If you happened to take your eyes off your iPhone as you were trotting down College Walk this evening, you may have noticed an ominous orange glow emanating from Low: Fear not — Low has not become a factory for Fear and Strange Smoke (at least, not any more than usual).  It’s the annual Alexander […]

The Hapa Club will be hosting their grandly named “Fusion Party” tonight at 7:00 PM in Lerner C555.  For only $5, you’ll have the chance to sample a variety of ethnic foods prepared by the Culinary Society and cheer on Dhoom and Orisha as they perform. Afterward, head to Lehman Auditorium in Altschul at 8:00 […]

Make the most of your time in the city before heading home for some family time and too much stuffing. Friday 28 Hours of Innovative Art – marathon of performers, featuring musicians and dancers, hosted by Arts for Art Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk St, between Rivington and Delancy 6 pm – midnight […]

A fascinating, if one-sided, account of Columbia’s labor relations. You want to change the popular image of fraternities, you say?  Bwog suggests you stop the 3:00 AM screamfests. Fusion for fusion’s sake is sacrilege. Yes, people are still making mixtapes.  On CD’s. Even art students can study abroad.  But be warned: the Mona Lisa is […]

Overheard on a Schapiro Elevator: Two women step inside and press the button labeled “PH.” Woman A: “What do you think PH stands for?” Woman B: “I don’t know. [Ph]aculty House?” Woman A: “Oh yeah.”

Observed in the fourth floor men’s room:

GS “kids” won’t be allowed to swipe in to undergraduate residence halls. (Spec) MTA service and fares will be maintained next year, but almost 300 jobs won’t. (NYPost) Back in my day, we ran airports with telephones and paper. (NY Daily News) The bagels seem tainted somehow, but we’ve still got Absolute. (NYT) One-third of […]

CS Lounge, Computer Science Building Ever wanted to make a really cool website? Want to join in an open student discussion on the potential future uses of the Internet at Columbia and in the “real world”? Come join the ADI for their first Hackathon of the year, centered on the Internet. We will have an […]

Havana Central Come on down to Havana Central where the Columbia Bartending Agency will be hosting BAR NIGHT. Enjoy $2 kamikaze shots, $3 domestic beer, and $4 well liquor. Bring your friends! Must be 21 or over. Join the Facebook event listing! Contact email: nick@columbiabartending.com Contact website: http://columbiabartending.com

Tired of school? Well here, have some health care debate, and some career planning! First, at 8pm in Hamilton 303, the College Republicans  host Paul Howard of the Manhattan Institute to talk about health care reform in congress and elsewhere. Then from 9 to 10:30, get yourself a science internship at the aptly named Science […]

Come out to Campo Saturday Night to support a great cause and have a great time! DJ, dancing, and drink specials all night! $3 cover  goes towards buying goats for families in Uganda. GlobeMed is a network of university students which partner with grassroots organizations around the world to improve the health of the impoverished. […]

If you were all hyped up for the “conflict” part of last night’s Veritas Forum “Faiths in Conflict: Searching for a Common Space,” you may be disappointed by the friendly banter between secularist Heyman Center Director Akeel Bilgrami and Sri Lankan theologian Vinoth Ramachandra. Bwog correspondent Sarah Ngu reports on their discussion of how to […]

Strong, beautiful seniors, rejoice!  Last we heard, you were going to graduate out of Levien Gym in Dodge Fitness Center.  Thankfully, the Barnard administration has settled on something decidedly above ground. The 2010 Barnard commencement will take place on Ancel Plaza in front of SIPA, after which new graduates and their families can continue the […]

Ian Kwok’s sobering email to the members of Postcrypt Art Gallery confirms that Postcrypt has indeed been thrown out of their space in the basement of St. Paul’s chapel. Apparently the Office of the University Chaplain has been tightening their policies on chapel spaces for the past year or so, and sometime within the last […]

Latest addition to the list of rules no one used to care about, but you now cannot break because Columbia is broke: that coffee is for special people only! An anonymous Computer Engineering student received this email yesterday. (EE stands for Electrical Engineering ; those students got this email via their  listserv as well.) Dear […]