This Wednesday, Creative Writing faculty member Ben Marcus hosted a reading by author Carmen Maria Machado of her forthcoming debut memoir, In the Dream House in Dodge Hall.
Deputy Editor Vivian Zhou and New Bwogger Lynne Irvin are avid fans of the Diana Center Café. Such avid fans that they will love and accept her even if she’s growing up and going through some changes.
New Bwogger Caroline Mullooly brings you this account of being a transfer student, who knows that this whole college thing isn’t sunshine and rainbows.
Yesterday, new Bwoggers Solomia Dzhaman and Chloe Gong attended a lecture given by Dr. Ronald Baecker (UToronto) concerning the responsibilities of artificial intelligence, and the issues at stake.
Earlier this afternoon, we received news from an email by Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch that Columbia School of General Studies student Matthew Summerill has passed away.
Earlier this afternoon, we received news from an email by Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch that Columbia School of General Studies student Christopher Lopez has passed away.
With NSOP drawing to an end and students realizing they are impostors/too lazy to fill out the Spec app/desperate for extracurriculars/lonely, newcomers showed up in droves to the first open Bwog meeting of the year. New Bwogger (and maybe already retired Bwogger) Nicki Camberg brings us this report.
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