We all have a type. And no, we don’t mean the one you’ll spend most of Heights happy hour trying to stake out—we mean the Butler kind. Join an aggravated Alexandra Svokos as she reports live, from the line at Butler’s Security desk.  She knows it’s in there, somewhere. In her right hand is an […]

Sure it’s a commodity. I mean, walk by any Midtown street corner, and you’re bound to find vendors pushing the stuff by the bagful. That didn’t stop one Carmanite from getting all sentimental.         “Cashmere is proof that your parents love you and want you to be happy”   Furry sweaters via Wikimedia Commons

Keep your eyes open for the October issue of The Blue & White, which, after a delay from the printers, has finally arrived to campus! In the meantime, Bwog will honor our heritage/amorous affair with our mother magazine by posting highlights of the upcoming issue online. Among the treats to look forward to: Knickerbocker Motorsports: a surprisingly gripping history, an examination of Columbia’s updated sexual […]

In the past, we’ve covered the spectrum of cooking all the way from the cooking essentials to Morningside’s exquisite dishes. Last week we showed you that it’s even possible to make prosciutto in the humblest of kitchens. For our second challenge, our dorm-trotting chef Matt Powell visited the kitchen of Daily Editor Alex Jones. Matt […]

With glimpses of the holiday season around us, we must wonder whether it’s really too early. After all, temperatures are finally dipping, the lights are going up on college walk, and your dorm radiator is belching out all kinds of fluids. And since it’s the weekend, you can finally walk down to the new Crumbs […]

While calls for public course evaluations have been swirling around since at least January, members of the University Senate’s Student Affairs Committee are looking to finalize a resolution to present to the floor, according to Spec. A subcommittee will release a report assessing the current systems already in place at Columbia and other schools. Among the […]

Conservative activist and Michael Moore wannabe James O’Keefe took on the J-School’s Dean of Student Affairs during his latest tour of journalism school campuses. After being laughed at by the dean, a bemused O’Keefe had no choice but to walk out. (Gawker) U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel has endorsed the recent subpeonea on WHDLC, the financial […]

Keep your eyes open for the October issue of The Blue & White, which, after a delay from the printers, has finally arrived to campus! In the meantime, Bwog will honor our heritage/amorous affair with our mother magazine by posting highlights of the upcoming issue online. Among the treats to look forward to: Knickerbocker Motorsports: a surprisingly gripping history, an examination of Columbia’s updated sexual […]

Update: Organizers of Bacchanal have pulled together funds from councils and are now at roughly the same budget they had two years ago for Chewbacchanal. Here’s an explanatory video CCSC made about the club’s financial situation: In the democratic spirit of the recent elections, the people from Bacchanal want to know what sort of band […]

After an abbreviated week, thirsty Thursday is upon us again. The Columbia Bartending Agency brings you a new way to quench yourself in Drinking with Bwog. This week, the impeccable Elliot Grieco explains how to pop bottles like a gentleman. Whether because you just got that job offer or you have had your 16th application rejected, any […]

You’re welcome. Yes, you. For what? Glad you asked (see: synergy)—you’re welcome for the second installment of Butler Archetypes! Yesterday’s “Smells Like Weed” portrait should’ve whet your palate; now, brace yourself for a slew of even more Butler-ites. Today, Magnanimous Muffin Sharer Kevin Powers presents us with a vignette of one person whose presence is […]

In this weekly feature, Man about Science Zach Kagan takes a close look at some of the fascinating things Columbia scientists are brewing in the labs. Last week Columbia’s own Brian Greene sermonized science across the nation in his latest PBS special “Fabric of the Cosmos“, where many a blue, shiny spinning thing appeared inside his hands. The first […]

Just long enough for our collective heavy eyelids to close but not long enough for us to repay the egregious sleep-debt we’ve accumulated in the first half of the semester, fall break has left us in a funk. This twilight realm somewhere between lounging and working is reflected in these two boardhops. Overseen in Intro to Comparative Ethnic Study: […]

The lovely Renée Kraiem brings the latest from the SGA. Barnard SGA wants you to fill out a survey on your reaction to the college’s new full-time enrollment fees. Almost a month ago, Dean Hinkson sent out the email that broke the student body’s back; the email briefly outlined Barnard’s new tuition policy, which mandated […]

Winter’s encroaching frost has, for the moment, retreated. Celebrate the little victory with a trip to the Green Market, located between 114th and 116th on Broadway. As always, Bwog brings you this week’s highlights. Milk Thistle returns this Sunday bearing an abundance of dairy: vat-pasteurized milk, chocolate milk, yogurt, and heavy cream. Greenmarket now boasts […]