Today’s Actual Wisdom: Shamus Khan, expert on farm to table food, authenticity, and not being an asshole.  1. Justify your existence in 30 words or fewer. I teach. Every year I have a chance to influence how hundreds of young people understand the world and themselves. Cheesy? Yes. But I love it (most of the time). […]

Let’s recap: on Thursday Dean Shollenberger condemned the Marching Band for their posters about Orgo Night in an email sent to all undergrads. In a meeting with Shollenberger, he explained that the posters were brought to his attention by students who felt marginalized by them. On Monday night, a meeting was held with a coalition of students […]

This evening at 10 p.m. on the Low Steps, there will be a candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of yesterday’s shooting in Newtown, Connecticut as well as in Chenpeng Village in China. Even in this very busy time of our lives, it is important that we have an opportunity to remember these tragedies […]

We sent Bwog’s Musical Magistrate Sarah Thompson to check out the Columbia University Wind Ensemble. Here’s what she came up with. Last Sunday afternoon I made my way blearily to Roone Arledge for the Columbia University Wind Ensemble’s winter concert. I wondered if I’d be able to tell the difference between a clarinet and a […]

Writing papers on three hours of sleep and two shots of espresso is hard, but slaving away in Butler has its benefits–Bwog’s got the composition process almost down to a science. To help you through this finals season, here are some helpful guidelines for getting your thesis statement from your brain onto the page. Last […]

It may be the weekend, but finals are still here, and Butler is still crowded. For today’s cafe reviews, we give you walkable options: one of which is calm, one of which is not, and one of which is comfortable for Fairy People. Guess which is which.  Starbucks 114th: Apparently four blocks makes all the […]

The Winter issue of The Blue & White is at the printer. The printer is such a tease! Ha! In the meantime, read on for Senior Editor Will Holt’s and contributor Torsten Odland’s takes on whether or not you should unhang that CU hoodie and represent. Affirmative Let me start out by saying that I hate […]

Last weekend had a performance of Tchaicovsky’s Nutcracker from the Columbia Ballet Collaborative.  Bwog sent ballet buckwheater (yes, it’s a word!) Roberta Barnett to bear witness to some dazzling dance.   Disclaimer: the following review may or may not contain “real ballet knowledge” Branded as “Columbia’s newest tradition,” Columbia Ballet Collaborative’s performance of The Nutcracker, this small production was […]

We’ve had one day of exams, and now we already get a day off again before some of us have to go back to writing for 3 hours in a row (looking at you, FroSci). So why would you even get out of bed? Stay right here and cuddle with Bwog. If we could bring […]

Tonight’s Actual Wisdom brings you a little bit of international wisdom with the words of Reyes Llopis-García, who discusses Finding Nemo and all of the awkward Spanish slip-ups. And makes you feel really good with the last question. 1. Justify your existence in 30 words or fewer. Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) does […]

The Winter 2012 issue of The Blue & White is with the printer. In the meantime, Culture Editor Conor Skelding explores bored@butler, which returned this October. “b@b provides a unique way of connecting people based purely on their thoughts,” said “Jae Daemon,” who maintains bored@butler and is the pseudonym of the site’s founder, Jonathan Pappas, […]

Orgo Night began as a usual night in Butler: as a mass of people intently studying in 209. Nearly all desks were full as the stress of exams bubbled in everyone’s heads. As the crowds started to walk in, three different looks popped on people’s faces. Some looked up from their books, faces lit with […]