Bwog’s coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign continues with Jim Downie’s Political Weekly, now back to its regularly scheduled Monday broadcast.  This week in politics is like the eye of a hurricane (or at least a tropical depression): stuck in between two supposedly significant weeks. Life on the campaign trail continues incessantly: campaign strategists will […]

Throughout last night’s CCSC meeting, scavenged foods drove members to use their appetite as a running motif.  Satow Room Bureau Chief Martha Turewicz was there, although not feasting.   There was some in the back of the room left over from the last meeting of the ’08 class council: chicken, biscuits, potatoes and gravy. Before […]

The winners of the 2008 Lionel Trilling and Mark van Doren Awards have been announced. As Bwog reported earlier, Associate Professor Joseph Massad has been awarded the former, while Andrew Nathan, Political Science Department Chairman, has been awarded the latter for his “humanity, devotion to truth, and and inspiring leadership,” according to the press release.  […]

Sexism…it’s in your language! Activism…it’s gone! Racism…it’s in gentrification!  Zionism…it doesn’t recognize Nakba! Spectator-ism…it sucks!? 

QuickSpec is on hold while we wait for Spec to update their site with today’s paper. So in the meantime, let’s check in with CC senior Becky Abrams for another edition of Senior Wisdom.  Name, School: Becky Abrams, CC  Claim to fame: Fruit Paunch, Varsity Show, falling down in the dining hall sometimes  Post-grad plans: […]

Didn’t see CMTS’ production of A New Brain? Too bad! Bwog daily editor Alexandra Muhler wants to tell you what you missed. A New Brain is, in a few ways, typical musical theater. The lead spends most of the show’s two hours in a gown. The ballads are sincere and softly lit. In all, there […]

The NFL, it seems, knows something about Columbia football that the rest of us don’t. Despite Bwog’s (and most everyone else’s) expectations of our football program, our varsity quarterback has proved himself worthy of the majors. Senior Craig Hormann has been signed to the Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns. Though he went unpicked in the draft, […]

Then: Crazy protesters! Now: Mild-mannered protesters! Then: No gentrification! Now: No gentrification! Also, an Arts Fair. Then, meaning Monday: Hipsters! Now, meaning Friday: Hipsters!   

Bwog daily editor Mariela Quintana takes you inside yet another ’68 retrospective, this time a reading featuring Columbia writers who were there when the protests happened. Of the four events I’ve attended that commemorate the 1968 protests, not one has started on time. From all the socializing and incessant chattering that precedes each lecture, it’s […]

It’s a sad day for artists and art enthusiasts: Today marks the final day of existence for the Triple Candie Art Gallery on 126th. Triple Candie was once—and still is, until 5 PM today—home to some of Harlem’s most promising young artists. To commemorate its 7-year history, the gallery is featuring a retrospective of its […]

Senior Wisdom continues with Bwog’s very own webmaster/graduating SEAS senior, Zach van Schouwen. Name, School: Zach van Schouwen, SEAS Claim to fame: I’m the campus tech czar—plus I’m a first-generation Bwogger and therefore guaranteed a podium in the Senior Wisdom series. Post-grad plans: Like everyone else in the computer science department, I’ll be working at […]

Hey, did you know that some stuff happened at Columbia in 1968? Bwog daily editor Pierce Stanley braved two of this week’s numerous ’68-centric lectures; here’s what he thought about them. That tangible sense of nostalgia gripping campus has not waned this weekend as the commemoration of the Columbia 1968 Protests hits full stride.  After […]

Filling our Hearts with the Sound of Music, Fu Foundation Bureau Chief, Tony Gong shares his comments on Oliver Sacks’ lecture. At 11:00 a.m. yesterday, I ventured out of my room far too early for a Friday morning to catch Oliver Sacks’ Core-wide Music Hum lecture in Roone. But discovering new evidence to prove that not […]

Department of Head-Gear Design – Visionary!   Unbearable Lightness of Being Ben Franklin – Illuminating! Bleaching where the sun don’t shine – Brilliant! A.M. Advice – N.B. Light-Weights! Lo Carb Hi-Qs – Delite-ful!

Beginning at noon today, a strange face-off between Columbia activist-types and artist-types went down under Alma’s nose. First, the student council-sponsored Arts Fair unfurled on Low Steps, offering free hamburgers, pizza, models (clothed!) and music. Meanwhile, a clot of more than 100 anti-Columbia protesters with home-made noisemakers (corn kernel-filled plastic bottles) marched onto campus and coalesced at the […]