In 2022 and 2023, RAs at Barnard and Columbia made history by becoming only the eighth and ninth RA unions in the country. This semester, current and former members of the Barnard RA Union and CURA Collective sat down with Bwog to tell the story of their eventful first years.

On Wednesday afternoon, moments after a faculty protest concluded on Low Steps, demonstrators gathered outside the entrances to Barnard and Columbia to protest the suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine and BC/CU Jewish Voice for Peace.  Content warning: graphic descriptions of violence, guns.

On Wednesday, Columbia once again closed its gates to non-affiliates as students from across campus gathered at Low as part of a National Walkout for Gaza. At the same time, so-called “doxing trucks” appeared on campus, bearing the names and faces of current students. Later that day, a second protest, “End Jew-Hatred on Campus,” mounted […]

After several days of rising tensions, Thursday October 12 saw Columbia’s campus closed to visitors and guarded by NYPD as the Call to Action for Palestine protest and a simultaneous protest by Students Supporting Israel (SSI) mounted on Butler Lawns.

Campus organization Students Supporting Israel (SSI) held a large gathering on Tuesday as a response to the recent actions by militant group Hamas in Israel.  Content warning: Mentions of violence and death.  Editor’s note: This article is composed of individual statements from attendees of the Tuesday gathering; these statements do not reflect the united views […]

Bwog News Editor Paulina Rodriguez and Deputy News Editor Emma Burris spoke with new Barnard President Laura A. Rosenbury about her first few months in her position. 

Editor’s warning: Mentions of sexual assault  In July, former Columbia OB-GYN Robert Hadden was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on four counts after hundreds of former patients came forward with accounts of sexual abuse at his hands. On Wednesday, protestors demanded that Columbia take responsibility for its failure to cooperate with investigators in […]

From dining hall fails to embarrassing confessions, SideChat is all the rage right now at Barnumbia. After an interview with an avid poster and chats with other community members, Staff Writers Mila Noshirvani and Maren Frey get down to the real hot gossip.

Just one week after a group of international students circulated a petition protesting the newest update to Barnard’s health insurance policy, calling it “discriminatory,” the College appears to have walked back on the change.

On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions. In its aftermath, University administrators and student organizers alike are wondering what it means for the future.

Editor-in-Chief Kyle Murray, Managing Editor Elijah Knodell, and Deputy News Editor Emma Burris met with the acclaimed author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell to discuss his findings from an investigation into the Columbia U.S. News Scandal.

As smoke moves across the region, campus sits at the epicenter of what Governor Kathy Hochul is calling “an emergency crisis.”

Bwog’s editorial board summarizes the whole semester. Spoiler alert: Spring 2023 was eventful.

We’re at it again; we’re listening to music. So wouldn’t you know it, Bwog is back with more albums.

Arts Editor Grace Novarr sat down for an interview with Arielle Friedman (GS ’25), who co-directed and starred in the short film Immutable Uncertainties. The film is being featured in the Lower East Side Film Festival on May 7th. Arielle and her co-director Lucy Blumenfield (CC ’23) are also co-founders of Fazed Films, a production […]