To celebrate the launch of their Fall 2011 edition, Helvidius, the Journal of Politics and Society, invites you to drop by Lerner 555 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm today to pick up a copy of the journal, eat free Westside, and hear the wise words of Joe Nocera. Nocera is the author of many-a-NYT op-ed, and […]

We’ll answer your esoteric housing questions. Send them to housing@bwog.com or drop them in the comments. Q: As a senior BC student I’m getting pulled in to a quad by other senior CU students. Is there a form my CU friends have to submit letting CC housing know that a BC student is getting pulled in? As a BC […]

Kind of on the fence about lending a hand to your fellow man? Columbia Community Outreach wonders—would it help if you got a free tee-shirt? No? Uh… how about a pair of sunglasses? Free breakfast? Free pizza, you say? Done. CCO’s promo vid misses the mark—after all, nothing says, “I’m an altruist,” like a video […]

If you thought the improvement from John Jay’s Chinese New Year faux-feast to its Valentine’s extravaganza meant things were looking up, think again. Mardi Gras Maven Alison Herman reports on how last night’s carnival-ous dinner merited little celebration. As with any decent restaurant, lack of a wait means the food’s probably not worth waiting for. […]

Whether you’re attracted by NPR‘s description of Pearl and the Beard as “folksy pop trio with a flair for lovely acoustic Americana” or intrigued by Daytrotter‘s more colorful report that listening to the band is like “looking into the piercing eyes of tumult,” Lerner is the place for you to be this lunch hour. The group […]

Lit Hum: Read The Iliad, or at least see it condensed into a one-man play. (Backstage) CC: Do not burn the Koran. Ever. (Bloomberg, Reuters, Washington Post, Daily Mail, CNN, NYT) FroSci: Comment intelligibly on a supermassive black hole. And no, not the Muse song. (The Register) PE: Go whitewater rafting to spy on people, then crack […]

Last night, Vice-President of the Arts & Sciences Nicholas Dirks delivered the annual University Lecture, entitled “Scholars and Spies: Worldly Knowledge and the Predicament of the University.” The following classified report was submitted by Bwog’s own scholarly spy, Peter Sterne (who—full disclosure—is in Dirks’ CC class). Classical music came from the speakers as people scrambled […]

I left a large black samsonite backpack with a macbook and other school notes at The Abbey on Saturday, February 18th. The computer is of no use to anyone but me since it is password protected, and I will offer a SUBSTANTIAL REWARD. Please contact sd2556@barnard.edu if you have any info.

We were delighted to find more demonstration of wit on the last caption contest’s round of comments. However, only one Columbian can be the wittiest of them all: with 45 up votes and one jealousy-inspired dislike, Anonymous #1’s “Tweets, by Dr. Jay.” Congratulations, Anonymous, you are indeed superior. But we know you all can do better than that. There […]

It’s that time of year again, when probably the only Broadway-style musical you will go to this year comes around. Rather than wallow in Butler, venture across Broadway for another type of entertainment: the annual preview of the 118th Annual Varsity Show, tonight at Havana Central the much more romantically named West End Havana Central! […]

Over the past week, news sources have called to attention the alarming and ongoing police profiling and tracking of Muslim students at American universities. An Associated Press article cites such actions as tracking websites and blogs of Muslim student organizations and engaging in undercover reporting on student prayers. Such invasions of privacy have extended to Columbia in […]

Don’t worry: you don’t have to be either a Barnard student or a senior to join tonight’s 2012 Senior Fund Kick-Off. There will be coffee, Baked By Melissa cupcakes (which, for those of you who don’t know, are tiny little bite sized clouds of magic) and the company of President Spar and the Senior Fund […]

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas, a case which, if ruled in favor of Fisher, would effectively undo PrezBo’s landmark 2003 affirmative action win. PrezBo scored that victory, Grutter v. Bollinger, coming east from UMich, where he was a big affirmative action supporter. The conclusion of the case affirmed public universities’ right […]

Neutral correspondent Renée Kraiem reports on last night’s SGA meeting. Last night’s SGA meeting welcomed, with open stomachs arms to receive their promised Crumbs cupcakes, Associate Dean for Campus and Residential Life Annie Aversa, and Associate Director for Housing Operations Matt Kingston. To satiate Barnard students’ fervent desire for more emails from their administration, Kingston and […]

One more surprise administration announcement, of the sort we often get: Professor Linda Bell of Haverford College has been named Barnard’s new provost. Hailed as a “compassionate communicator and a natural leader” by Spar, Bell will start October 1, 2012. She will take over from interim provost Paul Hertz, who’s temporarily managed the post since Elizabeth […]