A new fence in front of the tourist section of the White House is coming along with a new President in 2016. (NY Times) In an effort to address its low levels of tourism since 2011, Egypt has released a new visa law in which tourist visas will only be granted to groups traveling with a […]

Baroque buff Henry Litwhiler shines rare appreciation on the elegance of Ohio-based group Les Délices. Saturday’s concert, entitled “Myths & Allegories,” came as part of Miller Theatre’s “Early Music” series, which speaks volumes about the Theatre’s narrow sense of time. It was undoubtedly only with great difficulty that the Theatre capped the series with the baroque instead of extending […]

Get your anchors ready girls, because tonight is Bwog’s Semi-Annual Big/Little Reveal! This will take place during our weekly chapter meeting tonight at 7PM in Lerner’s SGO (Room 505). Anyone is welcome to attend and light refreshments will be served! Join us tonight as we discuss housing and Bacchanal, and find out which one of these lovely members […]

Bwog: You’re a junior. You won the individual men’s epee title and led our team to an NCAA championship. You’re on top of the world… now what? Jake: Obviously, it feels great to win the team and individual title as a junior. In terms of what now, it’s just the same thing that I’ve been […]

Bucket List represents the immense academic privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. This week, learn about what your professors were like in the sixties as political activists, and hopefully get them to tell a good story in class. Our recommendations are below, and the full list can be found after the jump. As always, if […]

Location: 508 West 114th Street Nearby dorms: John Jay, LLC, Carman, Brownstones, Broadway Stores and restaurants: Strokos, Artopolis, JJs, Hamdel, St. Luke’s (important). It’s basically on Amsterdam, but the blocks immediately around it aren’t the most happening. Cost: $9,470/year (same as Claremont, EC, Hogan, Watt, Woodbridge, SIC’s, and Brownstones. More money than last year.) Amenities: Bathrooms: Two full baths […]

March Madness is in full swing which means that it’s time for another round of Liewitness News! Which school are you rooting for: University of Phoenix or DeVry University? (Huffington Post) What scares a New Englander more than Tom Brady jumping off a cliff? Gisele Bündchen posting a Facebook video of Tom Brady jumping off a cliff. […]

Navigating the mundanities of campus life can seem like a chore, in no small part because “the mundanities of…life” is more or less the definition of chore. Walking to a class or meal, operating an elevator or staircase, doing laundry—all while preoccupied by the Big Questions we’re meant to be confronting at an institution as illustrious as […]

Champion of the sporting life Ross Chapman went to a softball game and lived to tell the tale, sustained only by fevered visions of you, dear reader. A few squandered offensive opportunities left the Lions low after game one, but a powerful pitching performance by Tessa Kroll helped the Columbia softball team split a cold […]

Clamoring for March Madness coverage? Of course not. You’re Columbia University, and also our mothers. Well, we have some for you anyway, sure to please everyone from the most diehard bracketheads to those who actually attend this school. A Bwog staffer shares her story of love, loss, and basketball brackets.  The competition is real right now – […]

Inexplicably extant smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry (formerly Research In Motion) has announced its lowest quarterly sales in eight years, though it somehow managed to sell 1.6 million handsets over the period. (Financial Times) Senator Harry Reid has announced that he won’t be seeking a sixth term in 2016, thereby ending what will have been a ten-year […]

The Bacchanal Executive Board has released the following official statement with updates to this year’s concert and ticket policy. An addition 2,000 tickets for the lawns will be released in addition an extra 400 Low Plaza tickets. Refunds will be provided for all who bought tickets earlier this month. The full text is included below: […]