When they’re not headbanging or answering our inane questions, Columbia faculty enjoy getting dirty in the lab. Bwog takes a moment to look back on this week in science. Headlines were compiled by our Blip-Spotter-Spotter-in-Chief Ricky Raudales. In a lengthy New York Times piece, Siddhartha Mukherjee, self-proclaimed biographer of cancer (and Pulitzer Prize winner!), tackles overreaching claims that link […]
Pitchfork—the website whose album reviews have a Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score on par with your student loan agreement—stopped by for WBAR-B-Q last Friday. They posted some snazzy pictures here and here. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to like these pictures before they were cool. 19 people already like the album on facebook.
Zoe Camp reports from SGA, whose special guest was the one and only D-Spar. She sparkled: With the Middle States Accreditation Process over, the college’s next big task is Strategic Planning. President Spar has sent out an email to all current faculty inviting them to a pow-wow of sorts to chart the future course of […]
Earth Week marches on! There will be free bike tune-ups and heavily discounted gear on the steps until 2. At noon in Schermerhorn 555, there will be a lecture about the bamboo bike project created by Columbia professor John Mutter…and snacks. At 6 PM, “popcorn, cookies, and other snacks” will be served at a screening […]
SEAS ’14 just can’t seem to get this election thing down. Lots has happened with regards to the 2014 ESC Council these past few days, and we provide a brief summary: While Kathy Sun did beat out Akshay Shah for President of SEAS ’14 last Wednesday, she did not actually win the popular vote. In […]
It may be counter-intuitive that a state’s Governor would file his taxes late. After all, public officials are role models, right? Not so in New Jersey, where Chris Christie will file late for the second year in a row. (WSJ) It’s pretty intuitive that the words and phrases we use all have a history. This […]
Bwog just received the following email: to: tips@bwog.net subject: bed bugs in 209 just saw one tried to take a picture but it was moving too fast. HELP Sweet dreams!
Dearest Friends, Hey. You doin’ all right? Because it’s a tough time of year and we care about you. So come to tonight’s meeting for The Blue and White magazine—take a break from your studies and pitch a few ideas for stories, talk about the upcoming issue. But most importantly, eat some of our num […]
Back in the day, Asenso Ampim and his crew brought you EC, Heights, or Campo. His new group, TwitterMafia, just dropped their latest Columbia-specific jam, titled “#weekEND.” You can listen to the song below or download the track via Mediafire. #Winning lyrics after the jump. What’s your favorite line?
Students will be serving free Thai iced tea in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month from 7 pm to 9 pm on the Lerner East Ramp Lounge. A panel will be giving away free pizza from 8 pm to 9:30 pm in Hamilton 602 while explaining the nuts and bolts of applying to Law […]
If you read the Iliad, you know that people have been giving each other prizes for quite some time. Today the Pulitzer Prize Board announced its winners for 2011. While there is no Pulitzer category for archery, the Board decided that two books from notable Columbia professors hit the mark. Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor […]
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