Welcome, my friends, to Housing Selection 2019. Think of the next two weeks of housing review posts as a long episode of one of those shows where people tour real estate and decide which house to buy. Except instead of being rich you’re stuck with Columbia Housing. Still tho. First up is the gem of Extended […]

Each issue of The Blue and White has three short pieces that depict some interesting tidbit of campus or New York life, in 300 words or less. This issue, Senior Editor Luca Marzorati, CC ’15, brings you the story of pirate radio in the city, contributor Nia Brown, CC ’17, presents the history of the Croton […]

Yes CCE, we know that it’s hard to get jobs in today’s uneasy job market, where there is hardly any work. But that still doesn’t mean that you have to hardcore beat us over the head with posters of pirate ships like it’s too hard for us to find a job sans mnemonic device or abused pun. We […]

B is for Bacchanal: The contest for the spring Abacchalpyse t-shirts has officially sprung. See the poster (at right) for more info. B is for Banks and their Blind Eyes: According to Madoff, they “had to know” what he was up to, but ignored his scheming to avoid getting involved. (NYT CityRoom) B is also […]

Columbia University has been named the worst school for movie piracy by the MPAA,  and word has it that the advocacy group is considering legal action against college students (per the Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007). You might be advised to delete your pirated file of You, Me, and Dupree before […]

Noah Corwin writes in to say… Arrg! I almost forgot (um…avast) that it is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yes, it is a geek thing, like Pi Day (3/14), Mole Day (10/23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m.), Towel Day, Darwin Day, and Friday (well maybe not Friday). And while we’re on the topic of […]

Today begins a weekly feature in which Bwog brings you more of a popular component of the print magazine: selections from Word documents left on public Columbia computers. We’re constantly amazed at what you guys produce. If the pirates set up a system where there needs to be no more than one dissenting vote, the […]