February is Black History Month! Celebrate with the many amazing events happening on campus this week.

Popped balloons… but not the end-of-the-birthday-party kind. Editors Note: mentions of death.

Managing Editor Elijah Knodell attended a screening of Jasmine Bissete’s (CC ’19) short film Anges hosted by Columbia’s Maison Française. Bissete was joined in conversation by Professor Roxanne Varzi of UC Irvine.

On Wednesday, February 1, the Columbia University Law Review hosted Giselle Valdez, a Columbia College alum and current Columbia Law student to present about her organization, The Legal Gist, which aims to demystify the law school application process. Staff Writers Ella Ferguson and Maya Reisner were in attendance.

On Wednesday, Staff Writer Emily Yi attended the second night of the premiere of Hahn Rowe’s Something About the Weather at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. The work is part of Columbia University School of the Arts’ year-long public engagement series, themed “To Transform”. 

Let’s make these buildings salacious.

On Friday, February 3, Events Editor Ava Slocum attended the opening of Columbia’s Black Theatre Ensemble’s staged reading of A Raisin in the Sun, running through February 5 in the Lerner Black Box.

Elon Musk musks, again.

Ever searched Reddit to find which classes to take next semester and learned about the ones that you should never take? Well, here they are and why you need to take them.

Staff Writer Anum Ahmad attended CUSA’s first installment of the Creative Writing Lecture series with Katie Kitamura on Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 at Dodge. 

This semester, we’re bringing back Science 101, Bwog’s semi-regular advice column geared towards science students! In this edition, Science Editor and Environmental Biology major Sydney Wells explains all the different biological science majors at Barnumbia.

Want to make explaining your major a big part of your personality? American Studies just might be the right place for you.

There’s a big mysterious balloon, but it may not be as fun as it sounds.

Staff Writer Sophie Askanase and Arts Editor Grace Novarr met for their usual Wednesday lunch and decided to try Diana’s new ramen offerings. Spontaneously, they offer their opinions.

Bwog does not endorse any of the below. They’re just…wistful dreams.