If you, like Bwog, have been spending your reading week hopping from one food-themed study-break to the next, you’re in luck! The last Live at Lerner event of the semester is happening today, from 12 until two in Lerner Piano Lounge. They will be living it up with your favorite childhood hits: Saved by the Bell and the Fresh Prince of […]

Today in the Lerner Piano Lounge from noon to 1 pm, Live at Lerner will be holding its last Sounds event of the semester.  So take a study break and stop by to enjoy the harmoniously hip sounds of Kayce Laine while enjoying some delicious free food (emphasis on free).  The menu includes BBQ chicken, […]

It’s time to get your shit together and figure out where you’re going to live this summer if you’re staying in the city, especially you seniors who will be strangling along in the city to live out your final glory days over the summer. Finding housing in this city can be a real bitch, but Columbia […]

Come grab some delicious and multicultural free food today from 11 am to 4 pm on Low Plaza at the Language Fair for the Less Commonly Taught Languages.  (Yes, that is the title.) Languages with participating instructors include Persian, Dutch, Czech, Finnish, Vietnamese, Swahili, Ukrainian, Wolof, Catalan, and other members of the Sole Language Instructors […]

Pop some aspirin and hydrate up, kids. CCSC Campus Life will be hosting a tailgate at 12 pm in Pupin Plaza today in honor of the Men’s Basketball game. They’ll be heading over to Dodge at 1:15 to watch the game. Hope you weren’t planning on getting any work done today. Event organizers made sure to note: […]

Love free food, AmCaf, and supporting cancer survivors? Go to Relay Week 2014, or any of the events hosted by Relay for Life Committee at Columbia. It started Monday, but it looks like there are still loads of giveaways and alcohol cool, awesome things happening. It’s almost exclusively in Lerner and AmCaf so you basically […]

It’s a busy semester for all of us, and especially the SEAS students. With the launch of Engineering Week 2014, which is coinciding with SEAS 150th anniversary, it doesn’t get more programmed than this! Sun, 2/16: Opening Ceremony Dinner Roone, 7:00 – 9:00 pm Open to: entire Columbia community Sun, 2/16: Launch Week Light Display College Walk, […]

Whether you have a way with program language or you just want to eat free snacks while trying your hand at coding, DevFest is the event to attend this week. With 830 registered participants and counting, the event kicks off at noon today. There are workshops geared toward beginners all week as well as open hacking in […]

If you are interested in volunteering opportunities through Columbia organizations, be sure to drop by Community Impact’s 32nd Annual Spring Open House. Community Impact is a nonprofit serving disadvantaged people in the Morningside Heights community. They are an umbrella organization for multiple community service groups at Columbia University, which collectively serve 8,000 people each year. Their […]

Vote or die, according to the Columbia Elections Board. They are hosting a candidate mixer with free pizza this Thursday for students interested in running for CCSC and ESC in the spring. Maybe this year won’t be quite as uncontested as the last, though we’re not especially hopeful. According to their Facebook event: Spring elections aren’t until late March, but we encourage […]

We know it’s only the first day of reading “week.” And sure, it’s snowing out. And you’ll definitely be invited to a thousand study breaks this week. But this is probably the coolest one you’ll be invited to and if you’re being honest with yourself, you already need it. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers […]

It snowed yesterday, which makes it officially almost winter break. That and looming finals. Which is why Live at Lerner and Ferris Reel Film Society are bringing you dinner and a movie. Not that it won’t be hard to find a friend with extra swipes in case you miss out on the free ones: ‘Tis […]

Tonight, a new student-driven series called “Last Lectures” will be having its first Last Lecture–you know the concept, that super depressing book by Randy Pausch that your aunt made you read a few years ago. Tonight’s lecture will feature Professors Akeel Bilgrami (Philosophy), Michelle Smith (Political Science) and Gary Okihiro (Race and Ethnicity Studies) in […]

Bwog loves the Columbia Culinary Society for many reasons, but actually mostly if in part for their many wonderful and often festive free food opportunities. Today, at 9 PM in the East Ramp Lounge, we will be having our annual holiday pie competition! Come on over to have a taste of some delicious sweet treats, vote for […]

Thanksgiving just kicked off the entire holiday season, which means Morningside is about to get a lot more festive. Tonight is the first of many events, campus-wide Hannukah celebrations. The Jewish Festival of Lights is finally here! Join in on a festive communal candle-lighting ceremony in your dorm, or a dorm nearby, complete with candy, […]