Columbians send and receive the darnedest things. This week, Postal Service (remember?) groupie Sarah Camiscoli slipped into the Package Center on the fourth floor of Lerner to beat the morning rush. She sat down with the Package Center Professionals, Ralph, Jason, Alex, and Louie. Below, the Professionals list the most bizarre mail and people they’ve […]
For a few years now, the General Studies Student Council has lobbied to receive a diploma written in Latin–like the College and Law School currently give. (GS, along with the other 13 schools, award an English diploma.) Peter Awn, the GS dean, took a break from being totally awesome to let down GS students easily: […]
Tonight, CCSC brings you a rather bizarre combination of foods-without-price: chicken wings, mac and cheese, and green jello. We’ll take it! 8:30-10:30 PM, Lerner Piano Lounge. But wait, there’s more! An email from the Political Science Dept. about more free things: The Political Science Dept’s administrative office (IAB 710) is giving away a few hundred […]
5:00pm (that’s less than half an hour from now) brings the end of housing registration. From Housing’s web site: REMINDER: Online Room Selection Registration will close on Wednesday, March 10 at 5:00pm. (EVERYONE must register!) Any student that does not register will lose their guaranteed housing status. Pester your friends! Lest you miss out on […]
A lovely spring afternoon on the Steps. A man wearing a tie-dye shirt gives some advice to a friend: “It’s spring, so you need to get Tevas. These things are unstoppable!”
Just when the Community Inferno ’09 seemed to finally, finally be a plague of the past, Deluxe’s flashy good-for-nothing big-city-slicker electric sign caused the McBain Conflagration ’10 and we all realized that something needed to be done. So Deluxe got a new sign that is less likely to catch fire. Observe!
Photo: The New York Times Corey Haim, dead at 38. (New York Post) Two Columbians have made it to the next round of the STA World Traveler Internship competition. Go ahead and vote for Spencer Oberman, GS ’12, and Reni Calister, BC ’11–you can even pick both of ’em! (STA Travel, which doesn’t actually stand […]
Come chill with us and melt your worries away! Stressed about midterms? Good company and sugar can do miracles. Come melt your worries away with our mouth-watering desserts! FREE Cheesecake, Ice Cream, and Soda will be provided! Location: Satow Room, Lerner Hall Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Time: 8 PM Sponsored by Scientists and Engineers […]
ed D Satow Room in Lerner Hall “I Had an Abortion” film screening and discussion with Sister Circle and filmmakers Jennifer Baumgardner and Gillian Aldrich. Description of the film: Powerful, poignant, and fiercely honest, I HAD AN ABORTION tackles taboo, featuring 10 women – including famed feminist Gloria Steinem – who candidly describe experiences spanning […]
After stopping Café 212’s custom salad and sandwich service on weekends, Dining restarted this part of the café’s weekend operations a few weeks ago! In an email to Bwog, Director of Dining Vicki Dunn said that they “have enough staff to resume the sandwich and salads on the weekend[s],” effectively meaning that Café 212 will […]
This evening at 9 p.m. on Lerner Ramps, CPU brings us a divinely inspired study break: Magnolia cupcakes and Fresca. While you’re waiting, take the CPU Census and you’ll be eligible to win a free MetroCard. You can also pick up your copy of the newest CPU CPR while you’re there. Thanks, guys! UPDATE, 8 […]
Welcome to Cart Chronicles. Bwog can’t keep track of all the dosa/falafel/street meat carts in a five-block radius of the Gates, and we’re guessing you can’t either. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be giving you a comprehensive tour of the world of Morningside carts. First, we bring you a breaking news update on the […]
Commercial carters mechanically recycle using shred-soak-scrub-float.
Some countries store trash underground.
Since trash piles coincide with subway stops, subways can be used
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