The LLC hopefuls heard this afternoon from Scott Helfrich, the Associate Director of Residential Programs. Those who like sprawling kitchens and want to emulate Jack Kerouac applied early to live in Hartley and Wallach, presenting recommendations from their RAs. Those lucky enough to have been allotted their first choice now avoid the stress and uncertainty […]

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 […]

Wieners, rejoice! Your times of woe are over. As far as our sources can tell, the dreaded Wien-wide raid was not conducted. Res Life’s threatening letters effectively dealt with the case of the mysteriously disappearing furniture, and all kitchen and computer lab cushions and chairs have been returned to their rightful place – though perhaps […]

Another new week, another Bwog CCSC report, this time about gender-neutral housing and just exactly what Dean’s Discipline is: Despite the effective absence of President Sue Yang (who was only present via Gchat video from Boston), CCSC focused most of its meeting on discussion of two major policy initiatives for the year. Yang’s absence did […]

If you didn’t before retrieving your key, perhaps the subtle message at the Hartley check-in desk will remind you.   Yup, free Purell for all! Hypochondriacs rejoice! Or, you know, not… – JCD

Barnard juniors may want to stop browsing those Craigslist apartment listings. Housing has announced in an e-mail that it will not offer rising seniors the “Senior Option,” a program that allows seniors to apply a portion of their financial aid funds toward off-campus apartment rent. The program was designed to alleviate pressure on campus housing […]

Rise and shine! Wouldn’t want to miss your General Selection appointment time (you lucky, lucky bastards). If you are lucky enough to have an appointment this morning, or you want to use your super powers to keep your room from being taken by staring at it, you can log into the General Selection Portal here. […]

Oh Housing LiveBlog, we hardly knew ye. If only there were a few more days worth of sophomores, a few of them would end up living in the basement of a frat, which would be funny. Instead on this final day we track the difficult decisions ahead for the dregs of 2012 – McBain or […]

And now, the fifth day of our housing liveblog! Feel the despair! Building Size Config Note # Harmony 2 D 6 Schapiro 2 D WlkTh 29 55 Wien 2 D WlkTh 18 13 Nussbaum 2 D WlkTh 0 19 McBain 2 D WlkTh 0 111 Broadway 2 D 19 EC 6 2 D 6 Last […]

It’s the smart mixed-group and the lucky juniors today.  We’ll keep you updated with the scrawls on the Whiteboard of Fate while you bite your nails and “concentrate” in class.  Bldg Size Confg Note # Bldg Size Confg Note # EC EX 5 3S 1D FL18 0 Watt 2 2S 2 BR 0 FL16 0 […]

You have the number. You’ve scoped out the floorplans. You’ve obsessed over your chances again and again, and tomorrow, all the pieces fall into place. Yes, the path to your true housing fate begins tomorrow. This year’s winners (30/8) start the festivities at 9:30 a.m., with groups every two minutes until the six-person group with […]

To aid you all in the existential crises at hand (Wien or McBain… oh the horrors) Bwog’s Special Inebriated Stunts Correspondent Jon Hill has been tracking stumbles, drunk dials, puke incidents and blackouts for months to bring you the complete breakdown of every dorm on your list by Blood Alcohol Level. Long live the atrocious […]

This evening, mere hours before lottery numbers are due to be posted online tomorrow, Columbia Undergraduate Housing threw us for another loop: there’s a new dorm! Cozily-named Harmony Hall will be available for the 2009-2010 room selection process and offers eight floors of freshly renovated off-campus-esque housing. Harmony is located at 544 W. 110th Street […]

Housing Lottery registration is only two days away, and yet, as several commenters and tipsters have noted, 2008-09 cutoff histories still have not been uploaded to Housing’s website. What gives? Bwog phoned Housing and Dining, and was told to check the website “in the next few days.” Then again, the lottery bulletin board has had […]

Housing buzz began this afternoon in earnest when prospective Living-Learning Center residents were emailed acceptance and rejection letters from Scott Helfrich, the Associate Director of Residential Programs. Helfrich, the man who determines the fates of rising sophomores determined not to end up in the McBain shaft and a few juniors and seniors who presumably just […]