Even though the housing lottery is dormant in the fall, the lingering anxiety is still very present. Sophomore Josh Tate, a three week resident of McBain shaft, tries to ease potential worries and discuss a pleasant surprise at the perks of getting shafted by the housing lottery.

Baby Bwogger and real-life mistake-maker Cole lists the five tragedies that will strike every first-year student at Columbia.

This Wednesday, Creative Writing faculty member Ben Marcus hosted a reading by author Carmen Maria Machado of her forthcoming debut memoir, In the Dream House in Dodge Hall. 

New Bwogger Caroline Mullooly brings you this account of being a transfer student, who knows that this whole college thing isn’t sunshine and rainbows.

Yesterday, new Bwoggers Solomia Dzhaman and Chloe Gong attended a lecture given by Dr. Ronald Baecker (UToronto) concerning the responsibilities of artificial intelligence, and the issues at stake. 

Earlier this afternoon, we received news from an email by Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch that Columbia School of General Studies student Matthew Summerill has passed away.

Earlier this afternoon, we received news from an email by Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch that Columbia School of General Studies student Christopher Lopez has passed away.

During their first two weeks on campus, Freshpeople got the chance to try the Columbia dining halls for the very first time. New Bwogger Solomia Dzhaman rounded up some of their hottest dining takes for you to enjoy.

Yeah, sure, there are a lot of sucky things about what we fondly call “shopping period” – adding yourself to 257-people waitlists, attending seven classes in two days, and all the while experiencing a profound existential crisis.

On her very first day at Columbia, Bwog baby and new writer, Victoria, makes a very terrible, no-good mistake.

On Monday, Columbia GSAPP invited Shohei Shigematsu to speak for this semester’s premier lecture. A partner of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Shigematsu spoke about the generational gap between him and his colleagues, his concern over Godzilla coming for their creations, and his idea for designing the next ten-dollar bill. Baby Bwogger Reyna Choi reports.

ESC is back and the same as ever, with a strangely authoritative twist!

Every Monday, Bwog Staff shares tidbits of what occurred in our lives that past week. Each member of Bwog Staff handled their first week of classes a different way.

Welcome to BwogAnswers, a new weekly series! Each week, we answer a question from our readers about Columbia. Leave us a question, or a response to this week’s Q, down in the comments!

Here is a list of my enemies (disclaimer: it is in jest):