The Core Scholars program invites students to submit a reflection on the Core in virtually any art medium, and submissions are due for this year’s program on April 15. To aid in your inspiration, Bwog caught up with Gabriela Pelsinger, CC ’15 and self-proclaimed Vagina Warrior, who was one of last year’s Core Scholars for this amazing […]

A crafty Bwogger working late into the night at the Diana picked up a copy of what appears to be the Creative Team’s latest “Creative Rundown” of this year’s Veesh. Bwog is withholding judgement for the time being, but there’s no reason you should do the same in the comments. What you find in the […]

In the February issue of The Blue and White, Grace Rosen profiles Karishma Habbu, CC ’13 and CCSC president. You can read the rest of February, as well as several back-issues, at theblueandwhite.org. The March issue is coming real soon. A red knee-length peacoat, white fluffy earmuffs, and matching white gloves: that was Columbia College […]

This morning the Committee on the Core Curriculum released a statement announcing that Frontiers of Science has been removed from the Core Curriculum. The statement claimed that the main cause for the cancellation was the class’s overall lack of useful education. It cited interviews and conversations with students that stated “literally nobody” enjoyed the class or […]

Google has announced multiple new features from its many services today. Gmail announced Gmail blue, a revolutionary new interface for Google’s e-mail service. YouTube has decided that they have had enough submissions to their long submission contest, and will shut down for 10 years to select a winner. Google Maps has added a treasure map to […]

Update, 10:45am, 4/1: Student Affairs has not yet released the name as they are trying to reach her family, but the woman has been confirmed by Spectator as Jessica Fingers. According to Gothamist and CBS, a 21-year old woman was found dead in East Campus this morning. The article reports that police responded at around 11:48 AM and […]

Starting this Monday, April 1st, the Diana Center 2nd Floor Lunchroom will simulcast WBAR (Barnard College Radio) programming over its loudspeaker during weekday lunch hours. From Monday to Friday from 11 am to 3 pm, members of the Barnard/Columbia community who have chosen to be well-nourished by the Diana Center Cafe will receive additional nourishment from […]

Location: 70 Morningside Dr. Nearby dorms: The rest of EC, Wien. Nothing else. Not that it matters, because people come to you! Stores and restaurants: HamDel, Appletree Market, SubsConscious, Kitchenette(!), a handy Citibank ATM on the 4th floor of SIPA. Cost: $9,096, higher cost range, same as Claremont, 548 W. 113th, Brownstones,  Hogan, Ruggles, Watt […]

Location: 600 W. 113th Nearby dorms: McBain and Watt are across Broadway. Hogan and Broadway are only a block away. Stores and restaurants: On top of Nussbaum & Wu and Mill Korean. Across the street from Deluxe, Milano and Amigos. The rest of Broadway lies at your fingertips (shoetips?). You will thank the heavens for […]

Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations […]

Club Bangla & CU SEWA will be handing out free Indian food today in celebration of Boishakhi/Vaisakhi—the start of spring and the beginning of the new year. Head over to Low Plaza and get your freeloading on between 1 pm and 5 pm today! There will be an open dance floor, performances and delicious biryani/kabobs/vegetarian appetizers for […]

Just because Spring Break is over doesn’t mean that you have to stop gorging yourself on delicious food! Pretend like you’re still on break with a trip to the Columbia Greenmarket. But wait! There’s more! This week the food is extra yummy so you can make your Passover/ Easter/ regular weekend crazy delicious. As always, […]

Bwoglines takes the form of an acrostic, dedicated to the avian marshmallows that will stick to the intestinal walls of many today:  Program for the 2013 Egg Roll. Lots of Eggtivities that will be broadcast live. (Whitehouse.gov) Everything and anything to do in New York this spring. (Gothamist) Epic “fail” and other verbs as nouns. (Nytimes) […]

A few days ago, we asked you to help us come up with a nickname for SEAS Dean Mary Cunningham Boyce. You answered our call, mostly with variations on beloved ’80s rappers. But now it’s time to determine which name will forever be attached to Dean Boyce and which lucky Bwog reader will get a […]

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