Facts: – There are 20 floors in the East Campus highrise. – There are 722 residents. – There are two elevators. – Schapiro has 16 floors, 415 residents, and four elevators. – Broadway has 14 floors, 372 residents, and four elevators.  Bwog marvels. And waits, interminably.  

Overheard outside East Campus during the second fire alarm of the night, ‘round midnight: “My entire suite is still in there!” To departing firefighters: “Sorry it wasn’t real,..” Guy walking by the crowd outside EC: What’s this for? Bystander: It’s a fire alarm. Guy walking: Oh. Fuck that shit. Bwog has also heard that three […]

From flyers posted in EC elevators: Dear Residents of East Campus,  In preparation for the new school year, we recently shampooed the carpets throughout your building. Unfortunately due to the excessive humidity this week, some carpets still haven’t dried properly. To rectify the situation we will be raising the temperature of the A/C units to […]

This is an old bulletin board in East Campus. If this note is to be believed, the policy is still in effect. (“WTF happened to no parties? If you give us a hard time this year, we will have your legs broken.”)

Not so good with the emailing, are you? Love, The Bwog ——– Forwarded message ———- From: Xxxxxx Xxxxx <xxxxx@columbia.edu> Date: May 10, 2006 2:13 PM Subject: FW: FW: Incident EC – Richard Ng (missing student) To: xxxx@columbia.edu Cc: xxxx@columbia.edu, xxxx@columbia.edu Dear Seniors, We would like to offer a toast to you and your parents. On […]

Oh, you wild seniors, you. How many times must you be warned? You made them so mad that she forgot about subject-verb agreement. Read her letter after the jump.

In which Bwog staffer Mark Krotov familiarizes us with the places you can find him when he’s supposed to be in class. I love inhospitable environments. When placed in settings that are unfriendly, unattractive, or simply odd, I find that I enjoy myself a little more than I do in a place that is comfortable […]

As of noon, all 6-person, all-single EC townhouses are gone. Who got the last EC townhouse? The Blue and White‘s very own editor-in-chief and publisher, with number 1836. 6 person all-single high rises are still available. Booyakasha!

If you haven’t been hanging around freshman dorms lately, you’ve missed out on the many pleas for ’09 pairs to fill out EC exclusion suites. Bwog wonders how these living situations work out–can you figure out via e-mail whether someone has an incurable habit that drives you nuts? Are juniors so isolated that they really […]

In which Bwog staffer Mark Krotov familiarizes us with the places where you can find him when he’s supposed to be in class. On Friday nights, the entrance to East Campus is a stampede of excited drunkards and impatient Barnard girls, all waiting to enter a monolithic structure that is an almost mythical haven for […]

Overheard in an EC elevator: Girl #1: “You have insomnia?” Girl #2: “No, I have wind ensemble.” We prefer to view this exchange not as an example of mishearing, but as one friend inquiring about an ailment, and the other friend expounding on its cure.