Ah, CU EMS, you provide a valuable service to the hot mess students here at Columbia University. In order to acknowledge CU EMS this Thanksgiving, Bwog has compiled a list of CAVA situations that you may have experienced, and what they each say about you! The NSOP CAVA (NSOP Week, Freshman Year) – This is not […]

New York City’s MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) is planning to raise the subway/bus fare from $2.75 to $3.00 next year. The proposal seeks to increase revenue for the MTA, which is already in billions of dollars of debt. (The Wall Street Journal) A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred Tuesday morning near Fukushima, Japan, in a similar […]

As the weather gets colder, the balance in your bank account gets lower, and going anywhere further than your suite’s bathroom gets more exhausting, heading to 1020 on a Friday night is not as enchanting a prospect as it may have been earlier in the semester. One Bwogger explains why, for them, that prospect has […]

An LA resident is leading a lawsuit against Chipotle for feeling “excessively full” and realizing “that the burrito couldn’t have been just 300 calories”, the new chorizo one that is. Who would have guessed that packing chicken, pork, sausage rice, beans, and cheese into a tortilla would be so filling? (USA Today) Anna Farris may […]

With Thanksgiving but a mere few days away and many going off to celebrate with family and friends away from the Morningside campus bubble, Bwog reflected on what we were thankful for this past weekend. Besides our very own Bwogsgiving, where we gathered to offer thanks to the sangria gods, many enjoyed a weekend full of […]

Following Donald Trump’s presidential victory on November 8th, student concerns were raised about the safety of Columbia students who are undocumented immigrants. Trump has repeatedly threatened to repeal Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA), an order that protects undocumented immigrants from deportation and allows them to work/study in the United States. Should DACA be revoked, immigrants who were protected […]

By now, it is old news on both sides of Broadway regarding Barnard President D-Spar resigning this coming March to become CEO and President of Lincoln Center (we didn’t even know that was a thing). Amidst the pride of D-Spar being the first women ever in the position, the gaping hole left in all Barnard students’ hearts needs […]

By now, news of Mike Pence’s appearance at Hamilton and the cast’s message for him is not new, nor is Trump’s call for an apology. Yet the president-elect continues to insist upon an apology from the show, the second day in a row Trump has honed in on Broadway’s message. (CNN) Melania Trump and son, Barron, […]

Have you ever wondered how you can take control of your local сове́т—err, student council, rather? Do you ever pay attention to your college’s elected council members and think “This is ridiculous, I could do that under budget and ahead of schedule!”? Well, over years of acquiring and consolidating information about Columbia’s political arena, we’ve acquired […]

Yes, we know what you’re thinking. It is three days before Thanksgiving…but what exactly can we be thankful for? Your friends called CAVA on you last night. Now, you have trust issues and a $500 bill to pay. On top of that, you have a 3000-word essay due tomorrow at noon on the rhetorics of […]

Near the city of Kanpur, Fourteen carriages of Indore-Patna Express derailed just after 03:00 local time on Sunday. According to the police, the death toll has now passed 100, with more than 150 injured. Rescue efforts are still being carried out to recover the injured and the dead from deformed carriages. (BBC) Bernie Sanders voices […]

Settling: Donald Trump has agreed to settle and pay $25 million after several lawsuits have been filed against his for-profit Trump University. Many former students have paid $35,000 in tuition to be scammed: they were misguided by “high-pressure sales” tactics and were taught by instructors unqualified for their position.  (NY Times) Reaching: New York City mayor Bill de Blasio […]

Yesterday evening, astronaut Tim Kopra visited the Kraft Center to talk about his missions to the International Space Station. He discussed the engineering aspects of the missions as well as the details of daily life in space. Senior Staff writers (and space enthusiasts) Ross Chapman and Betsy Ladyzhets report on just how cool living in space […]

Since we released a series of leaked messages from the Columbia University Wrestling Team’s GroupMe, our campus has seen both protests against the team’s behavior and an apology letter, released last night, from the wrestling team as a whole.  This afternoon, the Athletics department announced that their investigation of the team is complete and the […]

The Whitney has just announced the 63 artists who will be featured in the Whitney Biennial on March 17. The artists are notably diverse; coming on the heels of the election period, their artwork will deal with “the artist or a self in relation to the tumultuous world we live in.” (New York Times) On […]