In his Senior Wisdom, Caleb told us to scheme, to randomly email our professors, and to surprise everyone all the time.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Caleb Alan Oldham, Columbia College, Economics, Sapulpa, Oklahoma Claim to fame: Introducing this campus to a man named Joe Fusco (pictured below). He’s my soulmate and the background of my phone. We’re […]

Once upon a time, Max Rettig was a sports writer for Bwog. Now, he’s a sports writer for bigger and better people (and, no, we don’t mean Spec). Name, School, Major, Hometown: Max Rettig; GS/JTS (Joint Program); Creative Writing/Modern Jewish Studies; New Hope, PA Claim to fame: I’ve interviewed Alex Rosenberg and Maodo Lo; David […]

Can’t get enough of Senior Wisdoms? Don’t fret: we’re back to showcase yet another amazing senior, Katie Zheng! Name, School, Major, Hometown: Katie, Columbia College, Comparative Literature & Society, Alpharetta, GA Claim to fame: I facilitate conversations about power and privilege but probably most people would only know me as the annoying Asian girl who doesn’t shut […]

Happening in the world: French voters are choosing their presidents today! By 12:00 local time, only 28.2% has voted. While the vote will not end until 19:00, the turn-out rate by far is said to be lower than previous elections, which might hurt the chances of the liberal centrist candidate, Emmanuel Macron. (BBC) Happening in […]

Our last Senior Wisdom of the day is from Avinoam Stillman, who lives at the Bayit, is often mistaken for a GS or grad student, and has some thoughts on the Columbia bubble.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Avinoam Stillman, Columbia College, Religion, Brookline, MA Claim to fame: All sorts of Jewish things: second cousin once […]

EH hails from France, Boston, and a time when you could basically walk into Cannons. Name, School, Major, Hometown: EH, Dual BA Program between Columbia and Sciences Po, Economics and Political Science, Boston, MA Claim to fame: Getting nominated for Senior Wisdom having only spent two years at Columbia? Where are you going? Saving the […]

Disclaimer: The writer hasn’t actually tested any of her theories about Uris pool and only has a few shaky sources to confirm her theory. It’s finals season and sickness is bound to be spreading across campus like the plague, while our immune systems are at their weakest and we’re all crammed into the same libraries, breathing […]

  Here’s some wisdom from the CU Sad Girl, Lucy Jakub.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Lucy, Columbia College, Nonfiction, Blue Hill, ME Claim to fame: Co-founder of the Sad Girls Club, part-time frat anthropologist Where are you going? Back to the woods What are 3 things you learned at Columbia and would like to share with the […]

History is everywhere in Morningside Heights, if you choose to explore it. Today, Bwog writer Leo Bevilacqua shares his impressions of Grant’s Tomb, a national memorial dedicated to Union General and 18th President of the United States. EDIT, 6:20 PM: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that President Grant signed the 18th Amendment; […]

Not so fast, Michael Miller. History and MESAAS have the best courses of all time, according to Saaleh Baseer. Read on to find out why.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Saaleh Baseer, General Studies, History, Fremont, CA Claim to fame: You might me know as the guy who’s always talking about colonialism and/or Pre-Partition India, or shaking […]

Bwogline: Yesterday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art filed a proposal to charge admission for out-of-state visitors. But don’t worry, Barnumbia, you’ll be ok thanks to the Columbia Arts Initiative. (The New York Times) Study Tip: Have a final for a language class soon? Try listening to some pop music in that language – it’s fun […]

Get to know Amram Altzman, a GS/JTS activist for LGBTQ and LGBTQ-Jewish issues. He discusses Sweetgreen, Butler, and the Morningside Heights bubble below. Name: Amram Altzman; GS/JTS; Sociology and Jewish history; Brooklyn, NY Claim to fame: I’m just a run-of-the-mill bougie li’l socialist trying to make my way in this world. I helped start JQ, […]

Another semester, another Orgo Night, the only “study break” that anyone at Columbia actually goes to. This semester Bwog writer and Columbia College freshman, Jack William Patrick Treanor, skips his Lit Hum studying to review the the 65th consecutive, 69th semiannual Orgo Night. This semester marks the second Orgo Night since the Columbia University Marching Band was […]

Virginia reminds us of old Bwog in one of these links… can you find it?  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Virginia Fu, CC, Computer Science and History (both concentrations), North Andover, MA. Claim to fame: Literary/Senior editor for the Blue and White mag, Potluck House resident, honorary member of CDCJ (I think), third-tier member of SWS. The UAW […]

The Westside Cheese Aisle, stress culture, and bouncing boobs are all topics in Brett Krasner’s senior wisdom. Get some context below. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Brett Krasner, GS/JTS, Political Science/Talmud (Rabbinic Law), West Chester, PA Claim to fame: I’m currently the 21 year-old that plans events for my aging GS peers so they don’t impeach my ass. Prior […]