Second weekend at school and we’ve already got some campus clingers and some city goers amongst us (even if the 1 was shut down this weekend). Columbia students will always find a way… Send along your adventures next weekend wherever they may be to tips@bwog.com. On-campus hijinks: Classic hipsters: At Postcrypt, it’s full. Organizer says, ‘we […]

We’re bringing back a short-lived tradition from last semester, our comment awards, because you are all special snowflakes who deserve recognition. Most Jaded Accurate: The Sherlock Holmes Award for Exceptional Sleuthing:  Most Unimpressed:  Most Surprisingly Helpful:  

If you have FOMO from missing a party you chose not to go to over the weekend, we gotcha covered. Shreyas Manohar (AKA, but just for that night, Sober Hero Shreyas Manohar) shares a bit of his experience at Columbia’s literary society, Alpha Delta Phi, host of a little get together in their luxurious home on […]

The most important position on CCSC has graciously extended its deadline to submit an interest form from yesterday to tonight at midnight for all those who have yet to hop on to the CCSC Sandwich Ambassador bandwagon. Interested candidates should heavily contemplate topics for their two State of the Sandwich speeches on the sundial (your love of the sandwich/free food/feeding […]

Along with the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Hawaii, Columbia University was issued a Request for Proposal by the Barack Obama Foundation earlier today, placing us in the running for Obama’s Presidential Library. Due on December 11, this requires that Columbia “submit a formal proposal that includes detail […]

Elevator-goers of John Jay are already curious about Mr. Silverstein’s political agenda. We only hope that he will deliver as a representative of his fellow residents. Give us meth or give us death!

Left your sewing machine or electrical screw driver at home? Don’t want to pay for woodworking classes downtown with NYC moms who have too much free time? No fear, Columbia’s now got the arts & crafts space for you! Columbia Maker Space wants to provide a place for students of all kinds to pursue their […]

We’ve got a national holiday this week, but it awkwardly falls on a Wednesday. No canceled classes for a non-Monday, rather unknown commemorative day. (Springfield News-Leader) Is there an Establishment Clause in China? (Yahoo!) Bill Clinton makes an old jeer at the Constitution during a rally for his wife—and by rally we mean a community […]

Did you have a rough weekend? …get nothing done? …get sick because of that ridiculous temperature drop? Want to tell us about it, write about it, or just cope with some free snacks? Come hang with us at 7 PM in the SGO in Lerner. Let’s commiserate together. Your second family via Shutterstock.

Keep a close eye on Scotland, guys. (The Huffington Post) Did you get your Olive Garden Never-Ending Pasta Pass?! No? Hmm. Well, there are always the breadsticks. (Salon) Here are the most affluent cities in each state. We never knew we might want to live in Texas. (Slate) A plea from OkCupid: be more humane. […]

Public Safety sent out the following message just now: Police activity in the area of 116th street and Broadway. Please avoid area until cleared. – Public Safety One tipster says that the gates are closed and roped off, and that there may be a bomb threat from a suspicious bag. However, this is completely unverified […]

This is us, Paula and Christina, two of your average Columbia freshmen. We’ve got Carman parties, Lit Hum, and mandatory meal plans. About our campus… It grows because we build complexes all over the city. And between you and us, something amazing happened…and now we can talk to animals! It’s really cool, but totally secret. […]

Havana Central, rest in peace. The West End, rest in peace. Bernheim and Schwartz, the new restaurant and beer hall opening up on Broadway looks almost done from the exterior; it has new sidewalk, a new sign, and has started to enclose its outdoor seating area. The restaurant is hiring, which is good because we […]

I found a Ving card in front of the Broadway side of Lerner at around 4pm today. I’m not going to give it to Hartley Hospitality because I reckon they’ll charge $50 anyways. Contact me via email for pickup: yh2568@columbia.edu

Every week, tons of speakers grace Columbia’s campus and make us all a bit smarter, which we chronicle in Bucket List. Corruption Cognoscente Amsal Lakhani went to “Maximizing Illicit Profits: Understanding How Corrupt Officials Choose How Much to Charge for Bribes,” on Thursday, and has a lot to say about it. Thursday’s lecture was prefaced by […]