In 15 days the decade will end (and no, we do NOT subscribe to the absurd theory that it actually ends in 2010). The idea can be rather shocking for those of us who passed our teen years entirely within the age they call “the noughties.” To get some perspective, Bwog takes stock of what […]

Kids (who don’t live two blocks from class like most of us) could lose the free and discounted Metrocards that get them to school every day. (NY Times) No need to panic over 800,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine lost to a recall. Apparently, it just wasn’t “potent” enough. (ABC News) Empire State Development Corporation (which […]

Forget your troubles and indulge in the seasonal treats offered around campus.  The Kraft Center is staying open until 2 AM on most weeknights from now until the 21st, and features free snacks and an atmosphere significantly cozier than Butler’s.  Hillel is also hosting a Hannukah party at the Center from 7 to 9:30 tonight […]

at Butler Steps Gathering for speeches and poetry reading.  There will be several dozen boxes of pizza waiting for those willing to listen or deliver their work. Contact Email: jld2160@columbia.edu

As the semester draws its last rattling breaths, your professors offer their wit and wisdom to sustain you through finals. Bruce Cronin, American Foreign Policy, on cheating: “If you’re Jewish or you’re Catholic, this will eat away at your soul for the rest of your life. So don’t do it!” Sunil Gulati, Principles of Economics, […]

Bored @ Butler is on indefinite hiatus, FML is fast becoming a distant memory, and the short-lived MLIA is only funny for about two minutes.  With such scant options,  Columbia students have decided to take the new frontier of internet procrastination for their own:  Jin Ha, CC ’12, started a Facebook group entitled Texts from […]

One student decided to spruce up the Schapiro sky lounge: The floor lamp might’ve been a little much to get past the Butler guard.

Subway riders have tea parties and pretend its the Great Depression, sans breadlines (HuffPo). Al Gore is to would-be Bloomberg assassin as Holden Caulfield is to Mark David Chapman (Gothamist). Cue the orchestral backdrop — Phil Spector has made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among greats like Abba, Jimmy Cliff, the […]

A Columbia student got in touch with Bwog with a request for help: the student was attacked by a group of young men Sunday afternoon, around 4:15 p.m., at the corner of 114th and Broadway. The student spoke to a fellow student who witnessed the attack afterwards, but, in the post-attack shock, did not get […]

After scouring a corrections email Housing sent out tonight, Bwog has discovered that additional information about Flex service was added from the previous email. The new version states that “the Blackboard system, which manages the Flex Account, will be offline from Sunday, December 27 through Tuesday, January 5 for an upgrade.” The upgrade is related […]

Celebrating the publication of Issue III, Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development is hosting a release event from 6pm to 8pm in Lerner’s Satow Room. There will be free food from Campo, free food from not-Campo, and probably a discussion on how to best dispose of anything from the event as to make a minimal […]

The Fall 2009 issue of The Gadfly is out in print, and Bwog hits the highlights: Why skeptical science is better than paradigmatic science. (p. 6) God and poetry: twins? (p. 10) Stop, collaborate, and think beautifully. (p. 14) Emotions affect attitudes affect feelings affect actions… (p. 16) Religion through philosophy (p. 24) Neuroenhancers: Why? […]

Taking a break from finals studying, Bwog’s North Pole Bureau Chief Sean Zimmermann reports from the production of “XMAS! 4: Shalom Alone” last night about the story of one little Jewish Santa: As the audience walked in to Roone, the first thing to notice was the loud dance music filling the auditorium. Lady Gaga, who […]

“Egg white special!” The voice rings through your head. But who is behind it all? In this latest edition of Bwog’s profiles of Columbia’s unsung friendly faces around campus, Bwog Events Editor and Chief Omelet Customizer Peter Krawczyk got to know Wilma, of Wilma’s Grill. John Jay Dining Hall is not big on signage. Freshmen […]

Today marks the moment people have been waiting for since the semester started: the official last day of classes. There will shouts of joy for classes ending, tears of sadness for leaving your fondest professors, and groans of misery when people realize exams start in just two days. And amidst all this hullabaloo will, of […]