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 […]

With Ted Cruz’s confirmation that he’s running in 2016, it’s clear that elections are on the brain. Columbia is clearly following the Texas Senator’s lead with the release of the official candidate list for CCSC, ESC, and GSSC elections. View the list below to see who’s running.

It’s been nearly five months since Rolling Stone published the gruesome story of an alleged sexual assault that occurred on the University of Virginia campus, but coverage of the article is far from over. The story resurfaced just yesterday when police in Charlottesville released that they were unable to verify whether the sexual assault detailed in […]

Here’s to topping off lottery number release day with the start of our annual housing reviews. First up, we’ve got Schapiro and all residence halls will be reviewed in the coming days to help you figure out where to put your money now that your lottery number (actually) sucks.  Location: 605-615 W. 115th Street. Nearby […]

The high rollin’ times of Spring Break 2015 have come and gone, and we successfully abused all comps available to us to ensure we don’t remember a good portion of it. You could say we have an addiction, but we took tips from our friends at MIT and got enough bank from counting cards to […]

An a Capella aficionado visited the joint concert of a Capella groups at schools that share “Bears” as a mascot. Alliteration with the letter “b,” punny group names, and a bucketload of talent guaranteed.  Last night, Barnard Bacchantae and the Brown Bear Necessities took to Low Steps for a short concert, serenading the school back from […]

Nothing says welcome back from spring break quite like the worst part of the Columbia experience — housing. If you haven’t checked already, your lottery number is ready for grand reveal just in time to brighten up ruin your first Monday back on campus. Approach the Housing Portal with caution, and take sudden breakouts of hysteria […]

Another Republican candidate is announcing today his desire to run for President in 2016, and if he wins come the fateful day, there will be a long-established pattern of Democrats being President in between Texan Republican administrations. (NY Times) The Lone Star state has been paying the way for veterans enrolled in in-state colleges, but […]

This afternoon, Barnard students received an email from Provost Linda Bell in regards to the passing of former Barnard professor Catharine Nepomnyashchy this past Saturday. Nepomnyashchy served on the Barnard faculty for 28 years as both a professor in Russian Literature and Culture and the chair of the Slavic Department. We send our deepest condolences to all […]