Bookstore chain and Columbia mainstay Book Culture is in danger of shutting down, according to an open letter written by owner Chris Doeblin published in the West Side Rag earlier this week.

Bwog has obtained details of a contract between U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the federal law enforcement agency which enforces immigration regulations and whose facilities house detained migrant children, and The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, the official corporate name of Columbia University.

Content warning: This post discusses anti-Black violence, police brutality, and sexual assault regarding the 1989 Central Park Jogger case.

This morning Columbia students received notice that General Studies junior Eubert (Bert) McLeod has passed away.

Rackrock Magazine has been accused of plagiarizing interview questions from a student unaffiliated from the organization. 

Barnard’s President Sian Beilock announced, in an email to students, the inaugural Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Ariana González Stokas.

Barnard first-years, sophomores, and juniors, rejoice! You will no longer have to pay for laundry. Seniors, we’re sorry you won’t benefit. And prospies, take note—Barnard just got a lot better than wherever else you were thinking of going.

Content warning: this post includes descriptions of physical violence against a black student.

In an email sent to Barnard students this morning, Barnard announced that Aramark will be replaced with Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services.

Barnard’s search for a new Dean has come to a close.

John Henry Coatsworth, the Provost of Columbia University, will resign from his position on June 30, 2019, according to an email sent out by University President Lee Bollinger early this morning.

In an email sent at 9:45 pm tonight, Columbia College and SEAS students were alerted of an incident of non-consensual filming of a person in a Broadway Hall women’s bathroom. No suspect has been identified at this time, and Public Safety has opened an investigation.

Newsletter Editor Eva Sher has been in bed for two hours now refreshing her email, Facebook, and Slack feeds hoping for a snow day tomorrow.

New England Patriots owner and Columbia donor Robert Kraft, CC ‘63, has been charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution as part of a major human trafficking investigation, according to police in Jupiter, Florida.

Amir’s, the little restaurant on Broadway between 113th and 114th that served Middle Eastern and vegetarian fare, has closed, at least temporarily. There is a sign on the door explaining that Amir’s “must close their doors for now,” but that the staff “feel that this is not a final goodbye”; they “hope to ‘pop-up’ really […]