Wait, Barnard offers “financial aid”? What’s that? Lauren “Demonstrated Need My Ass” Beltrone went to Monday’s SGA meeting, which was all about da money. Here’s what you maybe don’t already know. After Financial Aid Office Director Nanette DiLauro and Dean of Enrollment Management Jennifer Fondiller introduced themselves, the meeting got right down to business. This year, Barnard received […]

ABC just came out with a statement of unanimous support for SJP’s recent actions regarding Barnard’s banner policy and the “opaque and arbitrary treatment of student groups” by the Columbia/Barnard administration. The statement involves discussion of student groups’ role on campus, the administration’s supposed role in helping those student groups, and the policies involving group […]

The Columbia Alumni Association’s “Columbia LOVE” photo album project became so popular, they’ve come up with a spin-off that might be even cuter: “WEE ♥ Columbia.” Now, the stories and photos of these “Lion cubs” haven’t yet caught on like the first series, but we suspect more submissions soon. Here are our favorites — and […]

There was a fatal shooting at Fort Hood in Texas yesterday, leaving four dead, including the shooter, and fourteen injured. This is the same exact location of another shooting that occurred in 2009. (Slate) GM recalls your car. Again. (The Economist) The fast food chains are waging war on each other — and your body […]

It’s Wednesday night, and you’ve just seen your more social floormates/ every single person in your 10:10 seminar tomorrow/ your freshman RA head to Senior Night. However, despite it being Wednesday night, Bwog still has midterms (WTF) and, swamped, was frankly all set to let you fall asleep comfortably in your bed in Butler 209 […]

Remember the glory days of your youth? Neither do we. To jog your memory, we interviewed Anna, another fresh-faced pre-frosh in the first flush of her flowering. Hometown: Missoula, Montana School: Barnard Prospective Major: I honestly have no idea and my answer to this question could probably change every month, but right now the urban […]

It’s been/will be an eventful week for campus. Last night, Bwogger Tatini Mal-Sarkar saw the prime minister of Tunisia, Mehdi Jomaa, speak and promptly bragged about it to anyone and everyone within a 250-foot radius. On the first truly bright day of the year, College Walk was populated by half the student body, as well […]

One of Columbia’s newest musical groups, LyricLion, is heading  to their first performance outside of Morningside Heights. this Thursday night at 11:30 pm. LyricLion, the brainchild of seven musicians from Columbia and Julliard, takes the compositions of student singer-songwriters and arranges them for LyricLion’s unique assortment of instruments. The chamber group is comprised of Caroline Sonett (flute), […]

After yesterday’s day full of very lucky seniors with very low lottery numbers, today is about to get a little more… interesting. We’re going to be camped out here all day to give you up-to-date Housing coverage, answers to your questions, and awesome stickers. We’re also probably going to eat a lot of free candy, […]

It’s pre-Bacchanal weekend. Make up for all the brain cells you’re set to lose next weekend by doing something actually interesting. Arts editor Madysen Luebke brings you no fewer than nine exciting events happenin’ around town. All Weekend: Colab’s Spring Showcase is happening this weekend in the Glicker-Milstein theatre!  Come see some of the most […]

Flashback to the eighth grade: you blasted Kiss My Sass and thought you were literally the height of cool. You fantasized about meeting Gabe Saporta, who would abandon Vicky T in a heartbeat for you. Bwog sent Julia Goodman to live out your middle school fantasies. Do you remember Cobra Starship? Don’t lie. I know […]

This morning, SGA released a position on last month’s drama involving SJP and the Barnard administration. In case you’ve been living under a rock, the long and short of it is that SJP asked permission for and hung a banner promoting End Israeli Apartheid Week, which the administration then promptly removed. The administration said that […]

Scale of one to ten, how much did you hate the HIMYM finale? (Vulture) Palestine’s finna get shit done. (NY Times) They are literally selling air. You can drop out now; you have nothing left to learn from this world. (Salon) Wait, this is actually hilarious: reverends have brackets, too, except for saints instead of […]

Are you ready for another pre-frosh profile? Bwog certainly is. Today, we interviewed Eleanor, one of the two people behind the unofficial Class of 2018 Facebook group. Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana School: Barnard Prospective Major: Somewhere in the political science/econ realm, so probably political economics. Prospective Dorm: I have heard Sulz is the only Barnard […]

ESC is at it again, this time with a little less vigor, as campaign season is rolling through and no one really wants to do anything this week.  Bwog sent the one and only, wickedly talented Aparajita Maitra to report. VP Policy Tanya Shah talked about ways to enforce council member attendance at meetings—should they pass […]