Upon arriving to Columbia, many first years were getting ready to deal with a lifestyle shift never before considered: having a roommate. Although many of us grew up sharing rooms with siblings, or having a roommate at boarding school, college roommates are a whole new ball game. So, new Bwogger Chenoa Bunts-Anderson decided to ask […]

It may be getting colder, but Columbia students still find time to do crazy things! Send in your field notes to tips@bwog.com for a feature.   Drinking/Bar Adventures: Threw an Earth, Wind, & Fire-themed party on September 21st. Five drinks in, read my two-page music hum essay on “September” to everyone. Almost burst into tears when the bouncer […]

The World Leaders Forum 2018 is here! Heads of state, foreign policy experts, and academics will be coming to speak to the Columbia community this week. Most of these events are already full, but get excited to see some fancy limousines and security teams roll through campus. Here’s who will be here, and when: Monday: […]

Bwog Science is back with CU Women in STEM, where we highlight the amazing women in science at Columbia. Today’s profile is from Min Hwang, SEAS ’19, who aims to combine her interests in civil engineering and computer science! Major: Civil Engineering What subjects are you interested in: Structural engineering, computer science, and the intersections of […]

Remember those bizarre “PERFORMANCE” flyers that went up around campus in the first week? On Thursday, new Bwogger Chenoa Bunts-Anderson headed downtown to solve the mystery of “Text, Magic Performance”: a play written by a Columbia student and a recent alumnus for the Anthropology class of the same name. She gives her thoughts below. Have […]

Astronomer and Linguist Mihir Kulkarni, a graduate student at Columbia University, spoke in Pupin Hall for the first big event hosted by Columbia Astronomy Outreach this academic year called “Clocks of the Universe.” The night consisted of a lecture, a 3D virtualization, and stargazing, which was unfortunately canceled due to weather. New Bwoggers Michael Beltz […]

On September 20th, Dr. Seth Anziska ‘15 sat down to talk about his recently released book Preventing Palestine: From Camp David to Oslo, about the complex players of contemporary Middle Eastern politics. Deputy Editor Idris O’Neill and Bwog Baby Alicia Benis covered everything you want and don’t want to know. Dr. Seth Anziska began the […]

Earlier this week, Barnard hosted a talk with Biology Professor Alison Pischedda and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Professor Rebecca Jordan-Young on unconventional sexual behavior that is, in fact, backed up by biology. New Bwogger Chenoa Bunts-Anderson was in attendance to learn about flies, the Olympics, and the Jersey Shore. At Monday night’s event From the Faculty […]

On Monday morning, Columbia Society for Women in Physics (CSWP) hosted Kendall Mahn, a physicist from Michigan State University, for a CSWP Breakfast Chat before her Physics Colloquium: “See the World with Neutrinos: Current and Future Accelerator-Based Neutrino Experiments.”  Dr. Mahn is a high energy particle experimentalist who researches neutrinos—subatomic particles with masses close to […]

Who’s been leaving shit in all of the Sulz 6 toilets? We don’t know, but Bwogstaff has some words for them. Dear the worst human on earth, Let me begin this by saying fuck you, jerk. I have a lot of tolerance, but walking into the gender-neutral bathroom, which I go into for the sake […]

Happening in the World: A jury in Hong Kong yesterday found Dr. Khaw Kim-sun, an anesthesiology professor, guilty of murdering his wife and daughter with a hot yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide. He faces life in prison. (New York Times) Happening in the US: Trump gave a speech on the White House lawns Wednesday […]

Recently, we’ve noticed a new addition to the Butler bathrooms on the second floor: these weird little gray tables, attached to the stall walls. Apparently, they’re called “utility shelves,” but I feel like that just makes the whole situation even weirder. That being said, these tables could be useful. Indeed, the possibilities are endless! We here at Bwog, in […]

Already stressing over summer internships? Not to fear! Zoe Ewing is here to help you navigate the internship search and judge their “wokeness.” Columbia’s career fair happened on Friday, which means it’s time to start searching for those internships! The summer internship is an important time to build connections, add a new bullet point to […]

In the second exciting meeting of the General Studies Student Council, Acting Dean of Students Ivonne Rojas dropped by as a guest speaker for a Q&A, followed by the interview and appointment of nominees to the council! Brand spanking new GS bureau chief Andrew Chee brings you the exhilarating run down of all the nominees! Q&A […]

On Monday evening, Víctor Mora Gaspar from the Autonomous University of Madrid spoke (in Spanish) at Barnard College about the suppression of homosexuality and all queer identities during Spain’s dictatorship in the mid-1900s. New Bwogger Isabel Ocampo attended the event titled, “Ciencia, Política y Sexo,” or “Science, Politics, and Sex,” for those non-multilinguals out there. […]