The Columbia University Students for Justice in Palestine (CSJP) have set up a theatrical mock Israeli checkpoint on Low steps. The demonstration is part of Right to Education Week and is designed to raise awareness of the hardships faced by Palestinian students on their journeys to and from school. “Israeli guards” are walking around with […]
Take Back the Night’s Sexhibition Health Fair is going on today from 11am-3pm on the Lerner Ramps and in the Roone Arledge Lobby. Decorate peen cookies, nab some free préservatifs and pomegranate vanilla-flavored lubrication, and enter the playful toy items raffle. Baked goods and o-faces for all! At 7pm, Sexhibition will be screening the documentary Orgasm Inc.: The Strange […]
The Eye attempts to answer a stock CU question: why doesn’t Columbia have any good traditions? (The Eye) Columbia Housing makes big plans to join the modern age and make all dorms wireless by fall 2012. (Spec) With the looming nation-wide ban on Four Loko, people are “sacrificing” themselves for the greater good and testing the drink […]
Update, 8:57: The police tape is gone and Broadway has been reopened for traffic. Update, 8:15: With the commotion gone, there appears to be blood on the street about 3-5 yards ahead of the bike, which is still there. Policemen have confirmed to Bwog that there were no CU students involved. Police also confirm the […]
Heads up for some events tonight with free food: From 7:30-9:30pm in 203 Diana Center there will be a screening of My Architect: A Son’s Journey. This film by Nathaniel Kahn is about his travels visiting the architectural works of his father. It won an Academy Award! And there will be free food. From 9-10pm […]
Bwog has hopped and camped in libraries, but we’ve never actually explored their contents. The Columbia libraries are a treasure trove of exciting history, so with the help of our lovely librarian friends, we’re going to highlight some hidden jewels. For our first installment of BiblioBwog, Carolyn Ruvkun talked to Jennifer Lee, Performing Arts Curator […]
In case you weren’t worried enough about seeing/not seeing your family over Thanksgiving—or perish the thought, even about looming finals—here’s something else. Tomorrow, November 18th, is the deadline both for CC students to switch a class to P/D/F and for SEAS students to drop a class. There are various and sundry rules and people you […]
Not all beauty on campus is the kind that makes you nostalgic while you’re still here. Some of it falls more into the stunning-glass-building-reflection class. Go enjoy the weather while it’s nice! Photo by CCS
The November issue of The Blue & White will be arriving on campus soon. In the mean time, we’ll be trickling out the issue on Bwog. You might not know the following figure—but you should. In Campus Characters, The Blue & White introduces you to a handful of Columbians who are up to interesting and […]
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