Name, Hometown, School, Major: Erik Nook. I was born in Schaller, Iowa, but grew up in Durban, South Africa, and Perth, Western Australia, Columbia College, Psychology Claim to Fame: I once brought my knitting to a Columbia football game. I also coordinate Stressbusters, taught bartending, volunteered with Men’s Peer Education, facilitated for Under1Roof, played saxophone for the Wind Ensemble and […]

Name, Hometown, School: Leah Greenbaum, Newport Beach, CA. A global citizen of Columbia College Claim to Fame: Spec’s campus news editor; that girl who always begged professors for extensions; that girl who interviewed you once about SGB; that girl who transfered from UC Berkeley and still wears flared levis sometimes/a lot. Where are you going? Morocco, Cambodia, Belize, […]

Next up, Don Cheadle Peter Wallerson. Nomination form here. Name, Hometown, School, Major: Peter Wallerson, Brooklyn NY, SEAS Biomedical Engineering Claim to Fame: Hotel Rwanda, Crash, Ocean’s Eleven, Brooklyn’s Finest, most recently House of Lies… But really though, the other day I went to see Seminar on Broadway (got Alan Rickman’s autograph and it was awesome, but […]

Name, Hometown, School: Jose Alberto Delgado, Brownsville, TX, Columbia College Claim to Fame: Marching Band Banned headlines, I woke up to 10 emails from journalists asking for interviews one day and was called like 30 different times by radio stations, newspapers, and magazines. I also organized a performance for a party attended by LeBron James, Chris Paul, […]

Name, Hometown, School: HCRW, Dirty Jerz, College ‘12 Claim to Fame: Dungeon Master of all knowledge related to Housing Services. Where are you going? New York for a while, New Orleans eventually. Three things you learned at Columbia: Avoid dogma in most things: in politics, in love, in choice of careers, in any major life decision. […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Sara Lederman, Minneapolis, MN (home of the most genuine hipsters…we wear flannel because it’s cold/we are real-life lumberjacks). Barnard, Anthropology with a minor in Religion Claim to Fame? Purpled-nosed Reindeer with serious sinus infections in XMAS! 5; went to India twice this year (hanging out with Indian Muppets and then rural […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Rohan Jotwani. Queens, New York aka ‘The Dirty 718’ aka ‘Nobody really calls it that…yet.’ Columbia College, Biology. Claim to Fame: Evidently, I remind people of this “Kevin G, Badass MC” character. DJ Brohan has no comment. Where are you going? Right now, floor hockey. Turns out I could literally not graduate […]

Here’s Will Brown, a Bwog veteran.  To make your nominations, just click here. Name, Hometown, School: Will Haldean Brown. Antwerp, Belgium. Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Computer Science Claim to Fame: I’ve done props, lights, set, sound or makeup for around 50 shows at Columbia. I’ve TAed about half the rising sophomores and juniors […]

And here we have Amin Ghadimi.  To make your nomination, fill out the form. Name, Hometown, School: Amin Ghadimi; Kobe, Japan; Columbia College Claim to Fame: The ones from the 1950s who “sent their children to international schools and used shops that sold imported goods” were my grandparents. Where are you going? Who really knows?  Wherever it […]

To close out the day, Bwog presents Rami Levi. Nominate wise seniors by going here.  Name, Hometown, School, Major: Rami Levi (Ramson Van Der Levi IV), Teaneck, NJ, Anthropology Major/History Concentration Claim to Fame: When Chowdah (Columbia sketch comedy!) opened for Bob Saget my Sophomore year, he told me during his standup act that I should take body shots of Jager […]

Next up, CCSC President, Aki Terasaki. Nominate seniors by visiting this page.  Name, Hometown, School: Aki Terasaki; Newark, DE (but I tell people Tokyo, Japan because it sounds sexier); Columbia College Claim to Fame: That guy who sends you emails at midnight on Saturday and then goes on to glow like a tomato for the rest of […]

Next up, Christian/conservative/Core-champion Derek Turner. Nominate wise seniors by sending their name and “resume” to tips@bwog.com. Name, Hometown, School: Derek Turner, Phoenix, AZ, CC Claim to Fame: Incessant supporter of the Core, vocal fan of Arizona, thesiser on Indian water rights, perennial opinion-spouter for Spec, Barnard wannabe, conservative-about-town, campus character, and 2-term president of Intervarsity Christian […]

Bwog heard some prospies on the steps today debating the comparative merits of oral sex versus cheese. This means one thing—time for the annual handing down of wisdom. Senior wisdoms are back. We’re starting off with Bwog Weather‘s own, Zak Dychtwald. Nominate wise elders by emailing tips@bwog.com with their name and a short note of recommendation.  […]

And now for the final installment of Senior Wisdom, we present our beloved Bwog and Blue & White seniors: B&W managing editor and Bwog daily editor Mariela Quintana, Bwog Co-editor, editor-at-large, and daily editor Anish Bramhandkar, B&W Editor Emeritus and Bwog features and daily editor Jon Hill, and B&W senior editor Hannah Lepow. Thank you […]

Next up, the SGA Prez… Name, school: Lara Avsar, Barnard College Claim to fame: Some people know me as the President of Barnard’s Student Government Association. More people know me as the girl that really really loves homecoming. Where are you going? I still need to graduate so I’m taking a stats class this summer. […]