Carolyn Ruvkun horsed around with the Equestrians and wielded swords with the Kendokas, but no club has quite kicked her ass like Parkour. Ninjas walk among us. For the members of the Columbia University Parkour Club, New York City is a jungle gym with endless opportunities for death-defying jumps, leaps and tumbles. Parkour combines philosophy […]

In sports, Columbia Rugby is ranked thirteenth in the nation! (American Rugby News) Columbia gets commended for recycling lots of furniture, keeping it out of landfills! (Technorati) Bloomberg aims to prevent people from spending food stamps on sugary drinks. (The Week) A Long Island Rail Road former engineer is accused of letting a passenger drive […]

This week, the weather goes underwater and then plays squash racquetball. Special thanks to our football team for winning three games in a row, Shira Laucharoen for lending us the camera, John Nordin for the underwater camera, Jackie Smith for filming, and Tiffany Lee aka Vis à Vis. Check out her non-BwogWeather music here. Onward, Weather-Friends!

Columbia has been planning an upgrade to Baker Field for months. Those plans have solidified– sorta– in the form of a 70-foot aluminum building, reports the New York Times. The building will add to go up within the 26 acres Columbia owns around 218th Street in Inwood, which is even farther uptown than Manhattanville! The […]

Here’s something you knew already: unlike four of our brethren institutions, Columbia does not have a golf course on campus. We do, however, have Low Steps, the fountains, that squiggly line sculpture outside Uris and the lion statue next to the gym. CU golfer Brendan Doyle, CC’12, showed City Room some places to practice on […]

With each thrust of the sword to a specific target area, the kendoka unleashes a chilling battle cry, naming the specific point of contact on the opponent’s body.

Congratulate yourself on living in the 46th most desirable neighborhood (out of 50) in NYC. (NY Mag) The Pulitzer Prize winners are announed Our profs make second most $$$ (NYT) The Knicks win penultimate game of the season Photo via Jake Hall’s flickr

The Mets win opener 7-1. The 96th St subway station’s new entrance has been opened. Thanks to Columbia, retro vending machines no longer have a home. Gothamist loves Bwog! They’ve introduced an etiquette guide.

“This is not the most important question I’ll ask today, but how many of you think that Cornell can beat Kentucky?” -Ira Katznelson, 20th Century American History, God Among Men

New York Magazine’s College Hoops Road Trip around NYC concluded on Saturday at the Men’s Basketball game against Princeton. While their reporter was not overwhelmed by the quality of play (awarded 5 out of 10), they were terrifically impressed by Columbia’s school spirit, rating it 10 out of 10, and stating: “Columbia wins this category. […]

Men’s Basketball: The men’s basketball team (6-9 overall, 0-1 Ivy) comes into tonight’s game against Cornell looking to take revenge for last week’s 74-53 defeat last Saturday at the hands of the Big Red. Cornell, the consensus favorite to repeat as Ivy champs this year, sprinted out to a 24-8 lead last time around, and […]

This week was quite a good one for Columbia athletics: heading into exams and the break, all of the men’s and women’s basketball and swimming/diving teams scored big victories. The men’s basketball team defeated Wagner, 102-91, Tuesday in a shootout, putting up the program’s most points against a Division I opponent since the 1976-77 season.  […]

With winter comes the meat of the basketball schedule; both the men’s and women’s teams are working themselves into shape through non-league contests.  The men scored a tough 75-70 victory over Lehigh Thursday, with senior Patrick Foley and junior Brian Grimes pacing the team with 21 points each.  Having stretched their lead to seven points […]

While many Columbians spent last week reuniting with their families back home, the basketball, wrestling, and swimming teams also met with others from around the country, with mixed results. Coming off a win over Longwood, the Men’s Basketball team won again last Tuesday over Bucknell in a 73-59 victory that wasn’t secure until the last […]

While the football team’s semiotic deconstruction of Brown marked the end of their year, the basketball, wrestling, and swimming and diving teams are here to pick up the slack. The men’s team built on a close-til-the-end 59-53 loss to DePaul with a strong 72-61 victory over Longwood in their home opener.  Sophomore Noruwa Agho paced […]