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

Night ravaged by march of 500 Jousting for spots at the Harlem charter school lottery  Student groups wrassled to the ground, made to say uncle, in struggle to procure event space Experience Columbia sweeps into power with a mandate-ish percent of the vote And, the most enticing, surprising, exhilarating news: rezoning in Harlem! Welcome, new […]

Bwog spent the first hour of George Krebs’ presidency with the man of the hour and the rest of his camp in Krebs’ Watt Studio.  Krebs bounded down the Watt stairs and greeted us. “Thank you!” he yelled. He ran back up the stairs and slammed the door to his studio open. “WOOOOO!” he yelled. […]

Right now, what seems to be a solid column of rape-whistling women and male allies is making its way down College Walk, chanting in unison. It’s cacophonous, powerful! More to come later. Edit: Alex Port sends aerial photos from East Campus–after the jump! Check back later tonight for complete TBTN coverage by Anna Phillips and photos from […]

UPDATE 8:54 PM:  Shots of Jacks for Experience.  (Now playing: “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta” by the Geto Boys.) UPDATE 8:50 PM:  George just called his mom, screaming. (Now playing: “We Are the Champions.”) Results are in from CCSC Elections Board: George Krebs is your new CCSC President. (Now playing in Krebs’s […]

UPDATE 8:38 PM: Alidad informed Bwog that he received a text message that he lost. However, Krebs has not received a text informing him that he won. Stand by. Just over 45 minutes ago, voting ended for the 2008 CCSC Elections. Ballots were cast, the gauntlet was thrown. While the CC listserv won’t receive an […]

Possibly in response to the recent “Kick Coke off Campus” event, the Coca-Cola corporation has pulled up an old-school truck to Broadway Between 115th and 116th, and is playing lively music (Rakim at one point) and giving away vintage 8.5-ounce glass bottles (the rep says it’s the 1901 design) of their main product.  Find your […]

Bwog editor Mariela Quintana tells you about a holiday you might have missed. There’s been a lot of talk about April being the cruelest month. But what’s everyone got against poor old April? Just look at the facts, April’s got the best holidays – April Fool’s, Earth Day, often Easter, occasionally Passover, always 4/20, and […]

UPDATE 2:42 PM: Damooei just called Bwog to inform us that the final word from Robert Taylor is that the Elections Board is not going to consider Krebs’ rules violation complaint because of the deal struck between Ness, Krebs, and Damooei. No idea what we’re talking about? Read on…  The front page of today’s Spectator […]

Gawker, whose staff apparently checks all the Columbia news websites every ten minutes for changes, is muscling onto Bwog’s turf a little bit this afternoon. Namely, catching Spec with its pants down with the following correction tucked at the bottom of yesterday’s caustic anti-Tibet editorial: CORRECTION: This submission misstates that one Dalai Lama admitted to […]