Emma Sulkowicz’s performance art piece, Carry That Weight, isn’t causing strong reactions only in the Columbia community. Her story went viral, and now even people who have no Columbia affiliation are getting involved. Outraged Facebook users are posting using the hashtag #Justice4Emma, encouraging people to give Columbia poor google-reviews, and call Columbia up to demand […]

If you haven’t heard, Columbia has a new policy when it comes to getting locked out of your room. According to those Columbia emails that you don’t read, “residents are granted one complimentary key assist and one complimentary proxy escort per semester.” A key assist is when a faculty worker comes to open your door, and a […]

Dean Valentini and Dean Boyce, the two hippiest kids on campus behind DSpar, have taken on the Ice Bucket Challenge. At least it isn’t  #ourblue. Video via Youtube

Barnard RAs received a dress code for their training stating “No belly, no butts, no bras.” Do you care?Maybay? (Feministing) A student in Florida was required to wear a “shame suit” when her school skirt did not reach her knees. Do you care?! Yes. (Yahoo News). US Stocks rose yesterday, with the S&P 500 reaching an […]

Today Taylor Grasdalen met with Emma Sulkowicz to discuss her Visual Arts senior thesis and the attention it has received. Emma Sulkowicz is exhausted. The average college dorm-issue mattress weighs fifty pounds, and she’s been carrying hers around Columbia University for four days. But she is not without help: many passersby recognize and offer to […]

You may have seen a life-sized cut-out of Beyonce wrapped in a rainbow flag at the activities fair today, and inside Lerner yesterday. Queen Bee was there advertising Columbia Queer Alliance’s First Friday: Flawless tonight 11pm-2am in the Lerner Party Space. Tickets are $3 at the TIC, and the first 30 of those are free. 33 has never […]

A lone man holding a sign that read “Google It!!! ‘Jews Control America'” was outside the 116th and Broadway gates during the activities fair today. According to a tipster: A student was asking what looked like public safety if they could make him leave and they said they can’t. Big crowd around him. Also, we […]

Online publication (8, NYC) seeks Columbia sports fan to conduct interviews with players, explain sports terminology to us, revamp our sports coverage, and to cuddle on cold nights. Us: Snarky and unable to do much at Homecoming other than get really drunk and disappointed. Favorite things are worshipping PrezBo’s hair, complaining about PrezBo’s policies, and free […]

The Deans of Columbia College, SEAS, Barnard and GS just released an email highlighting major points of the gender-based misconduct policy as the academic year kicks into gear. It is a reminder of what constitutes gender-based misconduct and sexual assault, what the potential consequences are for perpetrators, and various related acts. Notably, the email emphasizes “the […]

Columbia’s annual activity fair, where clubs set up tables and you inevitably end up signing up for a million clubs you won’t go to, will be held today on Low Steps from noon to 4pm. That means if you missed out on the smaller activities fair in Lerner last week, you can still join all 2,538 […]

Across the United States, there’s anger in the streets for justice, as fast food workers are protesting and getting arrested for higher wages. (The Guardian) In the UK, academic Marina Warner has slammed her former university for its transition from humanistic pursuits to corporatization. Columbia students, take note. (The Independent) But bureaucrats are having problems to; healthcare.gov […]

Some colleges have golf courses, like Vassar and St. Andrews and probably a lot of other bougie schools Bwog doesn’t know about. But hey! Columbia is bougie, too! Why can’t we have a golf course? Don’t worry—we do. Chief Conspiracy Theorist Lauren Beltrone, BC ’17, brings us this guide to but a few of Columbia’s […]

As former Blue and White managing editor Anna Bahr, BC ’14, pointed out in her examination of Columbia’s policies on Gender-Based Misconduct, the NSOP program “Consent Is Sexy” was in much need of an overhaul. In light of significant changes to the program, Bwog sat down with a consent educator (who asked to remain anonymous) to […]

Our next preview from The Blue and White is a profile of Conrad Tao, who will be opening The New York Youth Symphony’s season on November 23rd at Carnegie Hall. He spoke with mag contributor Zane Bhansali, CC ’17.  “I’m very much a Gemini,” Conrad Tao, CC’15 says with a laugh when I ask him about […]

Ever feel like your resume or LinkedIn was tired, boring, or just too much like everyone else’s? Seeking a job title that’ll really set you apart from all of the other Econ/Political Science/Econ and Political Science majors vying for positions post-graduation? Momma Bwog is here to help. You could be the new Roar-ee, where several, maybe […]