Caitlin Lynch writes from the year’s first SGA meeting. The first SGA meeting of the year began, as these things do, with logistics: Bryn Mawr will host seven Sisters Conference this year, details on sign-up to come; Student Activities Fair is this Friday from 12–3 on Lehman Lawn, over 50 clubs will be represented. More logistics! The […]

Translators Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevalier explained their efforts to faithfully render Simone de Beauvoir’s Le Deuxième Sexe, or The Second Sex. First published in 1949, it has been called the Bible of Feminism. Borde and Malovany produced the first translation of the entire work, and the first translation by women—answering the thirty-year-old call for a […]

Well not Revson Plaza, really. What do you call that spot on the EC/SIPA/Law School plaza that’s right behind the Law School and looks down into the Wien courtyard? As of sometime in 2011, you’ll call it the fancy new Law School extension, and if you have Law Library privileges, you’ll call it “the reading […]

If you want to make money after college, you should already be in SEAS. (Newsweek) Unless you can sing. Hey! Columbia beats Harvard again! (Spinner) Acquaint yourself with the language of the future. (NY Times) Learn how to use those newfangled electronic voting machines: no hanging chads! (Gothamist) And a comprehensive guide to today’s New […]

Freshmen won’t learn about this ’till CC next year, but it’s time to participate in a few time-honored traditions: making fun of fresh-people CCSC candidates, and voting in real-people elections on Primary Day. 2014 CCSC campaigning began about a half hour ago, so expect to see a lot of posters outside the smokers’ benches at […]

Registration opens in a few minutes, at 9, for the World Leaders Forum. Register here, and see the full schedule of events below. Update: Nigeria has dropped out and Spain is now “unconfirmed.” Jigmi Y. Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan Wednesday, September 15, 2:00 p.m. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of Nigeria Monday, September 20, 3:30 […]

In the highly likely event that you did not consult your 2010 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report this evening, Bwog has picked out a few highlights for you. Instances of burglary have gone way down in the past few years; the McBain arsonist sets fires no more. Forcible sex offenses almost tripled from last […]

The Orientation issue of The Blue and White will arrive on campus this week.  We’ll be posting the entire magazine on Bwog over the next two weeks.  Stay tuned! As hordes of students slouch toward campus reluctant to see the start of a new semester, The Blue & White salutes five of them who refused […]

Dear Friends: Please join the staff of The Blue & White and the Bwog (pictured at right) at our first meeting of the year, happening tonight, Monday night, at 9:00 p.m. in the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel. First-years and new writers/artists/editors are especially welcome and encouraged to attend. We’ll be planning our October issue […]

Carolyn Ruvkun, our Monday Daily Editor, lives off-campus. Even though most things are better for people like her (you don’t have to use Columbia bathrooms!), you are a half-person without swipe access to any dorm. Carolyn went on a quest to right these terrible wrongs. Follow these simple steps to get the Swipe Sticker of […]

Woodland creatures will find you in the night, and they will defile you. Mark Hay, superhuman, tells the terrifying tale: Something about the sound of nail upon metal, the grating and skittering and scraping of it, irks me dearly—so much that it can pull me from the deepest slumber. So when I awoke yesterday to […]

Adam Kuerbitz was there! CCSC literally kicked the year off with a howl last night when University Senator Kenny Durell initiated the gathering with a blast of his vuvuzela. After reviewing representatives on rules of conduct and voting processes, CCSC President Learned Foote introduced CCSCtv, an initiative to post Youtube videos advising students on matters […]

It’s a million degrees out on Low Plaza, and Bwog’s gallons of Oreos are melting fast. Come get ’em! The Blue and White and Bwog are hanging out at Table 125, right next to the fountain on the Amsterdam side of Low Plaza. Seriously, so many Oreos and tea biscuits. We’re looking around for the best […]

One of the greatest perks of an Ivy League education is having all sorts of guest lecturers and talks hosted right on campus. Yet many of these great talks are not publicized enough. Enter Bucket List, a weekly feature that aggregates these events in a single location that will hopefully make you realize, like Bwog […]

Brandon Christophe tipped us about an arrest on campus. We’ll update you as soon as we get more information, but if you saw or heard anything, please email us at tips@bwog.com. Update: James McShane, Department of Public Safety Vice President, explained what went down. He sent us the following in an email: I believe that […]