Representatives on Barnard’s Student Government Association have the power to influence major aspects of student life, including by planning a myriad of beloved student events. However, when their elections come around, the bulk of the student body is nowhere to be found. Will this semester be different?

Earlier this week, Deputy Editor Lillian Rountree and Deputy News Editor Paulina Rodriguez sat down with members of the bargaining committee for the Barnard Contingent Faculty Union (BCF-UAW) to talk about their union, its impact on campus, and labor on campus more broadly.

With its last appearance in the public eye being in a Columbia College Today Spring 2020 magazine, the once-promised “Beginner’s Mind Institute” suddenly finds itself back into public memory.

Bwog talked with two recipients of Columbia’s Scholarship for Displaced Students, Sara Wahedi and Dr. Ajmal Sabawoon, about their experiences at Columbia, their fields of study, and their respective journeys to the University.

Staff Writer declares her love for Julia Tolda Francophone, Lusophone and Anglophone literature. And for the Barnard Comparative Literature Department. And for literature and translation, in general.

If you like LitHum, consider an English major.

Get ready to meet a million premeds.

What is up with the statistics department?

For the most pretentious among us.

Senior Staff Writer Henry Golub talks with student director Rishi Chhapolia (CC ’22) about his film Faust’s Facade, streaming on YouTube and Vimeo.

It’s time for a New Normal at Columbia.

Bwog sits down with the creator of the popular Instagram page, Barnard Fits.

As the sun sets on another semester at Columbia, Bwog recaps the happenings of Fall 2021. Editor’s Warning: This article contains mentions of violence, student death, and racism.

Bwog uncovered the backstory to the November 7 campus bomb threats, leading to a tiny corner of the internet full of hackers, Twitter feuds, and false alarm bomb threats across the country.

The Student Workers of Columbia have begun an indefinite strike as leverage for contract negotiations with the University, ceasing all labor and bringing courses to a halt.