The 5th Annual Primal Scream/Pillow Fight will commence at 11:55 tonight. This year, there will be a twist. Two Facebook groups were started to advertise the Pillow Fight, one encouraging its army to meet in front of Butler, the other to meet at the Sundial. Instead of merging, the creators (Lisa Mack and Sue Yang, […]
Name, school: Whitney Green, SEAS Claim to fame: President of the Engineering Student Council, Beat-boxing extraordinaire, Awesome facial expressions (or so I am told), Getting to do a senior wisdom! Where are you going? After this year? To take a nap. Three things you learned at Columbia: Anything and everything can be made into an […]
Today, CULPA unleashed the Oracle: the culmination of several years’ work trying to determine when Core professors teach. In other words, you may no longer have to stumble in the dark as you pick your CC, Music Hum and Art Hum sections. The Oracle matches up predicted professors, the times they usually teach, and the […]
Hey you freshpeople, good luck on your Frontiers final today! If you need some last minute guidance, consult the University of Sydney’s bizarre Frontiers of Science website, which chronicles the 1961 Sydney Morning Herald comic strip called, uh, Frontiers of Science. “Everyone is science-conscious these days,” the intro to the comic strip explains, “and this […]
Name, school: Kate Redburn, CC Claim to fame: It began with intense year of campus politics—Dems, Ahmadinejad, 5 Years of Occupation–5 Days of Action. Then I devolved into Madame of that Den of Thieves, the Potluck House, from whence came countless Spectator columns, Subway Parties, and the occasional naked art project. I did college backwards. […]
Call your mom and complain about finals! And tell her that she’s awesome. Through May 16, get half-off a (now even more customized) Frappucino between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Lucky Columbian, you have two Starbucks to pick from! A new art exhibit has opened on the High Line. Take the subway instead of the […]
Name, school: Ruqayyah “Rocky” Abdul-Karim, CC Claim to fame: CCSC 2010 council (aka pouring beers at Lerner Pub and giving out free t-shirts), President Emerita of the Black Students Organization, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee (hey tour guides!), co-chair of the Multicultural Recruitment Committee, avid fan of in-text parenthetical thought Where are you going? I am (finally) […]
Someone’s been leaving love in Butler! This sign was spotted hanging across the Thou Shalt Not Steal Books Forcefield on one in one of the side exits of Butler. Bwog believes in you, too.
The latest issue has hit campus! Look for it in most dorms and public spaces. Today, Bwog Editor Emeritus Jim Downie investigates the other half of Sunil Gulati’s life. It’s a beautiful August day in Mexico City. The temperature is a balmy 78 degrees; the lung-choking smog is blown away by a cool breeze. In […]
We’ve been reading the comments, and counting the thumbs down. You’re stressed. We understand. And we want to help. Today, starting at 4 PM outside Butler, Bwog will inaugurate its Bitch Box. The internet is a great place to complain, but bitching in real life is much more satisfying…especially when there’s free comfort food. Butler […]
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