Another week passes, another Saturday morning provokes procrastination.  As the semester winds down, so does Lit Hum for CC freshmen!  Push on through Crime and Punishment–the end is near, friends. Oh, the unifying power of Lit Hum. Cartoon by Abigail Santner

Club Bangla and Sikh Student Association present the South Asian New Years Fair (Boishakhi/Vaisakhi).  Stop by Roone Arledge Auditorium at 1 p.m. for free samosas, pakoras, kebabs and drinks, along with performances by CU Bhangra and more! Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The Sixth Annual Columbia University Undergraduate Film Festival kicks off today with a panel discussion including a free catered lunch held in Lerner 477 at 12:45 p.m.  Events continue throughout the day leading up to the showing of eight short films in Roone Arledge Cinema at 6 p.m. Tickets are availble at the TIC for […]

Head basketball coach Joe Jones leaves for the other BC. (Spec) “Teen terrors” commit hate crimes on the Lower East Side. (NY Post) A few of business professor Sheena Iynegar’s favorite things books. (The Week) The Times reviews School of the Arts alumnus David Chaim Smith‘s exhibition. Protest! (Gothamist) Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The famous and incredibly delicious second incarnation of Cooking with Bwog colloquially known as Cooking With Bwog 2.0 continues this week with more tasty ideas from our friends at the Culinary Society. Make either this savory Lasagne Bianco or the delicate Macadamia Coconut Pie in the Carman kitchen and Bwog will give you a huge […]

Advocates for the Arts Initiative met in the Satow Room in Lerner at 3:00 today in order to gauge student opinion in preparation for their meeting with School of the Arts Dean Carol Becker in two weeks. At issue in the meeting will be the 30% budget cut the Arts Initiative faces for fiscal year […]

A tipster tells us they saw a boy being led out of Carman by three men in suits earlier this afternoon. According to reports, the student had three laptops in his bag. That would account for three of the four laptops stolen on Tuesday. We’ll keep you posted. Again, if you know/saw/heard anything, tip us […]

Bwog just checked in with Matt Kingston, the Associate Director for Housing Operations at Barnard, and he provided us with a revelatory tidbit. The Barnard Housing website has an Available Rooms site that automatically updates after every single group/person picks a room. Basically, immediately after a room is picked, the housing system updates the site. […]

SEAS alum and Professor Emeritus Paul Brandt-Rauf is your SEAS Class Day Speaker. SEAS Class Day is Sunday, May 16th. Brandt-Rauf has been on the Columbia faculty for 23 years, and is a Professor Emeritus of Environmental Health Sciences, of Medicine, and of Earth and Environmental Engineering. He holds six degrees from the University—BS, MS […]

College Days have officially begun, with the Opening Ceremony wrapping up a few minutes ago. There were treats to be had by all: two speakers, two a capella performances, and a lovely selection of croutons for snacks. Hopefully everyone waiting in line got a t-shirt–when Bwog was there, there were two separate lines from the […]

CCSC’s College Days, a week-long last hurrah of sorts for school spirit, officially begin today at 1:00 with the Opening Ceremony on Low Plaza. 40s on 39, anyone? The rest of the College Days schedule is as follows: Opening Ceremony Today, 1-3pm Low Plaza King’s Ball April 10, 9pm-1am Roone Arledge Auditorium BBQ April 11, […]

The City Room blog at the Times covers yesterday’s Low flash mob. Fewer tenure cases and outside hires are being considered due to budget cuts. (Spec) Something you’ve all been wondering about: what to do if you’re vomiting on the subway. (The Frisky) Tiger Woods shot a 4-under 68 in his return to Golf at […]

30-point groups have finished so it’s time to house the luckiest of juniors. The room count has two columns. “Whiteboard” holds official numbers on the Housing whiteboard and “Bwog Count” will be our estimate based on exit polls. To watch our live updates on your mobile device, go to coveritlive.com/mobile and search for “Bwog”. To […]

If the only outing you’ve had this week is to pit stop at Pink Berry on your way to Riverside, it’s time to get your act in gear.  As always, you can count on Bwog’s compadres at Inside New York for help. Forget the cute floral mini.  Indulge freely at “Cupcake Camp.” Free adorably iced […]

There is a very loud and very exciting sorority initiation going on on Low Plaza right now, next to the east fountain. Lots of singing and dancing and chanting. It’s for ΣΛΓ. It’s the most fun sorority initiation Bwog’s ever been to! Update, 8:45: It was the Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority. That’s ΣΛΓ. Sorry our […]