Gillian Lester will end her tenure as Dean of Columbia Law School at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year, but will return to full time teaching  as a member of the Faculty of Law. 

Climate talks, NotMac&Cheese, and Jazz music in this edition of Bwoglines!

 Bwanksgiving just got a whole lot more competitive.

On Monday, November 20, alumni of Columbia and Barnard gathered outside of Columbia’s main gates to protest the University’s recent suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine and BC/CU Jewish Voice for Peace, participating in a “denouncement ceremony” and “un-graduating” from the University.

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Bwog attended the Columbia Musical Theater Society’s production of Next To Normal in the Glicker-Milstein Theatre on November 17-20. Content Warning: mentions and depictions of death, suicide, bipolar depression, other mental illnesses, addiction, drug/alcohol use/abuse, staged intimacy, and foul language. 

Intrigued by the possibility of brunch for the cost of a mere meal swipe, Staff Writer Sabine Ebanks and a friend adventured to Ferris to try the Eggs Benedict. 

Staff Writers Erika Avallone and Avery Baumel embark on a harrowing taste test. We have many regrets.

Staff Writers Jacquie Traenkle and Olivia Chiroiu review Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Isabel Beatriz Tongson (BC ‘26), which ran in the Lerner Black Box Theater from November 17th to November 18th.

This week, one lucky Columbia student was able to learn some of the insanity behind the average Barnard student through an exam lovingly made by his Barnard friends.

The Columbia Women’s Basketball team won 80-57 against Towson this Thursday in Levien Gymnasium. Here are some highlights from someone who has not attended a basketball game in many years.

On Wednesday afternoon, moments after a faculty protest concluded on Low Steps, demonstrators gathered outside the entrances to Barnard and Columbia to protest the suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine and BC/CU Jewish Voice for Peace.  Content warning: graphic descriptions of violence, guns.

On Wednesday, Staff Writers Peyton Goodman and Ashna Shah attended a seminar held by Columbia University’s Center for Science and Society on the evolving methods of identifying mushrooms. The event was part of the New York History of Science Lecture Series.

On Wednesday at 1 pm, University faculty members gathered on Low Steps to protest the recent suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine and BC/CU Jewish Voice for Peace, and to demand the University affirm its commitment to free speech. Content warning: mentions of violence.

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