A review of yesterday’s performance of Book I of the Iliad. Because Bwogger Kurt Kanazawa apparently didn’t get enough Homer in Lit Hum. Yesterday in Low Library, The Aquila Theater Company, which was invited to Columbia by the Center for Core Curriculum and the CU Arts Initiative, presented a staged reading of the first book […]

We know this because they have alerted Bwog of their “free organic Thanksgiving dinner,” and to the fact that they’re a “special interest community that actually does something besides give itself sweet housing.” Like feed you! So “stop by EC townhouse H604 at 8 pm for turkey, stuffing, potatoes, pie and all the other excellent Thanksgiving fare!” And do […]

Because they’re sooooo similar, not in terms of theme and content mind you, but because we so love them both. Hugs all around. Firstly, Jester (with a cool new website!): “Constant, murderous raping” (page 8) Children: they’re not that special! (page 9) The most useful thing Jester has ever published (page 14) National stereotyping, with […]

Or so fear the Columbians behind StudentsPrepAmerica, a new website aimed at preparing you for a plague of Seventh Seal-like proportions. Yet death won’t be privy to long, philosophical chess games on the beach this time around: according to the folks over at StudentsPrep (CC seniors Justin Kamen, Alex Diacou and Chris Baratta, for the […]

It’s been under construction for months, and the waiting is about to end: on January 22, CUArts will officially open the new Lerner Box Office, which Outreach coordinator Chad Miller says is meant to be the organization’s “physical presence on campus.” They’ll have paid staffers to sell tickets for shows both at Columbia and in […]

Well, at least we had a better season than the Dolphins Latest controversy over; Columbians forced to direct frustration, sense of disenfranchisement, seething anger elsewhere Might we recommend the MTA? Revenge is yours, frustrated calculus students–Newton died a virgin Willie Nelson wins Rhodes Scholarship

At approximately 4:30 AM last night, the students chosen to be in the 114th Annual Varsity Show’s cast were inducted into Columbia’s oldest theatrical tradition in the customary way – by getting hit in the face with pies. Around 70 people total auditioned, as opposed to 85 in ’06. Fewer people auditioning didn’t make the […]

Tucked away on the Upper East Side, deep within the recesses of the Neue Galerie, you’ll find Cafe Sabarsky, an authentic Viennese pastry shop named for its founder. The brunch line stretches out the door of the Galerie onto 5th Ave., so if you go on a Sunday, arrive early with a book or friend […]

Bwog NYU correspondent W.M. Akers is back, this time with a few observations on how our neighbors to the south go out and get down.     Does Columbia have a “Sex and the City” problem? Girls at NYU, it seems, are still infatuated with the show, and those who go out regularly tend to fancy […]

What’s new in the world of dance? Bwog’s resident dance specialist, Siobhan Burke, returns to answer the question. Dancers, non-dancers, musicians, people who dance/make music alone in their rooms/cars/the shower: All are invited to come out and play—with movement, with sound, and most importantly, with each other—at Sunday night’s no-experience-necessary contact improv jam session, 7–9 […]

In just two days, you can have your very own copy of the Blue and White’s November issue. Until then, amuse yourself with some online highlights of the magazine:  Epidemiologist who is “not some crazy yahoo” prepares Columbia for outbreaks of Bird Flu, SARS, West Nile Virus, Bubonic Plague They say the neon lights are […]

The results are in! Missourian George Olive is running two for two–following up the Marshall–while Political Science Students Association president and Careless Cook Jason Bello brought home the second Rhodes for Columbia, ending a four-year drought. Other finalists included CCSC President Michelle Diamond, Burmactivist Geoff Aung, and the B&W‘s own Paul Barndt (who will always […]

Poor, misunderstood Columbia. No one seems to get the story straight–not even campus media sometimes–and the Hunger Strike of Fall 2007 was no exception. We’ve compiled what we’re sure is a woefully incomplete list of inaccuracies. We’ll let Columbia Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs La-Verna Fountain explain what was wrong with the bit about […]

You know that list of links down on the left? Yeah, we never click on them either. Apparently, though, they come up with some good stuff once in a while. Short on Christmas money?  Or on classy uptown drug-du-jour money? For once, NYU students are more awkward than Columbia students In an attempt to shake […]

The hunger strike is over, and contrary to what we we were told last night, so is the camp-out. Hunger-strikers and volunteers are currently taking down the tents, dismantling the Columbopus’s remaining tentacles, and otherwise preparing to permanently vacate Butler Plaza. Hunger striker Richard Brown, C ’10 cited a “need to clean up” as one […]