The Muslim Students Association is having its annual Spring Picnic at Lehman Lawn (The one right by the gates with the pink tree) at Barnard today starting at 2:15 PM (aka right now). Run over for free hot dogs, burgers, chicken, watermelon, and other free barbecue-oriented goodies. Reported activities include cricket, skip-it, board games, and […]

Like all the rest of you, we have spent the past few weeks salivating over the salacious advertisements for today’s Indian cultural extravaganza, Tamasha. While we suspected for the longest time, like so many others, that Zamana had just lifted a picture from the Internet after Googling “hot Indian girl.” But something about the smile […]

The J-School steals a mixed-media mastermind away from The Guardian. (Wired) Want to be an eminent domain holdout? The Times lists places you might consider moving to. Gentrification is upon us! (and guilty liberals complain). (Spec) The L Hostel in Harlem was shut down by the city. (Gothamist) photo via flickr/paraflyer

In case you were wondering what building it was that you just walked into, Columbia has thoughtfully provided guidance for the lost: Photos by DCH, GD & AB

This Wednesday, SIPA and the J-school invited authors of Game Change John Heilemann and Mark Halperin to discuss their book about the 2008 presidential campaign in light of the upcoming election season. Bwog’s Political Lit Bureau Chief Rebecca Newman reports. To Heilemann and Halperin, Game Change is and always has been about the characters. The […]

Free ice cream Occasion: Square Dance with BC ’13 Where: LeFrak Gym When: 7:00pm-8:30pm . Free Magnolia cupcakes (for the first 100 people) Occasion: Screening of “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” + Q&A with an ex-child soldier and the filmmakers Where: 202 Altschul (Barnard) When: 7:30 pm-9:00 pm . Free cookies, brownies and fruit Occasion: Voices: […]

Bwog has been operating under the commonly-held assumption that Core Professors have to petition with the Core office to give you anything under a B-. This, to us and scores of friends, was common knowledge. Um, guess we have to get on our shit. From: Sarah Camiscoli Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:11 AM To: […]

This slice of relevance provided by Wikimedia Commons Sarah Camiscoli is a shoe-leather journalist! She sat in on the College Dems vs College Republicans final debate of the year, and everyone yelled a lot. The chalkboard in Fayerweather 313 blared: “Resolved: The public school system should be replaced with vouchers.” This was to be a […]

“Scientists have proven what many of us knew all along—feminists have better sex.” So reads the Facebook event description for last night’s “Fucking While Feminist,” a workshop at Barnard with itinerant sex speaker Shelby Knox. H.S.G., Bwog’s Sexiest Single-Sex Sexologist, reports. Shelby Knox’s most vivid memory of sex ed is the day that a local […]

Who cares if you don’t have a job? You know that four years at Columbia was worth every penny cuz being a CC senior entitles you to not one but two free t-shirts: a senior class shirt, and a 40 Days shirt! If you haven’t yet, you can pick yours up on the Lerner ramps […]

As promised, the finalized Chewbacchanal schedule: Friday, April 23 Party with Chewbacca Revson Lawn, 12-3pm (next to Ancel Plaza on the bridge over Amsterdam) Free food, giveaways, music, photo ops with Chewy and life-size checkers! Saturday, April 24 Chewbacca’s Hope For Haiti Fundraiser 12-3pm, South Lawns Free food, giveaways, music, giant inflatable obstacle course and […]

Gateway as you knew it will never be the same after IBM teams up with Columbia to turn SEAS green. (Solve Climate) SIPA’s proves that it’s possible to make quite the commotion by protesting on Facebook. (HuffPo) Our very own Juli Weiner gets noticed by The Drudge Report. (Wonkette) A monster of a Sorting Machine works […]

202 Altschul (Barnard) COME WATCH the documentary “INVISIBLE CHILDREN” and SPEAK with an EX-CHILD SOLDIER and the FILMMAKERS. Plus… FREE FOOD and DESSERTS!!!!  First 100 people in the door get Magnolia cupcakes. What started out as an adventure in Africa, transformed into much more, when the three young American filmmakers found themselves stranded in Northern […]

Office hours: they’re the best! For the latest in our ongoing series of professor interviews, Sam Schube spoke with old Bwog favorite Bruce Robbins. While you might know him from that one essay you skimmed for University Writing (that’d be “The Sweatshop Sublime”), Robbins is a man of many interests—chief among them plumbing and the […]

Lots o’ free food coming atcha tonight. At 8pm in the Dodge Room at Earl Hall, Fatima Tsiouris (from the Mailman School of Public Health) will speak on “the burden of HIV/AIDS on women and children: transmission and treatment.” Thai food and snacks will be in abundance. Facebook event here. From there, dash over to […]