February is a deceptively short month, and it will be over in two days. This means that if you have been meaning to go to a meeting of The Blue and White in the month of February (you know who you are), this is your last chance. So come! 9 pm. St. Paul’s Chapel. You […]

Barnard students received another curiously worded security alert today about a concerning interaction between a student and a potentially dangerous male who “approached her in the vicinity of Milbank hall, as she was walking towards Barnard Hall, and engaged her in conversation” until he “became agitated” and threatened her. The full email and description of […]

With another short meeting sans administrative guest, SGA met to discuss by-law changes and JCCC funding. As per usual, Maddie Ball was there, too over encumbered to come up with a nerdy reference for today, let alone move. Wait. The very fabric of SGA is changing this semester, as major alterations are in the works […]

According to the 2013 Unigo College rankings, Barnard College has the second happiest students of any school in America, behind only University of Wisconsin-Madison. The fact that this ranking is from the end of August may explain why the Barnard students they interviewed, Ellie and Brittany, didn’t just say “I’m sorry, I can’t talk, I […]

Today at noon you could decide to leave your midterms and papers behind for a glorious life as a radical hobo OR you could head to the Live at Lerner’s Sounds #8, in the Lerner Piano Lounge from 12-1pm where there will be: A band: Tumbling Bones. “Think hoedown.” Greek food: Rice pilaf, keftedes (meatballs […]

Could New York City become a city state? (The Daily News Online) How did Michelle Obama end up presenting the Oscar for Best Picture? (LA Times) Are bloodless operations the future of surgery? (NY Times) Should we all stop having opinions about things we know nothing about? (Guardian) Is working from home good or bad? […]

In anticipation of that award show you read all about on Facebook, Bwog invaded Butler to gather the locals’ guesses for the winner of the grand prize of the night. Here are some of the answers we gathered. Some people (sort of) knew what they were talking about it: Guy near elevator: “Is Tarantino running? […]

Then you should write for Bwog!  Unfortunately our dearly beloved sports editor is graduating this year and would like to chill mad hard appreciate his final semester while working with an apprentice to take over.  To that end, we are currently on the lookout for any and all sports fans (and players) to join our […]

While the university has not yet officially announced that Tejraj Antooa, SEAS class of 2013, passed away a month ago, this week’s SEAS newsletter contained the following message: The Columbia University community recently suffered the loss of a former student, Tejraj Antooa. Tejraj, who was a member of the Columbia Engineering Class of 2013 until […]

Last night at their weekly meeting, Maren Killackey was impressed by CCSC. For once, there is no snark. No cheap shots, no embarrassing quotes, or slight misinformation because, let’s face it, no one cares. Before descending into a sappy metaphor about some particularly efficient student government meeting (is there anything more sad?), I’ll leave it at […]

With all the fuss and media attention going on around Emlyn Hughes this week, frustrated Frontiersman Alexander Pines thought he deserved to be defended. Here’s the result: I’ll be frank, Frontiers of Science is a bullshit course. Instead of providing an in-depth exploration of one or two key topics in modern scientific study, it seeks […]

  Wtfcolumbia.com is now up and running! Deceptively, its name stands for What To Fix Columbia, and essentially is a discussion board where you can complain and discuss the problems in our university. Anyone with a UNI can now make an account. Facebook integration and a mobile app are still in the works.

After Emlyn Hughes’ cryptic stunt during last week’s Frontiers of Science lecture and the hullabaloo that followed, of course everyone was looking forward to today’s lecture. Our sources hinted that it would be even crazier than last week’s. An e-mail was sent out to those in the class also announced that “due to recent media attention,” they […]

You know that stuff you learned about during history class, where everyone was scared of nuclear bombs and we were sending people to space and the Russians pretty much ate babies? It’s happening again, but online. (NYTimes) Soon you’ll be able to surf the Internet while driving. What could possibly go wrong? (CNET) Although the […]

This past week was marked by highs and lows for Columbia Athletics. Men’s basketball suffered a crushing loss to Princeton on Friday night only to come back and slap Penn 58-41 the next day with notable performances by Grant Mullins, Brian Barbour, and Mark Cisco. Wrestling lost a heartbreaker match to Harvard and similarly came […]