Well, this is embarassing. A North Korean long-range rocket launched this morning broke up after launch, raising many eyebrows and more than a few guffaws. (CNN) Core references in real life! Well, in a movie at least. (New Yorker) Not so fast, international censorship laws. (AKAScope) NASA might have found life on Mars! In 1976… […]

If there’s one thing we’ve learned at Columbia, it’s how to make the most out of the least—as PrezBo himself once never said, “When life gives you lemons, make a weird gin cocktail in an empty lemonade bottle and bring it to South Lawn.” So in the spirit of efficiency and maximizing resources and cutting off […]

Last week, Bwog sat down with Dan Mullins, Florida native and member of Columbia’s Uptown Local, in the Butler lounge for some unconventional learning. Frisbee clutched faithfully in hand, he shared words of wisdom on one of the most parodied and misunderstood sports in modern culture. Endless mysteries surround Ultimate Frisbee: Is it great enough […]

Students for Substance Free Space (SFSFS), a special interest housing group, is giving out free ice cream in the McBain lobby right now.  Get there while supplies lasts!  Vanilla or chocolate with chocolate sauce and rainbow sprinkles.  They are also handing out info sheets from Ask Alice about alcohol and substance abuse.

Yesterday, the USenate held a two-hour townhall on “Open Course Evaluations” in the Law School. Around 40 people attended, including a fair number of students.  The details of the proposal can be found here: the basic gist is that the primarily quantitative data will be released online, with at least one qualitative question, “Would you recommend […]

Free Westside cookies are to be had tonight, in Hamilton 602, courtesy of Columbia Right to Life. They’re holding a talk entitled, “Pro-Life, Pro-Woman: A Feminist Perspective.” According to Tess Murray, Treasurer, “Anyone who disagrees will have an opportunity to challenge [our guest speaker] at the end! We’re looking forward to a healthy dialogue and want […]

Thanks to the good people in the IPA (InterPublications Alliance, not that), you can now subscribe to have your selection of Columbia’s wonderful undergraduate publications delivered right to your Lerner mailbox. Cool, huh? So if you want to make sure you receive every issue of, oh we don’t know, The Blue & White, just fill out this […]

Earlier this morning, The Eye published an article about shakeups in the upper echelons of the Columbia administration. The piece contained a couple of new nuggets in this seemingly never-ending story—including a summary of the infamous McKinsey report and changes to financial aid—but it can be difficult to keep track of everything that’s happened since […]

Jose Antonio Vargas is a journalist, who  wrote a piece for the New York Times Sunday Magazine 10 months ago in which he revealed that he is in fact an undocumented immigrant. He was at SIPA on Tuesday at 6 pm to talk about his own life story and about his latest project, Define American, a […]

The CAs have planned CU Search—advertised to be “the most epic photo scavenger hunt of all time,” for all CC and SEAS students.  Similar to Assassins—but with less time spent hiding in your target’s closet—you form a team of 3+ people and complete as many clues as possible, recording it all photographically. Plus there are prizes! […]

As always, this year’s graduates will be joined by fascinating and successful individuals on whom the university is conferring honorary degrees. In addition to the honorary degrees, the University Medal of Excellence, awarded annually to an outstanding Columbia graduate under the age of 45 and giving you something to aspire to, will be given to: Tom Kitt, CC’96 And the […]

As announced last month in a press release, the J-School has been undergoing a little nip/tuck to bear a famous name. While the official reveal is slated for 4/20, we snuck an early peek:

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced that eight Columbia academics are recipients of a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship. Awards are given to those, “who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.” Acceptance not only signifies extraordinary academic achievement, but also comes with cash. Timothy Donnelly – Associate Professor […]

Symposium: Columbia Being Happy continues onwards today with another dose of Live at Lerner. Today’s production includes performance by Beast Make Bomb, a Brooklyn-based garage rock band with influence from the likes of the Pixies, the Velvet Underground, and Blink 182. Food for today is a Texan-inspired full meal including: Chicken or veggie quesadillas Nachos with […]

Every Thursday and Sunday from 114th to 116th on Broadway, the Columbia greenmarket comes ’round to provide a bit of stability to your hectic city life.  Likewise, every Thursday we’re here to give you the highlights: Today Lani’s Farm will have bunches of asparagus.  Get to the market early for this first spring treat! This […]