Today from 4 ’til 8 pm, watch wide-eyed from your street-facing Nussbaum suite as the kinda shitty weather separates Columbia’s free food warriors from the fair-weather free snackers. Häägen-Dazs, purveyor of fancy ice cream and even fancier spellings, will be giving out one free scoop/cone to all those who dare brave the wait. It should go […]

The slightly-more-suavely named Give and Go Green is happening! Now! Out on College Walk! It will take place today through Friday from noon until 4 pm. They accept “non-perishable food, clothing in good condition, kitchenware, appliances, linens, accessories, books, small furniture, computers, and toiletries,” so bring your stuff on over. Plus, it’s less to store […]

As exams begin to wind down, Bwog advocatus diaboli John Sarlitto defends what has been making your life a living hell since Friday: the in-class final. “How many finals do you have?” you might hear someone ask in those heady twilight moments of the semester, before the darkness and the shadows truly set in. A […]

…on 4/20. Anna Bahr details her journey below. Read this and more in the May issue of The Blue & White, right on the tail of the April issue, on campus this week. As admitted freshman pare down their college choices in late April, arbitrary details become critical factors in the decision making process. Remember […]

Worrying about childhood obesity may be all the rage now, but the first clinic to treat it opened at Columbia way back in 1930. (Newsweek) Gac Filipac, a custodian at Columbia, spent 20 years taking night morning classes for a Classics degree from GS. On Sunday, he’ll finally graduate—with honors! Then it’s grad school application […]

Found in one of the couches in the Wallach Sky Lounge. Returned to Hartley Hospitality Desk.

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Jasmine Senior (yes, that’s my last name), Army Brat, Columbia College, Political Science/French and Francophone Studies Claim to Fame? I consistently provide people with free food throughout the academic year. I have also never pulled an all-nighter. In part because my body just won’t let me (probably jinxing myself…) Where are […]

Your knowledge of the canon of Western Television is incomplete without the second semester. So, Bwog did a bunch of procrastinating studying and finished up the study guide.  Rocket Power It was sometimes difficult to watch Otto, Twister, Squid, and Reggie doing extreme sports when all we could do was eat out Honeynut Cheerios on the […]

If you’re planning to attend Barnard Commencement, get ready to be searched/checked/wanded/stripped/violated-in-all-sortsaways. To avoid the possibility of a nightmare scenario, Columbia University Commencement and Barnard College have been working with The White House and the Secret Service in order to ensure the security of POTUS. This means almost every gate, sidewalk, window, and building will be […]

The Dark Night holds many mysteries, not least among them the delibility of chalk. The following sentence is true. The following sentence is true. The following sentence is true. The first sentence in this list is false. Did the chalk last through the night?

In case you missed the opportunity to achieve immortal kleos at last night’s pillowfight, Bwog invites you to relive the madness with this gratuitous gallery of gory photographs: Two combatants reflect on their conquests: Girl 1: ”OUR PILLOWS ARE STAINED WITH THE BLOOD OF THOSE WHO CHALLENGED US” Girl 2: ”But like, actually though….I’m not sleeping on […]

Zuzana Giertlova dons her detective hat and pigs out. Read this and more in the April issue of The Blue & White, on campus this week! Rumor had it there was a pig living in a University-owned building somewhere in the city. The Blue & White took it upon themselves to investigate, and set out […]

It was a pretty dark night for everyone. Well, at least for all these people. Some early risers (or never-actually-went-to-sleep-ers) were greeted with images of the aftermath this morning, Below, glimpses of some secrets Butler didn’t hide fast enough from the light of day.

Senator Schumer fought to keep beer cheap. (NYPost) The Empire State building went green. (Reuters) Mr. Normal took France. (Daily Intel) Our part of Broadway got a reality check. (NYT) Procrastinating for your 1 pm final became a whole lot easier. (Buzzfeed)   Excuse to meta-link via Dark Night tipster  

You’re miserable. We’re miserable. The guy who’ll have to kick us all out of 210 from 7 to 8 am is preemptively miserable on behalf of everyone involved. As per tradition, we took this dark and dreary night as an opportunity to traipse through Butler and photograph the anguish. Send your own photos of the […]