Underperforming public schools—Bloomberg’s on the case. Natural History Museums that don’t grant PhDs in comparative biology—but Manhattan doesn’t have one of those anymore. Anything involving the New Jersey Nets—literally, anything. Being Hofstra and having a football team… wait, really? Drinking your alcohol. UPDATE: A commenter has notified us of a Columbia-related news item – James […]
North Tower, 17th Floor of Barnard Quad Industries include: finance, consulting, non-profit, publishing, and marketing/advertising/PR. Freshmen, sophomores, & juniors! If you are interested in acquiring an internship or full-time position in any of these industries, this is a MUST attend event for you. Not too long ago, these seniors were in your shoes and they […]
301 Uris Hall Dr. Steven Zhu, Senior Vice President at Bank of America; Attilio Meucci, former Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers; Ninghui Liu, Director of Risk Management at Bloomberg; and Peter Cai, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley. “Credit in China: Dream or Reality?” include Citigroup Senior Portfolio Manager Dapeng Guan, Mike Balaban of Balaban Associates, […]
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To complete the “Campus Tobacco Student Poll,” which went out to pre-selected students’ inboxes earlier this evening. An informal and shockingly unscientific poll of Blue and White/Bwog staffers leads us to guesstimate that if you didn’t get an invite, you probably know several people who did (unless you really don’t get out that much). The […]
Generative grammar devotees, be warned! The 5th Annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture, featuring Noam Chomsky, is packed to the brim in IAB’s Altschul Auditorium. Bwog’s Webmaster and Official Chomskyan Political Correspondent Hans Hyttinen reports that, as of 6:30 PM, students are being asked to leave IAB and no one else is being allowed in. Hyttinen […]
“Smuggler” refers to a production company based in New York, but, alas, it’s not actually a film shoot. A phone call to the company revealed that they’re shooting a Cottonelle commercial. Perhaps they’ll give us some samples to replace the wax paper currently supplied to dorms. Update, 5:07 PM: B&W Editor-in-Chief Juli Weiner says […]
Just when almost everyone thought that Manhattanville had state approval wrapped up, the project has suddenly hit a major speed bump. Earlier this afternoon, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled that the state could not use eminent domain to obtain parts of West Harlem for Columbia’s expansion. The 3-to-2 decision […]
The Rockefeller Center tree is lit! Make time to stroll down 5th Avenue to take in the delightful displays! Bwog tries to look beyond the rapidly intensifying holiday spirit taking over the city, but can’t quite stretch it to Sunday… Friday Composers and Choreographers Workshop – the Dance Devision of Julliard presents this presentation by the studio […]
The history of Barnard feminism and justifying it for the future. Frats smell like beer. Sororities smell like candles? The political implications of the Internet in China were not forseen. Five ways to be anti-social in small spaces.
The USenate committee confidentiality proposal will be debated this Friday. PrezBo will weigh in. The city hates your metal gates. Except those like the ones over dorm windows. Xavier Sala-i-Martin does not have a tailor in the US. Nor can you buy his jackets. Surprise! Cab drivers don’t care about bicyclists. More evidence in the […]
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