Bwog Music Critic Bryan Mochizuki catches up with former boss Will Welch, CC ’03. Settle in, it’s a long one.  Will Welch isn’t the sort of alumnus you hear about a lot—he doesn’t donate eight figures in scholarship money or own the Pats or herd sheep with Heath Ledger.  But he’s the Deputy Editor of […]

Columbia students who stayed tuned after American Idol tonight were rewarded by this Fox 5 news teaser: “The cheating scandal at Columbia – the teacher at the center of the storm, and the tough choice students are being forced to make.” The Fox News affiliate ran a brief story, with both the usual (stock footage […]

The second installment of Bwog’s ongoing documentation of Professor Richard Bulliet’s best lecture quips is here! Below, the venerable Middle East history don’s most amusing offhand remarks from the second half of this semester’s trial run of Islamo-Christian Civilization. The first part can be found here. On course requirements: “For the record, no one in this class […]

This is the tenth installment in our senior wisdom series, in which we bring you awesome ’07ers whom you should have met by now.   Claims to fame: Prior to attending Columbia, I worked as a high-fashion model here in New York and around the world.  While at Columbia, I served on my student council, […]

The New York Post, which was trolling around facebook and e-mail aliases for sources yesterday, fingered the assistant Comp Lit professor whom students accused of giving away answers, in characteristically rabid fashion.  Spectator confirmed and has an interesting story to go with it.  The Daily News gave it two inches.   Ivygate thought it was […]

Last night, tipster Ryan Withall recommended checking out 317 Hamilton, where, he wrote, students had gone a bit crazy on the blackboard during what must have been an intense study session. Curious, Bwog took a break from work and headed over, to find a creepy crop circle of chairs, arranged in the shape of a […]

Spec‘s reporting that freshmen will have the option to retake the lit hum exam or to receive a grade based on the rest of their work this semester. Apparently, it was all the professor’s fault… So the choice is obvious for most. But what about all those C students who have already jet off for […]

After the RIAA initiated a series of lawsuits against Columbia students starting in February, students’ rights rose to the forefront of campus debates once again, stirring up controversy about the role of the university and privacy in the digital age. But what happened to those kids? Bwog asked Orlando Rodriguez, C’09, what it’s like when […]

This is the ninth installment in our Senior Wisdom series…bringing you all the awesome ’07ers you should’ve met by now.  Claims to fame: I yelled “CUNT” loudly and repeatedly to an audience of several hundred people on multiple occasions when I was in the Vagina Monologues freshman year (although I still wonder about the possibility […]

Student Body Poll: Females, Liberals, GS students are better people Consume consume consume (ethically)  There’s some blood on your banana  What happens in Geneva stays in Geneva (unless it’s on YouTube) And now, something from an advisor to Palau 

Well, apparently you all are too busy studying to participate in a photo contest about being too busy studying. Sumaiya Ahmed did get one good shot of Butler craziness.  

NOTICE, Tuesday 4:20 PM:  As noted in a previous post, comments with full names will be deleted at the request of the target. UPDATE: Here’s some Spec coverage to tide you over. UPDATE 5:29PM: A new email has been released by the Core Office: We have confirmed that there was a significant misjudgment on the […]

Mr. Manley Cottingshire, capitalized commenter of yore, has submitted to us the following graphic. First time we’ve seen Sarkozy…on the left?  

This is the 8th installement in our Senior Wisdom series…bringing you all the awesome ’07ers you should have met by now.  Claims to fame: Spectator Arts and Entertainment editor many moons ago. Preferred swim test stroke? I don’t have to know how to swim. What are three things you learned at Columbia? 1. I can’t […]

At the sound of midnight’s Primal Scream, dozens of students broke out into a veritable Bacchic frenzy on South Lawn. More photos after the jump…