Starting this Friday, Nov. 14, Liz’s Place will offer a reusable ceramic mug option to its dine-in guests in an effort to make Barnard’s campus more eco-friendly. Bwog correspondents Paris Parker-Loan and Maia Berlow spoke with SGA Sustainable Initiatives Consulting Board members Lauren Swank BC’16 and Rebecca Abbott BC‘17 to learn more about the project, and to […]

Columbia. Take a break from your elaborate and increasingly obscure procrastination techniques very disciplined studying, and let a weight lift from your shoulders. Consider for a moment the pass/fail option. Either: take some insurance. Your final need not define your semester; a C+ and a B can stand equal in the eyes of parents and prospective […]

We start here in the homeland. The Supreme Court has lifted a stay on same-sex marriage licenses in Kansas, meaning that, at the very least, the future will bring a number of happy marriages, too long denied. (As an added bonus: the decision passed over the explicit objection of both Justices Scalia and Thomas.) (Washington Post) […]

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Lovebirds, if you’re looking for a bad romance, Stefon Bwog knows just the event for you. Columbia’s hottest event is Halcyon Magazine’s Date Auction. When it comes to true love, this event has EVERYTHING: a honeymoon on the yacht from Wolf of Wall Street (maybe), abs (maybe), human fanny packs (likely), and Courtland Thomas (definitely). According to […]

In response to President Bollinger’s salary increase of $700,000 over the past few years, students have created a Tumblr called “President Bollinger’s Raise” and a GoFundMe page satirically demanding a “Fair Salary for Prezbo.” The Tumblr page gives examples of things on which Columbia could have spent its $700,000 instead of giving Prezbo a raise, such […]

Although it may still be above 60 degrees outside, come listen to folk music, eat autumnal foods, and pretend to be sitting by a warm crackling fire at Live at Lerner Sounds’s fifth event of the semester. The performer this week is Wilder Maker, a band whose style is described in the Facebook event as “provisionally […]

The end of childhood: the lemur from Zoboomafoo, described by a co-star as “young and good-looking and very gentle,” died on Monday at the age of 20. (TVLine) New York City Council may ban texting and taking calls while bicycling. (NY Mag) Alex Rosenberg, star player on the Columbia Basketball Team, decided to withdraw for a year after fracturing […]

“What is that thing you are wearing around your ears? An oversized earmuff? Some kind of avant-garde headphones? Or worse, a jaw warmer? Take it off so you can hear my holy words,” roared the library, the people’s library, from the heavens. “You are in implicit violation of Commandments VI, probably X(a), and perhaps even XI. […]

President Obama has officially taken a stand on net neutrality. It’s good to know the President wants all websites treated equally. About the Internet: “…it has been one of the most democratizing influences the world has ever known.” (LA Times) Japan and China are still on uncertain terms with each other, but Prime Minister Shinzo […]

Spring registration season is upon us, which is only the beginning of you spending more time stalking unknown professors on CULPA than stalking your best friends on Facebook. And we applaud you for your valiant efforts to attempt to handpick a perfect batch of professors, but remember your Courses by ADI will only look cool […]

Frat boys and those who are likeminded: no more need to cross the street to the nearest women’s college with a ladder (a la Animal House), for the lovely students of Barnard have recognized the strain of your sneaky searches and now bring you to X-marks-the-spot with far more ease. Only strong, bold, beautiful Barnard […]

Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (we hope Google kept you informed during Sunday searches), and Berlin commemorated its big liberation day via a mix of somber and lighthearted events. Western ideology lives on, y’all. (Washington Post) In all its blatant pompousness, Forbes’ commentary on the Berlin Wall’s anniversary is […]

Late Sunday night, Dean James Valentini of Columbia College and Dean Mary Boyce of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science sent out an email detailing the policy changes to financial aid for undergraduates in the two schools beginning in the fall of 2015. CCSC Policy VP Sejal Singh called these changes “first steps” that are […]

In case you haven’t heard, the latest issue of The Blue and White is on campus now. Check out this feature on EC security guard and subway preacher Pericles Almanzar by Staff Writer Michelle Cheripka, CC ’16. If you’ve stumbled into and out of EC late on a Saturday night, chances are that you’ve met Pericles Almanzar, […]