If you were wondering what the commotion is on Low Plaza right now, it’s the Occupy CU Student Worker Picnic.  Today is the National Day of Action for Education and workers, students, professors, and community members are encouraged to voice concerns over the state of education.  Free pizza, bagels, and potluck are advertised for protestors. […]

Hey sophomores! It’s time to decide what you want to do with the rest of your life: major declaration is a scant, fleeting week away. To guide your trembling self down that road, CCSC ’14, CCE, and CSA are hosting the event “Major Discovery — From Classroom to Career in Columbia College” (did you get the […]

Confused about housing? Bwog has been actively working to dispel your fears, and so has the CCSC. Tonight at 7 pm in the McBain Lounge, CCSC ’14 will host Joyce Jackson, Head of Housing, to give a short overview of what sophomores can expect from the lottery, especially given the junior regroup, which is new this year. […]

Bwog cordially requests the pleasure of your company at its weekly meeting, to be held tonight, Sunday, February 26, 2012, at 7 pm in at the Lerner SGO. We won’t talk like that at the actual meeting (unless you’re into it). Come with all the ideas, friends, pitches, suggestions, and constructive criticism you can muster! (Snarky, […]

Columbia bureaucrats and student groups alike figured out long ago that the key to our collective heart is an overstuffed, all-American, oh-so-irresistible burrito. Tonight, look forward not only to free food, but also to the fantastic music of your peers at SEAS Battle of the Bands. All of this will take place in the mysterious […]

To celebrate the launch of their Fall 2011 edition, Helvidius, the Journal of Politics and Society, invites you to drop by Lerner 555 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm today to pick up a copy of the journal, eat free Westside, and hear the wise words of Joe Nocera. Nocera is the author of many-a-NYT op-ed, and […]

Kind of on the fence about lending a hand to your fellow man? Columbia Community Outreach wonders—would it help if you got a free tee-shirt? No? Uh… how about a pair of sunglasses? Free breakfast? Free pizza, you say? Done. CCO’s promo vid misses the mark—after all, nothing says, “I’m an altruist,” like a video […]

Whether you’re attracted by NPR‘s description of Pearl and the Beard as “folksy pop trio with a flair for lovely acoustic Americana” or intrigued by Daytrotter‘s more colorful report that listening to the band is like “looking into the piercing eyes of tumult,” Lerner is the place for you to be this lunch hour. The group […]

Don’t worry: you don’t have to be either a Barnard student or a senior to join tonight’s 2012 Senior Fund Kick-Off. There will be coffee, Baked By Melissa cupcakes (which, for those of you who don’t know, are tiny little bite sized clouds of magic) and the company of President Spar and the Senior Fund […]

Ever wondered what all those chemicals are in your deodorant or shampoo? Find out along with some carbon-friendly grub, even vegan pizza, at the Judith Shapiro Faculty Room on the second floor of the Diana Center at 7 pm at the EcoRep potluck. There, Siobhan O’Connor, co-author of No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About Your […]

The ESC is rewarding those of you who decided to do something smart with your undergraduate degrees with a week of free food events, wholesome fun, and most importantly enough free t-shirts to fill your Wien double. Make sure to stop by one of the many events. There’s at least one every day in addition […]

“What’s there to do in this one horse town on a mid-February Sunday’s evening?” If someone asks you this question today, you already know the answer: attend the Bwog meeting in Lerner SGO at 7 pm and eat Bwog’s free food! Come to make or take pitches, discuss new ideas, or just loiter. We’re happy […]

In case you missed out on Bwog’s small blooper from last week, the CVC is having their pizza social at 6 pm tonight in the Barnard Student Dining Room. If you’re tired of pizza and interested in more exotic eats, that is, gruel, ‘umble pie, weal cutlets and more, head over to 310 Philosophy Hall […]

Love poems can pack a punch. As one girl exclaimed yesterday after receiving one from her boyfriend of two weeks, “I don’t know whether to be creeped out or marry him!” Whether Valentine’s Day had you creeped out, enamored or downright depressed, Quarto wants to hear about it. Tomorrow night, the literary magazine will host an Open […]

Bwog has been attempting to muster the courage to do this for some time, but it would like to ask you on a date. Yes? Really? Great! Let’s meet tonight in Lerner SGO at 7 pm. We can talk about new ideas, arts, news, graphics, sports, whatever you’d like. And don’t even worry about awkwardly […]