This afternoon, Barnard announced that Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, will be the keynote speaker at Barnard’s 122nd commencement ceremony. The ceremony will take place on May 18, and for the second consecutive year will be held at Radio City Music Hall. We really hope there won’t be pro-life protests outside. […]

Bwog’s athletic connoisseur Max Rettig met with Columbia b-ball stars Alex Rosenberg and Maodo Lo for a little discussion about life on the court, and life on the team. Bwog: Explain your sport in 10 words or less. Alex: Eat, Sleep, Basketball Maodo: Basketball never stops B: What is the team culture like? A: Everyone […]

All you Facebook users can stop updating about Chipotle’s guac scandal; it’s going to be okay. Go get your quesarito on, guys. (Slate) Speaking of Facebook, they might be getting into the drone game. (Wired) And now that you know what “normcore” is, here’s how to do it right. Chances are, you can start with […]

Housing approacheth. And, unless you’re on top of it, it’s probably coming up sooner than you think. Bwog’s got you covered; we’ll be rolling out two housing reviews per day until no residence hall is left un-reviewed. Prepare to get (even more) excited: this year, we’re reviewing Barnard residence halls, too. Reviews for all! Today’s […]

Found women’s black gloves with bow outside of St. John’s, letters RLL in the corner. Email me w/ color of bow to pick up! ajt2143@columbia.edu.

Voting ended at 5 pm today, and the Columbia Elections Board has just announced that Sarah Yee has beaten out the other four candidates for Ben Kornick’s old representative seat in CCSC with 44% of the vote. In a rather well-publicized election, Yee ran against Ankeet Ball, Christopher Wang, Radhika Gupta, and Sameer Mishra. Meanwhile, […]

Screw midterms. Arts editor Madysen Luebke tells you what to do instead/how to learn things that actually matter. All Weekend: Cu Players presents Mother Courage and Her Children this weekend in the Minor Latham Playhouse.  This play takes on the epic tale of “a traveling canteen woman trying to negotiate the demands of wartime capitalism and family.” […]

Things happen at GSSC. We sent the eminent Joseph Milholland to venture forth and discover truth. This week’s General Studies Student Council meeting involved exciting discussions on budgets and by-laws. The council passed to requests for funding for GS senior events. The first was the approval of $245 for a senior pub on March 6. […]

UCB’s going to be in Lerner (for free!) tonight at 8:30. That should be enough to pique your interest, but if it’s not, there’s really only two possible rationales. 1. You don’t know what UCB is, you say? Well, according to Wikipedia, “the Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that […]

Housing approacheth. And, unless you’re on top of it, it’s probably coming up sooner than you think. Bwog’s got you covered; we’ll be rolling out two housing reviews per day until no residence hall is left un-reviewed. Prepare to get (even more) excited: this year, we’re reviewing Barnard residence halls, too. Reviews for all! Today’s […]

Fill in the blank: The last time I got locked out was [last term, last month, last week, yesterday, I’m locked out right now]. No fear: Columbia’s latest student attempt to get the administration to care about lowly undergrads petition is on lockout policy. In case you didn’t know, next semester, there’s a good chance […]

So you’ve bitched and moaned about housing for weeks on end, and the day has finally come: today is the very first day of 2014 Columbia housing registration. But, alas, for something so intrinsic to your happiness, you have no idea what you’re meant to be doing. No worries—Momma Bwog’s here for you in your time […]

Lindsay Lohan’s getting a show on OWN. So like new life plan for the rest of us? (Vulture) DC’s hopping on the weed (band)wagon—well, sort of—and voting to legalize possession, but not retail. Get your “rec room” ready. (Washington Post) Free speech yo: Supreme Court voted yesterday to expand whistleblower protection to company contractors (lawyers, […]

 Housing approacheth. And, unless you’re on top of it, it’s probably coming up sooner than you think. Bwog’s got you covered; we’ll be rolling out two housing reviews per day until no residence hall is left un-reviewed. Prepare to get (even more) excited: this year, we’re reviewing Barnard residence halls, too. Reviews for all! Tonight’s […]

ESC met last night and talked about engineering things, as they are wont to do. We sent over a correspondent, as we are wont to do. Our new ESC Bureau Chief Aparajita Maitra reports. 9:30 PM, in the Satow room of Lerner. ESC meeting begins on time. Members of the executive board take turns passing […]