Amanda Ba is a Columbia College freshman who is taking Lit Hum while also running online clothing business. This week, Bwogger Victoria Arancio admired dogs with Ba and discussed her plans for her art and for her first year at Columbia.  Bwog: Give us insight into the amazing life of Amanda Ba.  AB: I was born in Columbus, […]

On Friday a video recording of Donald Trump was released, showing Trump bragging about groping, kissing, and trying to have sex with women. In this 2005 conversation, Trump spews even more controversial and sexist comments. Trump still claims that Hillary Clinton sinks lower, as she is “married to the single greatest abuser of women in the history […]

Bwog Senior Staff Writer Gabrielle Kloppers was extremely excited to be able to attend the Columbia University Libertarians event, a discussion on the War on Drugs with Larry Sharpe, the Candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Nomination. In the current political climate, people seem to be scrambling left, right, and center to vote […]

We’re back at it again with the Core Archetypes.  Senior Staffer Betsy Ladyzhets brings us up-close and personal with the person who has committed to memory the placement of every bracket in Sappho’s fragments. You get to class early, but they are already there. They sit at the precise opposite end of the table from the door (where […]

The swallowing of pride: Hurricane Matthew, which has killed more than 280 people in Haiti and has developed into a Category 4 storm, has led Governor Rick Scott of Florida to call for the evacuation of around 1.5 million people. “This storm will kill you,” he warns those who wish to stay. “Time is running […]

Update (10/8/2016 at 2:50pm): Administration has asked SWS to remove their Facebook post that says an invitation wasn’t extended to the organization to meet with Provost Bell, as they reached out to two seemingly random students in the organization. According to the caption of the email screenshot, one student was barely involved with SWS and the other never […]

Awakening our Democracy is Columbia’s lunchtime conversation series about race and ethnicity disparities, justice, and other issues affecting CU and the rest of the world. Bwogger Amara Banks went in support of Jelani Cobb, but left with a new idol.  Jelani Cobb, a professor at the School of Journalism and renown writer for The New Yorker, […]

Yesterday, the famous New York Public Library Rose Room re-opened after two long years of repairs and $12 million dollars, required to repair the damage caused when a 16-inch plaster rosette crashed down from the room’s ceiling. This beautiful reading room was the architectural inspiration for another reading room that looms much larger on our campus: Butler […]

The Bitch is Back: Older, Wiser, and (Getting) Happier, edited by Cathi Hanauer, deals with the crises of middle age for women. It’s the sequel to her first book, The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage. Last night, a group of authors including Barnard’s very […]

On Wednesday afternoon, Nadra Rahman ventured into the black hole that is the International Affairs Building, where she heard Olesya Turkina give a talk about her book Soviet Space Dogs. The talk involved cigarette packs, canonization, and deeply engrossed grad students. Many of us associate the early days of the American space program with the […]

On Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets in the National League wild card game to advance to the National League Division Series. With this win, the final eight MLB playoff teams have been determined, and the first division series will begin on Thursday. (ESPN) Tennis player Maria Sharapova, who tested positive for […]

Happy Halloween month! If you’re anything like us, you’re already getting your spook on in preparation for the 31st. But why wait, especially when Columbia is so heavily furnished with horrors all-year-round? Tremble in fear as Senior Staff Writer Asya Sagnak uncovers the first of our Campus Horror Stories, inspired by the very real rodent […]

Bwog’s here again to divide your world into stereotypes. This time, Senior Staffer Gabrielle Kloppers writes about that person who always brings the conversation back to feminism (like, okay, but did you even do the reading?). You walk into CC, expecting a continuation of this morning’s sleep. You are sorely mistaken. This morning is unlike other […]

Are you feeling hangry today? Fear not – today is Barnard’s Big Sub Day! Bwog tells you everything you need to know about the event: What: Big Sub Day – a.k.a Barnard’s free sandwich giveaway! Each year, Barnard’s dining services and activities committee, McAc, creates a mega-sub (this year’s sub is 715 feet long) exclusively for […]

GSSC hosts weekly meetings on Tuesday night! We know that many of you were too busy studying for calc midterms or streaming “Stranger Things” last night. Have no fear! Bwog GSSC correspondents Jenny Nugent and Romane Thomas bring you the highlights. Last night was town hall night at General Studies Student Council, and, for reasons undisclosed even […]