This week, while everyone was busy trying to get off the waitlist, Bwog’s newborn and junior staff writer, Layla Alexander, went to an art event on photography, Listening to Images. This past Thursday evening, I entered the Diana Center in anticipation of an engaging presentation on how black people had been portrayed in photography throughout […]

Earthlings! Today is the last day for you to add courses to your schedule. So if you’re taking six and *really* want to just get murked by this institution even more, make sure you add Freedom of Speech and the Press before the day ends. When you later realize seven classes is more than even Alma would condone, […]

Good, bad, weird, The New York– we all have our preferred times, and which ever one is yours says something about you. While usually we’d go through each one and provide an analysis based on your favorite kind of time, we’re going to cut right to it: good times = free friends, food, fun = Sundays […]

Staff Writer Abby Rubel left campus (gasp!) and went to the Museum of the City of New York to explore an exhibit about New York’s Croton Aqueduct, but was rather disappointed by what she found. Here is an overview and a review of the exhibit so you don’t have to make the 30-minute trip yourself, […]

Happening Outside of our World: The American-led 20-year mission to Saturn came to and end a few hours ago. After a successful mission, Cassini ran out of fuel and plunged into the planet’s atmosphere on command. (BBC) Happening In the US: New Yorker shares with us its cover for the week of November 21st, 2016– the cover it would […]

Columbia University is old. Like, very, very old. Founded in 1754, this school has a ton of history. So, if you’re interested in the past of CU and have 45 minutes to spare, the Visitor Center in Low offers free historical campus tours every Monday and Wednesday at 1 pm.  However, if you’re like the […]

Not ready to step out of the MoHi bubble just yet? Well, with Bwog you can relax comfortably on Low Steps and us do all the work for you. First year Audrey Ussery took initiative and went to the Met Breuer to experience the Delerious exhibit. Find out what she has to say.  Whether the first week of […]

Barnard’s Convocation of the 2017-2018 school year took place yesterday afternoon, in Riverside Church. Normally Bwog wouldn’t cover this annual ceremony, but this year, it was touted particularly highly as the first time President Sian Beilock would address the student body, so we sent new writer Ramisa Murshed, BC ‘21, to the event, along with […]

Last night, the General Studies Student Council (GSSC) met in the Lerner Satow room for the first time this academic year, as the executive council laid out their plans for the upcoming weeks and months. New Guest Writer Matt Coulson attended the meeting, and covered all the highlights below. To open things off, new council president, […]

We’re officially one week into the semester now – we’ve had all of our first classes, and all of our professors have had their shots at first impressions. These opening remarks range from the curious, to the sad, to the distressingly relatable. Rashid Khalidi, History of the Modern Middle East: “I know sleep is more […]

If you stood in that exhaustive line for dinner at the Barnard Block Party last Tuesday, or even just glanced at the lawn outside the Diana, you probably noticed a table full of colorful T-shirts that various administrators and administrative hangers-on were shoving at students. Those shirts were Barnard’s annual advertising push for Convocation – […]

Happening in the world: As pressure has built on North Korea through sanctions by the US and China, Russians are weakening this economic power. Anonymous sources report oil and petroleum being smuggled into North Korea via Vladivostok, in the Russian far-east. (Washington Post) Happening in the nation: A settlement has been reached on the rights to a selfie […]

The first week of shopping period was stressful, but in one of those nice ways where you don’t have too much work by the time the weekend rolls around. We all find different ways to release that stress, some of us uptown, some of us down. Some people don’t even leave their room, because what’s […]

As fall begins, we’re already feeling spooky and ready for Halloween. We at Bwog love Halloween content, so we’re starting early. New Bwogger Abby Rubel analyzes which campus figures are most ghost-like, as in: we’ve heard about them, we’re slightly scared of them, and we never see them because ghosts are invisible.  PrezBo: Even when […]

Happening in the world: Myanmar is experiencing militant violence between religious groups (Rohingya Muslim minority, Buddhist majority) and the government. Many are considering it genocide, but leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu denies allocations of ethnic cleansing. Happening in the nation: After a few too many people responded to a Facebook event to shoot […]