Functional formalist Renee Kraeim reports from last night’s SGA meeting.  Last night SGA welcomed our very own VP Beltrone, the VP of Campus Services. Basically, she’s in charge of what goes on on campus: special events, public safety, your mail…and, apparently, also in charge of what will happen on campus. Though Beltrone is new to […]

Update: And we’re back! Go forth and choose. The bulletin is down for everyone. Or at least for us. At least you have another few minutes to choose between Medieval Literature and that Beginning Fiction workshop you decided on spontaneously. Sad faces all around.   panda not registering via Wikimedia

Look alive, Columbia! Tomorrow afternoon, the Senate’s holding their 4:30 pm Town Hall about publicizing Course Evals in 104 Jerome Greene Hall. In the meantime, the best we’ve got is CULPA. Since his Freedom of Speech & Press class still has some vacancies, we’ve culled the best of PrezBo’s CULPA evaluations for the fall course offering: “Remember in Legally […]

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 […]