The J-School steals a mixed-media mastermind away from The Guardian. (Wired) Want to be an eminent domain holdout? The Times lists places you might consider moving to. Gentrification is upon us! (and guilty liberals complain). (Spec) The L Hostel in Harlem was shut down by the city. (Gothamist) photo via flickr/paraflyer

In case you were wondering what building it was that you just walked into, Columbia has thoughtfully provided guidance for the lost: Photos by DCH, GD & AB

This Wednesday, SIPA and the J-school invited authors of Game Change John Heilemann and Mark Halperin to discuss their book about the 2008 presidential campaign in light of the upcoming election season. Bwog’s Political Lit Bureau Chief Rebecca Newman reports. To Heilemann and Halperin, Game Change is and always has been about the characters. The […]

Free ice cream Occasion: Square Dance with BC ’13 Where: LeFrak Gym When: 7:00pm-8:30pm . Free Magnolia cupcakes (for the first 100 people) Occasion: Screening of “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” + Q&A with an ex-child soldier and the filmmakers Where: 202 Altschul (Barnard) When: 7:30 pm-9:00 pm . Free cookies, brownies and fruit Occasion: Voices: […]

Bwog has been operating under the commonly-held assumption that Core Professors have to petition with the Core office to give you anything under a B-. This, to us and scores of friends, was common knowledge. Um, guess we have to get on our shit. From: Sarah Camiscoli Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:11 AM To: […]

This slice of relevance provided by Wikimedia Commons Sarah Camiscoli is a shoe-leather journalist! She sat in on the College Dems vs College Republicans final debate of the year, and everyone yelled a lot. The chalkboard in Fayerweather 313 blared: “Resolved: The public school system should be replaced with vouchers.” This was to be a […]

“Scientists have proven what many of us knew all along—feminists have better sex.” So reads the Facebook event description for last night’s “Fucking While Feminist,” a workshop at Barnard with itinerant sex speaker Shelby Knox. H.S.G., Bwog’s Sexiest Single-Sex Sexologist, reports. Shelby Knox’s most vivid memory of sex ed is the day that a local […]

Who cares if you don’t have a job? You know that four years at Columbia was worth every penny cuz being a CC senior entitles you to not one but two free t-shirts: a senior class shirt, and a 40 Days shirt! If you haven’t yet, you can pick yours up on the Lerner ramps […]

As promised, the finalized Chewbacchanal schedule: Friday, April 23 Party with Chewbacca Revson Lawn, 12-3pm (next to Ancel Plaza on the bridge over Amsterdam) Free food, giveaways, music, photo ops with Chewy and life-size checkers! Saturday, April 24 Chewbacca’s Hope For Haiti Fundraiser 12-3pm, South Lawns Free food, giveaways, music, giant inflatable obstacle course and […]

Gateway as you knew it will never be the same after IBM teams up with Columbia to turn SEAS green. (Solve Climate) SIPA’s proves that it’s possible to make quite the commotion by protesting on Facebook. (HuffPo) Our very own Juli Weiner gets noticed by The Drudge Report. (Wonkette) A monster of a Sorting Machine works […]

Office hours: they’re the best! For the latest in our ongoing series of professor interviews, Sam Schube spoke with old Bwog favorite Bruce Robbins. While you might know him from that one essay you skimmed for University Writing (that’d be “The Sweatshop Sublime”), Robbins is a man of many interests—chief among them plumbing and the […]

Lots o’ free food coming atcha tonight. At 8pm in the Dodge Room at Earl Hall, Fatima Tsiouris (from the Mailman School of Public Health) will speak on “the burden of HIV/AIDS on women and children: transmission and treatment.” Thai food and snacks will be in abundance. Facebook event here. From there, dash over to […]

The setting: Butler’s Catalog Room. The players: two freshman girls reading To The Lighthouse. A few alcoves over, a table is loudly laughing. Girl #1: That girl’s been laughing for hours. Girl #2: She’s probably reading To The Lighthouse. Ba-dum ching! Photo via Wikipedia

Add these names to the list of famous and accomplished people to attend commencement on May 18th. Not that you aren’t all famous and accomplished, senior-people. The Medal of Excellence goes to really excellent Columbia alums under 45: Dana Schutz, School of the Arts ’02 Ron Gonen, Business ’04 Other honorary degrees of various flavors […]

It’s an Every Other Wednesday, and that means another QuickTix—Bwog’s biweekly glance at what’s selling on and off campus. Thanks as always to the Arts Initiative for the statistics, and a tip: just about all of these–and more!–can be found on our Bucket List. Tickets sold for on-campus events this past week: 2313 And a […]