Some people would say that going to Columbia is all about dealing with authority structures. The advent of winter is only reinforcing this point, driving us deeper and deeper into the unfeeling embraces of our campus hideaway spots while our administration cheers about some northern land called “Manhattanville.” But how well do you actually actually know […]

Hold onto your basketball-shaped butts, because it’s time for Basketball Mania. On Thursday at 8:30 pm, the student councils will combine forces to host Columbia’s biggest pep rally of the year. Basketball Mania is a spirited mix of performing arts, pump-up music, and atrocious line dancing. The Lions won’t host a game in Levien Gymnasium […]

Alan Turing is a famous British computer scientist, known for developing many prototypes for computers and for cracking the Nazi Enigma Machine. Last night, Bwogger Elana Rebitzer attended a lecture given by his nephew (and biographer) Sir Dermot Turing.  Until last night, whenever I heard the name Alan Turing, I had a vague idea that […]

Buddhism is something most new-age college students only pretend to pay lip service to when they want to pretend to be ‘spiritual’, yet desire to stay away from the problematic histories of most major religions. Follow this Bwog Staff Writer as she investigates the Diamond Sutra, one of the most revered sutras in Mahayana Buddhism. […]

After a 108 year drought, the Chicago Cubs have won the World Series! Game 7 was a nailbiter that included a rain delay after the 9th inning and the Cubs giving up a large lead that resulted in extra innings. (Chicago Tribune) A new poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in a virtual tie for Colorado, a […]

The idea of a third party is not foreign to the American dream (at least to mine). I’d always thought of how nice another party would be in our country’s political system, especially given the circumstances of the 2016 Presidential Election. Steven Nemerovski is a political scientist who shares my fantasy, and in addition to […]

Whether you’re excited to vote or consumed by dread for the future of our nation, participating in the election is an important civic duty. If you’re voting away from Columbia, make sure you’ve sent in your ballot or have plans to get to your polling place! For those of you staying on campus, we wanted […]

Last night, Christina Hoff Sommers, self-proclaimed “equity feminist” and prominent critic of “intersectional feminism,” was invited by the Executive Council of the Columbia American Enterprise Institute for a conversation titled “Victims, Victims, Everywhere!” Staff Writer Timmy Wu reports on the event and the surprising lack of protesters.   Christina Hoff Sommers opened her talk with a proclamation, declaring […]

Happy Wednesday! Bwog GSSC Bureau Chiefs Jenny Nugent & Romane Thomas have the highlights on last night’s General Studies Student Council meeting. GSSC had a particularly productive meeting last night! Attendance was on point, and the VPs were all ready with updates. President Julian LaRosa started by announcing that GS was able to raise $212,949 on […]

The Met Opera canceled its shows last Saturday after a terror scare, when a man was reportedly seen dumping white powder into the orchestra pit. Investigators later found out that the man was dumping the ashes of his deceased opera-loving friend. (CBS New York) Starbucks will have two different holiday cup designs this year! The […]

A Bwog staffer walks you through last night’s ESC meeting, from cross-councils food pantry proposals to ESC’s new internal “expectations.” In a sharp departure from the heated and contentious debates of the last few weeks, ESC spent the majority of their general body meeting last night in calm and productive discussion. The majority of the meeting […]

It’s November! And you know what that means? Right? It’s gonna get EVEN colder. Well, this is Columbia University in the CITY OF NEW YORK as if it wasn’t clear enough. Even within this blustery city, Columbia’s campus is notorious for its wind tunnels and having some of the windiest intersections, particularly those on Claremont. Ones capable […]