Following a semester at the forefront of campus discussion about their place on campus, the Columbia Ballet Collaborative presents their Fall Concert pretty legitimately not on campus this weekend. Bwog’s resident ballet barometer Renée Kraiem made the trek to last night’s dress rehearsal to see whether you should too. So let’s get the elephant out […]

Bwog is here to keep you up-to-date on campus events, but we’re also here to let you know when there’s danger in the community. Late last night, there was an incident of “forcible touching” (someone being grabbed) near W.115 St and Riverside Drive. Read on for the full security dispatch, and please be safe!

It’s that time of year again… you know, that time before it’s socially acceptable to stuff yourself full of homemade Thanksgiving food, but after you’ve realized you aren’t getting any of the classes you wanted for next semester. Cooking with Bwog is here to help with a warm, delicious recipe to keep the cold at […]

Columbia is one of ten universities to unveil a new type of small, personalized online classes. No word yet on whether online students will be required to take Lit Hum. (NBC) General Petraeus made his first public appearance since resigning as Director of the CIA. Apparently, even though he’s no longer in charge, we still […]

A blue water bottle with the words ”US Embassy Hanoi Vietnam” encircling the US Seal was last seen on third floor Hamilton. Please contact ajg2169@barnard.edu. Reward will be XOXO minus the XX.

On Tuesday, the Institute for Religion, Culture & Public Life presented the third part of its yearlong series, Apocalypse Now: End Time and the Contemporary Imaginary. Seated in front of a small audience old enough to remember the first global climate shift, Wallace S. Broecker (aka the “Grandfather of Climate Science”) expertly addressed just how […]

CMTS’s ambitious production of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical premieres tonight at 8 pm. You can also catch it tomorrow at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Roone Arledge Auditorium. Bwog sent Musical Maven Alexandra Svokos to the dress rehearsal to give us the rest of the details. Headed by first-time CMTS […]

Today is your last chance to take the Pass/D/Fail option for a class. You can complete an Add-Drop Form and deliver it to 205 Kent by 5pm. Barnard students have until Tuesday November 20th to P/D/F a class. Good luck! Grade between P & F via Shutterstock

Tonight in 707 IAB, from 7-9pm is the launch party for the Columbia Political Review and FREE FeelGood sandwiches along with other “nom nom nom goodies” will be the guests of honor. Every FeelGood sandwich that is eaten goes to the good cause of ending world hunger (as well as the good cause of ending […]

Last night, in front of the imposing view from the top floor of the International Affairs Building, William C. Dudley, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was right on the money with his insights into the Fed and our economy. Bwog’s Economic Expert Alexandra Svokos was there to report. I […]

Well, it’s that time of week again — time to stock up your cupboards with delicious locally-farmed food. The Columbia market is open year-round on Sundays and Thursdays and as always, accepts credit, debit, and EBT. Thanksgiving week schedule change – The market will be open Sunday, November 18 and Tuesday, November 20. The market […]

Apparently Obama was advised by a crack team of behavioral scientists, including a Columbia psychologist, on how best to appeal to the way our minds work in his campaign. Looks like it worked. (NY Times) An attempt to be New York City’s trendiest man led this Slate writer to sleep with 30 pillows and attend […]

There’s something in the air, for Columbia’s campus just got a bit cuter. Maybe it’s the relief from midterms, maybe it’s the nippy weather, or maybe it’s simply holiday cheer. Two wistful 30-something bros are walking down College Walk on a crisp, fall day. Bro one: “Man, this would be such a great place to […]

About forty inquisitive minds gathered in the Diana Center Event Oval on Tuesday night to discuss WTF Barnard SGA actually does, since it knows that you don’t know the answer. Duchess of Doing It Renée Kraiem was there to find out whether SGA itself knows. Amid the opening of Diet Coke cans and the enjoying of […]

Bwog thought it’d be interesting to observe a basketball game through the eyes of someone who doesn’t “do” the whole “sports” thing, so we sent Alison Herman to broaden her horizons at the basketball season home opener on Tuesday evening. Disclaimer: Before last night, I had never attended a single Columbia basketball game. In fact, […]