Last Thursday, the jazz programs of Columbia and Princeton came together in a night of great music, celebration, and camaraderie. We sent our resident jazz junkie Madysen Luebke to cover the event; here’s her report. The CU Jazz program is an unexplored gem of the Columbia arts scene that came out of hiding last Sunday […]
In the March issue of The Blue and White—on-campus and online now—now, Britt Fossum, CC ’16, tells us about some crazy desert science stuff Columbia used to be into. “The strange part was the rationale for construction in the first place,” admits Dr. Nicholas Christie-Blick of Columbia’s Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, describing the glassy […]
Hungry for some environmental consciousness? The Barnard EcoReps are organizing a Potluck today at 6PM in Altschul—come enjoy some free food and learn about how to lower your carbon footprint. Other green events today: Jacqueline Ottoman is speaking about green marketing at 6 PM in Hamilton 517 in an event organized by Consilience. CleanEdison is screening Carbon […]
“Hey, get down! They’re going to call the police on you!” —this was the cry of a metaphor of a vox populi shaped by years of oppression by the establishment a child as he observed his brother, a strong independent boy who don’t need no ground, climb a pole on college walk this weekend. First world anarchy […]
Earth Day is here! (Google) But it doesn’t sound like there’s much to celebrate about. China is getting yet another kind of avian flu. (The Huffington Post) The cinnamon challenge apparently isn’t safe anymore. (Chicago Tribune) Reese Witherspoon was arrested. (USA Today) So stay tuned for Columbia’s Earth Week events—you can learn how to help […]
To honor our heritage/amorous affair with our mother magazine, we will continue posting pieces from the current issue of The Blue and White. Keep an eye our for the mag in Butler, Lerner, and select residence halls. If you are interested in subscribing to the magazine, direct your correspondence to bweditors@columbia.edu. In this feature, magazine contributor and Bwog […]
Do u enjoy replacing actual letters 4 their numerical equivalents? Do u also enjoy misspelling or reducing words 2 one letter? Well, 2001 Britney Spears did and so should u. So come 2 our meeting @ 7 pm 2nite in the SGO on the 5th floor of Lerner 2 show off ur txt lingo skillz. […]
The First Year MFA exhibition of the Columbia School of the Arts at the Wallach Gallery (located, naturally, in Schermerhorn) ended yesterday. Entitled And after a pause, it continued, the exhibition was first brought to Bwog’s attention by a tipped picture of what looked eerily like something Booth Jonathan would create and then trap a girl inside. […]
Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations […]
I lost my cell phone and wallet last night around midnight in Carman Residence Hall. It’s an iPhone 4 with a white LifeProof case and a brown leather wallet. If found, please email me at kal2188@columbia.edu
What would the world look like without… Maya Angelou?…Horrible, because we would never know why the caged bird sings. (Nytimes, Hulu) Email apocalypse?…I don’t know, but can you please remove me from your listserv? (Gothamist, Bwog) A significant other?…Forever alone. (Buzzfeed, Tumblr) Stress?…404 Error Not Found.(Huffington Post, 404errorpages) Without Bwog, where would all the trolls […]
There is rarely any consolation prize for getting the middle seat on a plane—but, as staff writer Naomi Sharp found on a recent Spirit Airlines flight, sitting next to and meeting Jimmy Failla was one of them. “Maybe we all forgot to pay the extra fee for departure,” he reasoned good-naturedly, as passengers on the […]
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