Well dressed and well rehearsed, CCSC E-board candidates strut their stuff for the final time this evening in Wien Lounge, as they debated for the second time, trying to wrangle every last vote before the moratorium on campaigning Tuesday morning.  Alidad and George, both looking dapper with slightly loosened ties, recited their stumps as a […]

On Sunday, Low Plaza saw a woman of great intellect and beauty stride on her steps to challenge the great chess minds of Fair Alma.  Not one to avoid a fight, Bwog’s Chess Correspondent Chris Morris-Lent took up his pawn and rook in an epic battle on 64 wooden squares. It’s been said that “chess […]

Theater correspondent Sam Reisman reports back on Trees Like Nails, the latest from prolific campus playwright, Will Snider. There’s a whodunit buried in the premise of Will Snider’s Trees Like Nails—the body of a young girl, beaten nearly to death, is discovered in the woods. But what unfolds isn’t an open-and-closed investigation into the particulars […]

Welcome to yet another issue of Bwog Personals.  This time we are advertising the most available 2009 Class Council candidates, so be prepared for some sexy electoral action.  This post is D, for explicit manipulation of Democracy.  Bwog is providing $10 for a date and as always, nominate your friends (or yourself) for a personal […]

Update 1:32 PM: As prospective first-years have long, overwrought conversations about the Core at Low Steps, a spectacle proceeds, ignorant to them, in John Jay Lounge, one that will shake the very bedrock of the school — Day Three of suite selection. Plus the board hasn’t been updated in, like, half an hour. Here’s what’s […]

Today all of you rising seniors can start signing up for fall semester classes.  Email bwog@columbia.edu with any tips on system crashes, classes filling up and the like.  Stay tuned for seminar admit lists in various departments as well.

Apparently, more “devils” upheld Niko’s impeachment. The language of the Devil is…meta! Hopefully, that can be exorcised with some straight-edged journalism. Poeticus Diabolus. Hell freezes over: SEAS kids experience technical delays.

SGA election results have rolled in.   President SGA Sarah Besnoff VPSA Maria Luiza Morad Vice President For Communications Kathryn Palillo Vice President of Finance Amy Chen Jr.Rep to BOT Daphne Larose Community Affairs Rep. Emily Kan Academic Affairs Rep. Muzna Ansari

Last night, Bwog attended the penultimate performance of the CUplayer’s performance of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite.  Read on to see what you missed if you didn’t make it.  The high ceilings and picture windows of the Wien Lounge perfectly recreated the elegant atmosphere of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite.  Although Melanie Silver’s stage design could not […]

Goodbye, Flex at HamDel. Hello, new Blue & White website. Hello, Housing Lottery LiveBwog! Goodbye, rooms in Hogan and Watt. Goodbye, tarps on lawns. Hello, first mediocre street fair of the season. Hello, lukewarm reactions to Obama Girl.  Goodbye, Niko Cunningham(?)

Free bagels outside of Butler til 2 PM courtesy of Bacchanal! Hurry before all the Days on Campus kids snatch them up.   UPDATE: According to enthusiastic commenter #3, “there is all kinds of cream cheese imaginable!”

There’s a lot of talk about  Columbia students being too fortunate for our own good.   That may or may not be true.  But  there is no question, we got lucky today.  Columbia students could not have asked for a more ideal afternoon for Relay for Life.  The event began at noon and will continue until […]

Tipster/photographer Matt Shields directs Bwog’s attention to the South Lawn, where law schoolers are staging a mock hunger strike protesting the ban on drinking in the Black Box theater. They’re calling themselves PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Alcoholics) and according to their colorful, upbeat propaganda, they “will not eat until they can drink—on […]

Bwog just received an email announcing the winners of ESC’s 2008 General Elections. It’s time to meet your new governing cabal, SEAS. Class of 2011 President: Kamal Yechoor Vice President: Chris Elizondo Representatives: Albert Miller and Dana Ibarra Class of 2010 President: Heather Lee Vice President: Lili Gu Representatives: Gunnar Aasen and Kelly Chen Class […]

It’s the first real street fair of the season! The east side of Broadway is fenced off to make way for crepe-making, halal, carnival games, and the highest concentration of tie-dyed sweatshirts we’ve ever seen. Bwog took to the streets with a camera to capture the springtime loveliness. (And how about this weather!)