Update, 10/12 9 am: There’s been some debate in the comments about whether the covered abortions are entirely free, even for students on Columbia insurance. According to page 19 of the insurance brochure, insurance will pay up to $500 for an abortion. Update, 10/12 6 am: The CU Dems, who first tipped Bwog off to […]

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Robert Lefkowitz, CC’62 and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ’66, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry yesterday with Brian K. Kobilka for their hard work studying G-protein coupled receptors. According to the Associated Press, “about half of all medications act on these receptors, including beta blockers and antihistamines, so learning about them will […]

In addition to today’s Columbia Greenmarket, tonight our neighborhood will receive the prestigious honor of playing host to NYC’s first nighttime farmer’s market. Check out the Harlem Pop-Up Greenmarket, 4 – 9 p.m. at W. 117th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. It looks extremely tasty.  Attending Greenmarket Producers: King Ferry Winery – Wine by the glass […]

DSpar took some time off running Barnard to give the keynote address at the opening of the Harvard Business School’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to its two-year M.B. A. program. (The Crimson) The vice presidential debate is tonight. For the politically disengaged, that’s Democrat Joe Biden vs. Republican Paul […]

BwogSex is back and steamier than ever with a dispatch from the front lines of roommate run-ins and coed cunnilingus—McBain. Below, a mischievous Moaning Myrtle takes us on a tour of the sordid late night happenings in the already sordid shower stalls. We also want to hear about your Columbia mishaps and multiple orgasms, so […]

Bwog’s Zealous Hopper Zachary Hendrickson shows us the inside of not the most unbecoming of abodes in this RoomHop. Classy as ****! That is what immediately enters your mind when you step into Harry Stephenson’s elegant abode in the Sigma Nu house. Harry, CC ’14, plans on studying sociology and possibly concentrating in art history. […]

Last night at 6 pm, as part of the Music at St. Paul’s series, the Columbia Classical Performers held their first concert of the season hardly a month into the academic year.  Bwog sent its Sonorous Sounds Sleuth Alexandra Svokos to investigate. In case you don’t recall, it was a blustery, cold night yesterday.  There […]

Hear ye, hear ye, undergraduate engineers. If you’d like to have some sort of a voice in the search for an engineering school dean or just solace in this great hour of deanflux, go to the Davis Auditorium in Schapiro CEPSR this afternoon for the SEAS Dean’s Search Town Hall. From 4 to 5 pm the selection […]

In what may be his last time, Bwog’s Amazing Art Attendant Alex Katz takes us on a magical journey through the paintings and photographs, the discussions and explorations, and the music and drama in Morningside Heights and beyond. Tip an event you think is interesting to events@bwog.com. Ongoing John Cage: The Sight of Silence at The […]

In the official email announcement this morning, PrezBo stated that Nicholas Lemann, Dean of the J-School, will not seek another five-year term. During his ten years as dean, Lemann oversaw “fundraising and capital improvements” such as in the new broadcast studio, student center, and café. Working with faculty and the broader community of people interested in the […]

Is the mid-week slump making you stress, grumble, and complain? (Oh, really, you couldn’t have held that door open for me? No, I didn’t brush my hair, but do you have a problem with it?) We’re here to remind you that it could be worse, and then give you some cuteness to gird your loins […]

The most recent World Leaders Forum event was a debate between the economic advisers of each of this year’s candidates to the presidency. Perpetual pseudoeconomist Artur Renault attended and wrote: When I told a friend from outside of school that I was going to watch a debate between Obama’s and Romney’s economic advisers, he knew […]

Barnard’s Student Government Association meets every week, and every week we send our best Barnard bear Renée Kraiem to bear witness. This is her report: Last night’s Rep Council meeting, which occurred sans administrative guest and a sizable portion of representatives celebrating the most recent Jewish holiday to fall on a Monday. These factors opened […]

Hello all, If the cold weather’s got you down, join us, the editors of The Blue & White, tonight at 8pm in the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel for our weekly meeting. We’ll stuff you full of snacks and warm your soul with our jovial conversation and skillful puns. Plus, if you’ve ever been interested in […]