The latest installment from faithful NYU correspondent W.M. Akers, in which our diarist recites a history of the Square’s chess-playing past. The recently commenced construction on Washington Square has consumed the middle of the park, disrupting the walking and sitting that are so important a part of NYU life. But it has been arranged to […]

Have you ever rolled into da club wishin’ that you could rep Fair Alma?  Now you can sport the most intellectual ice you could dream of thanks to Columbia Jewelry, a company started by Columbia alumnus and visual arts major Philip Ehrlich, GS ’88.  Ehrlich’s styles are limited mostly to lions and crowns– however, these […]

Barnard, CCSC and Spec may entice their most willing and bored with chances to win a free iPod for participating in online surveys. But usually chances are low, and who wants to spend five minutes towards an iPod that you might not even win? Not SEAS!  SEAS students, when they participate in the deliciously-acronymed APPLES […]

Like it or not (and you probably don’t), the unstoppable frustrated mess that is Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. And with it, bags of pink and pretty candy have already hit stores. The most iconic mid-February sweet is perhaps the Candy Heart, the mostly gross and chalky tiny hearts with zeitgeist-y sayings like “Page Me” […]

Not quite Eyes Wide Shut, but close enough. A more appropriate REM song title reference is perhaps On The Street Where You Live. Infinite regression alert!  If this generation really is Post-Everything, then isn’t it also Post-Post?  And Post-Post-Post? I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!

Bwog cultural correspondent Mariela Quintana heads to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year Parade. Standing on the corner of Bayard and Mott yesterday afternoon, I could see Chinese and American flags flapped in the air.  Red and gold banners hung overhead.  Knots of people snaked through narrow streets.  Parents perched their kids precariously on their […]

The Minotaur also felt these emotions.  Screw you Daedalus!  Chicken finger imagery will become a staple of the 21st Century canon, even though it has been around since the time of Homer.  Levian’s roof, like the Bloodhound Gang predicted, is on fire.  Quite the fire indeed. There is no mention of Marquez in this article.  […]

Happening right now, in the Lerner piano lounge, an explosion of light-blue frosted baked goods and free Columbia apparel. The event is designed to kick off a season of CC school spirit. “After everything that happened last semester, we want to remind people what they love about Columbia,” explained Michelle Diamond, CCSC Preisdent. She stood […]

Another free food tip, courtesy of Student Council President Michelle Diamond: “CCSC is kicking off our “I am light blue” campaign tonight at 10 pm in the Lerner piano lounge.  We’ll have delicious FREE light blue desserts from Kitchenette along with FREE t-shirts.” Bwog is counting down the hours.

In case you missed it, Bwog freelancer Thomas Anawalt summarizes Egg and Peacock, a theater festival in which ten plays were written, casted, and performed in twenty-four hours.  Shall I compare thee to a Latenite anthology? Thou art more zany and whimsical. And a tad longer. The Egg and Peacock playwrights were given starting lines, […]

And speaking of gay Members of the Tribe, here’s a tip that sounds like it may have been written by your Bubbe:  “Mountains of KOSHER Chinese food left over from Gayava’s National Union of Jewish LGBTQ Students conference in Lerner lobby. Bring your tupperware – eat well for days!”  

A quiet, relatively reserved oasis in Lerner’s weekend Dance Marathon and Egg and Peacock craziness rests on the 5th floor, adjacent to the Satow Room. The National Union of Jewish LGBTQ Students, or NUJLS.  Bwog caught up with Zach Scholl, 21, who traveled from LaGuardia College by way of D.C. to attend the group’s annual […]

Tuesday was super.  The Glass House rocked, didn’t rock.  Elementary schoolers were adorable.  Religion and politics didn’t mix.   A Columbia sports team actually won a game… … even though Coach Joe Jones was splitting his time between the court and his on-the-side puppy transport business. This one is maybe not so obvious.

The first in a sporadic series of nightlife reports from our seasoned partygoer and would-be Carraway.  “I wasn’t even going to go out tonight. I need to get a snack.” So said co-best-dressed female Lauren Fabiano, on Saturday night’s “Gatsby” sophomore class semi-formal. Emphasis on semi; tonight’s guests seemed more James Gatz than Jay Gatsby, […]

Like a phoenix, Columbia rises from the ashes of defeat. CML reports.  On Friday evening, thousands of faithful Columbia students poured into Levien gymnasium to watch the Lions take on conference powerhouse Penn. Despite losing the best player in recent Ivy League basketball history, Ibrahim Jaaber, to graduation, Penn came into the game with a […]