Today at 6:oopm, Columbia will be honoring the Lenni-Lenape people by installing a plaque in John Jay Courtyard. The Lenape lived in this area before the colonization of the Americas, and the push for a plaque began last year when Columbia’s Native American Council started circulating a petition. This installation comes, of course, on Columbus Day, which […]

CCSC’s meeting makes the most of every minute covering bylaws, more bylaws, and the CASA bill. Abby Porter, VP of Policy, introduced the CASA (Campus Accountability and Safety Act) to the CCSC’s meeting. CASA is a pending bill on the House and Senate introduced in 2015 by Senator Claire McCaskill. The bill aims to reform […]

The second presidential debate kicked off last night amidst a controversial time for Trump as his remarks against women have warned much attain at the already heavily unqualified man. After apologizing and deflecting- as is Trump’s signature move- onto anything with a heartbeat, Trump at one point turned to an audience member to say, “It […]

Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below, and the full list is after the jump. If you notice any events that have been left off the […]

Get that epiphany immediately after turning in your Calc midterm that you fucked it up? Are you preparing to stay up all night, barfing words (The author utilizes…) onto your computer just to finish your UWriting essay for tomorrow morning? Did you just wake up? 5:00p.m? Beside the rodent that you named after your best friend […]

Bwog’s month of Halloween continues! This time, Claremont Queen Rachel Deal brings you a horror story (loosely) based on her experiences with the oven in her suite. It started when your suitemate tried to make a Trader Joe’s frozen pizza. She turned on the oven, slid in the pizza–a few minutes later, you all felt […]

Ever had a work-study job that you feel doesn’t quite put your Ivy League education to good use? Senior Staff Writer Nadra Rahman is here to tell you how to make copying paper, watching netflix one-volume-above-mute, look like you have single-handedly solved world hunger and achieved eternal world peace.  Your work-study job, to put it […]

Hurricane Matthew hit hard in the Caribbean, causing massive casualties, and destruction in some of the poorest areas of Haiti . According to Haiti’s Civil Protection Service, Joseph Edgard Celestin, at least 336 people have died after Hurricane Matthew landed on Tuesday. He further explained: “Four people are missing, 211 are injured and more than 60,000 […]

We’ve covered a number of different people in your core classes who have clearly done the reading (even in the language of the original text), but what about the people who haven’t? One Bwogger and soft scientist defines the classic figure representing this group through experience and research*. There is a pattern of behavior this student tends to […]

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, but sometimes it’s difficult to break the Morningside-bubble and experience it all first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/ theatrically-inclined on campus. Sunday, October 9th WKCR’s 75th Anniversary Concert, 6:00 PM, Miller Theatre – […]

Stressed by midterms? Having a bad day? It always helps to think about how tiny we truly are in this gigantic universe, and how we humans (and our problems) are really just an insignificant part of a cosmic order. Last night, Bwogger Alex Tang attended Columbia Astronomy Department’s lecture: “Black Hole Duet – Hearing the […]

Amanda Ba is a Columbia College freshman who is taking Lit Hum while also running online clothing business. This week, Bwogger Victoria Arancio admired dogs with Ba and discussed her plans for her art and for her first year at Columbia.  Bwog: Give us insight into the amazing life of Amanda Ba.  AB: I was born in Columbus, […]

On Friday a video recording of Donald Trump was released, showing Trump bragging about groping, kissing, and trying to have sex with women. In this 2005 conversation, Trump spews even more controversial and sexist comments. Trump still claims that Hillary Clinton sinks lower, as she is “married to the single greatest abuser of women in the history […]

Bwog Senior Staff Writer Gabrielle Kloppers was extremely excited to be able to attend the Columbia University Libertarians event, a discussion on the War on Drugs with Larry Sharpe, the Candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Nomination. In the current political climate, people seem to be scrambling left, right, and center to vote […]

We’re back at it again with the Core Archetypes.  Senior Staffer Betsy Ladyzhets brings us up-close and personal with the person who has committed to memory the placement of every bracket in Sappho’s fragments. You get to class early, but they are already there. They sit at the precise opposite end of the table from the door (where […]