How exactly did the prospects for General Selection get so dire? Director Guru of Housing and Bwog’s new best friend Joyce Jackson explained that of course “it is always hard to say how many people will drop down to General from Suite Selection.” While she noted that fewer students have been moving off campus in […]
For those of you who (a) didn’t know or (b) were all grumpy-dumpy, today is Barnard Spirit Day! Though events have already gotten underway, there’s still fun to be had. Until 4 pm, perky people will serve free ice cream in the 2nd floor dining room of the Diana. And, tonight from 4:30 to 7 pm, […]
In Hungarian, some guy took half an hour in the bathroom—and left behind this list “Sentences on Conceptual Parties.” Sol Lewitt muses on the rationality and irrationality of parties.
Bwog Editor Emerita Juli Weiner, now a writer for Vanity Fair, penned this post on Trump’s apparent desire to run for president. And boy was she snarky! That snark garnered a hand-written response from Trump, including an annotated print-out of the piece. So they published it, and it was funny. The real estate tycoon circled […]
Remember when Ann Taylor asked around for some college fashionistas? Well, good news! One took the bait. And now our own Nida Vidutis, CC ’12,—unfortunately at the bottom of the Columbia list due to the infernal alphabet—is very-close-but-not-quite winning! She’s second place behind a GW girl, and polls close today! So go vote and prove […]
It’s that time when Dining gives away piles of packaged snacks to gauge what to stock at JJ’s and Blue Java next year. Ahoy annual Food Expo! It’s happening now until 2pm in John Jay. *You gotta swipe. bummer. Nudity via Wikimedia
The Space Shuttle Enterprise will touch down at the Intrepid! Cue NSOP 2011. A nugget of history for you: the Enterprise was the first shuttle orbiter, but never actually flew in space. Geek out. (Intrepid Museum) A Columbia Comp Sci study found that people can’t quite handle social networking privacy settings—they’re either “sharing something they wished to […]
Get your patootie over to Liz’s Place for free wine, courtesy of the Greek Games gals. Classy stuff, right? And who says you can’t get tipsy on a Tuesday?
Well, we know Watt it is this time, some kind of vent. But doesn’t it look at least a little bit like that spherical specter we found in there last week? Real life emoticons—they’re everywhere.
Mike DeVito, New York Jets defensive end, will speak at tonight’s Athletes in Action meeting at 8:00 p.m. in the Lou Gherig lounge on the 3rd floor of Dodge Fitness Center. He’ll talk about how his faith ties in with his life and athletics. Free pizza will be served! Ballin. Practice Session via Wikimedia Commons
Earlier this afternoon, NYPD officers arrested and handcuffed a man in the Lerner bookstore. Police officers on the scene declined to comment and Community Affairs at the 26th Precinct was unavailable. A Public Safety officer near the scene said that there had also been a call for help from a man being assaulted in the subway, […]
This isn’t the first time pigeons have been spotted in Havemeyer 309 in the past week. But now, pigeons in action! You never know, maybe next week there will be a whole flock.
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