Barnard–always two steps ahead of the curve. A choir of ten girls would pique most man’s interest. This week in absurdity, The Eye recommends you drop $259 on a humidifier.  When so-called (recent) indie films range from Napoleon Dynamite to Brick, the term “indie-itis” is devoid of any meaning. The new New Museum.

A band of revelers led by a wildly gesticulating Santa Claus made waves across Columbia this afternoon, prompting several tipsters to ask “wtf?”. The possibly drunk, underweight Saint Nicholas and his six disciples marched across campus twice today, interrupting classes, being mistaken for CUMB, and playing, among other things, a rousing rendition of It Don’t […]

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and what makes people jollier than politics? The Democrats and Republicans are getting their fix these next few days before finals set in. Tonight, the Democrats are running a Maucus, a mock version of the Iowa caucus. Centuries ago, Roman emperor and CC author Maucus Aurelius was named one […]

Beautiful beaded earrings for sale in the 6th floor SIPA lobby, complete with a man in a sombrero!  

SURPRISE! Engineer a way for SEAS students to get time off The wintertime is coming, the windows are filled with frost  Late night snack joint might be open on weekends To me?  Plus: The Voice sensationalizes, calls Manhattanville a “sweaty scrum” while AMNew York calls Columbia the Big Bad Wolf (not really, but you get […]

Dear techie Columbians,  Bwog, since its birth, has been managed by one web master–and now he’s moving on to bigger and more monetarily rewarding things. Meanwhile, we’re planning a rather large and exciting expansion, and are looking to hire a good web designer and computer programmer in his place! Besides a love for Bwog and […]

Bwogger Armin Rosen admits that this brief survey of people with the same name as other people who happen to be Columbia professors is random as hell, but bear with him. I’ve never read Dostoevsky’s The Double, but I assume the story goes a little something like this: a successful English professor is wrongfully accused […]

Tonight marks the first night of Chanukah. We have the Maccabees and their defeat of Seleucid Empire to thank for 8 nights of presents, gelt and latkes beginning in 25 minutes. (And our friends in states with agriculture-based economies to thank for sunset at 4:28pm tonight.) Chabad house is celebrating by lighting an outlandishly-sized menorah […]

Is Barnard sophomore secretly a Baby Boomer sent into the future from 1968 to guilt us for our self-awareness? Is keeping Lehman Library open 24/7 a wonderful idea that’s simply a fiscal impossibility unable to be rectified by an op-ed?  Is a barbaric Thanksgiving in which diners hunt their own food and fend for themselves […]

Big news in the case for transparency in academia: Starting in the spring, CC students may be able to view the results of their course evaluations online—specifically colorful bar graphs illustrating the section in which students rank the class and the professor from 1-5. CCSC has been working on the project since last year, but […]

Oh Academy Hardware, we hardly knew ye (really) ULURP slurps Yes, I will eschew activism in favor of writing about 17th-century biologists Another week, another Columbia Coalition You know it’s bad when your malnourished body thrills at any mention of broccoli  OF PARTICULAR NOTE: Spectator wants to hear from you! And one of their questions […]

If you read Bwog, you hopefully read the Blue and White. If you read that, you may read the New Yorker. If you read that, you probably read the Talk of the Town, which means you’ve definitely read the writing of Lauren Collins, who is stopping by St. Paul’s Chapel at 9 p.m. this evening […]

In which Bwog staffer Armin Rosen sits in on a peaceful disagreement over peace.  If you thought Ahmadinemania offered Columbians the best oratorical fireworks of the year, then you, dear reader, clearly weren’t at the Satow room for today’s Peace in Darfur conference. A mid-afternoon speech by anthro professor Mahmood Mamdani (whose Major Debates in […]

Remember like, a month ago when art ran amok? Well its reign of terror continues, this time in the Piano Lounge, where last week’s wall against prejudice has taken up temporary residence. It’s worth a walk-around, and the fact that the piece dominates the once-roomy lounge is probably symbolic, or something–Bwog finds it a bit […]

It had been a while since they met, so there was much to propose and resolve last night.  Warning: the following post may contain graphic Lerner 6 discussion and adult off-campus flex dialogue.  Reader discretion is advised. Proposal Regarding Academic Advising Center Problem: Lerner 6 was never finished and the Center for Student Advising has […]