Live at Lerner isn’t just for Wednesdays this week. Continuing their week-long music/food/happiness fest, Bacchanal, Postcrypt, and L@L present another installation of Symposium, your get-fed and get-cultured pre-Bacchanal special. As always, the magic will happen from 12 to 2 pm in the Lerner Piano Lounge. Rather than a traditional musical accompaniment, Live at Lerner presents […]

We’re here, the final day! It’s been a long journey, but all good things must end one day. It’s time for the last of the rising sophomores to traipse through, bleary eyes fixed upon the grand fortress of debauchery that is McBain Hall. We could continue waxing nostalgic at the end of our 2012 suite […]

We know you’re missing Philip Kitcher this year, so here’s a little taste of him to tide you over ’til the fall. (New York Times) New York public phone booths are getting a lot more high tech… but we can’t help but thinking of all. The. Hand contact. On those touch screens. Think subway poles […]

Looking for a good way to spend this dreary Monday evening? Join the staff of The Blue & White for our weekly meeting tonight at 9pm in the crypt of St. Paul’s chapel. You can snack alongside us as we discuss incredibly intricate aspects of Columbia culture, such as the Westside cheese aisle and whether Mel’s […]

Two undercover spies posing as students conduct a cryptic conversation in front of Butler: Guy: So, how’s the pigeon? Girl: Good, he starts physical therapy in a few days… We hope your “pigeon” achieves full recovery, Girl. Slightly twisted Columbidae via Wikimedia

In case the drama about early-starting classes was distracting and you didnt notice the line in that egregious e-mail about registration starting, you mad. Point is, it’s about that time. So, get on it, folks and choose wisely. All the paper-filled doom you are feeling now will be all the worse if you’re taking a […]

Today marks the start of Symposium: A Weeklong Music Festival.  Or, as we like to refer to it, Symposium: A Weeklong Concert with Tons of Free Food—we hope it catches on.  A joint effort between Live at Lerner, Bacchanal, and Postcrypt Coffeehouse, the Symposium will feature concerts in Lerner Piano Lounge with fully catered free […]

Why hello, Sophomores. After waiting and watching eagerly last week, your time has finally come. And Bwog, having just recently recovered from the weekend’s hangover, will be by your side once again to report on suite selection. Let’s be real, you’re going to see a lot of McBain today. So keep your fingers crossed, your […]

When your wife divorces you for making her speak Klingon. (NYT) When that girl in your econ class turns out to be a Russian spy. (Bloomberg) When the nation begins a crusade against white bread. (Slate) When the weather is how we got out of the recession. (WashPo) When Amazon throws $1 million at the small, […]

Whether our review of West End Preview left you with some unanswered questions, or you’re just looking for tips from the pros about how to turn your shower singing routine up a notch, now’s your chance to directly engage with the people who will bring the 118th Annual Varsity Show to life. Bwog will be conducting […]

It wasn’t all about Seder dinner and Easter baskets for Columbia Athletics this weekend, as the Lions traveled far and wide to take on Ivy League foes and non-conference adversaries alike. The Men’s Tennis team continued their dominant run this week, extending their win streak to 12 as they sit comfortably atop the Ivy League. […]

Thursday was a big day for Low. First, it played shelter to Harry Potter-cum-Allen Ginsberg. Then just a few hours later, it hosted the University Lecture starring Wafaa El-Sadr, Director of the Global Health Initiative at Mailman School of Public Health here at Columbia. Her lecture entitled, “The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Global Tragedy, Lasting Triumphs,” traced […]

Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump. Recommended “NYS Dream Act: Educational Equity for Undocumented New Yorkers” Tuesday, […]

In the latest installment of funny CU ladies making it big, we present to you Kate McKinnon, CC ’06 and alumna of VShow 109 (alongside Jenny Slate). Last night, she made her SNL debut, and as a tipster put it, “In her first show alone, she’s gotten more screen time than Jay Pharoah dreams about. Jokes, […]

There’s no better way to recover from a long, tiring day of Easter egg hunting and chocolate coma than to eat more free food. As much as Bwog hates pastel dresses, we’re relying on you to resurrect campus life with your spirit and eternal wit. Come on over with pitches and snark to the SGO in […]