Democracy is in the air and plastered all over the dorm hallways– do your part and vote! Voting ends Wednesday night. Vote for CCSC here. For those still undecided. Check out Spec’s great summary of student platforms, more in-depth student platforms and opinion pieces, the debate recap, and our interviews with the different student groups. […]
He’s an important guy. Here are some things you should know about him: he founded the New York Post; he went to college here, but did not graduate; he is Michael Cera. If you want to learn even more, a biopic on Alexander Hamilton airs tonight at 10 pm on Channel 13. According to the […]
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 Strong-Willed but Gentle- Handed Correspondent Ricky Raudales. A team of scientists recreated functioning enzymes that date back between one and four billion years […]
In the latest installment of our Getting to Know series, Bwog’s Chancellor of Charm Molly Andrews caught up with Kubi, the beloved McBain security guard. Know someone we should know too? Send your suggestions to tips@bwog.com. Many McBain security guards can swipe our CUIDs, but only Kubi can capture our hearts. Stuck in an ECesque “swipe” jam, you may have […]
Our friends at WBAR threw together this awesome mix featuring tracks by each of the ten bands scheduled to play at this upcoming Friday’s annual WBBQ. Some Highlights: Real Estate earned Pitchfork’s prestigious best new music with their self-titled album. The Crystal Ark, lead by Gavin Russom, counts two of the former members of LCD Soundsystem among […]
Close the books! Shred the papers! Karate chop the laptops! Dump the contents of your backpack where you stand and go outside to listen to the music, soak up the sun, and pop ogle the bloons! But really, the green flag is up and swaying gently in spring’s buoyant breath. Go sit on the lawn! (‘Cause the […]
Some things sound really strange out of context, others are just strange. Bwog wonders if a little background info would make following verbal vapors smell a little less funky. Two girls chatting outside: Girl 1: Now would you be embarrassed or angry? Girl 2: *hesitates* I would be… uncomfortable. Girl 1: Out of embarrassment? Or like, “bitch you […]
CCSC convened. Bwog’s Brian Wagner survived to bring you this harrowing account: DON’T FORGET TO VOTE! Quick hits: All the candidates for next year attended; College Days is coming up; prepare your coin purses, because Penny Wars is on the horizon; a committee on the Student Council elections process is being formed to review electoral policy, rules, […]
Prospies currently attempting to get a perspective into life at Columbia may be flustered as their peers rattle the names of their other college acceptances. But remember—it’s all about perspective. The salutatorian of Bronx Science got into six Ivies and is “just trying to refrain from any hubris,” but an acceptance to Columbia is still an […]
The Election Board just announced that Elizabeth Kipp-Giusti, UniteCU’s VP Policy candidate, dropped out of the campaign. According to Spec, UniteCU will continue to run as a four-person party without EKG. Recently, Green Umbrella, the sustainability group on which she serves as a board member, endorsed BetterCU. Kipp-Giusti cites “personal reasons” for her resignation. Bwog […]
Last night, Peter Sterne, Bwog’s resident expert on theatrical representations of philosophical imprisonment, visited the Glicker-Milstein blackbox theatre for the the Columbia University Players production of The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. The CU Players production of “The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail” (written by Edward Lee and Jerome Lawrence, directed by Cody Haefner, CC […]
Not all of those fresh-faced idealists wandering Lerner are prospies. Some of them are running for CCSC! Here’s a handy guide to where they’re going head to head: 4pm in Party Space — 2014 Class Council 4:45pm in Party Space — 2013 Class Council 5:30pm in Party Space — University Senate 6:15pm in Party Space […]
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