Location: 411 W. 116th Street. Nearby dorms: East Campus Stores and restaurants: It’s a bit desolate over on 116th and Amsterdam. HamDel, food cart, Camille’s (if you’re brave) Cost: $7,340  (Same as McBain, Schapiro, Furnald, and Broadway) Amenities: Noteworthy: You get a sink in your room. A sink! In your room! Bathrooms: Amazing!  Normal floor bathrooms, recently renovated. AC/Heating: […]

Bwog apologizes for the late post, but tonight at 6:30 in Altschul Atrium at Barnard, WBAR will be celebrating its 20th anniversary of broadcasting with a concert and zine release party! There will be FREE BIRTHDAY CAKE on hand. There will be four great student bands: Pariguayo, Distro J, Drug Pizza, and Rutabaga. And two […]

Last night, Speaker of the City Council Christine Quinn stopped by Barnard to campaign for mayor discuss the problems facing women and those facing the city. Bwog’s City Hall bureau chief Peter Sterne reports. The Diana Event Oval auditorium was packed with Barnard (and a few Columbia) students hoping to hear from Quinn, who is […]

Apparently, potty-training should be the tenth way of knowing. Barnard quad third floor residents received an email from the Associate Director for Residential Life detailing the closing of the 3rd floor Hewitt bathroom until April 5. The email detailed the issues with this bathroom, including “feces smeared on toilet seats and the floor, urine on […]

Here are the Spring 2013 candidates for the Engineering Student Council. Bwog giggled at “Fu’Tastic Four,” but wishes all the candidates luck in the election. Executive Board PSet 150: Siddhant Bhatt – President of the Student Body Tanya Shah – Vice President, Policy of the Council Jillian Ross – Vice President, Communications of the Council […]

Bwog was waiting for its turn at Professor Michael Shapiro’s office hours. Bwog won’t play coy; Bwog was there to talk with him about his online journalism experiment because of Twitter. Learn more about the Roundtable project below, as one hopeful knight enters the court. He invited Bwog in, and said to sit down. Before […]

Something alarming happened to the Internet this week, but Bwog didn’t notice. (NY Times) It’s a good thing, because the Internet is fucking cool. Spend too much time watching YouTube videos, though, and you could end up addicted to email or to high fashion leather clothes. (Spectator, GQ) After four years and $14 million, Formspring is […]

With admissions letters/emails going out this week from Columbia and Barnard (Barnard stats when we get ’em, promise), Bwog has been getting nostalgic.  To that end, here are some staff stories of learning we got in.  Share your own in comments–especially you, Class of 2017, congratulations! I got into my mum’s car after school the […]

Location: 508 W. 114th St. Nearby dorms: John Jay, LLC, Carman. Same block as a bunch of frat/sorority houses brownstones and Broadway Residence Hall. Stores and restaurants: Nearly everything, especially on Amsterdam. Strokos is basically next door, and you’re just a short walk from HamDel, Artopolis, and Columbia Cottage. Stroll an avenue to the west […]

What looked like a typical Harlem Shake video came meandering into Bwog’s tip inbox last week; but unlike all the other frantic dances brought to our attention, this one was advertising a specific event, an event that you would maybe not associate with the Harlem Shake: Jesus Week. When it turned out that nobody at […]

It’s become more impressive to become a Columbia student than ever. According to Admissions, only 6.89% of freshman applicants were admitted to CC and SEAS this year. That’s a record low admissions rate for the University, narrowly edging out the 6.92% admissions rate of two years ago. The University received 33,531 applications—more than last year, […]

Looking for some cheap and oh-so-classy furniture for your dorm room? Look no further! Bwog received an email today from our beloved Ricardo Morales, Head of Public Safety, offering up a free cherrywood desk! While Bwog’s not sure it can fit both a giant desk and still have room for a bed in its room, […]

As your midterm grades start to come in, you might be fighting the urge to weep and shake your fists at the sky. If you’re nodding your head right now, listen up! Today is the CC and BC deadline to change a class to Pass/Fail and the SEAS drop deadline. Click here before that “D” […]

Rejoice!  Appointment times for In-Person Selection have been revealed!  Or at least, that’s what we assume from the email we got from Housing, because StarRez Portal is, as usual, having a meltdown.  This number doesn’t tell you much–other than if you have an excuse to skip class or need to wake up stupid early.  Remember […]

Hungry? For food? For knowledge? Attend today’s lecture “The Inner City as a Global Space” and feed both! Talk about the relation between global issues and urban settings while munching on a free lunch. The lecture will begin at 12:30 PM in the IAB and will be given by Columbia’s own Professor Sudhir Venkatesh. Bring […]