Starting this Friday, Nov. 14, Liz’s Place will offer a reusable ceramic mug option to its dine-in guests in an effort to make Barnard’s campus more eco-friendly. Bwog correspondents Paris Parker-Loan and Maia Berlow spoke with SGA Sustainable Initiatives Consulting Board members Lauren Swank BC’16 and Rebecca Abbott BC‘17 to learn more about the project, and to […]

When Columbia was first founded as King’s College, it was located where we find the Financial District today. Its so-called Park Place campus consisted of pretty much just one, long building, overlooking the Hudson. It was surrounded by fields and farmland, which extended far up the largely unpopulated island. Braving the archives, correspondent Anna Hotter brings you this […]

Columbia. Take a break from your elaborate and increasingly obscure procrastination techniques very disciplined studying, and let a weight lift from your shoulders. Consider for a moment the pass/fail option. Either: take some insurance. Your final need not define your semester; a C+ and a B can stand equal in the eyes of parents and prospective […]

We start here in the homeland. The Supreme Court has lifted a stay on same-sex marriage licenses in Kansas, meaning that, at the very least, the future will bring a number of happy marriages, too long denied. (As an added bonus: the decision passed over the explicit objection of both Justices Scalia and Thomas.) (Washington Post) […]

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Lovebirds, if you’re looking for a bad romance, Stefon Bwog knows just the event for you. Columbia’s hottest event is Halcyon Magazine’s Date Auction. When it comes to true love, this event has EVERYTHING: a honeymoon on the yacht from Wolf of Wall Street (maybe), abs (maybe), human fanny packs (likely), and Courtland Thomas (definitely). According to […]

In response to President Bollinger’s salary increase of $700,000 over the past few years, students have created a Tumblr called “President Bollinger’s Raise” and a GoFundMe page satirically demanding a “Fair Salary for Prezbo.” The Tumblr page gives examples of things on which Columbia could have spent its $700,000 instead of giving Prezbo a raise, such […]

Although it may still be above 60 degrees outside, come listen to folk music, eat autumnal foods, and pretend to be sitting by a warm crackling fire at Live at Lerner Sounds’s fifth event of the semester. The performer this week is Wilder Maker, a band whose style is described in the Facebook event as “provisionally […]

The end of childhood: the lemur from Zoboomafoo, described by a co-star as “young and good-looking and very gentle,” died on Monday at the age of 20. (TVLine) New York City Council may ban texting and taking calls while bicycling. (NY Mag) Alex Rosenberg, star player on the Columbia Basketball Team, decided to withdraw for a year after fracturing […]

“What is that thing you are wearing around your ears? An oversized earmuff? Some kind of avant-garde headphones? Or worse, a jaw warmer? Take it off so you can hear my holy words,” roared the library, the people’s library, from the heavens. “You are in implicit violation of Commandments VI, probably X(a), and perhaps even XI. […]

Last night, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger held a chat for graduate students at his Morningside Drive mansion house. Barnard College sophomore and Bwog staff member Taylor Grasdalen visited on our behalf to keep up with the non-undergraduate community and PrezBo’s many global thoughts. I hardly expected to be the first to arrive for President […]

Bwog’s aquatics anchor Ross Chapman sat down with two seniors from the Men’s Swimming and Diving team, David Jakl and Kevin Quinn, to hear about their upcoming season. They’re pretty cool, so go check them out in their speedos and swim caps this Friday at 6 PM at the Uris Pool for their first home meet […]

Barnard is in the process of designing and building a new library and activities facility in place of Lehman. Last night, some Barnard higher-ups talked to SGA about the ongoing project that will temporarily displace many a Barnard studier, but provide a low-cost field trip for the Architecture students. Unfortunately, DSpar wasn’t there. Construction correspondent […]

President Obama has officially taken a stand on net neutrality. It’s good to know the President wants all websites treated equally. About the Internet: “…it has been one of the most democratizing influences the world has ever known.” (LA Times) Japan and China are still on uncertain terms with each other, but Prime Minister Shinzo […]

Another weekend behind us and another set of groggy eyes upon waking this Monday morning. But why? This weekend was like any other: high hype Wednesday/Thursday, same four block radius Friday/Saturday. It seems the normality of this semester has gotten to the best of us: we’re out of the midterm funk/drunk, Halloween and fall break […]