A New York judge has overturned Bloomberg’s ban on big sodas, calling it “arbitrary and capricious”. (NPR) Want to escape from midterms? Take a peek at the many faces of Iran.(Atlantic) Apparently our abilities to remember the past and to plan the future are closely related. And some of us are much better than others. (WSJ) […]
Bwog likes to descend into Butler on Sunday nights (just as a sense of doom is descending) to gather an idea of what’s going on with fellow Columbians. This week we asked you, “What are you doing over spring break?” The normal. Caffeinated girl by the bathroom: “I feel like I’ve been living off coffee […]
Our great leaders at CCSC meet weekly, and Maren Killackey reports what went down this week. A mercifully short meeting thanks to a hellish week: First was an announcement from Dean of Residential Programs Cristen Kromm regarding RC@C facilitators. The RC@C program aims to teach incoming first years that drugs are “bad” and alcohol is […]
After tripping over construction workers for weeks, Duane Reade is practically done with renovations. Bwog sent our Decoration Diva Angel Jiang to check it out, in honor of the five-aisled edifice to self-improvement. The first thing to note about Duane Reade’s renovation is that the entrance, formerly in correspondence to the stairs to the lower level, is […]
This past weekend, the Columbia Musical Theatre Society performed an hour-long musical performance, with lyrics by a Barnard alum. Culture Connoisseur Hannah Kauders reviews. The cast of CMTS’s Party Worth Crashing entertained audiences in sold-out performances this week in the Lerner Black Box. In a recent report, Bwog Arts Editor and cast member Kyra […]
Tonight is the moment you’ve all been waiting for–Media Networking Night! Hosted by CCE with support from us and Spec, the event will be held in the Low Library Rotunda, so just follow the line of anxious peers and alums straight up the steps. MNN officially begins at 7 pm, but we suggest you get […]
In a “courageous” new advertising scheme, The Pet Market on 109th is showing movies on the TV in its front window. When it’s closed. And the wrong Disney movie—Brave instead of 101 Dalmatians. Does the security guard enjoy family-friendly movies? Is this intended to scare off the crutchèd bandit? All we have is a blurry photo. […]
What if the Peanuts gang had their stories documented into high school? Would we finally be able to understand the adults’ speech? Would it be as disappointing as The Rugrats’ All Growed Up? This weekend, Mariana Benjamin went to CUP’s performance to find out. In the basement of the Diana center, seated in a house packed […]
Happy Monday folks! An early morning press release from CCSC gives us our first official announcement about the Columbia Music Festival (swanky website here), a week(ish) long collaboration between CCSC, Live at Lerner, WBAR, WKCR, Bacchanal, and Postcrypt. The first event of the week is CCSC’s Synaesthesia Kickoff Concert on Tuesday, April 9, where Hoodie Allen will […]
Tiger Woods won his first World Golf Championship since 2009. (ESPN) Harvard searched the administrative email accounts of its resident deans. (Boston) Karzai doesn’t want to be BFFs with us. (LA Times) Ancient humans should have asked their doctors if Lipitor was right for them. (Washington Post) In the latest dip on Bieber’s roller-coaster week, […]
Group registration for the 2013 Housing cycle has begun: you have until Thursday to make friends. And with a new year of Columbia housing comes a new list of questions, concerns, and general perplexities. We’re here to help — send in all your housing related inquiries to housing@bwog.com for the best answer we can come […]
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