News stories can be complicated, featuring multiple sides of the issue, risky claims, inherent bias, and extended context. Wouldn’t you like to assign catchy songs to current events? Toyota recall—Oops!… I Did it Again. (WSJ) Continuous Greek strife and strikes—Bohemian Rhapsody. (Reuters) Sorry, Elmo, but—Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. (ABC) Artificial lens study—Suddenly I See. (MedGadget) Madonna being […]
Tonight, GSSC passed a resolution and SGB issued a statement calling on the administration to “Save the Arts Initiative.” SGA, ESC, and CCSC have already passed similar resolutions (and ABC issued a similar statement), while over 1,200 students and alums have individually signed a similar petition. All of the resolutions, statements, and petitions call on […]
The Autumn issue of The Blue & White, our parent magazine is out! You can get it from many of the campus buildings, including Lerner and Hamilton, and also read it on the “Internet” at theblueandwhite.org! Here, Senior Editor Anna Bahr and Bwog Senior Contributor Alexandra Svokos discuss the relative merits of sharing or withholding your cigarettes. […]
SGA’s Rep Council met last night for the first time in a lot of nights in the Diana Center Café. Amid an unusually plentiful amount of baked goods, and guests, discussions both new and overdue were had by all. Bwog’s Barnard Bureau Chief and Resident Baked Goods Bandit Renée Kraiem was, as per usual, there. […]
Tired of those lonely Tuesday nights? Wish you could spend your hours helping to create a magazine instead of Redditing? Well, you’re in luck, because The Blue & White is having our weekly meeting tonight. We’ll be finalizing our content for the upcoming December issue and then looking toward The Future as we brainstorm pitch ideas for […]
A tipster overheard the following in Lerner: “Most people don’t know this about me, but I’m really fucking intellectual.” Which probably means: “I definitely think most people think I’m intellectual, but I’m trying to sound humble by pretending I don’t and putting a ‘fucking’ in there.” It’s the essence of every college or job application […]
As always, our intrepid investigator Aria Sharma went to this week’s Engineering Student Council meeting. Here is her report: This week’s meeting was off to a robust start after a rather long break with hurricanes and elections and such. Dean Kromm visited ESC to discuss the plans for the Convent residential living space. Aside from […]
Do you like to draw? The Blue & White happens to greatly appreciate drawings, and we put lots of them into our magazine. Every illustration in The Blue & White is hand-drawn, and we pride ourselves on the lovely azure artwork that adorns our pages. You can find examples of past illustrations on Bwog, on the […]
So some intrepid students chalked “SAVETHEARTSINIATIVE.ORG” in front of Miller Theatre, choosing that spot because CUArts and Miller were brought under the same roof, some say to the detriment of both. The concerned citizens chalked the URL of a petition addressing the recent—and according to the signees, devastating—cuts to CUArts.
Today and tomorrow the Metropolitan Opera will be having their Eastern District National Council Auditions right here at Columbia. Singers are competing for an opportunity in the final round to sing onstage at the Met, where tickets run up to $80, and winners get a sizable chunk of money and press. Most winners wind up […]
It’s been a week since Obama was reelected, and residents of many states are petitioning to secede from the United States. Most of these are Southern states, but even New York and New Jersey have sent letters. None of these cite the reelection, but suspiciously the rise in their arrival began last Tuesday… (Politico) In […]
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