The Blue and White investigates everything you left at the bar last weekend. “It’s just like an Ivy League Eugene O’Neill play,” says Tim Monaghan of the trails of lost luxuries left behind weekly by Columbia students. While bartending 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., Monday to Thursday, Monaghan witnesses students leave behind everything from keys […]

Name, school: Katie, BC Claim to Fame: Student Government Association President. You also loved my Midnight Breakfasts. Where are you going? Law school eventually. A reproductive rights advocate later. Barnard historian last. Three things you learned at Columbia: A sense of community isn’t created by a new building or policy. It happens when you’re sitting […]

A meeting of minds at Campo.  Who’s to say they too weren’t drunk and screaming? The owner of the Times Square SUV was arrested while trying to flee to Dubai. Summit Security employees get wage and benefit increases in a new contract. The MTA and Port Authority have been paying huge amounts of overtime. We’ve […]

Today is the last day of classes, finals are coming up very soon, and you know what this means: the time you have to enjoy the luxury of food will be dwindling due to studying. In these trying times, while most may turn to simple choices such as instant noodles or macaroni and cheese, we […]

The class councils of 2013 are holding an event tonight for freshmen (enjoy that status while it still lasts!) in Lerner Cinema where they will have 400 White Castle burgers, pizza, and other food for free. The event starts at 8 pm, and they will be handing out LitHum study guides to the first 50 […]

You might not know the following figures–but you should [Ed note: well, you all know this one.] In Campus Characters, The Blue and White introduces you to a handful of Columbians who are up to interesting and extraordinary things and whose stories beg to be shared.  If you’d like to suggest a Campus Character, send […]

Guy to girl, in conversation: “Ok good. Because nothing happened…” [Pause] “But we did use a condom.” Image via Flickr/victoriapeckham

A new issue of The Current is available online, and we hit the highlights: Manhattanville. Way too modern. Domestic violence in Israel. Reading, books. Factory farming.

The push for gender neutral housing made some progress this school year, but those in favor of it say there obviously needs more to be done. To bring attention to this issue once more, Everyone Allied Against Homophobia today officially presented a petition, signed by over 900 Columbia students and endorsed by 20 campus organizations, […]

It’s near the end of the semester, and the only thing that’s on your mind is laying on the lawns running from the rain. But don’t forget that there are things that need your input! Cough. Courseworks evaluations have been out for a while now, and many of them are due towards the end of […]

As part of their SEAS the Day! celebrations, ESC is giving away free burgers and T-Shirts in Lerner Piano Lounge today from 12 pm – 2 pm (the location was moved due to rain). Carpe them while they last! Update: CPU is also giving away free HamDel sandwiches on Lerner Ramps from 12 pm – […]

Meet Kyle Smith, your new head coach for the men’s basketball team. (Spec) Meet Nick Tsoulos, who will soon be opening Mel’s Burger Bar in mid-June or early July. (nycfoodguy.com) Meeting new people is better with social networks… or not. (Gothamist) Midtown meets London, as the NYPD plans on installing a new security network. (NYT) […]

Tomorrow is the last day of class and therefore probably the first day on which you’ll actually be paying attention in class, and Bwog would, again, be most appreciative if you could keep your ears peeled for anything funny, sappy, or just plain bizarre that comes out of your professors’ mouths. You can send in […]

"It just seems kind of arbitrary the way everything has happened."

Due to popular demand for more badgering of Columbia employees and local businesses, your dedicated correspondent Sarah Camiscoli finagled her way through the breakfast line to ask Eduardo, the soft-spoken and loyal Nussbaum & Wu employee of nine years, what he has to say about the Columbia clientele. What is the general consensus here about […]