On Thursday night, members of the Columbia/Barnard community gathered at the Barnard gates to participate in Take Back the Night, an annual demonstration against sexual violence. Zachary Hendrickson was humbled to march along as an ally. “With rage we march, and with strength we speak.” This year’s rally started off a little later than intended, […]

Two men in fancy suits walk into Lerner. One man passes through the turnstiles with ease. The other is left stuck on the side of the public – the side of the plebians. This will not do. Stuck man to desk: “Can’t I go through!? I’m not an alumni here, but I DID go to Harvard.” […]

A wild Mewthree appears! (Digital Times) Gulati, I choose you! (Sports Illustrated) Bwog used Poke Ball. *struggle*struggle*struggle* Aww! It appeared to be caught! (CNN – Marquee Blog) Bwog used Master Ball. Gotcha! The Boston Bomber was caught! (New York Times)     A cheap imitation via Shutterstock  

This weekend’s Days On Campus (damn you SEAS for getting the real weekend nights) coincides perfectly with 4/20, some actually slightly spring weather (maybe…) and generally the last weekend before finals start to kick in. What does that mean? That you should be showing your prospie an excellent time, *not* making them sleep on your […]

PrezBo has just released a statement on the lifting of the lockdown in Boston, with no mention of the lack of alert last night. Boston is in Bwog’s thoughts, especially as an apparent standoff is currently going on, and we hope that everybody with friends and family remains safe and sound. CPS and Public Safety […]

Last night the Barnard Annual Gala raised 2.2 million dollars for financial aid. Bwog sent Diligent Debutante Maud Rozee to find out how that was even possible. The Plaza Hotel is possibly the fanciest venue in New York City, and last night it was filled with impeccably dressed, mostly old, white and incredibly rich Barnard […]

Today if you are on Low Plaza at 5:40, you can see two things: a horse, and Deantini, who will then proceed to make out. Deantini lost won the “Kiss the Horse” competition sponsored by Camp Kesem, which provides a free summer camp for children whose parents have been affected by cancer. There is absolutely […]

You may never have been to Dodge, but the Boston Celtics have. Currently they are shooting hoops in Levien Gymnasium, getting ready for their upcoming playoff game against the Knicks tomorrow afternoon. Gratuitously matte photo below.

Ah, spring. It’s a transformative time for Columbia students. While normally we avoid nature like the plague, now we have the overwhelming urge to roll around in the grass and take day trips to Long Island. Instead of the usual tones of dubstep floating across Low steps, we hear people playing The Beach Boys. Everything […]

A tipster spotted this umm…”creative” sleeper on the third floor of the Diana Center yesterday. While we give her credit for being really fucking weird imaginative, we actually have no idea how you could ever fall asleep like this or why you would ever want to. I mean, think about how many people’s butts have […]

Justin Bieber can’t seem to do anything right. After the Anne Frank uproar, Twitter blows up, to which Bieber responds with a cartoon of himself and a shirtless girl. (LA Times) Susan Patton, of “find a husband” fame, gave a talk at Princeton, during which she said that “[college women] will become progressively more desperate every year they waits to […]

After the suspicious package was found today on campus and the surrounding area was shut down by NYPD, many of us were anxious to find that, while Barnard students received multiple alerts, Columbia did not send any alerts about the event.  David Fine, CC’13, former chair of the SGB and editor emeritus of The Current, […]

Police have cordoned off an area on College Walk by the Broadway gates Broadway from 115th to 117th. Police are saying a suspicious package was left on campus and needs to be investigated. More info as we get it. Update, 7:40: Both sides of Broadway are now closed, including for cars. NYPD confirms suspicious package. […]

Tickets for the 119th Varsity Show are on sale! Get thee to the Tic Center or just click our handy dandy link right here to make sure you don’t miss out! The show runs from May 3rd to 5th. Buy your tickets now. You know you want to.  

Columbia College just put out a release saying the playwright Terrence McNally, halfway to an EGOT, is this year’s CC Class Day Speaker.   McNally, CC ’60 ,was a writer on the 66th Varsity Show, “A Little Bit Different,” which was about “a film company shooting on location in Africa” filled with American public figures […]