In our second senior wisdom today, Paulina Mangubat talks about memes and wise things.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Paulina Mangubat, Barnard College, political science and East Asian studies, Phoenix, AZ Claim to fame: In a past life, I worked for Spectator, where I appropriated the Bored@Butler “campus discourse” meme and transformed it into a branding strategy. Bored@Butler […]

Read another senior wisdom to learn how to be wise! Rachel Ford shares a few things. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Rachel Ford, Barnard, MESAAS, Cumberland, RI Claim to fame: Former Personnel Manager of CUMB who herded sheeple I love. Former McAC chair who planned Barnard traditions. Left a freshman who joined a band trip under false pretenses […]

Taking some time off of studying? Blast off into another installment of Senior Wisdoms featuring the stellar Keenan Albee! Name, School, Major, Hometown: Keenan Albee, SEAS, Mechanical Engineering, Boring, MD (Yes, it exists.) Claim to fame: I was one of the founders and served as Co-President for the Columbia Space Initiative (shout-out to Julia and the space bois). […]

Bwog is back with more senior wisdoms! Today we have Aleksandar Obradovic, President of Philo. So, yeah, he’s basically a cult leader. Check out what he has to say!  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Aleksandar Obradović, CC, double-major in Information Science (Health Informatics) and Biology, Pre-med, home is where you hang your hat (alternatively, home is Dresher, […]

You asked, and we delivered: up next on our first day of senior wisdoms is the wonder Poke-Master Karim Nader, who tells us about Metaphysics and his EC PJ party plans.   Name, School, Major, Hometown: Karim (Cream Cheese without the Cheese), Columbia College, Philosophy with a concentration in Math, from Beirut, Lebanon. Claim to fame: That guy […]

It’s everybody’s favorite time of year: Senior Wisdom season. The season when, instead of being rained on by water, you’re rained on by the witty and wise words of Columbia’s graduating class. Our first wisdom this year is from Alex Della Santina, former poet of the marching band, Spec columnist, and resident of a destroyed […]

Bwog has been around for ten years, and no content has quite defined us like our Senior Wisdoms. We’ve seen some very good (and very bad) advice, but the posts are about more than just actual wisdom. Anyone who’s thought about writing a Senior Wisdom has inevitably had to contemplate – would I rather give […]

Name, School, Major, Hometown: Hannah (guttural “H”) Vaitsblit, Barnard College, Political Science (soon to be renamed “pseudoscience” for its less-than-stellar predictive capacity), Brookline, MA Claim to fame: As of last week: co-sponsored a dissident revolt against the proposed Orwellian purge of Overheard @ Barnard, after consistently firing shots against the group’s fascist enforcement of identity politics […]

What’s cooler than being cool? Being a multi-cultural badass with a thing for parties and politics. Ariella dishes some dope advice and interesting personal tidbits in the process. Read on! Name, School, Major, Hometown: Ariella G. Hohl, GS, Middle Eastern Studies, São Paulo, Brazil Claim to fame: The girl who left campus one summer as […]

Next up in our series of Senior Wisdoms is Ankit Shah, who got through high school and college in a combined 6.5 years. At this rate, he’ll be able to retire before he’s 30! Name, School, Major, Hometown: Ankit Shah, SEAS, IEOR, Biloxi, Mississippi. Claim to fame: The senior who couldn’t get into senior night. […]

We’re back with another senior wisdom – this time, from everyone’s favorite Spec op-ed writer, Daniella Greenbaum. Find out where she’s been, where she’s going, and what advice she has. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Daniella Greenbaum, AKA “DG”, Barnard, English Lit, hometown, if you can call it that, is Manhattan Claim to fame: Former Aryeh President. Spec […]

We’re continuing our series of fall Senior Wisdoms with Jacqueline Basulto, well-known for her work with Alpha Chi Omega and on the NSOP committee. Her advice ranges from getting involved to making friends outside the Columbia bubble. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Jacqueline Basulto, Columbia College, Political Science, Staten Island, NY Claim to fame: 2016 Alpha […]

We begin our first round of wisdom from the old ones with Adam Chelminski, who was Head Manager of CUMB last year and member of the CUMB “Bored” for three years (a man of power!). Here’s his advice on comfort zones, relaxing, and cheese.  Name, School, Major, Hometown: Adam Chelminski, SEAS, Computer Science, Smithfield, RI Claim to […]

Surprise! This is actually our last senior wisdom (and post) of the semester. Prez Ben is a busy guy, but he eventually found the time to write his senior wisdom (a few weeks after the deadline). Read on for wise words from Ben Makansi. Name, School, Major, Hometown: Benjamin Karim Storch Makansi, CC, Astrophysics, Steelville, Pennsylvania Claim to fame: NSOP […]

It’s our last Senior Wisdom of the year, and we couldn’t think of a better way we’d want to go out than with our former Editor-in-Chief. She talks about St. Augustine, Hungarian Pastry Shop, and Infinite Jest – we’re not surprised. But she also has some wonderful words of advice to leave you all with. […]