There’ll be laughin’ and singin’ and music swingin’ and dancin’ in the streets How we gonna pay, how we gonna pay, [next] year’s rent?  Here in my car, I feel safest of all.  But for now I find it’s only in my dreams that I can change the world. I want to wake up in […]

Because we know you haven’t heard enough about Phi Beta Kappa lately, Bwog investigates how one becomes a member of the illustrious society in the first place. The bad news? There doesn’t seem to be any magic formula for becoming a member of the elite squad known as Phi Beta Kappa. According to the PBK […]

Akeel Bilgrami inspired Bwogger Justin Vlasits to pontificate on the differences between undergraduate and graduate education  John Legend and Jeffrey Sachs teamed up to slow-jam against poverty Shapiro out, Spar in We also learned about the baller after-party of the Poverty Action Tour Barnard might have discovered another way of knowing The Greek scene: Not […]

Happy Super Bowl, Columbia! It’s still the beginning of the semester, so there’s a good chance that many of you will be watching the game instead of the sky turning from light to darkness from inside the depths of Butler. So in the spirit of procrastination and camaraderie, Bwog presents a few neighborhood game-watching options. […]

The Muslim Student’s Association decided that it was better late than never to celebrate Eid al-Adha or Al-Hijra, so weeks after both the festival of sacrifice and the Islamic New Year, general merriment was had in the auspices of Low Memorial Library. Below the colossal classical pillars and Greco-Roman statues, a completely different tradition commemorated […]

Of 2008’s PBKers, five did not have visible Facebook accounts, and eleven had their privacy settings activated so that Bwog could not see their profiles. But of those who did have Facebooks, see if you can match the PBKer to their favorite Facebook quote. No cheating—it’s PBK. A. “I would give the greatest sunset in […]

I am not pretentious!! Maybe it’s because Columbia is pretentious.  This movie is not pretentious.  Stephen Merritt, on the other hand, is a touch pretentious. Wine does not have to be pretentious!

In other Special Interest Housing news: Art House is no longer. The decision to disband came after Special Interest Community administrators wanted Art House to maintain its current location in Wallach for next year. Alas, Art House members were seeking better digs. Philosophized one soon-to-be-ex-A.H. denizen: “It’s a shame that Columbia is losing this because […]

Well, there’s still time for you to concoct a ridiculous special interest housing application! They’re due at noon on Friday. If you can generate a reason you need to live together as legitimate as the one that “Urban Economic Perspectives” must have come up with (in their words, “to engage the community in dynamic dialogue”), […]

An anonymous tipster forwarded Bwog an invitation to the PBK initiation ceremony (and reception!) on February 4th in Low. Hypothetically, if you have a 3.4 and you’re forwarded an invitation, that does mean you’re welcome to attend, yes? Complete list of this year’s inductees after the jump.                

Courtesy of Facebook, Bwog happened upon the following exceptional message from CQA, which we feel requires no introduction: Hey folks! So in case you haven’t heard the news, Britney Spears has been hospitalized again for the second time this month for a mental health evaluation (it is also the second time this month the Reserve […]

And so the plot thickens. It seems our maiden brownstone had not two but four suitors: Delta Sig, AXO, Lambda Phi Epsilon, and Fiji.  Each of the four had applied to occupy the space, a process which included explaining what they intend to do with the house, how their occupation within said house would improve […]

It’s raining. You’re not going outside. Good thing we’ve got a bunch of videos shot on the campus in sunlight. 1. You never thought you’d see a homemade Radiohead video shot in John Jay. Well, OK, maybe you did:

Columbia is more than just “Upper West Side Soweto.” Chromeo’s performance at Bowery Ballroom Monday night showed off the cheekier side of Ivy League music. Despite the recent flurry of hype surrounding Vampire Weekend, they are not the only Columbia-related band selling out Bowery Ballroom. Chromeo anyone? A French grad student and T.A. by day, […]