The November issue of The Blue and White is on racks near you! This month, we went abroad, into Morningside, and outside of conventional history. The only feature that combines public nudity in Japan with being a Mormon in France (plus music and food from Argentina, Russia, and Turkey). The chain store invades Morningside Heights. Imagine […]

From the November issue of The Blue and White, we bring you study abroad dispatches from Argentina and France written by correspondents Hannah Goldfield and Ren McKnight.  Hard copies will be on the (nonexistent) racks on Monday! Argentina I am already thinking about the things I will miss. I’ve been in South America since May […]

Taking a cue from PrezBo, SEAS hosted its own “fireside” chat Monday night to address students’ concerns on a broad range of topics.  The digs were markedly less than splendiforous than 60 Morningside Drive – the Carleton Lounge on the first floor of Mudd is less than inviting, as its occupants often feel like they’re […]

Two happenings we brought to our attention today involving Columbia students past and present on the internet. First up, by way of tipster “um… anonymous”, Torah Bontrager, GS ’07, has told the Four Hour Workweek blog the story of her escape from the Amish.  In the Q&A, Bontrager spells out some “common misconceptions” about the […]

While spending a semester studying abroad in Ecuador, Bwogger in exile, Sara Vogel, fell into an internship with the press office in Ciudad Eloy Alfaro, where the country’s brightest and finest (we hope!) are hard at work forming the Republic of the Equator all over again, and for the 21st time. Her dispatch: I just […]

Once again the finger-food was set out at 60 Morningside Drive and once again the president of Fair Alma took a cue from FDR, hosting a fireside chat in his humble, multi-million dollar abode.  Employees from the President’s Office removed my coat and guided students from every part of the University up an elegant marble […]

When friends go abroad, it’s often tiresome and troublesome keeping in contact. Adding + 44 before dialing a ten digit number? Who has that kind of time? Luckily, we are living in the age of the internets, and maintaining overseas friendships is as easy as blogging. Take Off Broadway, a WordPress blog chronicling the studies […]

Much in the news today about paying for college and college paying for you. American studies director Andrew Delbanco and former dean of students Roger Lehecka co-wrote a New York Times article about Harvard and Yale’s distribution of financial aid. Our Ivy brethren to the north, in an attempt to make attending college possible for […]

Blue and White Managing Editor Katie Reedy spent her winter break in Guatemala with a nascent NGO called DreamWeavers. Here, her dispatches from Nebaj, Guatemala City, and San Pedro. (Ed. note: All images from Google, since there are no camera cords in San Pedro.) Nine days ago, we ended up in Nebaj.  Up blind curves […]

In the vein of our dispatch from Mongolia, Bwog friend Ernest Herrera, CC ’09, tells us what’s going on down south. Since no one ever assumes I’m a ‘gringo,’ I can’t always tell when my cover is blown in this country. However, I know better than to think I can completely ‘fit in’ when a […]

We noticed this article yesterday, but in case you didn’t, here’s the bit that might have to do with why it’s hard getting your study abroad program approved: “At many campuses, study abroad programs are run by multiple companies and nonprofit institutes that offer colleges generous perks to sign up students: free and subsidized travel […]

BW staffer Kate Linthicum left us this semester for the wilds of Tibet and Bhutan, where’s she’s studying abroad and generally being cooler than those of us cloistered on College Walk. In one brief internet cafe session, she updated Bwog on her life. Dear New York, It’s been a month and a half since I […]

Huzzah! The February issue is online, on this very website, and in fact the link that is linked here is also on the left of your page. Anti-Oppression Training: The Non-Bullshit Kind of Training Sachs Heroic Again Terra Cognita (study abroad): Russia, France, China, Chile, Ancient Greece?, Egypt, Here The Original Title Already Has a […]