CoLab, the Columbia/Barnard interdisciplinary student arts organization, held their first performance of their spring showcase last night. Their final two performances are today at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Glicker-Milstein Theatre in the Diana Center; tickets are free but can be reserved in advance on the CUArts site. To give you a taste […]

It’s a beautiful day, and Barnard’s annual music festival WBAR-B-Q (Edition XX) is today! Check out the lineup below and event page here, but not for too long because it’ll be much better to hear these people in person. The festival/concert/extravaganza starts at 12 p.m. on the Lehman Lawn and runs until 8, so hustle […]

Blue Ivy is growing up and starting to look like her mom—whut, not fair. (Usweekly, Twitter) Apparently cheese patterned fabric exists. Whut. (Buzzfeed, Kraftbrands) A gang member was running a kids party business.  Renting ponies from gangasters, whut. (Gawker, Youtube). A Missouri lawmaker wants to ban seersucker suits. Whut—wait just kidding, this actually makes sense. […]

Each month, The Blue and White publishes two pages of poetry! Here is our last Measure for Measure. As you can see, they are very nice poems. However, they are by senior editor Torsten Odland. And while we like publishing his poetry—we have published a poem of his below, after the jump—we would also like […]

Greek yogurt is all the rage, but how about something to go on top? Baking customized, homemade granola is easier than you’d think. Make breakfast for the whole week in one go! Nut Lover’s Granola Personalize your granola by switching the almonds and pecans with pumpkin seeds or coconut flakes, or toss in dried fruit […]

This evening, to celebrate the end of Earth Week, there will be a festival on Lehman Lawn from 7-10pm. There will be free food, performance groups, activities, and prizes (dining dollars as well as actual prizes). More information on the event (and the events from this past week) can be found here. The beautiful young […]

Tonight at 9pm Jester presents The Varisty Show in the Lerner Blackbox. The Facebook description puts it best: THIS IS THE VARISTY SHOW. DON’T BELIEVE THE RUMORS, THIS IS THE REAL VARISTY SHOW. WE ARE THE JESTER YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY TRUST US, WE ARE TELLING THE TRUTH THIS IS THE REAL VARISTY SHOW. DO YOU […]

This past weekend, the women’s tennis team won their first Ivy League title with a big win over Princeton.  Nicole Bartnik, team captain, talked to sports maven Conor Cashel about this big accomplishment. Bwog: First of all, congratulations on securing a share of your first Ivy League title and finishing with the best record in program […]

In honor of Earth week, we thought we’d provide you with some drinks that are easy on the environment…and/or that are just green. (If nothing else, they can double as St. Patrick’s Day drinks, because we all know that’s a day with a shortage of alcohol.) Although it’s kind of hard to say which drinks […]

Living in fear of the squalid living conditions that await you next semester? There may be another option, and one that you’ve probably passed by dozens of times without noticing. The Bayit, Columbia’s pluralistic Jewish living community and food co-op, is accepting applications for Fall 2013. Intrigued? Don’t know where — or what — the […]

The core of the earth is fucking hot. (BBC) Einstein was proven right, again. (Science World Report) A NASA rover draws a dick on the surface of Mars.(Dvice) Saturn will be easily visible when you’re high on a roof stargazing this weekend. (Space.com) Not the phone via Shutterstock

Weeping echoes across the entire Columbia campus as we receive tips that Crack Del has been shut down for selling alcohol to minors. Tipsters report that the building is surrounded by cops and upset freshmen. If you have any info about our beloved Crack Del’s demise, send it to tips@bwog.com. Update, 1:17 am: A tipster sent […]

And the SEAS commencement speaker is… Robert Bakish, SEAS ’85! Bakish is the CEO of Viacom International Media Networks, so he’s definitely doing something right. Here’s what Bakish had to say about it: “It is an honor to represent Columbia Engineering and a privilege to be asked by my School peers to speak at such […]

Have you ever sent a document to the printer, taken the trek downstairs to print it out, only to discover the print job didn’t go through? Well, computer science major Jervis Muindi (SEAS ’13) has a solution for you: CU Print. This app for the Android platform (sorry, iOS users) is available free of charge […]

Hey! You! Yeah, you, right there reading this. You like acting, right? OK, well, maybe you’re ready for your fifteen minutes of fame? Whatever your inclination to the limelight might be,  Bwog video is doing a film shoot this Sunday and needs you. There’s nothing to memorize and no experience is required. You just have […]