Stressbusters, the student massage team, is in Wien Lounge from 12:00-1:00PM today doling out free mini-back rubs. It’s their weekly “Wind Down Wednesday”—what, haven’t heard of it? WDWs have been happening with semi-regularity for a while now, but quietly, in the hidden reaches of Lerner 7. A widely sent e-mail from Residential Programs guru Darleny […]

Did a friend of TC professor Madonna Constantine hang the noose on her door?  Atlas Shrugged is the second-most influential book ever; an April Fool’s Day column, a day late? Would “impeachment circus” be the correct term? How about “kerfuffle”? Is a hyphen to thank for the sky-high levels of school spirit and sense of […]

For many journalistic and Internet-based enterprises, April Fools’ Day provides that one day out of the year when uptight journalists and uber net geeks can leave behind the utter seriousness of their jobs for just a short while to participate in unscrupulous knavery. As such, today’s day of banter and fun has seen a spattering […]

Tipster and burrito-enthusiast  Eugene Shapsyuk alerts Bwog to some unfortunate price-raising at Chipotle: “I thought it’d be worth reporting as an FYI that Chipotle raised their prices. Price of a Burrito with guac is now $10.34 up from $9.25 I think. Guac’s 10 cent’s more and a Burrito is $7.61 up from I think $6.95. […]

Bwog staffer Anna Corke just sent in the following statement: “I was walking on Amsterdam by the underpass and saw a bunch of people huddled around something. When I finally got close enough to see, it was OUR HERO! I’m so sad, guys… actually cried. I can’t believe he’s dead. Anyway, I took a picture, […]

Yesterday, we received an email from Scott Wright, the Vice President of Student Auxiliary and Business Services. Some of you, Bwog guesses, may not be in the habit of reading every email you receive from the Department of Student Auxiliary and Business Services. In fact, some of you may actually delete these emails on a […]

The day that the frequenters of collegeconfidential.com live and die by has finally arrived, as Columbia’s admissions letters to the class of 2012 have officially been mailed out, and online decisions were posted as of 5:05 p.m. last night.  Amidst a careful navigation of the daily chaos that is the post-CC or Lit Hum reunions […]

White House Bureau Chief Jim Downie returns with news from the campaign trail (on a Tuesday!). April fools? Spring means baseball, and on Sunday night, your blogger’s favorite baseball team, the Washington Nationals, opened their new ballpark in DC (with a win over the Braves, by the way). The number of people who thought last […]

No power struggles with new Provost, says PrezBo. Noteworthy politician who previously liked to turn us down, to speak on Class Day. Two hours, nine judges, and PrezBo’s haircut.  It all comes down to this? Hey! something new: Columbia hates ROTC. Hobsbawm revises revisionist history, again. 

Bwog is currently livebwogging from the Low Steps, where we (like many of you) stumbled upon a rock concert. The music was loud (and catchy) as Bwog yelled around in vain trying to figure out what the concert was for. We first ran into Jeffrey Rodriguez, SEAS ’10, of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship who explained […]

Along Broadway this afternoon, a hodgepodge of Harlemites and Columbia students staged a small-scale demonstration between wooden police divides.  The protest was centered around a lawsuit filed by Nick Sprayregen, Manhattanville businessman, and Norman Siegel, his Madison Avenue lawyer trying to get the City to revisit the Manhattanville plan that they already approved in light […]

An anonymous tipster reports that as of today, the Columbia Music and Arts Library is now allowing undergraduate students to actually check out (as in, take them home) CD’s and DVD’s for up to two weeks, as opposed to only being allowed to sit around on the 7th floor of Dodge inconspicuously ripping classical, jazz […]

Relatively unreliable paper The New York Post is reporting that a grand jury has subpoenaed all Columbia’s records on Madonna Constantine, citing financial records and personnel records of particular importance. The investigation into last year’s noose-hanging incident has yet to pinpoint any possible suspects, while the plagiarism investigation remains tightly under wraps, with both Constantine’s […]

Satow Room Bureau Chief  Martha Turewicz reports back from last night’s CCSC meetings. Spoiler alert: Calvin Sun and Lindsey Lazopoulos hotly debate a theoretical photograph of Michelle Diamond theoretically shotgunning a beer.  The first thing I noticed at the meeting last night was that the audience was packed, since all the CCSC candidates were obligated […]

  Currently, a guitarist and a bald tenor are singing outside of the Lerner Piano Lounge, attracting onlookers from all around.  Upon approaching the scene, the fragrant smell of free food grows and one finds uniformed Housing and Dining people sitting around trays of deliciousness. So far the troubadour has serenaded Fair Alma with “A […]