Barnard’s Associate Dean of Student Life Alina Wong just released an email disclosing that starting with the Class of 2020, Barnard students will no longer be invited to apply and participate in the CUE pre-NSOP program. This email comes in peculiar timing amidst COÖP’s current struggles with the administration. Dean Wong similarly cites fiscal strain […]

We bring you another piece from the Blue and White‘s November issue (which is now online) by Managing Editor Channing Prend on the new Columbia research study focusing on sexual health at the university. “Last weekend I was standing in line to get into 1020…” These words could have been uttered by any number of students […]

We’ve all had fun watching Columbia Football win two games this season, but if you want to watch an actually successful team dominate the field, go to Dodge at 5:00pm tonight to check out the Columbia Fencing Invitational. Watch last year’s NCAA champions as they square off against teams from Northwestern, Stevens’ Institute Of Technology, NJIT, Fairleigh Dickinson, and […]

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson dropped his newest single – that is, his newest campaign ad in the form of a rap song. Aimed at African-American voters, the rap features artist Aspiring Mogul over a basic club beat, and tries to rhyme “Carson” with “awesome”. Many responded with criticism of Carson’s racial stereotyping and fundamental misunderstanding of rap music. (ABC News) […]

COÖP, the Columbia Outdoor Orientation Program, is currently in danger – not from bears, mosquitoes, or climate change, but from the Columbia administration itself. One of our staff writers explains why the administration is considering cutting part of COÖP, and why that might be the wrong move. As much as there is to love about being […]

One Bwogger was at Comp Sci office hours yesterday looking over her Data Structures homework, when she discovered an incredible portion of the assignment: Don’t get what any of that means? That’s okay, most of our staff doesn’t either–but responses varied from “omfg” to “I have never appreciated Comp Sci until now.” We’re also happy that […]

The Blue and White just released their November issue of the mag online last night, and we’re posting a few of the pieces throughout the week. First, we bring you a piece by Editor-in-chief Hallie Nell Swanson on the language of safety on campus. This summer, a series of articles released in mainstream media outlets […]

Over the course of the semester, we have received a series of anonymous tips from (presumably) the same first-year concerning coming out to their roommate. With Queer Awareness Month behind us, we saw it fit to address one of the many LGBTQ-specific issues often faced by members of our community. You can find the series of tips, as well […]

The Mexican Supreme Court ruled yesterday that individuals have the right to grow and distribute marijuana for their own personal use. This ruling is a challenge to Mexico’s (and America’s) conservative drug policies, and opens the door to legalization of marijuana in Mexico. (NY Times) Meanwhile, in Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou is preparing for talks with […]

Halloween was a lot of fun this year, regardless of whether you were downtown in a parade or on frat row looking for parties. And we had a nice fall break to recover from our hangovers and try to finish some work. Thanks Columbia! Remember, you can send in your own experiences by emailing them to us at tips@bwog.com. […]

Despair: The second general election in Turkey this year saw Recep Erdogan’s Justice and Development party win 49.4% of the vote. Although Erdogan claims the vote to be fair, many critics believe that the election was “characterised by unfairness and, to a serious degree, fear.” (BBC) Celebration: Australia’s most prestigious horse race, the Melbourne Cup […]

Hi friends! Fall break has officially begun, leaving us all with a joyous long weekend to dress up as cats and drink our midterm sorrows away. Just as you are looking forward to your break from school work, Bwog is also excited to have a little alone time at home with our dog and our Roku. […]

After 26 years at CC (and another 10 at Barnard), Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn Yatrakis is stepping down, according to an email sent this morning from Dean Valentini. Twenty-six years is a long time! (We only have to spend four years here and cannot imagine/relate). However, the Dean will stay on as a faculty […]

Received 9:47 AM Dear Bwog, My roommate and I are still having problems. It’s gotten even weirder and I could really use some advice. Last night I had what I thought was just a dream. Well, I thought it was but my roommate has been treating me more creepily since. He brought back some weird […]

Last night, Columbia Musical Theatre Society staged its third annual production of Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete with shadow cast and call backs. Bwoggers Lila Etter and Mia Lindheimer ventured to Transexual Transylvania (aka the Diana Event Oval) to check it out. For its one-night-only production, CMTS presented the show as a shadow cast: a […]