Last week’s highlights and upcoming competitions for the week of February 6.

Staff writers Matthew Gay and Elisha Dura attended an event moderated by Slavic language professor Mark Lipovetsky on “What Makes a Good Short Story Good?” with Russian author Maxim Osipov.

Bwog is VERY qualified to bring you this week’s horoscopes. Something is in the stars.

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

Columbia and New York City are packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, and there’s never been a better time to experience it first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

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.