Last night, The Stop Mass Incarceration Network hosted a panel about police brutality, featuring Cornel West. We sent Bwogger Sarah Dahl to check out the event and report back on the discussion. Last night in Roone Auditorium, despite resistance from the University in securing a location, Columbia students and The Stop Mass Incarceration Network hosted […]

It’s Thursday and we have yet another fun story found deep in Columbia’s archives. Before we danced to Vampire Weekend at Bacchanal, The Grateful Dead apparently played a show on Low Steps. Music Maven Juliet Larsen brings us the tale. Remember that time when The Grateful Dead played an exclusive concert for Columbia during the […]

Yesterday, a panel called “Refugees and Migrants on the Move: The Moment of Truth for the EU and the Middle East?” was held in IAB. We sent Bwogger Megan Fillion to see what the panelists had to say about the topic. “Idealists stubbornly insist on giving the same rights to refugees that are given to […]

Yes, those incredible rumors you heard are true: there are free bagels on campus! Right now! If you drop everything and run over to Carman, there might still be some poppy-seed ones left! Every year around this time, CCSC hosts Bagelpalooza, a celebration of the most important values of any college experience: talking to new […]

Today, the New York Historical Society will unveil plans for its new Center for the Study of Women’s History, which aims to celebrate women’s contributions to New York City. The center’s home will be the redesigned fourth floor of the Historical Society, and will feature an interactive wall, a 15-minute immersive film, a transparent staircase, and […]

Have you ever pondered contemporary Russian poetry, framed by the overarching authority of the Soviet government? Bwog hadn’t, but we sent Daily Editor Betsy Ladyzhets to a literary evening with Lev Oborin anyway to discuss Russian poetry over fancy cheeses and wine. Russia is, in many ways, a nation characterized by powerful leaders. From the Czars […]

Bwogger Amara Banks brings you the scoop on last night’s lecture with sociologist Michael Kimmel on how to engage men in the fight for gender equality. With the recent debates on campus about gender issues in society, Michael Kimmel’s lecture yesterday could not have arrived at a more perfect time. Simply titled “Engaging Men in […]

Spirit week is finally upon us. There will be fun, food, and prizes according to the Facebook page for the event, with everything planned out by our newly elected student councils ESC, CCSC, SGA, and GSSC. So come on out and spread some school spirit, because we’re seriously lacking in that department. Between Monday 10/12 and Friday 10/16 […]

  Student government extraordinaire Joe Milholland is back again this week, covering the General Studies Student Council meeting, featuring the Roosevelt Institute, food insecurity, budget changes, and more. On Tuesday night, the General Studies Student Council. tabled a co-sponsorship proposal to fund $200 to the Roosevelt Institute and requested the group seek funding from the Joint […]

The Columbia Divest for Climate Justice (CDCJ) met last evening with the Board of Trustees to discuss a proposal CDCJ has written “for divestment from the top 200 publicly-traded fossil fuel companies,” according to an email CDCJ wrote Bwog last night. CDCJ sent the proposal to Columbia’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI). The […]

After years upon years of negotiations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the most monumental trade deals in recent history, was finally agreed upon by 12 nations. The deal faces much scrutiny in each of the constituent countries, and will have to pass through each country’s legislature before taking effect. (NYT) Months after taking power in […]

On Monday night, members of the Barnard and Columbia community gathered to create an artistic farewell tribute to the well-loved (and well-worn) Lehman Library. While doodling on the walls, many students fondly recalled long nights spent in a stress-induced panic before a big assignment. Or just pretending to look studious while secretly texting under the […]

Today, before Columbia Divest for Climate Justice meets with the Board of Trustees, members and supporters of the group staged an action expressing their support for Columbia’s divestment from the fossil fuel industry.  Beginning at 5 pm, CDCJ assembled in the courtyard of Wien with signs and banners as part of their “silent and safe […]

Bwog staffer Rachel Deal brings you the latest and greatest from this week’s ESC meeting so you lazybones can stay in bed. You owe her one! Last night’s ESC meeting was a long one-with new council members from the Class of 2019 and extended discussions on improving the CSA and possible changes to Bacchanal, the […]

Research question: How many science students that wait all week for BunsenBwog will actually understand the Red Hot Chili Peppers reference we dropped in the title? Regardless, Bunsen Burner Belle Briana is back from the CUMC newsroom and is tapping into her own gray matter to share her wealth of scientific knowledge with us all.  Bwoggers know that […]