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 […]

PrezBo has handed down an email from on high announcing that Stanford’s Dr. Claude M. Steele will be the next University Provost. Steele “is currently the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught since 1991. He also currently serves as the Director of the Center for Advanced Study […]

If you’re reading this, you’re either done with finals (congrats!), or more than halfway to the end! Plus, Nature sent us a rainbow yesterday.   – Photo by Jay Chudow  

Name, School: Rob Trump, CC ’09 Claim to fame: I co-wrote a couple Varsity Shows (113 and 114) and have done various other campus comedy things. Also, I am the reason for the existence of my admittedly vastly superior arch-nemesis, anti-rjt. Post-grad plans: I’m moving to L.A. to try to write sitcoms. Those are pretty […]

Name, School: Tina Musa, CC Claim to fame: Being a Peer Counselor/Advocate at the Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center (Consent is sexy!). Living in the IRC. Being a part of Filasteen, SPEaK and the Ethnic Studies Suite while they were around. Post-grad plans: Going to medical school, liberating Palestine, and traveling to New Zealand to find […]

If you prefer free ice-cream to slightly-overpriced-but-it’s-for-a-good cause cookies, Häagen Dazs is giving away free scoops of all its “Bee Built” flavors (i.e. the ones with honey ingredients that require bees pollinating). Promo runs until 8 p.m. so get in line. Then, you can enjoy it on the J-School’s newly opened patio! The girl below […]

We’ve received multiple tips about filming at 121st and Amsterdam for Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new HBO show, The Wonderful Maladys. Also there is her husband Freddie Prinze Jr., and the requisite paparazzi. If you can’t get out of exams to catch them, though, don’t worry: the show, which also stars Studio 60‘s Nate Corddry and […]

Normally, Bwog sticks to free food, but we thought we’d make one cute exception: the Girl Scouts will be selling their famous cookies on Lerner Ramps starting at 4:00 p.m. They’ll be selling all of the most well-known flavors, including Thin Mints, Samoas, and Tagalongs. No word on how many boxes the troops will have, […]

Try Teachers College’s Library, where the second floor has a “collaboration room” with flatscreens and, for your dozing, a large, soft teddy bear.   The man on the screen won’t judge you, we promise (photo by ACM).

Name, School: Sherif Farrag, CC Claim to fame: National and international fencing, Co-captain Varsity Fencing, Turath VP, MSA OCM Post-grad plans: I hope to live my ambitions, conquer my dreams. What are three things you learned at Columbia? 1) I will not work on an assignment or study for an exam until the last possible […]