Image courtesy GreatModernPictures.com Most of the Spectator staff departed last night for Aruba having published no issue for today. So, in keeping with that spirit of travel, today’s QuickSpec prepares you for departure with news from the airport.  Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for flying with us today, particularly those of you with corporate […]

-Photo via studentcity.com   Instead of giving you a roundup of New York news to make up for the absent Spectator, Bwog has gotten the news from Spring Break hot spots to prepare you for next week. A little pre-gaming, if you will. Tijuana: This town is so great, you’ll get your head chopped off! […]

Phew, glad that Trojan War is over. Time for the feminist movement. I have molecular biology. I can now turn your porridge into gold. Hey SEAS, Columbia hasn’t actually won the Manhattanville suit yet. You seem to have overestimated the effects of electron bombardment — again. Those fools? They pixed the box too early. Ahem, […]

According to Spec, Bwog was teased in grade school, and that’s why we have so much snark now. We’ll let that one sit.  Help us, Columbia! We hate taking midterms! Environmental initiatives will make us hip. Even Teach for America isn’t going to pay Columbia grads enough to eat next year. But now econ majors […]

We can’t keep seeing each other if you’re going to let this imperialist racism continue. Ugh, great, so my boss is moving in next door. You should be ashamed of yourself for mocking those poor, downtrodden Kimmel occupiers. You’d better listen to me recount the trivial details of my life, or you’re out of the […]

 -Photo via talking-heads.nl Prezbo chats with grad students (and welcomes your emails). English is overrated, anyway. If Christ could talk during an orchestra concert, what would he say? That Israel-Palestine conflict is one bad mother–shut yo’ mouth–but I’m talkin’ ’bout Gaza.

You have a lot of reading? What a coincidence – me too! We could complain, complain some more, realize its worth, and then sit down and do it. But if we use up our print quota, we can always drop out and explore these alternative careers: Become an organic farmer (your education is useful, we […]

The Columbia creative writing community is alive, well, and living in Wien. Pedestrians fight for and are granted the worst intersection on the island. The Core and the Financial Aid Office continue to be gigantic obstacles during the summer, too. You may hold us down if it’s part of some saucy choreography. Not even an inconveniently […]

Our very best mini cooks and pastry chefs spin culinary gold out of Iron Chef Columbia’s themed ingredient We watch TV here, too! As long as the show is about our major. Is this gonna be on the midterm? Columbians like jokes, too. Here’s one sparkling Spec set-up that never quite leaves the ground: “Three […]

   Image courtesy of Parker Brothers You have been named Dean of the College. Pay each student $50. College Republicans are assembling to chat about Pennsylvania Avenue. Columbia takes a page out of Rich Uncle Pennybags’ book and buys up two more properties. It’s not quite Marvin Gardens, but it’ll do. A sports column goes […]

Today’s Spec is all about reliving the biggest hits of 2001-2002. For Morningside Heights and Mary J. Blige, it’s still a family affair. It looks like seniors will need Pink‘s help to get the party started. Columbia professors say, when it comes to intellectual property rights, just push play. You should turn off the lights […]

Wow, this theatre is beautiful. It kind of reminds me of the Great Depression. Wow, you mean there are actually “recession specials” being offered at local stores and restaurants? In my day we had to hike 15 miles in the snow to the nearest Walmart for those special prices. Remember what your life was like […]

The Interdisciplinary Science Building: One big interdisciplinary lovefest. PrezBo cops to long-simmering desire to merge with Harlem. We chose Columbia for its passion. Then we read Herodotus. College Democrats and College Republicans debate affirmative action and get everybody all riled up. Does the ability to make babies preclude the ability to make a spaceship? (Spoiler: No.)

Take a kidney, leave a kidney You can’t afford to live anywhere after graduation…except 10 blocks from campus? Men’s basketball loses at Yale, women’s basketball wins at Brown, but schools without Core Curricula always lose! It’s great being a young intellectual and all, but sometimes it sucks when you Wikipedia your favorite authors and find […]

   Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art I sing of warfare and a man at war. Exiled by fate from the Eastern shore, He came to Israel by destiny. A fugitive, buffeted by land, sea, and fluid, Cruel funding losses were his lot in life, Till he could found a team and bring […]