Tomorrow is CU’s Activity Fair–also known as your opportunity to sign up for a bunch of clubs you will never go to. It takes place on College Walk from 12-4pm, but its not like you wouldn’t be able to find it—eager first years, balloons, and folding tables will cover every square foot of land. This […]

This week is the perfect time to make your prison dorm room into a comfy home for the year, and we’re bringing back our RoomHop feature to see how Columbia students have been decking their halls. To inspire you to reach you aesthetic potential, Barnard Babe Courtney Couillard chatted with Victoria Martinez, BC ’18, about her […]

Long Island University-Brooklyn has locked professors out of their offices and university emails and have canceled their health insurance coverage after the University and its faculty did not come to an agreement on a union contract. (New York Times) According to CNN, although voters find Donald Trump’s immigration policies unfavorable, they’re not quite sure whether […]

Dean Hinkson sent another email this evening (this has been a busy night) detailing the new dining options available to Barnard students. The email states that many of the changes were spurred by discussions of food insecurity on campus. Among these changes, Hewitt Dining Hall will now be open for brunch and dinner over Fall […]

This evening, Dean Hinkson sent an email informing Barnard students of a change to the college’s Pass/D/Fail policy. The new policy states that students who choose to P/D/F a class can now uncover their grade up until the program filing deadline of the following semester. Previously, Barnard students were unable to uncover grades after they […]

Interested in the goings-on of student government? Want to see if your elected representatives actually do stuff in their meetings? Join Bwog and become a student council Bureau Chief! The position entails attending the weekly meeting for which you’re responsible and then writing about it for the next day. You may even be asked for your […]

Remember how Deantini always gives that speech about Columbia’s official color, Pantone 292, and what it means to the Columbia community? That might be built on lies. Columbia University’s official style guide when it comes to logos, blue290, says that our school’s color is… well, Pantone 290. But take a look at that color on […]

Even though school has been in session for a couple of days, there are some things that we still aren’t certain of—which meal plan we would actually benefit from,  which clubs we will actually be active in, and even which classes we’re actually going to take. Most of our schedules are loaded with classes, some […]

As we all try to get back into an academic routine, it can be difficult during shopping week. All of your classes are busting at the door with people who waited until last night to get on the waitlist. While some of us treat shopping week as an appropriate time to test out 20 different […]

An Amish party was busted this weekend by Ohio cops after 75 teens were arrested for underaged drinking. (Newser) President Obama nominated Abid Qureshi to serve on the United States District Court bench, making Qureshi the first Muslim in history to receive this honor. (Huffington Post) The story doesn’t die with Pablo— Netflix’s Narcos will return […]

Now that everyone is back on campus, we’re all feeling a little older and a little wiser. The field notes from move-in really exemplify the hardcore adulting that’s been taking place, and we think our parents would be proud…until they see the rest of this post, in which we make a royal mess of our […]

There are a few staple lectures that most people will take during their time at Columbia, and one of those courses includes the Introduction to American Politics. Loved/loathed by almost every Political Science major, this large intro course usually ends up with a heavy roster upwards of 380 students. Given the huge crowd (even though […]

It’s that time of year again: syllabi are dropping from the sky like rain, your friends are shopping more classes in a week than you’d want to take in four years, and professors are attempting to convince you that they’re actually capable of teaching. And whether they do that by cramming two hours’ worth of […]

According to an email sent by Barnard Associate Dean for Student Life Alina Wong to clubs registered with the Governing Board at Barnard, the Activities Fair has been moved from this Wednesday to this Thursday, September 8th. It will be held from 12-4 p.m. in the Event Oval of the Diana Center. “Please note,” the […]

The QWERTY keyboard is one friend that refuses to kick the bucket, but probably should have died gracefully when it had the chance. (NPR) The Giant Panda is no longer listed as endangered! Have a round of bamboo shoots on us. (HuffPo) Rosetta’s Philae Probe finally rose from the grave after going missing two years […]