According to The Daily Beast’s recent list of 50 Most Stressful Colleges in America, Columbia comes in second in the nation, behind only Stanford. They compiled their list based on five school qualities (weight; Columbia’s stats): cost (35%; $51k), competitiveness (35%; 8th), acceptance rate (10%; 10%), engineering (10%; 18th), and crime (10%; 12th). While we […]

According to their Facebook event page, the Vietnamese Student Association will be holding a study break tonight serving (what we can only assume to be) free toasted baguettes, assorted spreads, and Vietnamese coffee. The event starts at 8:30 pm in 503 Lerner. Yum! Photo via Flickr/wordridden

Dear Friends: Please join the staff of The Blue and White and the Bwog for our meeting tonight at 9 p.m. in the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel. We’re hurtling toward the next issue’s layout date—this weekend, yikes!—so tonight we’ll open up the floor to writers to update us on their pieces. Afterward, we’ll be […]

This large contraption was spotted outside of Hamilton 702, just DC chillin’. No cups, no explanation, nothing. This campus is getting more mysterious by the second. Update: Now with a lost, wandering Chewie! Photos by ECS, MMT

99 Columbians is a never-before-seen art endeavor that uses photography to reach individuals from across the Columbia University community and encourage them to think about the individual identities of their peers here at the university and see a greater cross-section of different students from all the different schools.  More specifically, it aims to blur a few […]

Engineers turned entrepreneurs, Melissa Pallay and Megan Schultz, both SEAS ’11, are the founders of Mimi Truffles. Their delectable treats are now sold at Westside Market. Bwog’s Confection Correspondent Carolyn Ruvkun reports: When Melissa and Megan participated in the 2009 CU Search Scavenger hunt together, a clue sent them to Jacques Torres and Max Brenner, […]

Bwogger Anish Bramhandkar found this mysterious board in Lerner yesterday: Points to anyone who can guess what this hodgepodge of math, physics, and almost biology means.

M2M recently debuted a new burger that got us excited, so we decided to go and check it out. Chief Poultry Correspondent Brian Phillips Donahoe pens our review: Bwog was already giddy with anticipation when we saw the signs: M2M was introducing a new chicken burger. Come dinner time, we joined the disorganized and agitated […]

And for the first time this year, everyone is out on the East South Lawn taking advant—

There was a bit of a hullabaloo over the weekend over the leaking of a Senior Underground email announcing that 40s on 40 would be continue to take place. That email though, was at least in part precipitated by an earlier email from the senior class councils announcing the cancellation of a formal 40s event; […]

One of the greatest perks of an Ivy League education is having all sorts of guest lecturers and talks hosted right on campus. Yet many of these great talks are not publicized enough. Enter Bucket List, a weekly feature that aggregates these events in a single location that will hopefully make you realize, like Bwog […]

The MTA is increasing security in subway stations, yet only about 25% of all stations will have security cameras. (Gothamist) New York health commissioner is fighting obesity by advocating a sugared soda tax. (NYT) Bloomberg may be doing it all just for us, but it might not be good enough. (NYDaily) JFK has started renovating […]

Ladies and gents, the rumors are true/false/sortakinda accurate, depending on your sources: legendary Wu Tang member Ghostface Killah, Outback Steakhouse-promoting psychedelic indie outfit Of Montreal, and remixing/upcoming Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa will play Bacchanal on Saturday, April 24th. Bacchanal’s theme this year is Chewbacchanal, and readers should be on the lookout for real-life Chewie sightings […]

For some first-years, John Jay takeout is the saving grace of our humble dining hall. It gives students the option of eating in the comfort of their own dorms, on the Steps, or at any other location where it’s acceptable to eat alone. However, as convenient and useful as this service may be, there are […]

The rain subsided, and the latter part of the week brought days of glorious weather. Florals, spotted on the young and old alike, dominated College Walk in an apparent nod to Easter and general spring spirit. Bwog brings you some highlights. Annika and Trisha, BC/CC/SEAS/GS ’??, College Walk To parents/family: What brings you to Columbia? We’re […]