This week, JTS hosted a panel with Arnold Eisen and Dr. Moshe Halbertal on modern issues with the Israeli Defense Force, its Code of Ethics, and where they stand in Gaza. Max Rettig (GS/JTS ’17) shares the discussion.  As a student in the Joint Program between GS and JTS, I am incredibly privileged to explore my […]

Looks like Netflix wins again. Everyone’s favorite media streaming service just bought the rights to Tina Fey’s new show, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, after originally being developed for NBC, which means you probably won’t have to wait 13 fucking weeks a long time to finish an entire season. (The Verge) The world is working towards getting a little less racist, […]

Entrepreneurship enthusiast Karen Yuan brings word from the mouth of a THE self-styled social entrepreneur, Bill Drayton. Social entrepreneurship—that’s a buzzword that nobody really understands, but Bill Drayton defines it as any “innovation initiative for the common good.” At 71, Drayton is the granddad of social entrepreneurship, having coined the phrase himself about 30 years ago. Drayton came to speak at […]

A student tour guide was overheard singing the praises of Columbia’s fitness offerings near the entrance to Dodge: “We have all kinds of sports and activities, including yoga and aerobics—like what middle-aged moms do.” The tipster noted that the group was mostly middle aged moms and their kids. This might not be what they mean when they […]

Rounding out our reproductions from our dear mother magazine, The Blue and White, check out Senior Editor Luca Marzorati’s, CC ’15, review of The Alphabets of Life: A Simple Guide to Living Simply by La-Verna J. Fountain, Columbia’s Vice President for Construction Business Services and Communications (in other words, the woman who fields all of the media […]

Champion of the arts and drama devotee Ross Chapman bravely surrendered his Friday night to a viewing of CMTS’s “The Drowsy Chaperone”—all for you, dear reader. After our talks with members of the Columbia Musical Theatre Society, The Drowsy Chaperone seemed like a great way to spend a Friday evening. A well-sized crowd in Roone […]

Good news! A study by the CDC of 138,100 U.S. adults has found that 90 percent of Bwog staffers heavy drinkers are not actually alcoholics. If that has you feeling at all good about the state of humanity, an outbreak of bubonic plague has struck Madagascar, killing forty and threatening to spread further. But, hey, a survey […]

If you’re looking for a wild night of debauchery and excess, Students for Substance Free Space’s open house may be the event for you. From 7-9 PM in Wallach 9C Lounge, you can mingle with current members to learn about SFSFS, play GameCube, and indulge in the most dangerous substances known to man: Pie and ice […]

Do you crave the feeling of being a star? Do you dream of writing an Oscar-winning screenplay? Have you ever wanted to learn to bake special brownies, to be dragged across the floor in Teacher’s College, or to stink up the SGO while wearing business attire? Don’t worry— CU (No Budget) Sketch Show aka CUSS aka the […]

Is your roommate messy/obnoxious/ inconsiderate/a serial killer? Well today might be your last chance to get the hell out of there make other living arrangements for next semester.  The priority deadline for SIC spring housing is today, so get those apps in! Information about the applications can be found here; just don’t pay attention to […]

It’s a big year for Columbia; holding all the town halls and working on changes for many different ways in which the school operates. Joe Milholland, our trusted Columbia Administration reporter, gives us the talking points from Thursday’s USenate Plenary. “I know there’s a debate about freedom of speech on the campus,” said PrezBo at […]

This day in history: In 1905 on November 21. Albert Einstein published “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?” leading to the formula E=mc^2.  Did you learn that in FroSci? (PBS) China is delaying indefinitely the opening of the new Hunger Games movie and in Thailand several cinemas have cancelled showings […]

Tonight Capital published an email from PrezBo sent to the football alumni calling for  M. Dianne Murphy to commission a review of the f***ball program. Considering the unsurprisingly horrible past season for the team, PrezBo is finally ready to figure out what’s wrong with the program and why we suck. The review is asking former coach Rick […]

The first stage of registration may be winding down, but we all know this is only the start. Soon will come the waitlists, the petitions, the trading of class spots on message boards and in dark corners of New York City streets. It is a world of risk and betrayal, soaring victories and devastating loss. […]

Once again, Anna Hotter dives into the archives to investigate Columbia’s past in the city. She returns with pictures and tales from Midtown East, where the College made its last, brief stop before coming to Morningside.  As we mentioned in last week’s instalment of #tbt, Columbia moved to Madison Avenue and East 49th Street in 1857. During the College’s […]