“We’re working on pluralism,” (the role of a third candidate in plurality elections nearly always becomes that of the “spoiler.”) The University is not officially supporting the events, but will be providing free space for the events…space where students can see and actively participate in the growth of vegetables. Random passersby were drawn into the […]

If you are reading this, that means you aren’t on the steps (or, like Bwog, you are, but have wireless). And that means you’re missing Planet Earth. Currently: “Jungles”. “Caves.” The administrators just announced, hazily, that they were playing the episode until 10 PM. If you just left, get back out here!  

Intrepid Bwog contributor, frequent Bwog commenter, and skyscraper enthusiast Alex Weinberg sends us a tip about some questionable iconogrpahy: “KSA is advertising some sort of culture show on a thousand balloons and fliers and posters all over the campus. Non engineers/architects may not appreciate this, but they completely fucked up and branded their show with […]

Columbia College ’07 alumna Courtney Banks was lucky enough to get tickets to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the Youth Rally at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers. Bwog was lucky enough that Banks volunteered to write about the experience. Yesterday, I joined some 25,000 seminarians, priests, nuns, elementary and high-school students, and volunteers at the […]

Tipster Rebecca Salley informs Bwog of the various (free) food activity on College Walk today: 1. The South East Asian League is sponsoring a free fried-rice and shaved-ice give-away. “There arent many people out there right now so I kind of felt like I was crashing a party, but it’s all up for grabs,” she […]

There were debates. There were endorsements.  There were controversies. There were results. There were victories. And, of course, there were totally sickass parties with beer-filled pinatas. Even CCSC candidates need love. SEAS and Barnard also had eventful weeks, in regards to elections and The Vag, respectfully.   Politics exist outside of Student Council, too! In […]

Too much to sift through on YouTube?  Life’s hard.  Bwog’s here to help. There’s nothing as bad as being in Butler on a Saturday night.  But, instead of wasting your study break tonight on another disappointing episode of SNL, Bwog suggests checking out Sarah Dooley’s (BC ’11) delightful YouTube series, AndSarah.  Sarah’s face may be […]

Tipster Kirill Skok informs Bwog that the world-famous 53rd and 6th gyro/rice/pita/chicken, etc. cart is currently parked on College Walk. For those of you eating leavened bread tonight, the cart’s sandwich selections are cheap, delicious, and highly recommended.  Be warned: The cart’s been there since 3 PM—you might have noticed the mention of a chicken […]

As of 6 p.m., the annual Pakistani mock wedding, Hangama (which translates roughly to “hoopla”),  is still going strong on the steps. The “dance floor,” also known as College Walk, is abuzz with Bollywood quick-stepping and colorful saris, and has been since about 4:30, when the groom rolled up in style on a white horse. […]

Free theater is one of the many perks of a being a Columbia student.  Camino Real is an opportunity to see the work of young professionals that should not be missed.  The final two performances are today at 2pm and 8pm at the Riverside Theater on Claremont and 120th St.  As Janis Joplin puts it:“Freedom’s […]

A faculty tipster informed a Bwog staffer that the new book for the second semester of Lit Hum is going to be Ovid’s Metamorphoses. (Ovid is not going to be taking the place of anything else, it’s just an addition.)  “They were also thinking about adding Kafka for irony’s sake but ended up not doing […]

Tipster John Gardner sends photos our way of the Hindu Students Organization’s Holi festival. The annual springtime celebration features 1500 lbs. of paint for throwing at your friends and promises (threats?) of supersoakers. There will also be a classical dance performance explaining the origins of the celebration. It’s happening til around 2ish on the EC/IAB […]

Two years ago, Blue and White writer Amanda Erickson presciently profiled ’08 valedictorian Maxim Pinkovskiy. But don’t show this article to your parents–they’ll probably trade you back to the stork for a child like Maxim. “He’s always right. Not almost always. Always,” says his former Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin. Every student in his macro class last year […]

“Do you all have your rape whistles?”  We did—we had been asked three times—each time by an eager Take Back the Night marshal.  They were roaming the mass of what Bwog estimates was about 300 girls who had gathered in front of Barnard Hall for the march last night and were decked out in purple […]

Here are the vote counts for every (contested) CCSC election. Uncontested races include 2010 and 2011 Class Councils and Pre-Professional Rep. A total number of 1921 votes were cast (including paper ballots), which is about 42% of the 4500 Columbia College students. Note: There are two spots for 1-Year Senate and Student Services Rep.  -JJV