In preparation for their final exams, several statues around Columbia and Barnard have been seen preparing themselves with style.  When asked by Bwog, they had sound reasoning for the new accessories. The Barnard Runner, preparing for her Ancient Studies final, said that she wears the tie to remember the changing view of what a noble […]

Well, Teen Vogue. If you were impressed with your ability to change from pajamas into baggy sweatpants for (most of) the past three weeks, re-evaluate your wardrobe skills. The Columbia and Barnard students–including CCSC President Karishma Habbu–who got profiled by Teen Vogue this finals season managed not only to make themselves presentable, but what some […]

We’re bringing back this old feature…just in time for winter break!  In BwogSalon, we showcase exemplary articles from other Columbia publications for you to peruse.  For this installment, we bring you humor magazine Jester.  Their new issue, “Then,” is available in the Lerner Piano Lounge, racks in Lerner and Butler, and most dorms.   If your […]

This PSA is relevant only to those who have electronic swipe access to their room via CUID. If you access your room with a mechanical key or a Ving card (the one with holes in it), go find some other way to procrastinate.  Last week, housing sent out an e-mail to everyone who uses their […]

In an email sent out to Barnard students, DSpar announced that this year’s commencement, on May 19, will be held at Radio City Music Hall as opposed Columbia’s campus, where it typically happens.  The short email explained that there will be a Baccalaureate Service at St. Paul’s Chapel and academic receptions at Barnard.  There will be […]

Two more days of finals! That means that either you’re either getting annoyed at your friend that’s already done or that annoying friend who has already finished a season on Netflix. In 36 hours you should be done too, so hang in there, Columbia. Don’t forget to email tips@bwog.com with any last-minute campus craziness. Bwogline: Instagram can […]

We’re about halfway through finals, which means the fun’s not over yet, and neither is your time in Butler. To help you get through the home stretch, we’ve re-posted below last year’s Butler Bingo: Archetypes edition. It’s finals week and you know what that means. We’ve lampooned the inanity of Butler before, but this year […]

In tonight’s Actual Wisdom, Cris Beam is a synchronized swimming rock star and resists anxiety and frustration. 1. Justify your existence in 30 words or fewer. Wow, you’re really hitting on a core anxiety for your first question; you really ask people to justify their very existence? Well, I guess I’d say that aside from […]

Toby Milstein, BC’14 and EIC of Her Campus Barnard, like many of us, was extremely upset by the shooting in Aurora this summer.  Instead of just posting a Facebook status about her horror and sitting non-comprehendingly, however, she took action and started a campaign, combining politics with her love for fashion.  She designed and produced a […]

Bwog kindly asks you to forget about our own terrible experience with graphic design for the next two minutes while we rail on someone else for embarrassing design in order to release our finals aggression. For those of you who haven’t been frantically checking SSOL for your grades, the login page is currently splashed with a gigantic […]

Barnard is hosting a forum tonight for members of the community to process and support each other through a discussion on last week’ tragic shooting in Newtown. In a message sent to the entire Barnard community President Spar writes that “While there are no easy answers, we hope that coming together in this way will […]

Need another finals pick-me-up?  Yesterday we showed you The Morningsiders’ new video for their song “Empress.”  Today, we bring you a video set to the Jeffers Win song “I Can’t Call You (I’m in the Army).”  Columbia band, Columbia crew, and some Columbia landmarks for you to point at and say “OMG I’VE TOTALLY BEEN […]

This survival journal has been discovered in a dorm lounge, reminding us of the apocalyptic nature of this specific finals season.  Despite losing our collective mind over (what is, essentially) this silliness of tests, it is comforting to see mention of other humans in this note, so at least the writer is not alone and […]

Tired of all this library-study-finals-eat-study-finals bullshit? So is Bwog. Come snooze in our bed for a while. Remember, you are infinitely more important than some dumb grade in a course. Finals. Pffft. You can go back to your crazy study lifestyle (don’t forget to keep us updated at tips@bwog.com!) after we’re done cuddling. Bwogline: An […]

We’re pulling towards the end here, but before the day of freedom must come the darkest of nights. Below, bravely captured by tipsters, are some harrowing images of hope, despair, and people sleeping on impractical surfaces: all the makings for a fine dark night of the soul. Study hard, but also go home and sleep.