This year’s Spring Bacchanal was doomed to mediocrity from the start. Henry Litwhiler explores why. Of over 10,000 undergraduate students at Columbia, a total of 6,000 could have been given legitimate access to this year’s Bacchanal. Of those 6,000 spots, perhaps 5,000 were actually reserved by students, and fewer than 3,000 of them were present at any […]

Unbreakable Kimmy Shmidt unfortunately broke someone . Dermatologist Fredric Brandt, who is portrayed in the show, was found dead in his home on Monday due to an apparent suicide. (NBC) Badass Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s biography is anticipated to be equally as badass. The title, Notorious RBG, speaks for itself. The book is to be released in October. We suggest […]

Last night, Maison Francaise brought in some accomplished environmentalists to talk. Energy expert Max Rettig reports on what he heard.  Two years ago, French economist Thomas Piketty published a ground-breaking book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, about wealth inequality throughout the world. In it, he touched on natural capital only briefly. On Tuesday night in […]

This afternoon, SEAS announced that the valedictorian and salutatorian for the class of 2015 will be Nicole Lewis and Andrew Kaluzny, respectively. Lewis is a Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Computer Science while Kaluzny is majoring in Applied Mathematics and a Computer Science minor. Lewis will deliver her valedictorian speech on May 18 […]

This week, seasoned student politics report Joseph Milholland brings you a few quick updates from last night’s GSSC meeting. The General Studies Student Council didn’t tackle any big topic in their general body meetings (although they did have their usual, behind-closed-doors executive session), so this GSSC news for this week is just a bunch of […]

We have come to our last day of housing reviews, and today, we’re covering two dorms for you. First up–Watt! Good luck with housing selection, and remember, there’s always McBain! Location: 549 West 113th Street Nearby dorms: Across the street from Symposium and McBain. Around the block from Broadway and Hogan. Stores and restaurants: All the […]

Alas, we reach the final day of selection for this week. We bade farewell to the seniors yesterday afternoon as we move into mixed senior-junior groups along with all junior groups today. Hogan and EC Townhouses have been wiped clean, but a few EC suites and Woodbridge are still open for the early junior pickers. […]

Yesterday, the University Senate’s Student Affairs Committee elected this year’s Chair and Vice-Chairs–Marc Heinrich (CC ’16) will serve as Chair of the committee, and Emily Moore (SEAS Graduate School) and Ramis Wadood (CC ’16) will serve as Vice-Chairs. You can read the full press release below: Student Affairs Committee Elects Leadership for 2015-2016 Academic Year […]

Earlier this afternoon, Dean Awn sent out an email to General Studies graduating seniors announcing the Class of 2015’s Class Day speakers. The Keynote speaker is Kellogg Europe President Christopher Hood (GS ’91), the Valedictorian is Lindsay Hadad, and the Salutatorian is Andrew King. Class Day will take place on Monday, May 18th. You can […]

Barnard Bearoness Maddie Stearn is back to bring you news from Monday night’s SGA meeting, and much to the council’s chagrin, reports on free food (because that’s what’s really important, right?). This week’s SGA meeting was double the excitement because the external portion was almost twice as long as usual. But with just cause, concerned citizens! There were amendments […]

If you haven’t already heard (it’s possible to not pay attention to sports–we do go to Columbia, after all), Duke’s Coach K secured his fifth March Madness title two nights ago. (Fox Sports) A real American Horror Story: Rand Paul has announced that he’s running for president. (CNN) The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp […]

Hello, again! Day two of housing selection begins today, and we will be bringing you live coverage throughout the day. Seniors will continue to pick until this afternoon, so hopes and dreams will still be relatively attainable. We have some EC left along with Woodbridge and Hogan that we’re guessing will go by the end […]

It’s been established that approximately 1% of Bwog readers are actually science majors, but that doesn’t deter us from adding to our famed series, entitled BunsenBwog—a brief review of some of the science-related findings and contributions done by members of our campus community. We dispatched our farthest-thing-from-science-major  Tuesday daily editor Briana to the CUMC newsroom […]

Day two of housing selection is here, so you better figure out where you want to live. Today’s review is Harmony, but if you aren’t much of a walker, take a look at the reviews we’ve already posted. Location: 544 W. 110 St, between Amsterdam and Broadway Nearby dorms: Near the College Residence (Barnard, with some Columbia students) […]