Dear Friends, You may claim that midterms take precedent in planning your mid-week outings, but we know where your priorities truly lie: attending The Blue & White meeting this fine eve. Come over to the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel at 9 pm to pitch content for the upcoming issue, enjoy some delicious food, and ponder destiny with our lovely staff. If you’re […]

Do you like writing? Are meetings your calling? Are you enchanted by the colors blue and white? If you answered yes to any of these questions (and even if you didn’t), come to the Blue and White meeting tonight at 9 pm in St. Paul’s Chapel. Come to discuss pitches for the upcoming issue, to […]

After the flurry of responses from administration and national media alike to recent writing and activism on campus surrounding sexual assault, we present the second installment of a two-part series by Anna Bahr, BC ’14 and The Blue and White‘s recently retired Managing Editor, who spent four months reporting on and writing these pieces. The […]

In which Bwog proudly presents a preview of the upcoming issue of The Blue and White–on campus next week. Jennifer Egan’s most recent novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad, is a collection of 13 intertwined short stories dealing with time—the titular goon—music, and technology. The book won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, along […]

In light of President Obama’s new initiative to combat sexual assault on college campuses, we present a preview of the new issue of The Blue and White. The mag’s recently retired Managing Editor, Anna Bahr, BC ’14, spent four months reporting on and writing this series about sexual assault at Columbia. **TRIGGER WARNING FOR SEXUAL […]

For their final issue of The Blue and White, editor in chief Conor Skelding, CC ’14, and managing editor Anna Bahr, BC ’14, duked it out over Who Knows What They’re Talking About in a favorite reoccurring feature of prose and cons, “At Two Swords’ Length“. You, dear readers, have the pleasure of being their judge […]

We are pleased to present another excerpt from the new issue of the only, the inimitable, monthly undergraduate magazine of this fine university: The Blue and White. In this piece, B&W contributor Luca Marzorati, CC ’15, describes his experience spending night after night at a midtown night court. He witnessed the arraignments of some regular NY criminal […]

In honor of our heritage/amorous affair with our mother magazine, Bwog offers a preview of the December issue of The Blue and White—which will be welcomed by campus next week. In this piece, contributor Channing Prend, CC ’17, takes a look at the post-baccalaureate students that are changing the chemistry of pre-med classes. Note that names have been shortened to […]

In the words of our venerable forefathers: join or die. Or not, whatever. If you do choose to attend the meeting tonight you will be lucky enough to pitch some stories for the first issue of the New Year. Content for the January 2014 issue is filling up fast, folks. So live up to your […]

In this preview from the November issue of The Blue and White (on campus now!), senior editor Torsten Odland, CC ’15, continues the fictional saga of Columbia freshman Wilson. In this novella attempt, the pair navigate the L-train and discuss innocence lost. You can read the first installment of the series, in which Wilson and Andrew first […]

In this preview from the November issue of The Blue and White, contributor Tamsin Pargiter, BC ’16, takes a look at Absolute’s hold on the Morningside bagel market.  There are certain paradoxical elements to the continuing success of Absolute Bagels. How can they make such delicious bagels and yet serve such horribly burnt coffee? How did a […]

We had this crazy premonition that something like this might happen today. That’s right, it’s the first preview of  the November issue of The Blue and White magazine!!! With features on SWS, endangered languages in the Ivy League, and a conversation with Rick MacArthur, the new issue is sure to shock, awe, and amaze. We’ll whet your […]

Whether you’ve been waiting your whole life or just the last week since your last hit, the Blue and White meeting tonight is exactly what you need.  Come to talk through the current issue, discuss pitches for the next, and share in our general decent demeanors.  The meeting is tonight at 9 pm in St. […]

From the Orientation issue of The Blue and White: Somer Omar sat down in Low Library to talk with some of the Trustees about their role at the University. The Blue and White will hold the semester’s second open meeting tonight, at 9 p.m. in the crypt of St. Paul’s Chapel. Setting: The King’s College […]

Lucky, lucky you. We at The Blue and White cordially invite you to join us on this Tuesday evening at our weekly meeting, which takes place at 9pm in the crypt of St. Paul’s Chapel. We’ll be pitching stories for the upcoming October issue and discussing the NSOP issue past. If you’ve ever dreamed of […]