Pfft… you don’t have midterms next week! Or at least you can pretend you don’t whilst taking in some of the amazing sights and sounds of Morningside’s arts scene. If you would like readers to escape their realities at your events, please e-mail us at events@bwog.com. Thursday French Film: Qui m’aime me suive, East Gallery, Buell […]
Bwog hates to break it to you: it’s job-search time. Continuing our series of sitting down and writing about it, an anonymous posterior with perfect interview posture shares what it’s like to be in the hot seat. What has five minutes to memorize a stock pitch, two stiffly crossed legs, and one weirdly plush, Columbia-crested […]
Bwog knows that “everyone” has been to a football or basketball game at Columbia, but what about some of our lesser-known sports? Premiering our new Spotlight on Sports series is fencing. How does it work? When can one shout “touché”? If you had a secret British twin, would you beat her in a duel? Expert […]
In BwogSalon, we feature smashing articles from our many niche campus publications. Today, we look at the most recent issue of Consilience, a Columbia-based online journal of sustainable development. Name of Publication: Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development Edition: Issue 7, Winter 2011/2012 Description: Consilience is a global, online publication, based at Columbia University, dedicated […]
Dearest First Years, By this time next year, most of you will be in McBain. Now, McBain is great! Unlike last year, you won’t have to weigh the principal disadvantage of Carman (the roommate) against that of John Jay (dirty floor bathrooms). McBain gives you both in a beautiful building that hasn’t been renovated since was “recently” […]
While a select few Columbians were sipping mineral water in PrezBo’s cozy living room, an even smaller contingent endured less luxurious conditions to hold their own conversation. Bwog’s Human Microphone Translator John Sarlitto reports from Occupy CU’s “Fireside Chat.” While the Occupy CU “Fireside Chat” on the sidewalk outside PrezBo Manor was scheduled to start […]
As he does from time to time, last night PrezBo opened the doors to his grandiose abode on Morningside Drive to a number of students and administrators for the latest in his Rooseveltian series of fireside chats. A pair of Bwog editors were in attendance, and positioned themselves on a soft couch to listen in on the night’s […]
900 000 000 000 000: The amount of money that a Staten Island mother is suing the city for. (Forbes) 3 950 000: The listed price of the skinniest house in Manhattan. (Huffington Post) 34.2: The tons of paper and debris that the last Giants Super Bowl Parade generated.(Gothamist) 3.25: The years it took for […]
Couldn’t make it across campus to eat some of the Columbia Culinary Society’s free erotic cake? Here are a few pictures from the event to whet your appetite in more ways than one. pastry pornography via Elyse DeWitt
Perhaps the most common of all campus seats, the Hamilton desk-chair is here reviewed for posterity. Chair reviews—like CULPA for things on which it is appropriate to sit. You walk into Lit Hum just as it starts—as always—and quickly scan the room to find the open seat. There’s one in the corner, so you sneak […]
Update, 10:56 pm: Domo Taco updated their Facebook page with the message, “Closing early due to some unfriendly carts…sorry! Cya tomorrow!” Halal bests Domo in the first round! Update 6:58 pm: Word is that the owner of Domo Taco Truck is a cousin of a Columbia student. The nepotistic war rages on, with furthering alliance tensions. […]
Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. Dean Rinere of the Student Advising Center spoke to the council, addressing concerns students had brought up about their advisers being switched. Rinere explained that when students enter SEAS, they are assigned an advisor based on their declared “likely” major. If a student proceeds to declare a […]
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