Obama’s announced commencement speeches include Hampton University and University of Michigan, but once again, not Columbia. (Politico) Every state in America has snow, except for Hawaii. (Daily News) Where’s the love for Honest Abe? (NYT) 300 employees, including 32 doctors, were laid off from St. Vincent’s. (Gothamist)

@ 303 Hamilton Hall Contact Email: smu2106@columbia.edu Contact Website: www.teachbreakthroughs.org Breakthrough Collaborative is a nation-wide not-for-profit with a two-fold mission: Empowering under-resourced, high-potential middle school students in their dream of college graduation. Enlightening college students about careers in education. Breakthrough does this by running academically-intense summer programs in 29 different cities for middle-school students. Their […]

@ Lerner Black Box Contact email: cubellydance@gmail.com Event Website: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=323121425588 Tickets: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/7960745 $5 CUID/ $8 Non-CUID Featuring numbers representing the full range of modern Bellydance including: Raqs Assaya (Egyptian Cane Dance) Bollywood Fusion Veil Dance American Tribal Fusion Polynesian Russian Gypsy Candles, Swords, and live drumming! And for our first time together as a troupe, […]

Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development is now accepting submissions for Issue IV, due to be published in Summer 2010. Consilience accepts four kinds of written work: Scholarly Articles, Field Notes, Opinion Pieces, and Photo Essays, as well as submissions to our bi-weekly editorial column. All pieces can now be submitted online via our new […]

Join the College Group at the Met on Friday February 26th or Friday March 5th for an intimate experience of The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition The Drawings of Bronzino. Following this guided exploration of drawings by leading Italian Mannerist artist Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572) you are invited to participate in a drawing class, featuring live […]

@ The Diana Center Event Oval Are you interested in a career in Humanitarian, Political or Religious activism? Civic Engagement Networking Night is an exclusive event for you to get the inside scoop on the industry from employers and alumni. Use this unique opportunity to ask the hard questions – like how they got where […]

Title: Out in the Workplace: Alumni Panel 2010 Location: Center for Career Education, Conference Room Date & Time: February 18, 2010 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Description: LGBT alumni panelists from across industries will discuss their experiences coming out in the workplace. Panelists include representatives from Linklaters, NYU Medical Center, Morgan Stanley, International Women’s […]

http://www.careereducation.columbia.edu/news/specially-priced-student-business-cards-are-now-available Place your order before Wednesday, February 19th. Save 38%! 250 personalized business cards with the Columbia University logo for only $31.00 (regular price: $50) if ordered before February 19th, 2010. For every 50 students who sign up for this program, the price goes down slightly so be sure to share this with your friends. […]

@ Schapiro CEPSR, Davis Auditorium Maneesh Agrawala, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley and 2009 MacArthur Fellow, will describe techniques for identifying appropriate design principles within specific domains, including cartography and structural illustrations of complex 3D objects. Sponsored by the Columbia Vision+Graphics Center of the Columbia Computer Science Department. Contact: Eitan Grinspun (eitan@cs.columbia.edu), host […]

@ Lerner Hall Room C555 Admission: Free Founded in 2001, Columbia Classical Performers seeks to support the community of classical musicians on campus who wish to perform in an intimate, stress-free environment for their peers. CCP works to give musicians performance opportunities by providing venues all over campus, coordinating recital logistics, publicizing events, and planning […]

More Bwog, more love. Our latest eligible bachelors are Carl Majeau, CC ’13 and Ben Cotton, CC ’11. Email personals@bwog.net to get set up. Name / Year / School / Major: Carl Majeau / 2013 / Columbia College / Physics/Music Preference (guy for guy, etc.): Guy for girl Hometown: Seattle Your dream date in seven […]

Bwog’s Infrastructural Warfare Correspondent Megan McGregor braved the snowstorm on Wednesday to report on Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkia’s lecture in the IAB. On Wednesday evening, as we all know and enjoyed, classes and campus activities were cancelled due to the severe winter weather.  Still, 707 IAB was packed with many shivering and damp individuals.  Professor Nadera […]