MENU CATEGORIES

Connect with us

Submit a Tip
MENU CATEGORIES
Posts Tagged with "opening remarks"

So begins another year, and with the first day of class comes our tradition of posting professors’ opening remarks. Who will provide this year’s Freudian slips, obscure philosophy puns, and strange classroom rules? Email all the inspiring/hilarious/insane things your professors say to open the class to bwgossip@columbia.edu so that everyone will be as excited and […]

Read More

To brighten up this, the first real day of school now that both vacation and inauguration fun are officially over, Bwog will again be posting any noteworthy opening comments your new professors make today. So please email any inspiring/hilarious/insane things your professors say to introduce a class to bwgossip@columbia.edu so that everyone will be as […]

Read More

Today is the first day of the semester, and, as is our tradition, Bwog will be posting all your professors’ opening remarks. Email all the inspiring/hilarious/insane things your professors say to open the class to bwgossip@columbia.edu so that everyone will be as excited and terrified as you are. Here are the things that were said […]

Read More

Our series on professors’ opening remarks continues, because Monday-Wednesday classes have auspicious beginnings too! Send your overheards our way at bwgossip@columbia.edu. Stats professor Chun Yip wrote the following definition of “independence” (as in variables) on the board: “Independence: The relatively frequency of one variable are the same when condition on every categories of the 2nd […]

Read More

Tomorrow is the first day of the semester, and as is our tradition, Bwog will be posting all your professors’ opening remarks. Email all the inspiring/hilarious/insane things your professors say to open the class to bwgossip@columbia.edu so that everyone will be as excited and terrified as you are. Here are the things that were said […]

Read More

Have Your Say

Prettiest blooms on campus in the spring?

View Results

Loading ... Loading …

Recent Comments

I feel bad for all the graduating students and their families. This is usually such a happy time of year (read more)
Columbia University Announces Main Commencement Is Canceled, Class Days To Move Off Campus
May 6, 2024
This from 4 hours ago at the University of Chicago's encampment: "“I know we are tired. I know we are angry. (read more)
Live Updates: Campus Protests Days 18 And 19
May 6, 2024
A few thoughts on the referendum and the process as I understand it, which is imperfectly. First, the notion (read more)
Live Updates: Campus Protests Days 18 And 19
May 6, 2024

Comment Policy

The purpose of Bwog’s comment section is to facilitate honest and open discussion between members of the Columbia community. We encourage commenters to take advantage of—without abusing—the opportunity to engage in anonymous critical dialogue with other community members. A comment may be moderated if it contains:
  • A slur—defined as a pejorative derogatory phrase—based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, or spiritual belief
  • Hate speech
  • Unauthorized use of a person’s identity
  • Personal information about an individual
  • Baseless personal attacks on specific individuals
  • Spam or self-promotion
  • Copyright infringement
  • Libel
  • COVID-19 misinformation