Looks like there may be more kids lighting up outside Butler soon–if ESC gets its way, smoking will be prohibited in all suites, the last step in a process that began two years ago with the banning of smoking in corridor-syle housing. ESC passed a resolution tonight (14 in favor, 0 against, and 5 abstaining) […]

The results of ESC’s virtual election are in, and the winner is…online voting. In contrast to last week’s abysmal turnout at the CCSC polls, over half of SEAS undergrads participated in this year’s contest (well, barely…exactly 50.9% voted). And that’s without the ability to directly choose SEAS’ highest leaders! Of course, the above figure is an average: […]

Sort of.  ESC online voting started at midnight, and SEAS kids have until 6:00 PM on Tuesday to register their choices for Academic Affairs, Alumni Affairs/Professional Development, and Student Services Representative–all the other offices are uncontested. But one-party races do make for fun campaign speeches, and courtesy of ESC’s web wizardry, you can watch them […]

  UPDATE, 12:01 AM: It’s Liz Strauss! BWOG POPULAR VOTE, 12:01 AM: Eash 55%, Liz 45%. You may not be able to actually vote, SEAS kids, but now at least you can let the people who can vote know who you want for your dear leader next year: Eash or Liz? They don’t have to […]

Dear SEAS: Here are the candidates for the ESC e-board, who will fight it out tonight at 9PM in the Satow Room. You won’t get to vote on them, but at least you know who might become your quasi-elected leaders. President: Eash Cumarasamy and Liz Strauss Secretary: Erin Svokos and Krissie Zambrano Vice President Intergroup: […]

E-Weeks, the celebration of everything Engineering at Columbia, concluded tonight with a Battle of the Bands and a Mr. and Ms. SEAS pageant, featuring performances by The Folk, Charlie Foxtrot, The Shake, Party for Mojo, and DJ Tanner.  In the running for Mr. SEAS were Sumeet Shah, Nat Gale, Robert Sokola, and Robert Frawley while […]

CCSC elections aren’t the only democratic contest going on this month–starting at 11:00 PM on Monday, anyone who wants to run for Engineering Student Council executive board positions can nominate themselves by e-mail. But don’t start practicing your flesh pressing and baby kissing: all you have to do is appeal to a small fraction of […]

Registration for the annual Engineering Student Council-sponsored water pistol-fest begins tomorrow, and Bwog’s getting excited. Teams of four will compete for group fulfillment, eternal glory, and undisclosed amounts of cash in the “espionage game” that will surely bring out the chemical, mechanical, or biomedical (etc.) engineer that’s somewhere (very) deep inside of you. Don’t let […]

In 20 minutes, ESC is having a midterm study break on Van Am Quad—free texas rotisserie!

So much for party unity–50% of SEAS freshman turned out for the ESC 2010 election this evening, selecting four candidates from three different parties. Your new class officers are: President – Heather Lee, the SHT! Vice President – Lili Gu, Nonstop Class Representatives – Gunnar Aasen, Nonstop, and Kelly Chen, Fuugle Bwog is confident that […]

Voting for the SEAS 2010 class council started today! All you fresh engineers have until 6:00 PM on Friday to cast your ballots online (yes, the ESC has its shit together that much). Barring a hacker in the system, one of the three candidates profiled after the jump will lead your class for the next […]

Apparently, Columbia thinks that we’re getting a little fat. The ice cream case in Uris Deli, stocked full of neatly-stacked, attractive-looking Häagen-Dazs, Nestle Crunch and various other tempting frozen novelties that are begging to be eaten, is locked. Because we didn’t really need it anyway. In other food news, Bwog overheard someone in the burger […]

Prezbo got skillz, chillz with da studentz GS Shadow government: Viva la Revolucion! Armchair neurologist discovers non-felony-inducing route to state of altered consciousness Joyous! Amazing! Transformative! I like! Superlatives! CCSC takes shit from ESC kingpin, cries The SAT: Screwing People Over Since 1901

The war’s been waging for a while, but now it’s serious. Are you for direct elections on the Engineering Student Council? Or against? WHERE DO YOU STAND? Tom Fazzio apparently plays both both sides. “Personally, outside of my role as president, I am an advocate for public elections,” said the Engineers Against Direct Elections member […]

In last week’s Engineering Student Council elections, 67% of students voted for direct elections. 17% of students voted against direct elections. 15% of students abstained. Yesterday, the ESC voted to turn down direct elections.