UPDATE 9:02 PM: Jungles is ahead right now, with Shallow Seas and Deep Ocean tied for second! Late breaking news about Bacchanal’s 4/20 screening of Planet Earth. The mind-wrecking Discovery Channel miniseries is appearing in Low Plaza on a 14′ X 26′ screen, and you get to pick the two episodes being shown. To vote, […]

Did you know that lately, some students have been running for CCSC positions? Well it’s true, and you can exercise your right to democracy by voting today and tomorrow, either at an old-timey voting site on Low Plaza or on online. Polls are open from 9 AM to 7 PM both days.  In case you’re […]

Tipster Jason Patinkin writes to us with two tips. The latter is a complete schedule of  Earth Week, which begins today. The week of activities includes tons of free food, tours of environmentally-friendly buildings, and a ton of lectures. Check out the full schedule after the jump. Patinkin also direct our attention to what he […]

In case you didn’t hear about the vag being built on Barnard’s campus… And in case you didn’t hear about former SIPA Dean Lisa Anderson moving to Egypt Columbia was great, pre-hippies Did you know they cut up women in Tibet for sport? Good thing China’s there to keep them in line The student body […]

UPDATE (12:45 PM): It’s halftime at housing—the process of coming to terms with Wien or the McBain shaft will resume after a lunch break at 1:30 PM. The white board, creature of habit that it is, hasn’t been updated since our last photo. However, according to housing, about four or five groups have come in […]

A press release issued today from the American University in Cairo reports that Lisa Anderson, Columbia’s Shotwell Professor of International Relations, former chair of the CU political science department, and former dean of SIPA has been named the next provost of the American University in Cairo.  Anderson, a specialist in politics of the Middle East […]

Today is BC Spirit Day, and this afternoon, over what was reportedly a less-than-enthralling fireworks display, Barnard announced the new name of the Nexus, its new ominous-sounding student center. The Nexus’ new moniker? The Vagelos Center—the name was kindly spelled out in fireworks for all to see. “We’re going to go to THE VAG,” said […]

Screw CCSC elections. Last night, the real election everyone on campus was talking about went down: the election for Director of Technology of ESC! But apparently, not everyone was as excited as me. About ten people on the council were missing�enjoying SEAS NY trips, returning Homeward Bound at Kim’s, etc. I snuck listens to the various coercing cell […]

In a very special [ed. note: and very sic] edition of Bwog Personals, we invite you to meet your eligible and handsome CCSC Presidential candidates. All interested parties should email bwog@columbia.edu and we’ll arrange and pay for a date with one of these fine gentleman.  

It was once said that the only two things that are certain in life are death and taxes.  While one’s death only happens once, April 15th seems to creep up on us all too quickly every time that the spring flowers are just beginning to bloom and the sun shines bright.  This is just a […]

  4:27 PM: No walk-through doubles in Nussbaum remain. Only 1 seven-person suite in Claremont left. Now Playing: “Gone,” N*SYNC (just like those walk-through Nussbaum doubles!)   4:20 PM: (see whiteboard above for up-to-date breakdown of what’s left) 4:04 PM: The day is winding down, and only 2 seven-person suites in Claremont remain.  3:59 PM: […]

One commenter has pointed Bwog in the direction of Vampire Weekend‘s latest concert video/interview with Pitckfork.tv, which takes place in the ADP house. The band characterizes their ADP shows as some of their most memorable: ADP is “not really a rock club, and there’s something I like about that,” says keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij. Bedecked in […]

Bwog was pleasantly surprised to awake this morning to a beautiful spring day and a pleasant plethora of red balloons scattered around Low quad.  One thousand balloons were placed around campus earlier today by LionPAC. According to LionPAC, “1,000 balloons [represent] 7,000 rockets that have fallen on the civilian city of Sderot.” One Bwog staffer […]

Another very special Tuesday installment of Political Weekly with Bwog’s White House Bureau Chief Jim Downie. It’s spring, which means that Columbia can remove those unsightly tarps from the lawns just in time for prospective students to think that Columbia always looks this happy. Of course, spring is also the time of year when the thoughts of […]

The chickens have come home to roost.  Krebs and Alidaddy slug it out for the final time. Student group endorsements, here have one.  They’re handed out like candy. Even with this, no one still knows what any of those funny acronyms actually mean. Take a brochure, get more confused about Barnard. Phillip Roth is glad […]