Jena 6, Bollinger, Core Curriculum, SIPA graffiti, lack of off-campus flex to be protested Columbia hastening plans for world domination What?!?! We lost a football game?!??! Sweet! We lost a football game! General studies studied Shit. And from the outside (a.k.a. Bwog’s big debut!): Just in case you want to relive last Monday from The New Yorker’s […]

Presidents and VPs and Reps, oh my!  Last night in Carman Lounge, speeches were spoken, questions posed and time limits were observed…is this democracy at work at Columbia? When iColumbia Class Representative Sean Udell suggested an epic carnival on campus this coming spring (with both caramel and buttered popcorn!), he inadvertently described the entire Freshman […]

But wasn’t that  a doozy of a World Leaders Forum? We had autocratic thugs, alleged autocratic thugs, cruel and petty dictators, and, for variety’s sake, the visionary leader of an up-and-coming democracy. This’ll be a tough one to top. But don’t worry, John Coatsworth: you won’t have to to resurrect Hitler to make next year’s […]

We mentioned the walkout going down tomorrow on Low Steps at noon. The BSO, MSA, and USCC have issued a statement, reprinted after the jump, blaming PrezBo for “creating a problematic atmosphere” on campus within which the SIPA graffiti incident took place. The Dems’ statement on the event, not reprinted after the jump because we […]

One week from the infamous day, we offer this SNL original. It’s no “Dick in a Box,” but it’s pretty close. Andy Samberg and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, together at last. Meanwhile, tipster Samiha Rahman pointed out that over on Capitol Hill (or rather California’s 52nd congressional district), Republican congressman/dubious quasi-misogynist Duncan Hunter has introduced a bill […]

In which Bwog newbie Thomas Rhiel ascends to the height of filmmaker fandom. Critics seem to have lost much of their patience with Wes Anderson (He’s elitist! Self-important! Maybe even racist!), but I admit it: I can’t get enough. I want my characters quirky, forlorn, and constantly smoking. I want my frames symmetrical and colorful, […]

Restaurant A–the most charming mom-and-pop, organic, French-Caribbean place that literally takes four years for freshman to find–looked long-gone with its facade painted and a real estate agent’s sign hanging like a great blue shroud.  Bwog wanted to cry and pound its tiny fists against the cold concrete.  But appearances deceived, and we’re so glad they […]

On Thursday, about 250 cyclists in varying states of physical fitness departed on the annual All Night Bike Ride, led as ever by the indefatigable Kenneth Jackson. Bwog has just recently recovered. We started at the sundial, and departed under cover of darkness with a police escort and even a volunteer ambulance to take care […]

It’s now time for Freshies to vote for CCSC 2011 and, armed with only 500 flyers and no money to spend, Facebook was bound to become a primary organizing tool.   Justin Vlasits surveyed the endless domain of the Internet to measure the standings of each ticket with less than a week until elections. Check back […]

BSO and the Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters, along with other activisty types, have tacked the SIPA graffiti incident on to a national walkout Monday to protest the Jena 6 business. It’s at noon, so you can symbolically walk out of your 11:00 AM class 15 minutes early.  Also tomorrow, of less cosmic significance but […]

The World Leaders Forum might be over, but Bangladesh’s problems sure aren’t! Armin Rosen reports on the last of this round of WLF events. Like Turkmenistan, Bangaldesh finds itself straddling a perilously thin line. In Turkmenistan, a solid tradition of dictatorship makes it all too easy for president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to lead the central Asian country away […]

A rainbow-struck tipster sent in this photo, taken from a Wein Wien bathroom window, about seven hours ago. We thought it was too pretty not to post.

One more President, one more speech. Justin Vlasits reports. According to President Zeljko Komsic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, his country is famous for three things, two bad and one good.  The assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a Serbian anarchist in Sarajevo (bad). One of the region’s bloodiest wars was waged in Bosnia and Herzegovina […]

Bwog staffer Lucy Tang stops by Bank Street and relives a time before Lit Hum. Once upon a time, reading for school wasn’t stressful. Two days ago at Bank Street bookstore, I was transported to a time when required reading was Maniac Magee, the good old days… A crowded auditorium full of clamoring elementary school […]

A few details from the Ahmadinejad event have just come to light: although the College Republicans are very good about getting themselves on TV, talking with their fellow students has proven more difficult. According to Columbia Coalition organizers, they didn’t show up for their scheduled speaking slot. And after the event, they were nowhere to […]