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… 

You probably didn’t hear it here first: the freshman class, according to numerous sources, is buzzing with the knowledge that content from the Lit Hum final was leaked to at least one class prior to the exam. Details are shady, but first-years tell of widespread indignation when the exam let out at 3:30 on Friday […]

Says the Primal Scream. Bwog concurs.

Ovary harvesting… the wave of the future! Diversity before idiosyncrasy Oh yeah! That was pretty fun Timely end of the year reminder

The second-hopefully-annual Pillow Fight is tonight. Meet at the Sundial at midnight, BYOP. Let’s make this into THIS. Also, study break with copious desserts from Kitchenette in the EC 2nd floor lounge at 8:00 PM!

As you desperately attempt to fill your brain with the Art Hum knowledge you’ve been neglecting all term, know that there is a light at the end of this exam-ridden tunnel – the print issue, which drops Monday. Herein, Addison Anderson performs a textual analysis of your drunken bullshit. Great Minds Drink Alike Abstract: My […]

What’s with the pinwheels on the Butler lawn? Bwog wondered too–apparently, kids from a Long Island high school are setting up 6,000 of them to represent the number of people who die every year from ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s like a cure is blowing in the wind, or something.