The shadowy group only known as “Senior Underground” has sent Bwog a message (by carrier pigeon, of course) that there will be a senior class gathering tonight at the West End to celebrate “our last night at Columbia.” Join your friends, and try not to send any texts you’ll regret. 

Hot off the presses from City Hall and Albany: Governor David Paterson (CC ’77) and Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed their support again for the Manhattanville expansion, after the project was approved by the Public Authorities Control Board.  Paterson said the expansion “will enhance the vitality of both the University and its neighboring community, while meeting […]

After last year’s Social Security snafu and the weekend’s ID mixup, it’s safe to say that Columbia’s tech people can sometimes mess up. We weren’t automatically skeptical, then, when several Bwog staffers received an e-mail from a Columbia e-mail address with the subject line: “Please Update your COLUMBIA E-mail Account.” Then we noticed that the […]

The Class of 2009 has mustered under the aircraft hangar tent in front of Butler.

Seniors rolling out of exams and into Senior Week without a care in the world stumbled suddenly on Friday when they found out their ID cards had been deactivated. Even the cards of RAs weren’t working, and students moving out with parents in tow tried to explain, to irrationally adamant security guards, that they had […]

Name, School: Justin Grace, CC Claim to fame: Fucked a chicken on stage at the UCB. Didn’t actually, but it’s a much better story that way (Thanks, Noam). Also, I run a comedy show downtown that no one goes to but somehow got nominated for a cabaret award. I think it might be a pyramid […]

Name, Class: Jacob Taber, GS/JTS Claim to fame: SGB Vice-Chair, Dems Board ’06-’07 (i.e. the year of the Minutemen), Baccalaureate speaker, general Jew-about-town Post-grad plans: Finance staff (fundraising) for a Senate race, and marrying my beautiful fiancée. What are three things you learned at Columbia? (1) You haven’t really made it on this campus until […]

Dear readers, With the end of the exam period, Bwog is officially moving into summer mode. Stick around though: we’ll be running a few more Senior Wisdoms between now and Commencement, plus coverage of the graduation ceremonies, and after that we’ll be updating the blog at least once a day. In addition, we want to thank our […]

The Journal of Politics and Society will give you food and beverages if you come read their new edition! Lerner ramps Outside Lerner, 1pm to 3pm.  If you miss it, you can always fiind that charming little rag on the racks at Barnes and Noble. But then you get no cupcakes. 

As the class of 2009 departs Columbia, the bright lights of New York will have at least one symbol of their achievements: CCSC has secured the chance for the Empire State Building to be lit up in light blue and white next Wednesday night. According to CCSC President George Krebs, the project was “spearheaded” by CC […]

As seniors pack their bags, one Nobel-ballin’ senior citizen is unpacking his. Yes, that’s right, Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the U.N., is coming to Columbia. This spring! Bwog thought spring was already over, but then again, Bwog has never been an expert on the equinoxes. In an email sent to the Columbia community […]

It’s become a ritual for exam time: our Carsplit PSA. If you’re headed to JFK, LaGuardia, or Newark by taxi in the coming days, use Carsplit to find new friends who are doing the same, thus saving everyone money. Once again: split a cab, save money. Carry on.

Hawkmadinejad (or, more precisely, the Hawks-madinejad) has (or have) been keeping to himself (or…oh screw it) more this spring, but that hasn’t stopped Hawkmadinebwog editor Courtney Douds from documenting some of the other fine flora and fauna of the neighborhood. The Animorphs would feel right at home in Riverside The paradoxically-named catbird! That tree in […]

Name, School: Peter Valeiras, SEAS Claim to fame: President of the Engineering Student Council Post-grad plans: Teach For America New York. High School Physics… keeping some form of engineering alive! Favorite study spot? Avery Library… I’m probably the only engineer that knows about this place. What are three things you learned at Columbia? 1. Engineers […]

Alan Brinkley is busy these days: ending his term as provost, checking on the numbers of his many adoring Facebook groups, and being accosted by roving cable news reporters. But he’s also had time to check out YouTube, and he’s got some recommendations. Of course, being a famous name, Brinkley isn’t just going to put […]