Goodbye, spring semester, we hardly knew ye. Your professors’ most worthwhile closing remarks to beguile and make you smile from Spring 2009. Caterina Musatti, Intermediate Microeconomics: “Let’s have a pleasant last class…which means you obey!” James Shapiro, Early Shakespeare, after a student performance of Richard Curtis’ Skinhead Hamlet: “Now, go try that with a group of […]

It may be free, but it’s hard-earned by the honest sweat of a SEAS student’s brow. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is giving out homemade ice cream today at 3:00 in the 13th floor lounge of Mudd. “Homemade?” you repeat dreamily, as your mind’s eye conjures your mother in a frilly apron and a beehive, brandishing […]

The Philolexian Society has put out its 2009 literary magazine, Surgam (Latin: “I shall rise”) and boy, does that student poetry go down smooth! The whole thing is available as a PDF on Philo’s website, but as always, you can find the highlights below. Confirmed: Manhattan is just as romantic and mysterious as your high school […]

The start of Reading Week means the end of the Spectator. But not the end of the world! With finals looming and storm clouds brewing, what will we talk about to lift our spirits? Duh. Swine flu. In Mexico the spread is slowing, the restaurants are reopening, and everyone’s sneezing into their sleeves. Is the […]

Never shying away from a potential stage storming, the Bwog staff attended last night’s speech by Ann Coulter. As the crowd shuffled in through the long security lines for Ann Coulter‘s visit to Columbia, the same  question was on everyone’s mind–would it get crazy in Altschul? Outside the event someone had dropped leaflets instructing the […]

Dear underclassmen: When you get to be a senior, Columbia will start dong nice things for you, in hopes that those good feelings will be the ones that stick when you have more money than you need for basic survival. Senior dinner is one of those things, and this evening, many thousands of dollars went […]

Bwog’s James Rathmell reports from CB9’s meeting. Earlier this evening, Community Board 9 unanimously voted against the passing of the $150 million Community Benefits Agreement for the Manhattanville expansion.  Created to address several of the problems Columbia has run into with local residents, the CBA would have allowed for $150 million to be allotted in […]

Free Pizza! Now! Go! John Jay Lounge! For Freshman Academic Connection…? We’ll take it!

The newest issue of The Jester will hit news stands tomorrow with a shocking title. Who knew there was a recession on? For the inside scoop, you can check out the pdf version tonight.  You know what else is new? You’re about to graduate from college! And even if you’re not, the real world is […]

Our heartiest congratulations to professors James Leighton and Mark Mazower, the newest recipients of the Mark Van Doren and Lionel Trilling Awards, respectively. The awards were doled out by the Columbia College Academic Awards Committee, which is made up of 10 CC students who have overseen the selection process throughout the year. Leighton is a Chemistry […]

The Visual Arts Class of 2009 will have a double celebration for their work and thesis exhibitions today. The most artistically inclined among us will be hosting Open Studios at Watson Hall at 612 115th Street and Broadway from 4-6. The Thesis Exhibition Opening will follow from 6-8 at the Neiman Gallery in Dodge. Remember […]

The staff of the Blue and White kindly requests the pleasure of your company at our last general body meeting of the school year, tonight, at 9:30 PM in the catacombs of St. Paul’s Chapel. Join us as we bid adieu to the class of 2009 (picture in formal attire at right). We’ll provide the […]

Our series continues with SGA President Sarah Besnoff. Name, School: Sarah Besnoff, Barnard College Claim to fame: Student Government Association President, Columbia Urban Experience Coordinator, Peace by PEACE volunteer Post-grad plans: Eventually: law school, local politics in Philly; Now: Looking for a job in New York and moving into an apartment with my CUE Co-Coordinator […]

Today, from 12-2 on Low Plaza (rain location in Carleton), ESC will be hosting its annual end-of-year BBQ. The theme is “SEAS the Day” and you’ll get free food, t-shirts, and SEAS pride in abundance. Plus, if you’re a senior, you can enter the Senior Class Boat Building Competition and try to float a boat […]

Finally, blissfully, it’s that time again. Today is the last day of classes for the year, and your professors should have something to say about it.  As always, please send the sweet/sad/insane words they send you off with to tips@bwog.net or post in the comments thread.