The old CCSC board convened one last time before finals. Brian Wagner reports, sheds one shiny tear. Norita Mengu was elected President of next year’s Elections Board. After she delivered a speech and answered a few questions from the board, the Council decided she had the experience and passion to bring about the reforms they hope to […]

In case you missed it, Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden in a speech last night. (NYTimes) Thousands gathered last night at Ground Zero and all over New York City to celebrate the news. (ABC, Metro, TPM, NYTimes) The NYPD are on high alert in fear of retaliation. (Village Voice) In a short […]

Students across campus are rejoicing over the news that Osama bin Laden is dead. Cheers and shouting were coming from John Jay, and there were cries of “USA! USA!” within Butler. Obama is supposed to address the nation imminently, but good luck getting any website to load, so keep an eye on the just addressed […]

Claiming seats in Butler is less of a science, and more of an art. There are techniques that work for some locations, but fail in others. This evening, Senior Butler Analyst Alex Jones spotted the stakeout below and uses it to illustrate one of the many finer points of Butler camping: item usage. There are […]

Senior Wisdom from the class of 2011 continues! Name, school: Nuriel Moghavem, Columbia College Claim to fame: Survived Several Serious near-death experiences with COÖP (hypothermia), CCSC (exhaustion), the 117th Varsity Show (liver cirrhosis), CIRCA (homicide) and the notorious John Jay 9 (all of the above) Where are you going? I’ll be a surgeon one day. […]

Lost at Snoop Dogg concert. If any of these are found please contact amg2250@columbia.edu immediately!

In a plastic bag (I think from West Side) either in Kent or on the Dodge side of Low (the route of KCST’s play). If found, please email me atcez2104@columbia.edu. Thanks!

The Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege and luxury we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus that will hopefully make you realize how lucky we are to be here. Our recommendations for this week (and now posted on […]

What’s that? “There’s no better way to spend a stressful pre-exam-week Sunday than with a block party,” you say? You’re in luck. Chicano Caucus and Grupo Quisqueyano will be holding a Latino Block Party on Lehman Lawn from 2 to 7 pm. There will be free food and performances all day–featuring Mariachi performers, Ballet Folklorico […]

You can slink back to the Reference Room, get to Lerner without having to cross College Walk and stretch out on the lawns again–the Abacchalypse is over. For those of you who skipped the event or were too diligently following Snoop’s words of wisdom, Bwog was almost fully alert to gather the following interesting events. Snoop […]

Bacchanal 2011 in picture and video. Stay tuned for tales from the concert! The grand approach:

Folks seem to be displaying solidarity in the spirit of International Labor Day lately. People are coming together to help the victims of the Alabama tornado, the worst in the country since 1925. (New York Times) Scholars are in solidarity with workers in Iran. A signatory to the letter addressed to imprisoned workers includes Hamid […]

With a whopping ~$100K budget, it’s understandable that people hold such high expectations for the Vshow. The 117th iteration succeeded in tackling this year’s scandals, but failed to deliver the polished production we wanted. Clocking in at over 2 hours (plus intermission), the show strove for topicality, as it should, and handled sensitive issues tastefully […]

As the sun sets over our urban beach, Bwog wishes you a rollicking good afterparty. Photo by Steve Welsh

is that Snoop Dogg is too high to come out of his trailer. What do we do? Should we call CAVA? UPDATE: jk Photo by Michael Young GS ’13