Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, has died of cancer. Will Dennis Rodman attend the funeral? (CNN) Batman’s gained a few pounds, but he’s not in some Italian café—he’s fighting crime in England. (Yahoo!) Adderall is powerful but bad, mmmkay? (NY Times) Did your name affect you getting into another Blue Ivy? (Gawker) The nation shall […]
In case you haven’t heard (read: you haven’t heard, but) registration opens tomorrow for the 2013 housing process. In preparation for this, we boiled down the housing process as concisely as we could to help you understand WTF anything is. Please feel free to ask further questions in the comments–and upperclassmen, please share wisdom–or email us […]
Where better—and who better?—to talk about our fair University with than at the weekly, open meeting of The Blue and White, with the editors and staff of the same? So: the meeting shall be convened tonight, at 9 p.m. in St. Paul’s Chapel. Expect refreshment of all kinds. —The Editors
Joined by Jared Odessky of CCSC, SGA met once again last night to discuss campus’ newest fad, WTF Columbia. As per usual, Maddie Ball was there, braving the New York Hoth winds of to get the details. Though only eight days old, pretty much everyone has heard of the newest website to take campus by […]
Speak Memory is by four recipients of the Blueprint Fellowship, and is loosely tied together by common themes of Russian-Jewish immigrant identity, artists’ ties to the historic past, and the connection to our heritage that we feel in everyday life. The exhibit is a little confusing, but quite worth the 10 second trip to the […]
And Lena Dunham’s getting a medal–but not giving a speech. Barnard has just announced that their 2013 commencement speaker will be Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. In the words of DSpar: Ms. Gbowee’s leadership helped galvanize an entire nation’s women to stand together against violence and end […]
A tipster overheard this charming conversation at a party this weekend: Bro 1 : I can bite a bra off! For real! I’m just like *RRRRR*! Bro 2: I’m working on just the flick and drop. One swift motion! Bro 3: Fuck yeah! Swoon. Congratulation squad via Shutterstock
Tehran has deployed sniper squads to take out its huge population of cat-sized rats. That’s one way to do it. (NPR) If Atsufumi Yoshizawa could work through the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima powerplant, you can probably finish that super-boring reading. (Independent) Pat yourselves on the back because, unlike Oberlin, we didn’t have to cancel […]
If you live near the Broadway/115th intersection and are wondering what all the sirens are about, here’s the info. A taxi cab has collided with an NYPD vehicle and spun out of control and into the sidewalk in front of Morton Williams. It appears nobody is hurt.
Bwog knows you’re bored and trying to procrastinate, so we’ve gathered some of our staff’s favorite Wikipedia pages to pass your time. Feel free to add more in the comments! Hungry for some history? Maybe you just want to own a dog vicariously. The Harlem Shake in real life Correct your friends about literally everything! […]
Found a pair of Warby Parker eyeglasses on a table in JJ’s place next to a copy of the Eye open to the St. A’s article, if that means anything. Email me at dkl2113@columbia.edu to get them back.
Ever wonder what goes on in the weekly mysterious CCSC meetings? Wonder no more, because we sent Maren Killackey on a magical mission to find out for you. Here’s a report: Because it’s not adult life if your parents still pay for your Blackberry… Dean of CCE Kavita Sharma along with Niamh O’Brien, CCE Undergraduate […]
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