Wednesday was a big day. Thursday, though, might be even bigger: striker kids (whom this UCLA student thinks are great) have scheduled a rally at the Sundial at noon in preparation for their final negotiations. While it seems that the three academic components have been largely straightened out, expansion has yet to be settled–and the […]

We’ll update this post as more developments roll in. It’s the ninth day of the strike, and this time the vigil isn’t just a quiet watch. Starting an hour ago, about 150 kids gathered around the sundial to hear members of the striker negotiation team speak, standing in silence and chanting in response when asked. […]

Bwog’s not sure what it thinks about noise music. After all, what separates it from, well, normal noise? Music correspondent Jamie Johns tries to get at the mystery in this e-mail exchange with Carlos Giffoni. Since the early 2000s, Carlos Giffoni has been at the center of a burgeoning noise scene in New York as […]

Grammatically, Nuts4Nuts, a NYC snack food cart chain found most proximately outside the 116th Street Subway, is pretty interesting. “Nuts” has several meanings as an adjective, noun, and verb, and the numerical “4” can be read as “for,” “four,” or even “fore!” if you’re creative enough. Even paring down the options to “for,” nuts (food), […]

He’s the guy who wanted to bring Gilchrist back to Columbia, and the only presidential campaign communications director you might also run into on College Walk. Bwog correspondent Christopher Morris-Lent was  sat down with his former Lit Hum teacher to chew over free speech, gay rights, and why Mike Gravel is an American hero. Illustration […]

Hunger Strike  Faculty Dissent! Faculty Meta-Dissent! Some Show About Models Sounds Like a Show About Airplanes The Fuckin’ Googleplex!

As hard as it may be to believe, there are still other issues around campus besides striker stuff that people care about. If you were outside between the hours of 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM today, you might have noticed a large cardboard dollar bill and a halloween-worthy Capitol Building. The connection may seem vague, […]

HOLY SHIT! Columbia is up 23-21 against The Ohio State University in basketball. The game is on ESPN right now, so tune in if you want to see what is currently a miracle and will either stay that way or turn into a heartbreak. Halftime UPDATE: Well, maybe we shouldn’t have posted anything, because the […]

Because Columbians are all over the press today. CU Student groups are no stranger to the Talk of the Town section in The New Yorker, and the Columbia Libertarians are the latest to be featured. In the article, Ben McGrath asks the Libertarians about Ron Paul. “He’s the most boring little old man from Texas […]

A reminder to all considering passing/failing/or getting a D: The new system will allow you to “uncover”a grade. This means that if you receive a C- or higher, you will be allowed to keep that grade on your transcript instead of the “pass.” (Ds and “fails” will remain as such). Make sure to register to […]

Lucha, the militant Latino activist group responsible for all those newsprint gravestones on College Walk yesterday, is now in newsprint:  el participante, their fashionably uncapitalized, eight-page newsletter, began distribution on Sunday. “In addition to being a way for Lucha to communicate with the activist community, we hope it can turn into a place for discussion, […]

Ever wanted to take Turkish? Now you can, thanks in large part to Professor Etem Erol, whom Bwog correspondent Omar Siddiqi sat down for an interview last week. As I understand it, you weren’t always a Turkish professor, but in business before. Why did you switch into the world of academia? Well, that was another […]

Free samples of Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, and Izze juices, in the Uris cafeteria right about now. You can also nab a nifty Boar’s Head insulated sandwich bag that you can cool in your freezer. And also, Columbia Catering, the exclusive catering service of Lerner Hall, has free bag lunches in the Piano Lounge. […]

Bwog played around with Google at work yesterday. Here’s what Google suggests we’re trying to find when the bolded word is typed into the search bar: Butler Library Butler Library columbia Butler Library hours Butler Library columbia university Tao Tan Tao tanning lotion Tao tantra Tao tang Tao Tan lehman Columbia Spectator Columbia Spectator online […]

Looks like Manhattanville has bigger problems than our expansion… “‘I left you a piece of my ass,’ he might say. Or I might take a bite regardless, spread with a liberal schmear of chipotle aioli” Appointing a Pigeon Czar might not stop the pigeons from acting like pigeons. Enter: Kulawik Football team’s courageous Ivy League […]