Inexplicably extant smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry (formerly Research In Motion) has announced its lowest quarterly sales in eight years, though it somehow managed to sell 1.6 million handsets over the period. (Financial Times) Senator Harry Reid has announced that he won’t be seeking a sixth term in 2016, thereby ending what will have been a ten-year […]

The Bacchanal Executive Board has released the following official statement with updates to this year’s concert and ticket policy. An addition 2,000 tickets for the lawns will be released in addition an extra 400 Low Plaza tickets. Refunds will be provided for all who bought tickets earlier this month. The full text is included below: […]

This afternoon, CCSC released a press release stating the council would pay up to $11,164 for 2,000 additional students to attend Bacchanal on top of the original ticket sales earlier this month. This payment would also open the West Lawn and the Butler Lawn to allow for students to stand during the concert. The 2,000 […]

A week out from Bacchanal and the troubles continue to mount. Every day, new reports come in on our site and others, statements are issued by student government bodies you have never heard of, confusions are placed on top of confusions are placed on well-intentioned bureaucratic nightmares. And now, rain in the forecast. Surely, this […]

Professor Mercer talks about Columbia when comparing the experience teaching here and teaching in prison. (Washington Post) Former N.B.A. player Troy Murphy talks about Columbia in describing what it’s like to go back to school here. (New York Times) Forbes talks about Columbia when they evaluate the significance of the recent administrative decision to close […]

The Spectator reported on a proposal sent to the Undergraduate Student Councils this morning. ESC has just released an official response approving the proposal and funding a subsidy to help with the costs of opening the lawns and hiring safety personnel. The full text of the ESC proposal is included below. Post will be updated […]

Spring break’s over. It’s somehow still cold. You’ve just flunked three consecutive midterms. Zayn left One Direction. We get it; March sucks. Here, our resident music aficionado and features editor Tatini Mal-Sarkar brings you precisely one hour’s worth of angry, angsty music to get you through these really terrible days. 1. Suffocation — Crystal Castles […]

If you didn’t do so hot on your midterm and are looking to not damage you GPA any further, think about taking the pass/fail option. Although, think about it fast because today is the deadline to declare P/D/F for CC, BC, GS, and SEAS! It might relieve some stress knowing an A and a C are considered the […]

Yesterday Kraft and Heinz merged to make the mega Kraft Heinz Company. Together the company’s sales will be upward of $28 billion. The deal is projected to close in the second half of 2015. The real question is, will they be selling ketchup flavored mac and cheese now? (CNN) Uber recently announced that they would […]

As if you didn’t already think sexual thoughts about your RA…just know that they’re thinking sexual thoughts about you–or, at least, about your sexual and mental well-being. This bulletin board was spotted on Schapiro 14 (the top floor–or the penthouse *insert winking emoji*). Maybe we should have included this in our housing review…

It’s that time of the year again: spring everlasting winter! And that can mean only one thing—the annual installment of Bwog’s housing reviews.  Today, we bring you the deets on one of New York’s hottest clubs above a bagel place: Nussbaum. Location: 600 West 113th Street (colloquially known as Nussbaum) Nearby dorms: McBain and Watt; kind of Hogan and Broadway (1 block away) […]

Have you watched Tina Fey’s latest show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? This article looks at the show through the lense of Kimmy’s experience as an implied rape survivor. (New Yorker) Yo, smokers outside of Butler, quit while you still (maybe) can! Look at these scary effects of smoking while pregnant. (Huffington Post) Don’t know who Ted […]

It’s that time of the year again: spring everlasting winter! And that can mean only one thing—the annual installment of Bwog’s housing reviews.  Today, we bring you the deets on one of New York’s hottest clubs along Riverside Park: Woodbridge. Location: 431 Riverside Drive (115th and Riverside) Nearby dorms: Schapiro Stores and restaurants: MoWi, M2M, Vine, Ollie’s, 115th Street Halal […]

Hear ye, hear ye! In light of all the buzz regarding housing, we figured that we should lighten the mood (or scare you… however you wanna look at it) with a call for the worst dorm rooms at Columbia. Do you have a gaping hole in your heart wall that you have always complained about, but […]