Terry Martinez, Dean of Community Development and Multicultural Affairs is hosting ‘Discussion and Dessert with the Dean’ this evening in Furnald lounge, from 8 to 10. It is described as an ‘open house style event’ so students can snag cake and run drop in and out throughout the evening. UPDATE: Free pizza at 8 in […]

In Carleton lounge, a woman runs in the door towards two men at a table, gushing apologies… Woman: “So sorry I’m late! The weather’s crazy out there.” Man1: <glances out window at mild drizzle> Woman: “You know…puddles.”

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…the latest news from Student Government! CCSC: VP for Campus Life Deysy Ordonez outlined the much-anticipated schedule for College Days, the CC version of E-Week, which will start April 9. Among the highlights: all College Days events, including King’s Ball, will be completely free, Tuesday will see a live […]

Bulletin boards on the first three floors of Hamilton–on both staircases!–are plastered with blank Hallmark Valentine’s Day cards. Our cynical heart beats again!

My name is Yael and I am Staff Writer at a public policy think tank called the Breakthrough Institute. We are recruiting student applicants for our paid and highly selective summer fellowship program. Our Project Director, Devon Swezey, and I will be on campus Thursday February 25th in preparation for the All Ivy Career Fair. […]

Jim Downie, Chief Housing Or Lack Thereof Correspondent, covers the lecture of Professor Brendan O’Flaherty, an associate professor of economics and the co-director of Columbia’s Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies. His Facebook fan group claims: “whenever we get an email from bo2@columbia.edu we all feel 1/5th of an orgasm.” Due to the recession, more families are turning […]

The New York Times is collaborating with not us NYU Journalism School on a new news platform, covering the East Village. (Yahoo) In a bizarre twist to the recruitment video phenomenon, Tufts now offers the option to applicants to submit videos to YouTube as part of their application. (NYT) A Columbia student on Survivor! (CBS) The […]

Dear Friends: Please join the staff of The Blue and White and the Bwog (pictured at right) for our meeting tonight, Monday night, at 9:30 p. m. in the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel. We ‘ll continue planning our next issue and getting updates from writers, but we’ll also talk social events to celebrate the […]

Grab that spatula that you haven’t touched in ages and throw away those instant noodles–Cooking with Bwog makes a comeback! That’s right, it’ll be like having reheated leftovers, only better, and this time we’re not just talking vending machines or microwaves; maybe you’ll finally get the chance to use that rice vinegar your grandma mailed […]

The rumors are both true and false, we guess: gender neutral housing will not be an option for the 2010-2011 housing year. Bwog chatted with Sean Udell, VP of CC 2011 and Treasurer of CQA, about the decision from the deans, and what the plan is going forward. While the decision to not allow gender […]

Bwog has received word that until midnight tonight, CU Assassins has been suspended. According to tipsters, there was a security hole in the website that allowed other players to gain valuable knowledge about their targets with little information required. We’re assuming ESC is frantically doing engineer-y things to fix this. “The Management” advises players to […]

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 new weekly feature that aggregates these events in a single location that will hopefully make you realize, like […]

Mark Rudd, a student leader in the 1968 riots, speaks out about burning 10 years of a professor’s work. (NPR) Some retired NYC teachers get over $100,000/year in pensions. (NYPost) The number of black students enrolled in esteemed NYC schools dropped by 10% under Bloomberg’s watch. (NYDaily) Taxis will start offering a ride-sharing service on […]

And it is snowing peacefully on Lerner 5 tonight.