Because Columbians are all over the press today. CU Student groups are no stranger to the Talk of the Town section in The New Yorker, and the Columbia Libertarians are the latest to be featured. In the article, Ben McGrath asks the Libertarians about Ron Paul. “He’s the most boring little old man from Texas […]

A reminder to all considering passing/failing/or getting a D: The new system will allow you to “uncover”a grade. This means that if you receive a C- or higher, you will be allowed to keep that grade on your transcript instead of the “pass.” (Ds and “fails” will remain as such). Make sure to register to […]

Lucha, the militant Latino activist group responsible for all those newsprint gravestones on College Walk yesterday, is now in newsprint:  el participante, their fashionably uncapitalized, eight-page newsletter, began distribution on Sunday. “In addition to being a way for Lucha to communicate with the activist community, we hope it can turn into a place for discussion, […]

Ever wanted to take Turkish? Now you can, thanks in large part to Professor Etem Erol, whom Bwog correspondent Omar Siddiqi sat down for an interview last week. As I understand it, you weren’t always a Turkish professor, but in business before. Why did you switch into the world of academia? Well, that was another […]

Free samples of Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, and Izze juices, in the Uris cafeteria right about now. You can also nab a nifty Boar’s Head insulated sandwich bag that you can cool in your freezer. And also, Columbia Catering, the exclusive catering service of Lerner Hall, has free bag lunches in the Piano Lounge. […]

Bwog played around with Google at work yesterday. Here’s what Google suggests we’re trying to find when the bolded word is typed into the search bar: Butler Library Butler Library columbia Butler Library hours Butler Library columbia university Tao Tan Tao tanning lotion Tao tantra Tao tang Tao Tan lehman Columbia Spectator Columbia Spectator online […]

Looks like Manhattanville has bigger problems than our expansion… “‘I left you a piece of my ass,’ he might say. Or I might take a bite regardless, spread with a liberal schmear of chipotle aioli” Appointing a Pigeon Czar might not stop the pigeons from acting like pigeons. Enter: Kulawik Football team’s courageous Ivy League […]

Bwog’s inbox is abuzz with declarations, communiques, and plans regarding the encampment on Striker Lawn (although the strikers themselves are now tucked away in Malcolm X lounge, safe from the damp).  You should have all received the first tidbit, from Deans Quigley and Dirks: an enumeration of what they’re already doing to address the general […]

Of 70 Columbia professors, expressed to the New York Sun! Some of them rather prominent! A faculty action committee statement of concern  accuses PrezBo of failing “to make a vigorous defense of the core principles on which the university is founded, especially academic freedom.” Particularly rankling to signatories–which include such luminaries as Akeel Bilgrami, Bruce […]

Way back when, Ashraya Gupta, Bwog’s Blue Notebooks correspondent, attended a BN-sponsored conversation with music critic Alex Ross. Even a series of technical (and editorial) snafus couldn’t keep her report from reaching the masses. At the most recent Blue Notebooks event, The New Yorker critic and recent author of The Rest Is Noise, expounded on […]

Midterms month is rough, what with the long hours spent staring up at the ceiling of the Butler reading rooms (are those deer antlers? I think so!) and praying for it all to end. Might we suggest some (potentially) intimate human contact to help you recover your undoubtedly fleeting social acumen? All interested parties should contact […]

So what’s it like to go six days without food? When Bwog tried asking a hunger striker earlier this afternoon, we were politely redirected to a member of the strikers’ “support team:” according to Jamie Chen, C ’09, the strikers want to “bring attention off of the hunger striking and on to the demands,” which […]

And if you’re a foreign affairs newshound or doing work-study at the Harriman Institute, you’d immediately know that that person is Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, Law ’94 and member of an alleged “‘Columbia Club of Post-Soviet leaders.” While the real Columbia club is still a tenant of our much hated and intellectually sub-standard rivals at Princeton, the […]

You all are gonna looooooove this…. The Fed now stumping for enlightened discourse; Philosophy department to publish bi-monthly humor mag Misfired sexual pun in lede an unintentionally perfect metaphor for misfired MTV awards show Surprise!: Sarcastic Edition Surprise!: Not Sarcastic Edition More mindblowing Columbia history and lore from Bob Ast.

We know you’re tired of it. Bwog’s been a bit busy laying out the November issue, but we promise we’ll get more non-striker coverage up soon. Meanwhile, some noteworthy news bites, next to the Octopus that Ate Affordable Housing: 1. Take Back the Night has issued a statement in support of the strike. Interesting, considering […]