Men’s tennis wins the Ivies! Congratulations! (gocolumbialions.com) Alternative teaching programs such as Teach for America may soon be given the ability to grant master’s degrees, eliminating the need for formal institutions like Teacher’s College. (NYT) Bryant Park has the cleanest public restroom in the city. (Gothamist) New York Senator Chuck Schumer gets five airlines to […]

Update, 4/19 5:35 pm: To the prospective students featured in this post: The Bwog editors want to apologize for the tone of the comments below. We keep our comment sections as open as possible to encourage discussion and debate, but sometimes people get carried away. Prospies, please do not allow these few, highly vocal opinions […]

Bwog horse-wrangler Mahrah Taufique witnessed a marriage between NYU and Columbia at Hangama today.

Overheard on 115th and Broadway Columbia senior: “I don’t want to leave college, but if I don’t, my gravestone will read, ‘Nearly Graduated.’” Photo via Wikimedia Commons

What a wild and wacky Sunday it has been! This morning, Bollinger Family Biographer Mariela Quintana spotted MrsBo herself, Jean Bollinger, buying a book of poetry at Book Culture. She was wearing Nike sneakers (the couple that jogs together, stays together!) and “seemed very intent” that the cashier run up her store credit correctly. She […]

The CU Organization of Pakistani Students in collabo with the NYU Pakistani Students Assocation present Hangama, the self-proclaimed “Mock Wedding of the Year,” which will take place today on Low Plaza from 3-5. Alongside the mock wedding and performances from CU Bhangra, CU Raas, Taal, Dhoom and OPS, there will be $7 chicken and rice […]

With each thrust of the sword to a specific target area, the kendoka unleashes a chilling battle cry, naming the specific point of contact on the opponent’s body.

Your standard brownies, mediocre sammiches, and soft beverages outside Roone now for Days on Campus.

New York doormen are fed up with the city’s proposed contract amendments. (NY Daily News) New York carriage horses aren’t happy with their vacation benefits. (NYT) The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is ready to “stick it to the man, dude.” (Gothamist) JFK-connecters just want to pack their bags and go home. […]

This man frequently prowls College Walk in search of furry friends. This particular squirrel snacks while enjoying the companionship of an individual so in touch with urban wildlife. Photo by Louisa Clark

In a recent email sent out to SEAS students, the University Senate Elections Commission asked them to “reconsider how SEAS students are elected to the Senate.” This move was prompted by graduate engineering students voicing concerns that they felt underrepresented. Indeed, the survey asks only one question: Should the SEAS student body be separated into […]

Today was Columbia’s 7th Annual Relay for Life to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Bwog’s Mahrah Taufique reports via photo.

A tipster sends us this from the Hartley basement: If what we think happened happened, Bwog formally advises you both to get a tetanus shot stat.

A gloomy Saturday  morning is upon us. Stay in side, stay in your pajamas, and regress back to childhood with Saturday Morning Cartoons. Cartoons by Abigail Santner

Navigate the Columbia Neuroscience Society’s Mental Health Fair until 1:30 and be rewarded with deliciousness.