To enjoy the beautiful weather these past few nights compared to a soggy week, Tempted Theatre Trooper Britt Fossum went out to enjoy KSCT’s production of The Tempest on Thursday night and reports back on her experience in the outdoor theater. KCST’s The Tempest was incredibly entertaining. It was also a bit of a mess at times, as […]
In case your FOMO has doubled considering it’s the end of the semester, or you’re already having ragrets about not being involved in enough extra curriculars, Bwog is always looking to embrace new members with open arms. We’ll be meeting tonight at 7pm in the SGO Room on the 5th Floor of Lerner. Come eat […]
In celebration of the last Sunday before classes for the semester, we bring you the first of two Senior Wisdoms for the day from Diana Guyton on breathing, forgetting, and cheaper Pad Thai. Name, Hometown, School, Major: Diana Guyton, Atlanta, Columbia College, Creative Writing and Hispanic Studies Claim to fame: For whatever it’s worth: WKCR blues programmer, […]
Just one of the many lecturers taking part in the new Raising the Bar program, Professor Andrew Ross of NYU spoke about economic issues Tuesday night. Economics enthusiast Dani Lopez attended the lecture and reports on her thoughts from the night. When I heard I would have the opportunity to discuss pressing economic issues over […]
Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege of attending Columbia University. We try to compile all the upcoming guest speakers and lectures in the upcoming week, and since it’s reading week you obviously will need extra intellectual stimulation. Feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section and we’ll add them. […]
The New York Times published a piece on sexual assault, featuring the issues at Columbia and quotes from actual students who have filed complaints. If Columbia’s administrators won’t talk about it, the Times will. (NY Times) It’s been too long since we saw a bunch of famous people, particularly the president, try to be funny. We […]
Our next wise senior is Finn Vigeland, COÖPer and former managing editor of Spec, who writes about vulnerability, transit, and the roof of Low. Name, Hometown, School, Major: Finn Vigeland, Tuckahoe, NY, Columbia College, Urban Studies Claim to fame: Speccie, tour guide, COÖPer, cruciverbalist. Where are you going? First, to Brazil and Colombia to chill with […]
What with the fiasco that was this year’s every year’s Housing Lottery, off-campus housing started to look pretty damn good, by which we mean you threatened once to screw the system and move your paltry belongings a full ten blocks up/downtown. But here’s the deal: that might not be the worst impulse you’ve ever had, […]
Bwog attended last night’s premiere of “Morningside Nights,” the 120th Varsity Show. Bwog discussed, and former EIC Alexandra Svokos primarily wrote this review. Photography by Features Editor Alexander Pines. Last year, we wondered at the purpose of the Varsity Show itself: “[S]houldn’t we expect some social commentary meat on those musical theatre bones?” With V120, happily, the creators took […]
Father Dan O’Reilly is the director of Columbia Catholic Ministry and one of the more musical priests around. Catholicism curator Max Rettig sat down with Fr. O’Reilly to talk slogans, Pope Benedict, and Catholic rock bands. Bwog: How would you define your role inside of the Columbia community as head of the Catholic Ministry, and […]
Schools nationwide are under scrutiny for their handling of sexual violence and harassment “complaints.” Despite all the news we’ve been making, Columbia is not on the list because the investigation hasn’t actually started yet. (NY Daily News) Yikes. One of the many reasons we rarely venture downtown. (Newsday) Google set themselves up with a comfy […]
Bwogger Tatini Mal-Sarkar takes us to a dimly lit Chelsea bar on a gloomy Tuesday evening. She’s there to hear Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Tina Frühauf speak on the deep relationship between food and music in her talk titled, “‘You’re the Cream in My Coffee’: A Toast to Music and Food” which sounds pleasant to […]
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