This afternoon, SEAS announced that the valedictorian and salutatorian for the class of 2015 will be Nicole Lewis and Andrew Kaluzny, respectively. Lewis is a Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Computer Science while Kaluzny is majoring in Applied Mathematics and a Computer Science minor. Lewis will deliver her valedictorian speech on May 18 […]

We have come to our last day of housing reviews, and today, we’re covering two dorms for you. First up–Watt! Good luck with housing selection, and remember, there’s always McBain! Location: 549 West 113th Street Nearby dorms: Across the street from Symposium and McBain. Around the block from Broadway and Hogan. Stores and restaurants: All the […]

Alas, we reach the final day of selection for this week. We bade farewell to the seniors yesterday afternoon as we move into mixed senior-junior groups along with all junior groups today. Hogan and EC Townhouses have been wiped clean, but a few EC suites and Woodbridge are still open for the early junior pickers. […]

Yesterday, the University Senate’s Student Affairs Committee elected this year’s Chair and Vice-Chairs–Marc Heinrich (CC ’16) will serve as Chair of the committee, and Emily Moore (SEAS Graduate School) and Ramis Wadood (CC ’16) will serve as Vice-Chairs. You can read the full press release below: Student Affairs Committee Elects Leadership for 2015-2016 Academic Year […]

Earlier this afternoon, Dean Awn sent out an email to General Studies graduating seniors announcing the Class of 2015’s Class Day speakers. The Keynote speaker is Kellogg Europe President Christopher Hood (GS ’91), the Valedictorian is Lindsay Hadad, and the Salutatorian is Andrew King. Class Day will take place on Monday, May 18th. You can […]

If you haven’t already heard (it’s possible to not pay attention to sports–we do go to Columbia, after all), Duke’s Coach K secured his fifth March Madness title two nights ago. (Fox Sports) A real American Horror Story: Rand Paul has announced that he’s running for president. (CNN) The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp […]

Hello, again! Day two of housing selection begins today, and we will be bringing you live coverage throughout the day. Seniors will continue to pick until this afternoon, so hopes and dreams will still be relatively attainable. We have some EC left along with Woodbridge and Hogan that we’re guessing will go by the end […]

It’s been established that approximately 1% of Bwog readers are actually science majors, but that doesn’t deter us from adding to our famed series, entitled BunsenBwog—a brief review of some of the science-related findings and contributions done by members of our campus community. We dispatched our farthest-thing-from-science-major  Tuesday daily editor Briana to the CUMC newsroom […]

Day two of housing selection is here, so you better figure out where you want to live. Today’s review is Harmony, but if you aren’t much of a walker, take a look at the reviews we’ve already posted. Location: 544 W. 110 St, between Amsterdam and Broadway Nearby dorms: Near the College Residence (Barnard, with some Columbia students) […]

Bacchanal… a quintessential example of college “Salad Days,” where youth is clear and carefree joy abounds. Too bad 95% of Bacchanal attendees forget the embarrassing shit that they did during their fraternity pregame, and even fewer remember the actual performers that graced Low Steps. The other 5% of attendees who actually recall what went down (or […]

We never thought that Kanye and Etsy would be used in the same sentence, but it appears that the worlds of hip-hop and DYI crafts have collided. This past week, an Etsy user launched Book of Yeezus, which is a bible that replaces “every mention of the word God with Kanye West.”  (Jezebel) The best selling book on […]

Well, something else had to have happened besides Bacchanal. This weekend be sure to send along your all-weekend plans over to tips@bwog.com! Friday “Got drunk with fam at Seder.” “Went home for Passover. Made some cash. Ate too much food.” “Watched a lot of Game of Thrones.” “Drunk by noon. Asleep by six.” “Picked up […]

Good Morning, Columbia students! As housing selection begins this morning, we will be bringing you our traditional live coverage of selection. We will be updating you via our witty liveblog as well as our Google Spreadsheet of how many rooms are left below. Feel free to leave us any questions in the comments that you may […]

Today’s the day! Not if you’re a freshman and/or looking to live in Hartley or Wallach, but take this housing review, anyway! If you’re facing down in-person registration today, have a look at the reviews we’ve already posted. Location: 1124 Amsterdam (between 115th and 116th) Nearby dorms: Connected by tunnel to Wallach and John Jay. Carman and […]