The blaring noise and flashing lights weren’t enough – occupants of 209 stood around looking at each other for several minutes before a loud voice told them to “move people!” On the bright side, Lerner-bound Butler refugees have come across a big free cheese platter in the lobby by 212. Enjoy!

The latest from the world of student government: CCSC continued discussions about the tobacco workgroup, new student spaces in Broadway and Schapiro, and an undergraduate lecture series. The recent student space survey revealed that many students would prefer that these spaces be given to group meetings. CCSC President Sue Yang told Bwog that the council […]

News crews hit campus this week, excited over the biggest thing to hit Columbia since Ahmadinejad.  Bwog has brought together four videos from the online feeding frenzy for your viewing pleasure. WPIX found a neighborhood resident who couldn’t even bring herself to say the word “sex.” WABC got dating advice from James Lenzi, the owner […]

We hardly knew ye

Joseph L. Bruno, Former State Leader, outdoes Sasha Baron Cohen at his own game (NYT). Who would’ve guessed: Prezbo reveals that Manhattanville’s future will depend on court case (Spec). The secret Facebook Police are on patrol (Gawker). Wilderness infiltrates NYC (CityRoom). As Toni Morrison can tell you, Columbia still has a glass ceiling (Spec).

There’s been a lot of ink spent in the off-campus press on the recent gender-neutral housing proposal, but most of it has ignored one targeted community: trans students. But gender-neutral housing is just one of several issues facing the trans community at Columbia. From the new issue of the Blue and White, hitting a magazine […]

The newest edition of Awaaz: The Voice of South Asia is available as an online PDF, and we hit the highlights. South Asians are not all IT specialists or medical professionals. (p.10 – p.14) Just look at Kal Penn, working for Obama! (p.38 – p.39) The city of Dharamsala could give India an upper hand […]

1980’s New Wave correspondent Jeff Illouian reports–that as we type these very words–Sting is rehearsing with a full live orchestra in St. John the Divine. You don’t have to pay, you just have to swoon!

Big changes could be on the way next year for how Columbia students do on-campus dining, especially for those on meal plans. According to student government sources, to meet student desire for greater flexibility in their dining plans and to encourage healthier eating habits, meal plans will be shifting from the current meals-per-semester system to […]

The staff of the Blue and White kindly requests the pleasure of your company at tonight’s meeting at 9:30 PM in the basement of St. Paul’s chapel. This very well could be the last Blue and White meeting of the decade, depending on how things are looking next week. So! Please come if you are […]

Quick, if you blink, you might miss it! Or actually, you probably did. At 1:40pm, Bwog’s Eliza Shapiro tipped us that about ten people were at the Sundial protesting for “Solidarity with Iran.” By 1:50pm, it was reduced to five: And by 1:55pm, the ghost of 1968 had left us, and the group was confirmed […]

Hey now, it looks like we’re created enough noise to attract the attention of Dr. Ruth, renowned sex therapist. In a recent article written for the New York Post, she gets in on the action (in a manner of speaking) and shares her thoughts on the recent developments involving coed dorms at Columbia. She criticizes […]

First we head East for Harlem For The Holidays, a new bazaar-like holiday marketplace that features unique businesses from the neighborhood. (NY1) After that we head down to New Jersey, which, in terms of gay marriage, now has a chance to distance itself from New York. A metaphorical distance, of course. (1010WINS) Next we travel […]

Tonight at 7:00pm (get there by 6:50!), Lerner Party Space plays host to Awaaz’s production of The Priest and the Prostitute, a one-act adapted from a seventh-century Sanskrit farce.  If that’s not enough to tempt you–and, really, anything called The Priest and the Prostitute should be enough to tempt you–Columbia Dhoom, the Bollywood dance group, […]

Perhaps disheartened, always undaunted: Mark Hay returns with this week’s movie picks. So it would appear that the Manhattanville development project has hit a little snag this past week. And, coincidentally, that your reviewer has hit a few snags in his life as well. So this week, Bwog celebrates the unexpected hitches in life – […]