The international student experience is unique and often misunderstood by others, including faculty. Because of this, the international student community at Barnard often feels misunderstood, misrepresented, and marginalized. Tasneem Ebrahim, a junior at Barnard, has decided to change that. She has been working alongside Professors Cecelia Lie-Spahn and Pam Cobrin, as well as Deans Wendy […]

Happening in the World: Putin plans to expand Russia’s development of missiles in creating new hypersonic missiles, projected to travel over five times as fast as the speed of sound. Although critics believe that Russia is incapable of developing such missiles, Putin remains uncompromising in his plans. (NYT) Happening in the US: Virginia’s Attorney General, Mark Herring, […]

This week in Bwog’s Book Club, senior staffer Betsy Ladyzhets explains why you haven’t lived until you’ve read Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Bwog’s Book Club was started this January with the intention of spreading the literary love around campus and encourage you to pick up a book, as opposed to your iPhone, in your […]

Bolting from Hamilton to Pulitzer after class, Events Editor Isabel Sepúlveda slid into last night’s book talk on Joel Simon’s “We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages, and Ransom” just as introductions wrapped up. Featuring Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Janine di Giovanni, former war correspondent and current fellow […]

Are you tired of deleting and recreating your Tinder profile in search of companionship? Conversely, are you tired of seeing the same people on your Tinder feed that you thought you’d swiped left on months ago? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The deadline for Bwog Personals is quickly approaching, and this is an […]

Deputy Editor Vivian Zhou is a huge foodie– as seen in her love letter to Marlow and her review of Hula Poke. Alex Guarnaschelli returned to her alma mater on Tuesday, February 5th to talk about her time at Barnard, her career path, and give out general life advice. It is only appropriate that Vivian attended. 

Happening in the World: Pope Francis continues to uphold his progressive image within the Catholic Church with his most recent announcement on Tuesday. The Pope acknowledged, for the first time, the sexual abuse endured by nuns at the hands of the church’s priests and bishops. While the process of prosecuting sexual offenders has begun, Francis […]

Senior Staff Writer Levi Cohen, a frequent visitor to Dodge, reports live-ish from the field.

This week at SGA, a team of Roosevelt rockstars pitched a committee of students, faculty, and alumni tasked with calling out Barnard’s foul investments & persuading them to reconsider.

Yesterday evening, Engineering Student Council met for the first live-streamed meeting of the semester. Punctuated as it was with small reminders or instructions on correct ways to engage in the meeting, the majority of the session dealt with a proposal originating in Columbia College Student Council and broached by VP for Campus Services Scott Wright in […]

Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke visited Columbia yesterday afternoon to host an open discussion with Columbia College students. Editor in Chief and Bwog’s resident Texas aficionado Jenny Zhu brings you a report of the discussion and a pic she snapped with the congressman.

There hasn’t been a sports article of any kind in the Columbia Daily Spectator since December 6, 2018. We miss the least objectionable part of Spec!

Happening in the World: Over thirty people have been injured and ten people, including a baby, have died in a Paris apartment fire early this morning. Around 250 firefighters have been working for over five hours to control the flames and help trapped tenants escape. The fire has been found to have started on the second […]