This Monday, the Earth Institute presented the NYC Summit on Children in the Roone Arledge Auditorium. Hundreds of education and social service heavyweights were in attendance, with mayor-elect and SIPA grad, Bill de Blasio, taking stage as the keynote speaker. Bwogger Heather Akumiah was in attendance and took notes at a hand cramping speed. Mayor […]

At this Monday’s SGA meeting, we heard four more plans for how to spend the $32,000 endowment. Lauren “that one girl who always goes to the SGA meetings” Beltrone listened in eagerly. She likes this kind of stuff. Since you’re all wondering, the answer is yes, President Maddy Popkin did address the controversial Barnard SGA […]

Bwogger Keenan brings you news. Read it. Enjoy it. Talk about it. Or just print it out and frame it above your bed. Your choice. ESC held their last second-to-last meeting of the semester this Friday Monday as they all prepared to go hide in a cave for a bit somewhere. Before spelunking ensued, however, some […]

So apparently alumna is word for a female college alumni. But more importantly Lillian Jin, CC’13, has been selected as one of 12 recipients of a prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship. More Columbia people going on to do cool things, simultaneously making you happy and jealous! As posted on the Columbia College Website: Lillian Jin CC ’13 […]

Are you the Hodar of cooking? Want some delicious recipes to wow friends in family? Oh, you say you are eating alone? Well skip halal, and try your hand at this culinary creation. If you mess them up, at least you can say you tried. (Too bad you can’t pass/fail life). Send in any pictures […]

Does your significant other call out someone else’s name while sleeping? A gossip column brings in the experts to discuss. (Bwog) Do not go gentle into that good library called Butler. Do not be one of those people. (Bwog) Apparently dining hall food is/always has been awful. As if we didn’t know (looking at you Ferris: […]

In case you’re staying on campus this turkey day, there’s always Westside around for your food-coma needs. Bwog sent Senior Staff Writer Alexander Pines to scope out this year’s offerings.  Not going to lie, I was expecting something weirder out of the place that brought me “Oreos Pancakes” (in other words, soggy oreos covered in […]

In our darkest hour, there is yet light. The junior Phi Beta Kappa inductees of the class of 2014 have just been announced by Columbia’s PBK chapter, as cheerily announced by Columbia College. Out of the 10% of seniors who will make PBK this year, this list represents only 2%; the following 8% of seniors […]

Today, Barnard quietly announced that Print Services will be closing. And when we say “quietly,” we mean that most students weren’t informed at all. According to a tip, the closing will reallocate the space to another department during the construction of the new library in 2015/2016. This will mean drastic changes and possibly much greater […]

Several tipsters let Bwog know about the latest and greatest from within the General Studies community. Dean Peter Awn sent this email out on Monday afternoon as a Thanksgiving update (and make sure you’ve read up on the undergraduate schools’ varied approaches to the holiday, too): Dear GS Community, Over the years I have been […]

Turkey trendsetter Alison Herman defends the anti-holiday: sticking around Columbia over Thanksgiving. Thursday morning, I’ll be taking the Metro North train out to Westport, Connecticut for my Thanksgiving meal. Thursday evening, I’ll be taking the train back into the city and spending the rest of my holiday break the way I have for the past […]

Enjoy some free food via Columbia Rotaract today, and that means free Starbucks, Insomnia Cookies, and Chipotle with good purpose. Lerner Ramps from 11AM to 5PM, Rotaract will be holding an event called Giving Thanks 2013, in which students will be able to write ‘thank you cards’ to any staff member they want. There will be TONS of free food – […]

Your RSVP to the Thanksgiving dinner being held by the Office of International Student Programs and Services is due today by 2:00pm, and you can submit that short form here. Dinner is open to all CC and SEAS undergraduate students, international and domestic. Join for a delicious meal shared with other students who will be around […]

Instead of Columbia Greenmarket’s typical Thursday event this week, the Greenmarket is open today! Start your conscientious Thanksgiving grocery shopping now. If you are planning a locally sourced meal we have got you covered! You can avoid those long lines at the grocery store and get pretty much everything from you need right here at […]

James Franco and Seth Rogen’s relationship is just as on point as Kim and Kanye’s. Uh huh, honey. (Buzzfeed) Go, Book Culture! If any Columbia University area bookstore were going to make the list as one of New York City’s best bookstores, we knew it would be you. (Gothamist) Lockdown on Monday at Yale after the school […]