CAFA, the Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid that governs CC/SEAS, has been made anew. It used to be under the Dean, but now it’s under the Provost. It used to have student reps, but now instead has professional school reps. There should be student reps on CAFA. Please make that happen, “student leaders.” Not […]

Given last week’s break, Sunday night’s meeting was surprisingly brief, most of the agenda given over to updates and introductions with one resolution passed mandatorizing post-event evaluation surveys or PEES… kidding, they’re called PERFs, Post-Event Review Forms. But yes, PEES would have been so much better. Updates: Class of 2014 is working on implementing their […]

The Columbia College Student Council Elections Board just released the results of the Fall 2012 election: President and Vice-President: Ramis Wadood and Ana Vargas (The Corps) Representatives: Grayson Warrick, Peter Bailinson, and Claudia Khoury (All from the Corps) The Corps seems to have swept the election for the Class of 2016! Candidates can contest the […]

CCSC met last night, just as it does every Sunday. Pinch-hitter Conor Skelding sat in front. Yesterday night’s was a pleasantly and surprisingly short CCSC meeting (only about 45 minutes!). First off, class councils and senators gave their updates. Ryan Mandelbaum of 2013 boasted that Lerner Pub had went really well, and that they had […]

In light of the upcoming elections, Bwog is bucking CCSC procedure and endorsing one party and one party only for CCSC 2016…our own! Meet Morningside Madness: Gangnam Style. Hey class of 2016! From our first Lit Hum class to deciding to skip out on an EC party to play Monopoly, freshman year has already been […]

Bwog politicos Maren Killackey, Kyra Bloom, and Zach Collazzo are live at the the contentious CCSC 2016 debate. Update: The debate has ended. Here’s a transcript of the coverage: 5:31 pm Hey guys, this is Zac and Kyra coming to you live from the Satow Room 5:34 The room is full of nervous, excited freshmen […]

The foundations of our democracy have been shaken. We have learned through an exhaustive investigation (a.k.a. accidentally being cc’d on an internal email) that the CCSC elections board is currently investigating one of the parties running for freshman student council for election law violations. What are the specific violations? Well, that’s tough for the Elections […]

Bwog’s Engineering Expert Aria Sharma reports from this week’s meeting. President Tim Qin started this week’s meeting off by relaying information from his meeting with Scott Wright, VP of Campus Services. The package centers are fully updated, complete with kiosks and satellite locations in Wien and Carman to make picking up packages more efficient. Furthermore, […]

Ringing in the new school year, the CCSC (a.k.a. the Columbia College Student Council) has started meeting once again. Not wanting to be left out of the festivities, Bwog jumped at the chance to be included in such an important decision making process. Bwog’s Student Council Enthusiast Maren Killackey reports. With the introductions mostly over, […]

Maren Killackey braves political promises and an ice cream buffet to bring you the updates from the first CCSC meeting of the year. The Satow Room abnormally peopled with student leaders, overachieving freshmen, and ice cream-loving freeloaders, the air of last night’s inaugural Columbia College Student Council meeting was rife with anticipation and excitement, albeit […]

Bwog sent over CCSC Confidante, Angel Jiang, to the council’s last meeting of the year.  CCSC wrapped up a dynamic year by discussing next year’s initiatives, the past year’s successes and controversies, ongoing developments, and puppies 2.0 (coming to a lounge near you on May 6th!). Aki Terasaki began the meeting with two applications from […]

As part of the ongoing efforts to alleviate the impact of moving the GS Class Day a day earlier, the other three undergraduate student councils have pledged some money ($2,012: what a random amount!) toward funding a reception for GS seniors on May 14th, the originally planned date of the ceremony. Solidarity! According to sources, […]

If you missed out on Wavves, not to fear. Baccha-groupie Alexandra Svokos investigated a permanent on-campus wave breaking in our very own Furnald Hall.  In an unprecedented event, this is the second RoomHop of Will Hughes, CC ’13. “There’s a Benjamin Moore on 103rd and Broadway that I was told not to return to,” Will […]

Sarah Ngu dashes through space and issues about space to bring you the report on the last CCSC meeting. Joe Ricciutti, director of EMS (and former presidentof the Minor League Staten Island Yankees), listened to a lot of students complain about space last Sunday night at the CCSC townhall. Representatives from CIRCA, theater community, Orchesis, […]

In honor of the annual Days on Campus College Days celebration, the CCSC Campus Life Committee is showcasing various photographs of the Columbia of yesteryear, a screening of Spiderman, and providing tons of free snacks in front of the steps of Low right now. This day really couldn’t have gotten any better. Stop whatever you’re […]