Due to a fire alarm, River has been evacuated. Overheard from one of the tens of residents milling around aimlessly outside, “My room smelled like a scone…is that a bad thing?”
Aside from lying in your bed, how do you spend most of your time? Sitting. Where does one sit? On a chair. It’s time to become an informed citizen, and to arm yourself with knowledge the next time you choose to transition to a sedentary position. Bwog presents: Chair Reviews, Part 1. Ah, the Butler […]
Yellowish ivory scarf with a lot of print on it. Most likely to be found at 504 Diana or LRC SIPA. If found then you shall be rewarded with my eternal gratitude. Contact: an2503@barnard.edu
And now for Bwog’s latest effort to be just like The New Yorker: our first caption contest! Because we want more than your excited, outraged, or bored post comments. We want the raw expressions of your psyche, in one line or less. You know the drill: examine, interpret, express. Comment with your most incisive, searing […]
In the spirit of Restaurant Week, go for some multi-course class in your free food endeavors tonight. Stop by the Davis Auditorium at 7:15 pm, where IEEE will be hosting Microsoft to snag some T-shirts and food (and, you know, learn things). And if you’re still hungry after that, join Peace by P.E.A.C.E at 8 pm […]
Remember how when you were a first-year your cool sophomore friend talked about using her windowsill to chill perishables in the winter? One intrepid McBain resident has actually done it. Forget eating in Ferris when you can dine overlooking the shaft the city. Of course, with the recent spring-like weather, one has to wonder how […]
Want some actual discussion with your free food this time around? Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Students for Human Rights will host a discussion entitled “Traumatized: The War on Drugs, Child Abuse, and the Teen Treatment Industry” in the Lerner Party Space on Tuesday, January 31st at 7:30 pm (note: the free food happens at […]
Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. SEAS Dean Pena-Mora attended last night’s ESC meeting. The Dean began by thanking ESC for their letter in support of his administration, which the council sent to the Spectator last December. Pena-Mora pledged to “continue to ensure that you [all] have the best education experience that anyone could […]
Efficient Correspondent Renée Kraiem reports from the latest SGA meeting. Rep Council met last night in an alternative space next door to its usual haunt, the Diana Café. The new, more intimate setting proved metaphorically appropriate for the tone and subject of the night’s meeting. First on the agenda was this week’s administrative guest, Jessica […]
Samantha Kwek, a student in Columbia’s School of Continuing Education, passed away on Sunday according to SCE Dean Kristine Billmyer. Kwek was a postbaccalaureate student pursuing quantitative studies. Her death is being treated as a suicide. We extend our condolences to Samantha’s friends and family, and ask that commenters please use the space respectfully. In […]
It takes boldness to be a Barnard woman. It takes fearlessness. It takes an unlimited data plan, and still having a Blackberry. Only the bold get coffee. Only the bold get knowledge. Barnard women: if you can’t read the text below, text your boldest moment to 330c5890 or 330c5af by Thursday at 5 pm to […]
You could have gone to Fordham and been one of these students (plus a baby). (NYT) Your overheard comment on the train yesterday could have been made public to the world in general. (Overheard in NY) Your innocent desire to party could have been tragically misinterpreted by American customs. (Gawker) Columbia could have cared about its USNWR ranking this […]
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