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Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege of attending Columbia University. We try to compile all the upcoming guest speakers and lectures in the upcoming week, and since it’s reading week you obviously will need extra intellectual stimulation. Feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section and we’ll add them. […]

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The New York Times published a piece on sexual assault, featuring the issues at Columbia and quotes from actual students who have filed complaints. If Columbia’s administrators won’t talk about it, the Times will. (NY Times) It’s been too long since we saw a bunch of famous people, particularly the president, try to be funny. We […]

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Our next wise senior is Finn Vigeland, COÖPer and former managing editor of Spec, who writes about vulnerability, transit, and the roof of Low.  Name, Hometown, School, Major: Finn Vigeland, Tuckahoe, NY, Columbia College, Urban Studies Claim to fame: Speccie, tour guide, COÖPer, cruciverbalist. Where are you going? First, to Brazil and Colombia to chill with […]

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What with the fiasco that was this year’s every year’s Housing Lottery, off-campus housing started to look pretty damn good, by which we mean you threatened once to screw the system and move your paltry belongings a full ten blocks up/downtown. But here’s the deal: that might not be the worst impulse you’ve ever had, […]

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Bwog attended last night’s premiere of “Morningside Nights,” the 120th Varsity Show. Bwog discussed, and former EIC Alexandra Svokos primarily wrote this review. Photography by Features Editor Alexander Pines. Last year, we wondered at the purpose of the Varsity Show itself: “[S]houldn’t we expect some social commentary meat on those musical theatre bones?” With V120, happily, the creators took […]

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Schools nationwide are under scrutiny for their handling of sexual violence and harassment “complaints.” Despite all the news we’ve been making, Columbia is not on the list because the investigation hasn’t actually started yet. (NY Daily News) Yikes. One of the many reasons we rarely venture downtown. (Newsday) Google set themselves up with a comfy […]

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Bwogger Tatini Mal-Sarkar takes us to a dimly lit Chelsea bar on a gloomy Tuesday evening. She’s there to hear Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Tina Frühauf speak on the deep relationship between food and music in her talk titled, “‘You’re the Cream in My Coffee’: A Toast to Music and Food” which sounds pleasant to […]

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It’s time for your daily dose of wisdom. Today’s Senior Wisdom is from Sophie, lurk of the Diana Center. Name, Hometown, School, Major: Sophie, San Francisco, CA, Barnard College, Neuroscience & Behavior Claim to fame: I think the closest I’ve come to “fame” is when a bartender at a place near campus recognized me from […]

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The University Senate had its final plenary today at 1:15. Senate Savvy Maud Rozee was there to get the news. And the snacks. PrezBo was running late because he had to attend a World Leader’s Forum event, so Executive committee chair Sharyn O’Halloran gave some opening remarks summarizing the events of the recent Town Hall […]

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This year’s Phi Beta Kappa inductees have been officially named by Columbia College.  2% were named this fall, and the remaining 8% were announced today.  Students are chosen based on “the breadth, depth and rigor of their academic programs” as well as with recommendations from faculty members. Congratulations to all these smart and talented people. […]

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Remember when Stephen Colbert’s staff came to Columbia about three weeks ago to film a spoof of those Fox News segments? As it turns out, they also went to a preschool when they weren’t satisfied with Columbia students’ accurate answers. Check out Colbert’s glorious, spot-on mockery of Mr. O’Reilly and his pet monkey on the […]

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Here’s a preview of the new issue of The Blue and White, on campus next week, just in time to rescue you from finals misery. In her final piece for the mag, B&W Editor Emeritus Anna Bahr considers the supposed friction between Barnard and Columbia. A Columbia College student originally asked me to write this piece. He wanted someone […]

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Foodie and sporadic health nut Anna Hotter guides you through the tumultuous world of hygienic eating around Columbia, or you could go back to your dorm and use that microwave you haven’t cleaned all year to heat up those 3 day old leftovers from HamDel. As a college student, I feel that my standards regarding […]

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Ukrainian forces have gone on the offensive, marching on the separatists and opening fire. The LA Times reports. Mayor de Blasio announced yesterday his plan to turn all the disused pay phones in New York City into wifi hotspots, creating a massive free wifi network. YOU could be the one to design this system, if […]

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Senior Wisdom: SB

Less than a week of class left, so let’s keep moving! Tonight’s Senior Wisdom is SB, who took this opportunity to write a novel. Name, Hometown, School, Major: SB, Santa Monica, California, CC, History Claim to fame: Two Time Trivia Champ, I’ve been tweetin’ at ya from @1020tip Where are you going? San Francisco! What […]

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