Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. The majority of the meeting was spent discussing the new election bylaws of the ESC constitution. As reported last year, the ESC will begin holding public e-board elections this year. Under the changes, the members of the senior class council will choose one of its members to […]

To get off to a bright start: some think that it might not be that bad to be alone. Become part of the debate on the pros and cons of living solo. (NYT) After you make your decision and fall into inevitable despair, New York tells you how to drink tonight based on your personal […]

Bwog presents two more eligible bachelors. Interested parties should contact personals@bwog.com, and we’ll send you love birds off with $10 for your date. Name, Year, School, Major: Simon Gregory Jerome, 2013, CC, MESAAS Preference: Guy for guy Hometown: Waldorf, Maryland Dream Date in 7 words or less: Anything out of this DAMN cold. What redeems you […]

The Anat Cohen Quartet played a concert at 8 pm in Miller Theatre on Saturday.  Brazilian choro enthusiast Briana Last was on hand to check out a mix of beats that definitely beat your floormate’s Saturday night DJing. Anat Cohen absorbs the klezmer of her heritage and cranks out a mix of Afro-beat, Brazilian choro, […]

It’s that time of year when friendships become political liabilities and a 300 sq ft box seems like an extravagant luxury. The actual process of picking a hovel takes place much later (and we’ve got you covered on that front), but before we get to that point, groups must be forged in the fiery crucible of deceit […]

Bwog was curious about what chefs-d’œuvre the dignified-sounding Core Scholars program would inspire, so we jumped at Lit Hum Chair/philosopher queen Christia Mercer‘s offer for us to display a few submissions. Behold, an Ovidian triptych by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, CC ’12. As an innocent, rosy-cheeked freshman, I fell for Ovid. I fell hard. I was still reading […]

Hello Friends, The staff of The Blue & White, Bwog’s inkier stepbrother, extends the warmest of invitations to join us at our weekly meeting this chilly Valentine’s Day Eve. Take shelter with us in the cozy crypt of St. Paul’s Chapel, where we’ll discuss campus happenings, content for upcoming issues, and the impending official launch of […]

Columbia Dining has opened their Customer Satisfaction Survey for the year – now’s your chance to say everything you’ve been holding back (bad and good!) about the dining locations across campus.  The survey is running from now until this Friday and can be found here for students, faculty, and staff.  For each completed survey, Dining […]

Earlier this month, aspiring Columbia app-makers competed in DevFest. One of the featured teams was Mason Silber, Sidharth Shanker, and Zach Reitano, who created ParkAlly. ParkAlly is now entered in NYC’s BigApps competition, which relies on public voting. They are currently less than 10 votes away from first place, so let’s throw them a little […]

CCSC guru Sara Ngu delivers the State of the CCSC in bullet point form for your easy consumption. Barack, take note.  DONE Class council drama ends: CC 2014 put up a “roaring” fight, contacted Columbia’s General Counsel, and got Athletics to grant them an exception to use their logo on class t-shirts. CCSC gives you cash: Kevin Zhai strips […]

Butler has study chairs, and Hamilton has desk chairs, but only Lerner possesses the hybrid study/social/dining/package opening crossover combo chair. Ponder the possibilities of this perch as Lerner’s pleathery peculiarities get polemicized. What does an Air Purifier from Sharper Image, 1980s David Bowie, and the pleathery chairs in Lerner have in common? They all look […]

Now, we know this is something we don’t normally do, but this situation is too dangerous to ignore.  Theft continues to abound on campus as a slice of pizza was stolen from the garbage outside Low.  Public safety has sent us a picture of the burglar and warns students to stay on the lookout.

Namely, that it has flooded the machine room. So that’s the bad news: due to a flood in the basement machine room, all the building’s bathrooms are closed until further notice. In an email to a whole bunch of humanities departments, Lisa Seales, Columbia College’s Director of HR, also mentioned that the flood has also […]

The Grammys were last night!  Adele learned you can take an awful break-up and parlay it into 6 awards, viewers learned who Bonny Bear Bon Iver is, and Nicki Minaj pissed off Italian grandmothers everywhere. (Reuters, Fox News) Though our Occupy class never came to fruition, students at other universities are getting schooled in the […]

Hop on the love train with Bwog Personals. You may notice we haven’t included last names in this installment. Well, you don’t have to be googlable to find love! Any of these ladies strike your fancy? Tell us at personals@bwog.com, and we’ll provide $10 for your date. And FYI for those who aren’t so hip […]