It’s hard enough to be an undergraduate, but how can you possibly go to class if all the buildings look the same? To let you know where you stand, Bwog presents a quiz that challenges your Columbia knowledge. Is it Havemeyer? Is it Hamilton? No, probably not. Building names have been blurred to protect the […]

-Now that you’ve declared your major, regret your decision for the next two years. Or, you could take the Yatrakis-approved path and concentrate. -History does not teach lessons, says Brown professor Gordon Wood. Unless of course, they’re Biblical lessons, and the history is Biblical history. -Lost on Lerner 5, we found a piece of paper, […]

In which Bwog staffer Mark Krotov familiarizes us with the places where you can find him when he’s supposed to be in class. On Friday nights, the entrance to East Campus is a stampede of excited drunkards and impatient Barnard girls, all waiting to enter a monolithic structure that is an almost mythical haven for […]

Just four beers? But this is America! Finally, a publication dares to take on the Danish cartoon issue. Foner, Gitlin, and Navasky (or is it Navansky? Oh well, they’ll let the readers figure it out) are pissed at David Horowitz.Yeah, we know, we told you so. Ten days ago. With the Nielsen ratings coming to […]

Sup grrrrl? Haul booty 2 the Lerner desk right now 4 a sample of Maybelline Pure Makeup. K? Gr8! 2 bad it’s not at BC cause they def weren’t born with it. Holla!

Overheard in an econ class: Person A: “I have a million things to do” Person B: “I think that’s probably a hyperbole” Person A: “What’s the opposite of hyperbole? Hypobole?”

Oh, bejesus. Jeff Sachs is on the Colbert Report tonight at 11:30. Update: Excellent analysis in the comments, by the bye.

In which staffer Mark Krotov gives movie suggestions for those who fear to venture off the 1, 2, and 3 lines. AMC Loews 84th Street 6 84th and Broadway Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Any attempt at sarcasm goes out the window when confronted with a movie directed by Michel Gondry (of Eternal Sunshine of the […]

Major Declaration time is here! And earlier this week, the B&W posted its first ever “Disillusioned Majors Guide,” advising students to avoid History, Classics, Comp. Lit, and nearly everything else. There is only one proper recourse for the liberal arts major: don’t major in anything. At all. (Note: This was not included in the upcoming […]

Sunil Gulati on exchange rates: “Stay away from the health club, you want pounds.” Lag from the class. Laughter. – Ana Ortiz

Lionel Trilling Seminar series: Does History Teach Any Lessons? 23 February 2006 The Rotunda, Low Library As last stragglers filed into the Rotunda, a man in a suit informed some two-hundred fifty people, “This evening’s seminar opens vistas of thought.” Never trust man in a suit. Gordon Wood’s lecture was a reality check. He came […]

To save further students the indignity of heading off to class, finding their favorite gate locked, and realizing class just isn’t worth the extra 10 yard walk, know that the following entrances onto campus have been closed since this morning: * 120th Street Gate * Earl Gate * Chapel Gate * Lerner Gate

Professor Alfred MacAdams on the translation of Latin American texts: “All of this is like trying to learn sex from a manual and using a blow up doll. There are some things you just can’t learn from books.” –Ana Ortiz

An exercise in homelessness, but WHY? Prezbo, people are still pissed, yo. And we’re still talking about this? Concentrate, concentrate! Plus: The culinary careers of political science majors.

Bwog staffer Julia Butareva reviews the Freight and Volume Gallery’s exhibit featuring works by Alexia Stamatiou, Elizabeth Huey, Todd Herbert, Daniel Rich, and Scott Anderson. Elizabeth Huey’s painting “The Inquisition” easily dominates the small space that is the Freight and Volume Gallery. The gallery really is tiny and makeshift: two employees sit at their computers […]