Who deserves to live in the brownstones on 114th street: FiJi, still exiled to EC; AXO, the only [PanHel] sorority without a house; a special interest community? Figure it out soon, because you might get to decide—or at least assist with making recommendations for a final decision! Terry Martinez, Dean of Community Development and Multicultural […]

We still don’t really know what this is about.

The ESC is rewarding those of you who decided to do something smart with your undergraduate degrees with a week of free food events, wholesome fun, and most importantly enough free t-shirts to fill your Wien double. Make sure to stop by one of the many events. There’s at least one every day in addition […]

Jeffery Sachs was all like, “You’re a crude Keynesian” and then Krugman was all like, “Naw, bro.” (Business Week) Sharing is caring. But, maybe not too much? (Economist, NYT) If someone told you to jump over a bridge, let’s be real, you probably would. (HuffPo) Google’s been caught redhanded stealing from the Safari cookie jar. (Wired) […]

Update: It’s the 118th Street Breakfast Cart! We just wanted to build some suspense. Last weekend, Bwog’s crack team of bracketologists debuted the Bwog Coffee Showdown, with the goal of finding the best cup of coffee in Morningside? Sure, you can read about Linsanity on any sports page, but only Bwog’s Sports Desk can provide in-depth coverage of Columbia’s […]

Bwog has just learned that the Ursula Burns, SEAS ’82 (MS in mechanical engineering) and the chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation, will be the featured speaker at the 2012 engineering school class day. Burns is the first African-American woman to chair a Fortune 500 company, according to an article published by Spec. The same […]

Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump. Recommended: “University Lecture: Scholars and Spies: Worldly Knowledge and the Predicament […]

It’s impossible to talk about sports in New York this week without mentioning Knicks point guard sensation, Jeremy Lin. It also turns out it’s impossible to talk about Jeremy Lin without using a LINconcievable number of LINcredibly bad puns. Anyone who has turned on a TV or picked up a New York newspaper in the […]

Here’s yet another instance of some really important cultural things being totally free and right under our noses. The Silent Strength of Liu Xia is an exhibition at the Italian Academy of the work of house-arrested dissident Chinese photographer Liu Xia, wife of Nobel-winning poet Liu Xiaobo. Conor Skelding stepped inside. I’d never been inside Casa Italiana […]

As we mentioned yesterday, we’re open to answering your housing questions. Send us some more either via e-mail (housing@bwog.com) or in the comments! Q: How do you bring up the topic of housing to a potential suitemate? A: Housing angst is real. Who wants to vulnerably put oneself out there only to risk rejection and shame? […]

Lost my white scarf printed with lots of bears sometime on Thursday 2/16, possibly in Hamilton 6th floor, Schermerhorn 6th floor, or John Jay dining hall. Important for sentimental reasons. If found, please contact nl2294@columbia.edu, it’s very special to me.

“What’s there to do in this one horse town on a mid-February Sunday’s evening?” If someone asks you this question today, you already know the answer: attend the Bwog meeting in Lerner SGO at 7 pm and eat Bwog’s free food! Come to make or take pitches, discuss new ideas, or just loiter. We’re happy […]

Focus on summoning your absolute best memory. Relive your happiest moment. Do you have it in mind? Good. Now, what if it never actually took place?! Bwog gray matter enthusiast Bijan Samareh joined Dr. S. Matthew Liao for a lecture in the rafters of Schermerhorn to engage in just such speculation.  Is the lingering memory […]

Are you reading this on your iPhone? Well, maybe you shouldn’t be! Bwog is back to defend the seemingly indefensible, and today, resident Luddite Raphaelle Debenedetti makes the case for the dumbphone. Since it’s not New Jersey, it won’t be our most hopeless battle yet. “Are you two texting each other?” asked the curiously blunt waiter at […]

Rome: Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York was appointed a Catholic Cardinal this weekend. Red hats abound. (NYT) Montauk: Gawker profiles one of the most creative and implausible con artists in recent memory, the so-called “Montauk Grifter.” Users of OkCupid: you’ve been warned. (Gawker) China: The people who make your iPad can’t afford your iPad. […]