Big schedule changes are in the pipes for Fall 2012, Columbia. Bottom line is that 8:40 am lectures and 8:00 am sections will exist. Today’s email from the Registrar is after the jump. Yesterday, Bwog met about the change with Barry Kane, Associate Vice President and University Registrar, and Margaret Edsall, Associate Vice President for Academic […]

Be on the lookout for the February issue of The Blue & White, on campus now! Bwog will again honor our heritage/amorous affair with our mother magazine by posting features from the upcoming issue. Such treats include the first part of a discussion on the Columbia School, a visit to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and a talk about, well, […]

In this installment of TA interviews, Alexandra Svokos sat down with Carlos Montes-Galdón, a  Macroeconomics TA for Xavier Sala-i-Martin who opens emails to students with a “Happy hangover kids!” on Sundays, ended last semester’s last email with a happy image, and dedicates ridiculous amounts of time to making great notes. Bwog: How do you like TA life? […]

After four years of maintaining a women’s only space at the front of its annual march, Take Back The Night (TBTN) has decided to make participation gender-neutral. The Columbia-Barnard group, an anti-sexual violence activist organization, announced yesterday: As the anti sexual violence movement adapts to include all survivors, we realize that the time is now […]

A JetBlue flight was diverted after the pilot went crazy. (CNN, Wall Street Journal, Gothamist) A fast-moving wildfire has claimed two lives and burned through 4,500 acres in Colorado. (Denver Post) As if the SATs weren’t enough to give you a meltdown, now you really can’t cheat. (NYT) North Korea won’t back down on its nuclear project. (CNN) While hackers […]

As much as the flurry of dusty vintage cars parked along 116th street between Broadway and Riverside hint at Mad Men, the stars in this situation are much more current. Starting at 7 am tomorrow and going on till 8 pm, Inside Llewyn Davis, the new film by the Coen brothers (!!!) will be filming […]

Just as important as ascertaining the best water fountains is deciding where to go a few hours later. What kind of bathroom experience do you want to have today: isolated? artistic? mysterious? terrifying? To solve this mystery, our very own brave Bwog Bathroom Inspectors ventured from the bowels of Schermerhorn to the highest heights of […]

Above-standard and highly sanitary detective Jed Bush explores the controversies surrounding expansion at Monday’s CPC forum. Last night, the Coalition to Protect Community (CPC) organized a panel discussion on SCUD— efforts to Stop Columbia University Displacement—in a small lecture hall in the Mathematics Building. Though students did not come out in droves (the crowd numbered […]

Location: 549 W. 113th Street Nearby dorms: Across the street from Symposium and McBain. Around the block from Broadway and Hogan. Stores and restaurants: All the same locations as McBain and Nussbaum—you’ve got the best of Broadway at your disposal. Milano, Nussbaum & Wu, and International are all a 30-second walk. And they’re all it […]

As 2012 Suite Selection fast approaches, your housing questions are bound to multiply to the nth degree, like some sort of math thing we don’t learn about in our humanities seminars. Send ’em to us at housing@bwog.com, and we’ll do our darndest to get you some answers in time for the big day(s). Q: I’m a […]

Location: 70 Morningside Dr. Nearby dorms: The rest of EC, Wien. Nothing else. Not that it matters, because people come to you! Stores and restaurants: HamDel, Appletree Market, SubsConscious, Kitchenette(!), a handy Citibank ATM on the 4th floor of SIPA. Cost: $8,210 Amenities: AC/Heating: Yes and yes. Kitchen/Lounge: The kitchens are well-outfitted and recently remodeled. […]

Forward-looking correspondent Renée Kraiem reports on last night’s SGA meeting. Last night’s Rep Council meeting began at 8:30 to accommodate the Second Annual Career Dinner, which was so successful that it seems we’re looking at a third one. And, in the spirit of the annual, the majority of the meeting was spent preparing for the next annus. […]

Mad Men, AMC’s ’60s drama reeking of cigarette smoke and sexist one-liners, ran its season five premier Sunday night. Our own 20th century American history professor Alan Brinkley shared his reaction on Speakeasy, a Wall Street Journal A&E blog, considering Don “a kind of Gatsby.” Beware the spoilers. The new era doesn’t seem to have […]

In case you haven’t stepped outside yet, it’s fucking cold.  Pull out your jacket, hat, and scarf.  Close your windows.  Put down that cute sundress.  Winter ain’t over yet, folks.

Facebook now owns the word “book.” The perfect excuse not to discuss your reading! (Wired) Birthdays and dinosaurs are now forbidden among children due to the potential emotional damage they cause. (Huffington Post) Columbia is going to court to protect its top-secret genetic information. (Reuters) This guy is walking every street in New York City […]