Know the best place on campus to take a public nap? Jannine is looking for suggestions in exchange for some wisdom. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Jannine/J9. Barnard College. Sociology major, statistics minor. Bergen County, New Jersey. Claim to fame: Hitting the trifecta of cultural, religious, and political organizing under MSA, Turath, and Columbia Students for Justice […]

Name, School, Major, Hometown: Koli (no one on this campus remembers my name is actually Fatima), Barnard College, Computer Science and Urban Development with a self-declared minor in Race and Performance, from Queens, NY Claim to fame: President of the Muslim Students Association, Co-Chair of the Muslim Protagonist, basically the girl who does all the […]

Meet Mark! He’s a CUMB-y who’s worked at the UN and flown all over the world. You wish you were as cool as him.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Mark Jamias, CC/SIPA, Political Science/Economic and Political Development, Suffolk, Virginia (real Virginia) Claim to fame: Worked for an airline for three years, and developed a bad habit […]

Meet Andy Truelove! He was featured in Bwog his freshman year, and now he’s back. Check out what he has to say.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Andy Truelove, CC, Political Science, Grand Prairie, TX. Claim to fame: Well I had an election scandal covered in Bwog my freshman year then that got me into Orgo Night. The […]

Menna imparts her wisdom with her background in Under1Roof and Turath, asking us to never justify our own existence, and never second-guess whether or not we deserve to be in Columbia.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Menna Elsayed, Columbia College, Sociology Major, French & Francophone Studies Concentrator. I grew up in the Bronx, NY and Cairo, […]

In his Senior Wisdom, Caleb told us to scheme, to randomly email our professors, and to surprise everyone all the time.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Caleb Alan Oldham, Columbia College, Economics, Sapulpa, Oklahoma Claim to fame: Introducing this campus to a man named Joe Fusco (pictured below). He’s my soulmate and the background of my phone. We’re […]

Once upon a time, Max Rettig was a sports writer for Bwog. Now, he’s a sports writer for bigger and better people (and, no, we don’t mean Spec). Name, School, Major, Hometown: Max Rettig; GS/JTS (Joint Program); Creative Writing/Modern Jewish Studies; New Hope, PA Claim to fame: I’ve interviewed Alex Rosenberg and Maodo Lo; David […]

Can’t get enough of Senior Wisdoms? Don’t fret: we’re back to showcase yet another amazing senior, Katie Zheng! Name, School, Major, Hometown: Katie, Columbia College, Comparative Literature & Society, Alpharetta, GA Claim to fame: I facilitate conversations about power and privilege but probably most people would only know me as the annoying Asian girl who doesn’t shut […]

Our last Senior Wisdom of the day is from Avinoam Stillman, who lives at the Bayit, is often mistaken for a GS or grad student, and has some thoughts on the Columbia bubble.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Avinoam Stillman, Columbia College, Religion, Brookline, MA Claim to fame: All sorts of Jewish things: second cousin once […]

EH hails from France, Boston, and a time when you could basically walk into Cannons. Name, School, Major, Hometown: EH, Dual BA Program between Columbia and Sciences Po, Economics and Political Science, Boston, MA Claim to fame: Getting nominated for Senior Wisdom having only spent two years at Columbia? Where are you going? Saving the […]

  Here’s some wisdom from the CU Sad Girl, Lucy Jakub.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Lucy, Columbia College, Nonfiction, Blue Hill, ME Claim to fame: Co-founder of the Sad Girls Club, part-time frat anthropologist Where are you going? Back to the woods What are 3 things you learned at Columbia and would like to share with the […]

Not so fast, Michael Miller. History and MESAAS have the best courses of all time, according to Saaleh Baseer. Read on to find out why.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Saaleh Baseer, General Studies, History, Fremont, CA Claim to fame: You might me know as the guy who’s always talking about colonialism and/or Pre-Partition India, or shaking […]

Get to know Amram Altzman, a GS/JTS activist for LGBTQ and LGBTQ-Jewish issues. He discusses Sweetgreen, Butler, and the Morningside Heights bubble below. Name: Amram Altzman; GS/JTS; Sociology and Jewish history; Brooklyn, NY Claim to fame: I’m just a run-of-the-mill bougie li’l socialist trying to make my way in this world. I helped start JQ, […]

Virginia reminds us of old Bwog in one of these links… can you find it?  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Virginia Fu, CC, Computer Science and History (both concentrations), North Andover, MA. Claim to fame: Literary/Senior editor for the Blue and White mag, Potluck House resident, honorary member of CDCJ (I think), third-tier member of SWS. The UAW […]

The Westside Cheese Aisle, stress culture, and bouncing boobs are all topics in Brett Krasner’s senior wisdom. Get some context below. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Brett Krasner, GS/JTS, Political Science/Talmud (Rabbinic Law), West Chester, PA Claim to fame: I’m currently the 21 year-old that plans events for my aging GS peers so they don’t impeach my ass. Prior […]