Today, CCSC and ESC* announced in a College-wide email that the councils will be voting at their weekly meetings on whether to propose a $4.50 increase in the semesterly student activities fee. Thus, the semester rate would hike up to $112.50 from $108 and would go towards “funding for student groups and student activities—it is equal […]

Birds, dinosaurs, and denizens of Columbia College, take note. On Wednesday, November 19, at 7:30 pm in Schermerhorn 501, the co-chairs and members of the Committee for Science in the Core will be hosting an open forum to discuss possible changes to FroSci, or alternatives to the class entirely. Our suggestions for alternatives include: Intro […]

Pope Francis is sending mixed signals. Heralded as a progressive, he gave a speech yesterday, saying “Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother,” a rather conservative statement by his standards. The Pope will be attending the World Meeting of the Families conference in Philly next September, […]

To ensure our spots as lions – the kings of the Ivy League jungle – we need to be as well-rounded in accomplishments and honors as our accepted students are each year. The current winning title up for grabs for our school is to be crowned as the Ivy Film Festival champs. Winning is totally […]

Registration time can be a moment of crucial realization for all of us, especially when all of the sudden you feel locked in a major you don’t like/don’t feel competent enough to complete. In times of  major crises, Bwog is a key source of wisdom on campus and there to remind you that you probably […]

Surprise! Thanksgiving break is now a week away and before we know it we’ll be deep in mass essay writing and studying for daunting finals. The natural thing to stress about before the dark times ahead is deciding what happens after you (hopefully) pass your finals. That’s right — registration is upon us. Seniors, in honor of […]

Click on the Northeast section of this nifty interactive map and find that Columbia gained the #8 ranking in Trojan’s 2014 Sexual Health Report Card. Our present for providing our students with accessible sexual health resources should be increasing the RA budget to put Trojan brand or condoms of similarly tiered quality in every hall at […]

What kind of tomfoolery are those silly frosh up to now? One of Bwog’s sly sleuths details a person’s attempts at establishing himself as a rising Freshman on Facebook…or should we say Fakebook? Remember the Columbia impostors from the last few years? Remember all the stupid things pre-frosh posted in the Class of 2018 group? Bwog recently found out that these […]

This weekend, Columbia University Players put on a showing of “Collected Stories” by Donald Marguiles. Thoughtful theater critic Daren Napier brings you his thoughts about the show. Last night, the Columbia University Players hosted an anxious audience to their final showing of Donald Marguiles’ 1996 off Broadway hit, Collected Conversations. The play, which chronicles the moving […]

There seems to be a lot of tension in the air lately. With Eminem threatening to punch the Queen of Electra Complexes, Kim K going full frontal on the cover of Paper magazine, and Diplo endorsing a campaign to get T-Swift a booty, it sounds like men everyone just needs to take a chill pill or three and relax. […]

Columbia students be warned: a 47-year-old man living on the Upper West Side was allegedly stabbed multiple times in the face, neck, and torso by his roommate. Sounds like he should’ve opted for a swanky Furnald single instead? (Gothamist) Some nerdy scientists have come up with a new way to treat eye diseases like Glaucoma. With these super tiny […]

Bwog overheard the following exchange between two Columbia students: 1: You’ve never pulled an all-nighter before? Not even for social purposes? 2: Yeah, I mean, playing Call of Duty and shit. The lesson? Don’t be ashamed if you haven’t watched a sunrise through Butler’s portholes windows. Your copy of Call of Duty, on the other hand, is feeling a […]

At Columbia, we study everything from the intricacies of the world financial market to the sociological basis and implication of normative gender to the driving forces behind cultural development. When we graduate we will be called on to organize teleconferencing and to prepare adequate legal documentation. Exploring one of these real world skills, and bringing […]

Walmart employees seeking higher wages are planning a series of Black Friday protests at 1,600 stores across the country. (Reuters) Columbia Professor Sylvia Nasar’s lawsuit against the university was thrown out by a New York State appeals court for lack of standing. In the suit, Nasar alleged that Columbia had misdirected $4.5 million in funds […]

Earlier this week, Columbia alum Phillip von Borries spoke about his popular website Refinery29, which covers fashion, news, health, entertainment and more. Fashion and Pasta Enthusiast Christina Clark reports. On Wednesday I went to the fifth floor of Lerner to hear a talk by Phillip von Borries, co-founder of the popular fashion and lifestyle website […]