Yesterday, President Obama rejected the request to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have created a pipeline to transport oil between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. (NY Times) The 2016 election is already proving to be one of the greatest elections of all time, and this list of crazy things candidates have said so […]

Barnard’s Associate Dean of Student Life Alina Wong just released an email disclosing that starting with the Class of 2020, Barnard students will no longer be invited to apply and participate in the CUE pre-NSOP program. This email comes in peculiar timing amidst COÖP’s current struggles with the administration. Dean Wong similarly cites fiscal strain […]

Been around Lerner lately? Of course you have, everything happens in Lerner. But could there be a darker side to the building that we students don’t know about? Investigate with Bwogger Nadra Rahman as she tries to get to the bottom of the sinister mailbox replacement fee hike. A persistent tipster will not let this go, […]

This Thursday, CU for Hillary Clinton was paid a visit by the presidential candidate’s very own campaign manager, Robby Mook. A Columbia alum, Mook returned to his alma mater to provide insight on behind-the-scenes campaign work and offer his support for the club on campus. We sent Staff Writer Mia Lindheimer to check out the active political scene.  […]

We bring you another piece from the Blue and White‘s November issue (which is now online) by Managing Editor Channing Prend on the new Columbia research study focusing on sexual health at the university. “Last weekend I was standing in line to get into 1020…” These words could have been uttered by any number of students […]

We’ve all had fun watching Columbia Football win two games this season, but if you want to watch an actually successful team dominate the field, go to Dodge at 5:00pm tonight to check out the Columbia Fencing Invitational. Watch last year’s NCAA champions as they square off against teams from Northwestern, Stevens’ Institute Of Technology, NJIT, Fairleigh Dickinson, and […]

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson dropped his newest single – that is, his newest campaign ad in the form of a rap song. Aimed at African-American voters, the rap features artist Aspiring Mogul over a basic club beat, and tries to rhyme “Carson” with “awesome”. Many responded with criticism of Carson’s racial stereotyping and fundamental misunderstanding of rap music. (ABC News) […]

COÖP, the Columbia Outdoor Orientation Program, is currently in danger – not from bears, mosquitoes, or climate change, but from the Columbia administration itself. One of our staff writers explains why the administration is considering cutting part of COÖP, and why that might be the wrong move. As much as there is to love about being […]

One Bwogger was at Comp Sci office hours yesterday looking over her Data Structures homework, when she discovered an incredible portion of the assignment: Don’t get what any of that means? That’s okay, most of our staff doesn’t either–but responses varied from “omfg” to “I have never appreciated Comp Sci until now.” We’re also happy that […]

The Blue and White just released their November issue of the mag online last night, and we’re posting a few of the pieces throughout the week. First, we bring you a piece by Editor-in-chief Hallie Nell Swanson on the language of safety on campus. This summer, a series of articles released in mainstream media outlets […]

Over the course of the semester, we have received a series of anonymous tips from (presumably) the same first-year concerning coming out to their roommate. With Queer Awareness Month behind us, we saw it fit to address one of the many LGBTQ-specific issues often faced by members of our community. You can find the series of tips, as well […]

The Mexican Supreme Court ruled yesterday that individuals have the right to grow and distribute marijuana for their own personal use. This ruling is a challenge to Mexico’s (and America’s) conservative drug policies, and opens the door to legalization of marijuana in Mexico. (NY Times) Meanwhile, in Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou is preparing for talks with […]

Halloween was a lot of fun this year, regardless of whether you were downtown in a parade or on frat row looking for parties. And we had a nice fall break to recover from our hangovers and try to finish some work. Thanks Columbia! Remember, you can send in your own experiences by emailing them to us at tips@bwog.com. […]

We’ve all experienced them before, those extremely long and awkward moments during our freshmen year when some person we met at NSOP calls us out by name. Bwog Daily Betsy Ladyzhets is here to talk about such times in our series Awkward First-Year Moments. You’ve seen that person before. You have, you’re sure of it. You recognize […]

They say that college changes you. The experiences you have, the people you meet, and the mistakes you make these four years will shape who you are for years to come – whether for better, for worse, or for something not quite on that spectrum. And no better evidence of those changes can be found […]