It’s been a busy day for NROTC survey planners, as usual. This afternoon, President Bollinger sent an email to the Columbia community, stating his thoughts on ROTC: First, PrezBo declared that “Columbia University has a long and continuing tradition of making special efforts to open its doors to men and women with military service.” He […]

A sharp-eyed tipster has alerted us to a rather curious job posting on Columbia’s openings database. It seems that the University’s General Counsel has stepped down — right now we’ve only got an interim — and they’ve retained a headhunter to land us someone truly exceptional. Consider some of the sought-after traits, translated into plain […]

Finally, finally, Columbia has gotten some recognition for its dogged drive towards greenishness: a good-enough-everywhere-but-Columbia grade of A- on the third annual Sustainability Report Card for American colleges. The decision ties us with 14 other schools (including four Ivies, none of which were in New Haven, not that we care about that or anything). And […]

Haven’t seen this one before: Chabad is luring passersby with challah dough, which you can mix with raisins, cinnamon, and chocolate chips to bring home and bake for midafternoon deliciousness. The challah-pushers seemed a little crestfallen to hear that Bwog wasn’t actually Jewish, but we feel sure that Gentiles wouldn’t be turned away. Meanwhile, the […]

Bwog does not normally do non-Columbia political news, but we thought this was of enough local interest to mention. Congressman Charles Rangel, who represents part of Harlem and some Columbia students, is being investigated by the House of Representatives “Committee on Standards of Official Conduct”. Among other allegations, Rangel is being investigated for the acceptance of […]

Anne Hathaway, collegiate role model Let me tell you about the time I got an internship An “interview” with the guy behind an actually really cool blog  Stereotypically railing against enforced gender stereotypes “We put not only the lipstick on the pig, but a dress, and we give it a tampon”  

There’s been much commotion surrounding the possibility of a “Stephan” endorsement in the CCSC 2012 Class Council elections — three whole comments’ worth and a Facebook group update, to be exact! Would “Stephan” keep things nonpartisan? Would he suspend the pregaming… lol to go to Washington, and fix the economy? Bwog spoke with “Stephan” who […]

Bwog is receiving reports of free food and yoga today at noon in the Broadway Room of Lerner. Limber and fatten yourself up — all conveniently in one place!

PrezBo doesn’t know quite what to do without Brinkley None of these men are quite as sexy as Brinkley  Brinkley thinks ROTC wouldn’t want to come back anyway!  Not news to Brinkley (…or anyone, really) We’re not sure whose side is right here, but we’re almost certain Brinkley’s on it  OK this doesn’t fit the […]

Bwog’s Latin American Bureau Chief David Berke attended this afternoon’s installment of the World Leader’s Forum, starring Shakira! Making the World Leaders Forum feel small and inadequate by comparison, professor/man’s last best hope Jeffery Sachs hosted The Children of Latin America: A Future Without Poverty, this afternoon, taking full advantage of the world leaders stuck […]

Alan Brinkley, who has served as University Provost for the past five years, will be stepping down from the position at the end of this year.  The news was announced in an e-mail this evening to the Columbia University community. In the email, Brinkley writes that “I feel that it is now time for me […]

Bwog just received an email from CCSC VP of Policy Adil Ahmed that announced there are two ROTC forums in the works  — one at Barnard, one at Columbia — designed to serve as platforms for different groups to present their views on the issue to the campus. These forums will be open to the […]

The Freshman elections for Columbia College Student Council approach (Bwog is sitting on its hands for October 6th and 7th) and in order to keep you the voter informed, here is a recap of the six parties running and why they think you should vote for them. Candor Party Facebook group size: 76 Website: Features […]

Princess Ghida Talal of Jordan, PrezBo and scholars from around the world are in Lerner 555 today discussing academic freedom in places where scholars are imprisoned, executed and oppressed in other ways.  Bollinger began the event talking about the precarious nature of scholarship in the world and on the other side, Columbia’s commitment to the […]

How many restaurants can you say birthed the greatest intro sequence to a television show, spawned the digital music revolution and has the most expensive french fries since the Potato Famine?  According to Suzanne Vega in the Times, Barnard ’82 and folk singer, Tom’s is more than just a refuge for overpriced appetizers.  Apparently, she […]