Bwog knows that picking a dorm can be a stressful activity for freshmen (or “rising sophomores” in Housing terminology). We’ve created a quick quiz to help you figure out which dorm is right for you. Enjoy!

Artur Renault did what many would consider a self-destructive act. He went deep inside Schermerhorn for fun. The results of this mad expedition are laid before you. From the outside, it looks pretty normal. It almost beckons you to go inside. “Come in, I’m just like Havemeyer or Dodge, or any other brick building with […]

You, too, can have input on our new Dean of Undergraduate Student Affairs, according to an email just sent out by Deantini and Dean Boyce. Win the lottery, abide by “confidentiality requirements,” and help Storbeck and PrezBo narrow it down next Tuesday and Friday. The academic headhunters Storbeck/Pimentel and Associates began the search to replace Ke$ho (and interim dean Terry […]

Monday’s SGA meeting was hands-down the most intense meeting of the school year—so intense that Barnard Bureau Chief Lauren Beltrone had to record it so she wouldn’t miss a beat. If you want to read the part about Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, skip to the fourth paragraph. There were three distinctive chunks of […]

Today is the last day to buy tickets for Columbia’s very own TEDx Conference that is happening tomorrow at 10 am in Low. The focus of this year’s event is “Why commit?” It’s a vague question that has wide-ranging consequences to be explored by star-studded speakers. Impressive attendees include Olympians Sasha Cohen and Tim Morehouse, […]

Battle of the Bands is canceled, but in brighter news The Bacchanal Executive Board is starting to leak some information. Most significantly the headliner will be announced April 1st. Read below for the full press release. We regret the missteps that led to the cancellation of this year’s Battle of the Bands, which was supposed to […]

There is so much science out there, and it happens everyday. One day you might be able to pick and choose your child’s attributes. (Nature World News) A Cuvier’s beaked whale dove to new depths for sea mammalian life, exploring the unimaginable world of deep ocean. (Times of Malta) By 2018 we may be back […]

Remember Bacchanal last year? –Just kidding, who ever does? Well, for those of you who weren’t around, you missed the biggest band on campus, the Morningsiders. Here’s your chance to read up on who they are and what they’ve been up to since last year’s Battle of the Bands and their opening performance for Macklemore. […]

Today at 3 pm, officers from Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid gathered on College Walk to send Class of 2018 Regular Decision letters. This year, a total of 32,967 students applied—the third largest pool in Columbia’s history, though 1.5 percent fewer than last year’s. About 10 percent of them (3,298 students) applied early. Columbia admitted 2,291 applicants to CC and SEAS this […]

Friendly neighborhood peacock hanging around St. John’s, sitting around the back driveway on Morningside. Thanks, tipster. And to quote Joan Didion: “Seven years ago today we took the leis from the florist’s boxes and shook the water in which they were packaged onto the grass outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue. […]

We’ll see you out on the lawns soon, Frisbee in hand. More pictures to come when the lawns are fully uncovered.

Gwyneth Paltrow hates being normal almost as much as she hates gluten. (Time) How much is a passenger worth? Just under $200,000. (Sydney Morning Herald) You can’t trust the New York Times…again. Thanks, NSA! (Salon) Are you “unreservedly independent”? Perhaps you’re “bountifully pseudo-coupled.” Maybe even “graciously solitary”! How should you term your relationship? (Slate) Perfect beautiful […]

Keeping track of what your housing options are is almost as hard as figuring out which one to choose. We put together this list, based entirely on housing’s stats, of what you can expect to get based on your year and number. Hopefully it’s a little bit useful. Rising Sophomores Lottery number below 1000 Single […]

We don’t mean to be crude, but shit went down at the GSSC meeting last night. We sent the ebullient Joseph Milholland to check it out. In the Tuesday March 26 General Studies Student Council Meeting, during the time the council allots to take questions from those in attendance, a GS student brought it to […]

In keeping with the unofficial tradition of bring back alumni for Class Day, Columbia College has secured Dan Futterman, CC ’89, for the keynote address of Columbia College Class Day 2014, as announced in an email by senior class president Conan Cassidy (full email down below). Futterman is an award-winning actor and screenwriter, most well […]