For Lenny Pridatko, Columbia’s campus is a photographer’s dream. Students lying on picturesque lawns, surrounded by architecture, welcome the lensman to capture both the aesthetically pleasing and the historically significant. Where does Columbia fit into this dream, if not as a continually changing haven of ambitious souls and established minds refining their oasis? You can see […]

Earlier today, the Columbia College Fund sent out an email to young alumni, hat in hand. Opening with a stirring description about we lucky students who are “experiencing life at Columbia College,” the email made a huge mistake. In a zealous sentence devoted to the Core, the Alumni Center gushed about “comparing the Republic to […]

The Orchesis Spring 2012 performance premieres tonight at 9 pm in Roone Arledge and will also be performed on Saturday at 9:30 pm.  Tickets can be found at the TIC–$7 for CUID, $12 otherwise.  Time traveler Renée Kraiem was at the dress rehearsal. This semester’s Orchesis showcase is definitely linked thematically, but not through its […]

Columbia University’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is kicking off tonight from 6:30 to 9 pm in the Diana Event Oval at Barnard.  The free opening ceremony includes dinner from Malaysia Grill, student group performances, and a keynote speech from guest speaker Yul Kwon–the winner of Survivor: Cook Islands.  Celebrate and enjoy! Aitutaki via Wikimedia […]

Over four months since the project’s announcement, Columbia EcoReps revealed their beautiful new composter, which resides in the basement of Ruggles. Lovingly dubbed The Rocket, the composter is a first for urban universities and colleges in America. It will start out feeding on scraps from John Jay, then, just like a freshman, upgrade to adult […]

New York Magazine took a look into the college student’s most beloved/despised summer activity: the internship!  The magazine’s interns surveyed 100 other interns around NYU, FIT, and Columbia.  Our own CC 2013 president (and up-and-coming rapper) Ryan Mandelbaum, Max Bartick, Erin Flynn, and Anogie Joseph-Erameh  are photographed alongside other Columbians. Think you had more menial […]

According to several tipsters, hordes of prospective Columbians—whom our super scientific guestimations put somewhere between 4 and 6 years old—have been spotted amassing on and around Low steps, and in front of Butler. They’re tiny. They’re adorable. Pink puffer jackets abound. One such youngster was overheard making an astute observation outside Butler: “Every kind of […]

The admissions staff is shipping the acceptance letters out to the Class of 2016 high school seniors.  As per tradition, they are out on college walk marching boxes of letters into the shipping trucks.  Admissions will be posted online tonight at 5 pm.  Freak out, high schoolers! As always, it was one of the largest […]

Maybe it’s not as warm as it was a few days ago, but it’s still springtime!  Get out there and enjoy it with your favorite neighborhood farmers at the Columbia Greenmarket, on Broadway between 114th and 116th every Thursday and Sunday.  This week’s highlights gets you involved: Everything you see at the market began as […]

It may not be JSachs, but Columbia does in fact have a World Bank presidential candidate. (Bloomberg) Kate McKinnon, CC’06, is rumored to be joining the SNL cast, adding to our growing list of alums on the comedy show.  Let’s hope she doesn’t fuck it up. (Vulture) Turns out the weird guy in the Batman […]

In what you can’t prove definitively was an attempt to procrastinate this past Sunday night, we searched high and Low (get it?) to get our hands on a copy of The King’s Spear’s very first issue. Joining the ranks of existing satire publications like The Fed and Jester, The ‘Spear parodies goings-on of the Columbia community […]

  Location: 566 W. 114th Nearby dorms: Broadway, Ruggles, Carman. Hogan shares an entrance with the Broadway residence hall, which the hip kids have taken to calling “Brogan.” Stores and restaurants: Close to Lerner and Butler, across the street from Amir’s, Havana, International. One of the best locations on campus, with Milano and Lerner each […]

Just in time for your last midterms to coincide with your final paper proposals, it’s Mental Health Awareness Week! Every day from this evening until Saturday, the Columbia Neuroscience Society will host a range of events that provide you with information about mental health, resources, and most deliciously, free food. The week, organized in conjunction […]

It looks like Columbia will no longer be exclusively serving Deantinis—at least until April 15. PrezBo sent out an e-mail about an hour ago announcing the formation of a committee to select the next Dean of Columbia College. As Deantini is currently the Interim Dean, he will almost definitely be in the running. PrezBo has “limit[ed] […]

We at Bwog are big on celebrations—or anything that involves party hats, really. So when a tipster spotted the following sign outside Mel’s, we couldn’t help but wonder who exactly “The Boss” is (Bruce himself?) and whether or not we’re invited… Although we were initially disappointed to find out that the party isn’t in honor […]