Eli Sanders, CC ’99, just won a Pulitzer for his harrowing feature, “The Bravest Woman in Seattle,” in the Seattle weekly, The Stranger. Bwog called him to figure out how journalism works. Bwog: So what was your major? Eli: Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, I don’t know if they have that anymore. MEALAC? Bwog: […]

Rejected by Gmail yesterday? It wasn’t just you. (Gawker) Nelson the parrot has a face that not even his mama could love. (Daily Mail) Reports have surfaced that Zuckerberg did not include any of the Facebook board in the Instagram deal, Social Network style. (NYT, Wall Street Journal) Following the laughable North Korean missile launch, the […]

Yesterday the African Students Association hosted their last political round table of the year on the topic of affirmative action. Panelists included University President Lee Bollinger, Professor Eric Foner, Professor Ted Shaw from the Law School, and Janine Jackson, program director at FAIR. Packed to capacity from 9 pm till 11 pm, Lerner C555 provided […]

We’re back for the second round in our series of interviews with Columbia athletes to help you get to know these jocular jocks. Last week, we broke a sweat with Kyle Merber, star distance runner for Men’s Track & Field. Next up is Florida native, Nikki Bartnik CC ’13, who has owned the No. 1 […]

Don’t get too excited—in this case, BYOB stands for Bring Your Own Blindfold. The Columbia Culinary Society is hosting their last event of the year tonight at 9:30 in the Satow Room, and it’s gonna look like this. If you’re too lazy to click the link, the blindfold is for the society’s 3rd Annual Blind […]

Sarah Ngu dashes through space and issues about space to bring you the report on the last CCSC meeting. Joe Ricciutti, director of EMS (and former presidentof the Minor League Staten Island Yankees), listened to a lot of students complain about space last Sunday night at the CCSC townhall. Representatives from CIRCA, theater community, Orchesis, […]

GendeRevolution is the group to thank for this publicized map of the gender-neutral restrooms on Columbia’s campus. Tonight, they’re treating you to some classic free food (it includes cheese and fruit platters so points on classiness) in Lerner 555 at 7:30 pm. As for the film portion of the date, they’ll be screening Toilet Training, […]

Just in time for you to remember all the work you’re not doing right now, the top two students of the Columbia College Class of 2012 have been announced. According to Spec, Zachary Brill, a Chemistry major from New Jersey, scored the top spot, with Zachary Levine, an anthropology major from California, coming in as […]

Well, not exactly. But you can be some small part of the selection process! Tonight from 6 to 7:30 pm, the members of the Dean’s Search Committee will hold a Town Hall in Roone Arledge Cinema to get input from the student body about what they want to see in their new administrative leader. All […]

We all know that tickets for SPEARS: The Gospel According To Britney sold out in about 54 seconds. Actually. People were pretty mad/sad/utterly baffled by it. In fact, they’ve been getting pretty…toxic…about it. Well, perhaps in direct response to some of these laments, more tickets for SPEARS are being offered. Starting this Friday at 1 pm, […]

First, a recap. The 114th Brownstones have seen a lot of action. After saying goodbye to Alpha Epsilon Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Psi Upsilon at the end of Spring 2011 following Operation Ivy League, 536, 542 and 546 W. 114th opened their doors to a variety of transfer, wait list, and summer transfer students for […]

Bwog’s business reporter Renée Kraiem reports on tonight’s SGA meeting. Tonight’s Rep Council meeting began a few minutes after 8 to accommodate the evening’s Town Hall, and ended a few minutes after 8:30 to accommodate the evening’s town hall, making it the shortest SGA meeting on record. Given the premium put on efficiency this year, […]

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. A intro programming course, ENGI E1006, will be added next fall. The class will replace COMS W1004 as the fundamental intro programming course for 11 of the 16 engineering departments, starting next fall. Unlike W1004, the class will be taught in the python programming language instead of […]

Since it’s impossible to force yourself indoors today, here’s an idea for lunch outside! A hungry tipster spotted some Mexican food outside the 115th st. Starbucks. We assume it’s Mexican, at least. It could be Ukranian or something. But it looks delicious. Let us know how it is!

Just in time for the unbelievably warm week, the mysteriously recurring flea market resurfaces on Low steps. Rather than getting annoyed at having to weave through jewelry and dress stands, try appreciating the small, blissful moments of procrastination while strolling to class. We spotted some classic knock-off handbags and necklaces that no doubt have the […]