The Barnard Library always hosts excellent Stressbusters events, and they’re having another one tonight from 7-9. There will be free food (probably tea and cookies), Stressbusters, and librarians.   Ginger Maine Coon kitten via Wikimedia

Ladies and gentlemen, the announcement you’ve all been waiting for… Derek Arthur, CC 13 and Steven Lau, CC 15 are the winners of Columbia Housing’s Room Selection Video Contest! Congrats. Their video was chosen from 3 submissions “following a departmental evaluation of each submission’s accuracy, effectiveness in explaining the process, and overall video quality, as […]

The final 8% of the Columbia graduating class who are to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society, have been announced. Here are the first 2%. Congratulations to all the inductees. Never stop pursuing “friendship, morality, and literature”, never forget your new motto: “love of wisdom, the guide of life.” The Class […]

According to the Morningside Post, sources in the administration have confirmed that Merit Janow, a professor in the practice of international economic law and international affairs since the fall of 1994, will soon become SIPA’s new dean. She will replace interim dean Robert Lieberman, who will be leaving Columbia University on June 30 to assume […]

A tipster spotted some web-footed friends outside Butler. Perhaps they were trying to paddle in its sea of knowledge. Quack quack quack

We know you know that classes end soon. But we wanted to make sure you hadn’t forgotten what that means: closing remarks. Why did the Pharaohs build the pyramids? Why did Dido sing her lament? Why does anyone hold the Guinness World Record for longest fingernails? They all wanted to be remembered. And for that […]

NBA player Jason Collins became the first openly gay male athlete in a major US sport yesterday. (Sports Illustrated) Some terrier owners in NYC are reviving the sport of hunting by having their dogs chase down rats in alleys. Tally-ho! (WSJ) Worried about your messed-up, only-two-hour-naps-as-needed sleep schedule? Don’t be. It’s perfectly natural, according to […]

You’ve been waiting and asking (and asking and asking…) and it’s finally here. Our first Senior Wisdom of the year: Melissa Kravitz, who may or may not have a Barnard ID, doesn’t need CU Admirers to express her feelings, and puts your “commute” from Woodbridge to shame.  Name, Hometown, School: Melissa Kravitz. Highland Park, IL […]

In a remarkable change of heart from last semester’s public scolding, Dean Shollenberger now whole-heartedly, enthusiastically supports this year’s Orgo Night, and encourages you to do the same!!! Perhaps the greatest use of ellipses ever Want more? Orgo Night is next Thursday, May 9th at 11:59 pm in 209.

Bwog officially endorses Beyoncé. Just in general. Saying that you like Beyoncé is like saying you like to breathe. Obvi. Beyoncé is like totes Bwog’s favorite person eva. She’s fierce, she’s a sexy mommy, and she has an accent at the end of her name, so computers think you’ve misspelled her name. Fav. But in […]

Around 6:30 pm, DEA agents concluded a car chase right on 115th street between Broadway and Riverside Drive, right in front of Schapiro. DEA agents handcuffed two men, who—according to a doorman who witnessed the scene—had been driving a blue mustang with Florida plates. One of the agents told Bwog that the two men have […]

Last night was part deux of CCSC’s thrilling constitutional review session. And let me assure you: It. Was. Thrilling. Boring as fuck. Admittedly, it was somewhat heartening to see the Council address issues that should have been addressed a long time ago, and in such a short period of time no less! To paraphrase CCSC […]

Although we often don’t think of it as such, hip hop is a business. CUSH and CORE organized an event last Friday to invite us to think of it as such. We were intrigued, so we sent our hippest hopper, Eric Wimer, to check it out. Here’s his report: It’s not often enough that you […]

You may have seen the posters featuring a woman in a halloween mask and a red trench coat advertising the Senior Thesis Festival. The play happened this past weekend, at the Barnard Theater Department’s Minor Latham Playhouse, when Rebecca Clark put on her version of Adrienne Kennedy’s The Owl Answers. We sent Julia Goodman to watch it; […]

Update, 3:13 pm: A tipster tells us the banner has been taken down :( The Orgo Night banner just went up in Lerner, and it very openly mocks the Varsity Show banner directly behind it. It’s good to know that Orgo Night hasn’t lost its balls.