from Under1Roof or some distant Twitter feud with a fraternity. He’s heading out of New York come this summer, so listen to him wax poetic just once more. It’ll probably be more interesting than Under1Roof. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Alexander Pines // CC // writing (nonfiction) and American Studies // […]

Reviving an old Bwog concept, we’re compiling the best—to the worst—of Columbia this past year. See where your victories and failures rank on our Power Rankings. The end of the year brings many fortunes for Columbia’s most visible groups. While the promise of a bright future invigorates new student groups and initiatives, the lull of […]

Another former editor emeritus of Bwog comes home to roost. Besides a solid response to the famous Oral Sex Question, she gives solid advice on just being an adult and getting out of the Columbia bubble. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Claire Friedman, CC, English and History, Salt Lake City, UT Claim to fame: I used to […]

The tendrils of Wall Street stretch deeply into Columbia—even back to the horrendous Black Tuesday and the Great Depression. Nikki Shaner-Bradford recalls the days of yore, when Columbia students still obsessed with the finance world—even without having LinkedIn to show off. In an article published in the Columbia Spectator on November 20th, 1929, entitled “Stock […]