The B-School admissions office answers U.S. News’s questions, unintentionally letting the entire world know how to get in. (U.S. News) University researchers find a link between a healthy diet and a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease. (CBS News) More research finds a gene that causes the growth of “peach fuzz hair”. (Business Week) Local New […]

ESC Secretary Heidi Ahmed has just informed Bwog of the results of this year’s new engineering student council. Congratulations, friends! Class of 2011 President–Amanda Tan Vice President–Eric Hirani Class Representative–Alice Hu Class Representative–Albert Miller Class of 2012 President–Judy Kim Vice President–Mailing Wu Class Representative–Spencer Almen Class Representative–Nate Levick Class of 2013 President–Mary Byers Vice President–Shudipto […]

The IEEE and the Ferris Reel Film Society are co-hosting a screening of District 9 in Lerner cinema at 10 PM, preceded by free pizza, subs and free IEEE t-shirts, bags, electronics and more EE things at 9:15 PM in the piano lounge. The movie’s free if you’re an EE student. If not, you’ll have […]

The countdown is on.  Nothing will get done. Just get out there with insidenewyork. Last Bummer Summer (ha!) PARTY! Come bounce to Indie-Electronica group MKNG FRNDZ, trip on visual Art by Death Bear, and bask in the wit and talent of performing host Ojay Morgan. Open bar and kissing booth all night for the cost […]

Last night, President Lee Bollinger invited members of the various graduate schools to visit his palatial estate for an intimate chat on this, that, and just possibly everything. Bwog’s Conspicuously Young Bureau Chief Mark Hay was in attendance to check in on the heartbeat of the University. If you’ve made it this far into your […]

Night March starts at 8pm, Barnard gates. Speakout starts at 10pm, LeFrak Gym. We’ll see you at the march. Expect pictures later tonight!

Overheard on College Walk: Guy 1 to Guy 2: “These buildings were built in, like, 1403.” Photo via wikimedia

Last night a star-studded panel featuring PrezBo, David Ignatius, Salman Rushdie, Michael Schudson and Michael Doyle, convened in the Rotunda for a discussion titled “Free Speech in a Globalized World,” which focused on PrezBo’s lastest book, “Uninhibited, Robust and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century.” Ridiculously-famous-academic-to-be Sam Schube gives us the low down […]

Foote’s Stand Columbia won a close three-way race with Issac Lara’s ReNew CU and Eugenio Suarez’s Naked Party. Stand Columbia received just over 47% of the vote in the first round of runoff voting, increasing to 52% in the second round. Foote told Bwog, “I’ve learned a lot, and seen sides of Columbia I’ve never […]

You’ve tipped us about it for years, and we’ve sort of snickered about it since the dawn of Bwog. So we finally decided to investigate. Why is there a prominently located lactation room in Carman? Are there more? Is this a joke? You have questions, Jon Edelman has answers. It’s not so much the idea […]

Results are in! Stay tuned for elections results from CCSC, ESC and SGA today and tomorrow. President: Beezly Kiernan Vice President: Eric Rosenberg Treasurer: Brittany Ward Secretary: Justin Kim Update: Beezly Kiernan, who is currently running for the position of VP of Policy in the CCSC’s exec board elections, intends to resign from his position […]

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