Ah, CU EMS, you provide a valuable service to the hot mess students here at Columbia University. In order to acknowledge CU EMS this Thanksgiving, Bwog has compiled a list of CAVA situations that you may have experienced, and what they each say about you! The NSOP CAVA (NSOP Week, Freshman Year) – This is not […]

Been too distracted by American politics to hear about what’s been going on in other countries? Bwogger Youngweon Lee tells you about a political scandal that has Korean students at Columbia taking a stand. While America was going up in flames amidst the election drama, across the Pacific Ocean, Korea was having a political scandal […]

Bwog’s GSSC Bureau Chiefs Romane Thomas and Jenny Nugent are here with updates from Tuesday’s meeting! Last night, GSSC talked about its constitution, disabilities awareness, and the upcoming food bank. At the start of the meeting, President Larosa and the council quickly approved the updated version of the CEB constitution. GS Senator Curtis then started speaking […]

New York City’s MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) is planning to raise the subway/bus fare from $2.75 to $3.00 next year. The proposal seeks to increase revenue for the MTA, which is already in billions of dollars of debt. (The Wall Street Journal) A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred Tuesday morning near Fukushima, Japan, in a similar […]

Ross Chapman recounts the panel discussion, “Reading the Election”, in which the drama of this election cycle was connected to literature. This event was the perfect antidote for election season sour grapes. “In the wake of the election, what can the study of literature offer us?” Rachel Eisendrath posed this question to a somber Ella Weed […]

As the weather gets colder, the balance in your bank account gets lower, and going anywhere further than your suite’s bathroom gets more exhausting, heading to 1020 on a Friday night is not as enchanting a prospect as it may have been earlier in the semester. One Bwogger explains why, for them, that prospect has […]

Sit back as Finn Klauber recounts the important proposals discussed at last night’s ESC meeting. Topics discussed varied from concerns over completing CS major requirements, getting the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off next year, and funding for campus organizations.  Yesterday evening’s Engineering Student Council meeting strayed away from controversial discussions or proposals, instead focusing on a group […]

This morning, Barnard released the first batch of Class of 2017 inductees to the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa. The list includes a total of 13 students, a truly small percentage of the graduating class. You can find the full list of inductees below. Congratulations, nerds! And for those still hoping to be inducted, maybe you […]

This week in SGA, the emphasis was on how they planned on spending away the endowment and, more importantly what Barnard is already spending your tuition on. Buckle your seat belts, because this past SGA meeting was a bumpy, ambiguous ride. At last night’s Barnard’s Student Government Association Rep Council meeting, VP of Finance, Evelyn McCorkle, presented the proposals […]

An LA resident is leading a lawsuit against Chipotle for feeling “excessively full” and realizing “that the burrito couldn’t have been just 300 calories”, the new chorizo one that is. Who would have guessed that packing chicken, pork, sausage rice, beans, and cheese into a tortilla would be so filling? (USA Today) Anna Farris may […]

With Thanksgiving but a mere few days away and many going off to celebrate with family and friends away from the Morningside campus bubble, Bwog reflected on what we were thankful for this past weekend. Besides our very own Bwogsgiving, where we gathered to offer thanks to the sangria gods, many enjoyed a weekend full of […]

Following Donald Trump’s presidential victory on November 8th, student concerns were raised about the safety of Columbia students who are undocumented immigrants. Trump has repeatedly threatened to repeal Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA), an order that protects undocumented immigrants from deportation and allows them to work/study in the United States. Should DACA be revoked, immigrants who were protected […]