Image courtesy of BestDirect.tv A few days ago, Columbia was kindly informed about an outbreak of meningitis at our beloved weekend trip destination, UPenn. Well, the week has ambled onwards, and still the dirge of meningitis hums over us. Meanwhile, a graduate student at the UPenn petri dish has reportedly contracted measles and our […]

   Image courtesy of IMDB.com Watch The Kitchen Cabinet tonight take on Congress. The band, that is. It’s the closing night of E-Week, and four Colombian Columbian music groups will be fighting for campus supremacy in a heart-wrenching, fretboard-splintering “Battle of the Bands” competition in Roone Arledge. E-Week guests tonight may also stay for the […]

Bwog Print Devotee Chloe Eichler was in the audience when Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire and straight-faced Tilda Swinton doppelganger, visited the Journalism School on Thursday to offer thoughts on her chosen medium. Despite calling print media “an absolutely terrible market to get into,” Coles was confident that newspapers and magazines would stay alive. […]

   Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art I sing of warfare and a man at war. Exiled by fate from the Eastern shore, He came to Israel by destiny. A fugitive, buffeted by land, sea, and fluid, Cruel funding losses were his lot in life, Till he could found a team and bring […]

 – Image via NYULocal.com Things are heating up 100+ blocks to the south, as the NYU student occupation moves into its second night. Major highlights of the day include the long negotiations over food (strangely, the university’s dining staff is feeding the protesters), the annoyance of many fellow students (to be expected when you demand […]

We at Bwog might not be able to get you into the Fashion Week after-parties or exclusive show-biz Oscar viewings, but we do have these suggestions for this awards-heavy weekend. Friday Sizzling South America Saturday 6:30-10:30pm, begins at Praxis International Gallery25 East 73rd Street, 4th Fl. (212-772-9478) This night out on the town begins with […]

The Eye website is still under construction, but you can access this week’s issue here. For this issue, stick with the arts articles. An article about vampires that doesn’t mention Vampire Weekend (Pg. 11) A defense of films that have already been deemed the year’s best (Pg. 12-13) Been wondering what an eight year-old thinks […]

 – Photo via Columbia College Today As the calendar hits the end of Februrary, Columbia’s favorite early spring ritual approaches. No, not actaully using the lawns – it’s Housing Lottery time! According to this year’s calendar, Greek rosters and LLC registration are next week, while room selection registration runs from March 7-11. For those of […]

For freshmen who may be well on their way to the freshman 15, Bwog Culinary Charter Jon Hill has created helpful charts on why to avoid Cafe 212.   You’re welcome.  

   Photo Courtesy of NYU Local The Columbia Students for a Democratic Society, who used to know a thing or two about campus protest, just sent out a press release from Take Back NYU, the pro-Gaza-ish, Marxist-y group that took over Kimmel Hall last night. Their first demand? They request, “full legal and disciplinary amnesty […]

Another article about high hopes for a sports season. Spec publishes the second article in a week about a campus group that has seven members. Because we haven’t heard enough about Israel/Palestine… This column includes every Columbia complaint ever written on the Opinion page in 850 words.

 Photo courtesy of NYU Local Radical student group Take Back NYU (TCBY, no wait, TBNYU) has barricaded itself inside a dining hall at Kimmel Center, NYU’s non-diagonal equivalent of Lerner. TBNYU had publicly planned to boogie tonight at their second annual “Study Breakdown,” but plans quickly went 1968 earlier this evening when several dozen students […]

The deadline may have been pushed back, but candidates have already started to fall into place for CCSC elections, plotting the best ways to invade your life with posters.  As usual, only some of the major tickets have received challengers (so far). The most competitive race looks to be for senior class president, with many […]

Neither has Bwog. But if you want to check out the Vietnamese Students Association, head to their study break in the Lerner west ramp lounge.  Starting RIGHT NOW. If you’re not into green tea, or crepes, or both, other yummy things will also be provided. 

 – movies.yahoo.com Just before the end of another awards season, Columbia College will be honoring five of its most esteemed graduates with John Jay awards on March 10. The recipients range in fame, fortune, and occupation: actress Maggie Gyllenhaal ’99, NAACP president Benjamin Jealous ’94, CEO and scientist Dr. Paul Maddon ’81, businessman (and Obama […]