Lost: Commuters’ shot at evading Barnard’s mandatory meal plan. (Spec) Found: The identity of the 116th street suicide victim. (Spec) Lost: The World Trade Center reconstruction timeline. (NY Post) Found: The High Line’s two-millionth visitor. (Gothamist) Lost: Gov. Paterson’s support for state workers. (NY Daily News) Found: Labor Commissioners’ support for unpaid college interns. (NYT) Lost: Central Park’s (Easter) bunny population. (1010WINS) […]

Spring arrived! History professor Simon Schama weighs in. (BBC) There is now a five-minute grace period before NYC drivers get tickets for expired meters, making for a potentially interesting move-out day. (NYDaily) Don’t take up more than one seat on the subway… the NYPD is stepping up and you might just get a ticket for […]

And throw on some heels!  Daniel Sims, SEAS ’13, sent in evidence of new anti-stumble concrete being laid down on the steps.

The lights have officially been cut from the trees on College Walk. Until, December, friends. Here’s to spring! Speaking of which: Bwog goes on spring break, too. We’ll be posting occasionally for the next week, but expect us back in full swing a week from Monday. Happy travels/sleeps!

The Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) is now the only-slightly-less pronounceable Department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS). The name changes comes with the addition of African Studies to the larger, interdisciplinary department. The Earth Institute announced a new undergraduate major in Sustainable Development. Previously students studying […]

Columbians snagged some Oscars last night! Adjunct film professor Geoffrey Fletcher won Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on “Precious,” and Kathryn Bigelow, SOA ’81, became the first female to ever win an Academy Award for Best Director, and her movie “The Hurt Locker” took home 6 awards in total, including Best Picture. (NBCNY & […]

"It will become one of those landmarks that marks the city, one that you can see from all the way down Broadway."

There seem to be some big changes afoot in Mudd. It’s a tale with which we are all too familiar: vending machine change insanity! Click to enlarge for the full scoop. Yes, you heard us: scoop.

Does this mean spring has officially started? Photo by Liz Naiden

Change comes to Morningside Heights in the form of South Asian fast food. A new dosa cart is located between 115th and 116th on Broadway, operating seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00  p.m. For the unenlightened among us, a dosa is essentially a rice and lentil South Indian crepe stuffed with a […]

With the news that Columbia will be permanently adding 50 students to the College, Bwog has been wondering where, exactly, they’ll be putting everyone. Last week, Columbia announced that a new brownstone will be available for undergraduate suite selection this year.  548 W. 113th Street is a cozy, eight-room building nestled between the sororities and […]

Bwog continues to collate new and noteworthy tidbits from around campus. Please continue to send in your Boring-worthy tips to tips@bwog.net To enter Nussbaum, you now have to have your ID swiped twice Around the corner at Nussbaum, the brand of coffee has been upgraded changed, and is now 15 cents more expensive In other […]

A couple of months ago, Dean Dorothy Denburg proudly announced that Barnard was to open a new café. “Liz’s Place,” as this café called itself, was to be a “wonderful resource” and “an expanded and improved-upon replacement for Java City” – presumably so flowing with mouth-watering snacktime treats that all mandatory meal-plan haters (read: everyone […]

The economy grew at the fastest rate since you’ve been in college last quarter. (NYT) Sophomore basketball star Noruwa Agho is leading the NCAA in 3-point shooting percentage, and he’s from Jersey. (NJ.com) The White House requests that the 9/11 trial be moved out of Manhattan. (Daily News) Urban Outfitters is still not moving in […]

It’s New Year’s Eve! But before you go popping the champagne corks, strap in for an announcement and a look back at the last semester of the Aughties/Naughties/Zeroes. First, starting tomorrow, former daily editor and current magazine senior editor Eliza Shapiro, CC ’12, will be taking over as Bwog editor; joining her as deputy will […]