All roads, bridges, and tunnels in New York City have been shut down due to the storm, allowing only emergency vehicles on the streets for the time being. (CNN) In addition to all roads being closed, all Broadway performances were cancelled yesterday. That’s right, don’t even bother walking to the theater. (EW) The Presidential Runoff Election, originally scheduled for […]

You’ve been back for a solid week, and the music that got you through last semester just won’t cut it anymore. Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” reminds you too much of your ex, “The Hills” by the Weeknd evokes so many painful frat parties. Have no fear! Bwog is here, with a funky playlist of songs new […]

Last night, Barnard Student Life hosted SisterSpit, an event that honored Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy by bringing together renowned slam poets and Barnard and Columbia student poets to celebrate the power of spoken word. We sent Bwogger Betsy Ladyzhets to cover the event, and she managed to pull herself out of a state of […]

It’s going to stop snowing eventually, and you’ll want to finally emerge from your snow cave of takeout containers and empty soda cans. What better way to convince yourself of your own humanity than by attending a cultural event? Bwogger Maddie Stearn has just the thing for all you bleary-eyed Netflix overdosers.  Wednesday, January 27 […]

The New England members of Bwog were wrong–the “blizzard” actually delivered, and there’s enough snow out there for a snowball fight! Whooopeeee! Here’s the scoop: 3 PM on Low Steps. Everyone’s invited. Be there or be square. Wear warm clothing.   Bundled warriors via Wikimedia Commons

Snowstorm scheduled to hit NYC today. Having already delivered further south, it came through for us, too, just like last year. (CNN) Twenty years ago, NY Times launched its online website. Could they have imagined that one day excellent news would be delivered entirely online? (NY Times) Actress Charlotte Rampling called boycotting the homogeneous Oscars […]

SGA sent out an email to Barnard students this morning concerning a referendum on Barnard’s fossil fuel divestment. Following several protests on campus and the Board of Trustees announcing they will consider divestment, SGA created the referendum to gage student interest on the topic, particularly if students support divestment. All Barnard students may vote via […]

If you’re looking for somewhere where you can waste your extra $7 on something that should really only cost $2, you’ll be happy to know that a cold press juice bar is on its merry way! The joint is called Pressed Juicery (as opposed to squeezed, we guess), and is going to replace Maoz between 110th and 111th […]

We all know those classes – the ones that ruin your semester, kill your mood, make you yearn for the sweet escape of death. For your convenience, we’ve created a list of everything to avoid: Race and Ethnicity in American Politics – “A course that had a lot of potential yet seemed to focus on […]

This year was supposed to be awful for Columbia women’s basketball. In the Ivy League preseason poll, they weren’t just picked last, they were picked last hard, with a majority of writers projecting them at the bottom of the pack. And who could blame them? Last season, Columbia was 2-12 in conference. Their three top […]

Lehman Hall is closed and its materials and staff have successfully moved over to the new LeFrak Center, but the old building itself remains. It looks over our shoulders every day as we walk over to our Diana/Milbank classes, reminding us that it is merely a shadow of what it once used to be. One might even […]

Shopping period got you down? Feeling mad at yourself for forgetting to sign up for that one Spanish class? Cursing your fates for giving you a 8:40 requirement? Worry not! If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that seeing other people’s mistakes will always make you feel better about your own. Luckily, today’s […]

No current undergraduates are actually going to feel the effects of Barnard’s new curriculum, so Bwogger Maddie Stearn decided to meditate on the less-important curriculum questions. First and foremost, what do we call it? Like all of the greatest naming debates of our time—the plural for Prius, Two-Thousand-Ten vs. Twenty-Ten, and, of course, Deantini—Barnard’s new curriculum is […]

Shopping period has begun and if you think it’s driving you crazy, you haven’t been paying attention to the professors–here are some of the weirdest, wisest, most wonderful words to come out of our profs’ mouths as we pore over their syllabi in fear and excitement. Thanks for sending in quotes and helping to continue […]

As we all know by now, winter storm Jonas is coming for us, and our relatives are concerned! Here are some texts we’ve received from well-meaning parents that have served only to increase our dread: A pearl of wisdom received via phone call: “Buy bread and lunch meat.” Only the essentials, Mom! At least one of our […]