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Last May, rumors circulated that controversial Professor Joseph Massad was up for a second round of tenure review, after having been denied tenure six months earlier. Now, word is spreading both on campus and in media outlets that Massad has been granted tenure. Massad, who is in Egypt this semester, did not respond to an […]

We know that almost all of us had to overcome something to get to Columbia, but let’s be honest: some had to overcome more than others. As the first example of this, the New York Times presents Carrie Montgomery, a new member of the class of 2013, and one of twelve Times scholars this year. […]

The SGA has released their election results, and Barnard’s new student council president is Katie Palillo, who won with 73% of the vote. She’ll be joined by Kimberly Wu (VP Student Government, Amy Chen (VP Student Activities), Giselle Leon (VP Communications), and Sharmin Ahmed (VP Finance) 41.5% of Barnard students voted, despite the senior and […]

If you were not aware, Passover 5769 (double take? gentiles should read that “Passover 2009”) will begin at precisely 7:28 PM tonight, and will run until next Wednesday the 15th. But, unlike JTS students, we don’t get the week off, so Jewish students may not be able to go home for a family seder. If […]

Not to say that anyone who goes to study in a country that requires little or no foreign language proficiency is taking a shortcut. However, if you would like to study abroad somewhere other than wherever your foreign language requirement can get you, you might want a shortcut around taking another two years of language […]

 -Via Non-Consumer Advocate Morningside Heights offers plenty of school supply stores, but which one is the cheapest? The CU Bookstore is a ripoff, right? Bwog’s Ripoff Search and Destroy Team sampled prices of a few school supply staples and found some unexpected results.   It turns out that the CU bookstore is generally cheaper than […]

Professors gathered last night to discuss the G20 summit in London last week. Bwog’s International Quibbling Correspondent James Rathmell reports on the profs’ hopes and fears for the economic futures of the US, Latin America, Russia, and India. If you’ve been under a rock in Butler, you may or may not have heard that the […]

Lots of free food for simply nice, warm and fuzzy reasons today from 12-2pm. Your choices are Re-Charge, an event on Low Steps that encourages you to regroup and partake of free snacks courtesy of the University Chaplain, or SEAS Coffee House in Mudd Lobby, where you will find some nice sugary breakfast items and […]

If you don’t, he will hold you up at gunpoint in front of Morton one of these days.  Of course art won’t scandalize the average fallen Wall Streeter. Take him to Hooters if you really want to offend his conservative values.  College Dems stick it to a secretary in Albany who has no idea what […]

 – Anonymous photo of the CC ’10 presidential candidates in friendlier days (aka “last week”) The 2010 Class Council hopefuls gathered in cramped Lerner 568 to wade through students’ favorite topics this evening.  Guessing, perhaps, that there would be little new and exciting to hear, there were not more than ten people in the audience, […]

But the Senior Fund Committee apparently is. In their latest fundraising prayer request, the Fundraisers have decided to invoke a little Yale hatred to get those cheap holdouts amongst the 09ers opening their wallets. “Yale’s Class of 2009 already hit 86% Senior Fund participation,” they inform readers, “are you really going to let New Haven […]

The weekly ESC meeting never fails to provide all sorts of drama. Bwog’s Drama Junkie Sean Zimmermann was on hand last night to lap it up. Good Samaritan policies, smoking rules, wifi in class rooms, and dining services changes were among the major topics discussed at this evening’s ESC meeting, the last of which triggering […]

Satisfy your Anglophilia tonight at 6:00, when the Westminster Boys’ Choir will be performing in St. Paul’s Chapel. Westminster Abbey has been training boys in addition to its adult choir for at least six centuries, but this is the first United States tour for the little lads. Their normal routine at home in England includes […]

For several weeks, whispers have reached our ears of a true 40s celebration, one that does not require being treated like a three year-old McDonald’s customer to enjoy. Now, a dispatch has reached us from a shadowy group known only as the “Senior Underground”: “Attention Seniors!!! Don’t let Columbia stop you from having fun. Because, […]