Never fear, Columbians. Dear Bwog has returned once again to help you solve your collegiate quandaries. This week, our favorite “heterosexual male Suzy May” tackles one of the tougher issues of college dating—what to do when the one you “love” is fading you out.

Dear Bwog,

After what I thought were three successful dates, this guy I thought really liked me started to cool down very quickly. No concrete plans, evasive texts, (“super busy”), even though the semester had barely begun, etc. I haven’t heard from him for two weeks now and having inquired, I know he’s not dating anyone new. I don’t want to push this or seem psycho, but I’m genuinely confused about what happened here. What’s wrong with guys?!

Sincerely,

Confuzzled in Furnald

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Dear Bwog is back! This time around, the mysteries of weblog wisdom are incarnate in our self-described “decent heterosexual male Suzy May.” He’s fresh out of the awkward breaking-up-with-someone-near-Valentines-Day dilemma, falling for a girlfriend’s roommate, and dealing with everything from a ‘devil’s threesome’ offer to college ACB namedrops. Below, he dispenses words of wisdom on the much maligned topic of facebook stalking….

Dear Bwog,

I think I might be sort of obsessed with this one guy friend of mine. I know he isn’t romantically interested in me but I still can’t help but check his Facebook page every time I log on—which is a lot. I’ve signed up for a class I have NO interest in this semester just to be with him twice a week and always try to make sure that we walk out together even if my next class is in the same building lol. Is this stalking? I haven’t told anyone because I’m embarrassed. I know it’s unhealthy but I just like being near him haha.

Faithfully his,

Glenn Close understudy

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How refined

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Columbia University Print Services is offering students discounts on the perfect gift: business cards! Apparently it’s the thing to do “in this economy” – see press release below:

Columbia University Print Services Introduces Reduced Pricing for Student Business Cards

New York (February 1, 2011) – Columbia University Print Services is happy to announce reduced pricing of student business cards by almost 50%, effective January 1st, 2011. Read more…

On this chilly Saturday morning, Bwog’s Saturday Morning Cartoons offers you insight into love at Columbia.

Cartoons by Abigail Santner

Columbia should be post-gender…We shouldn’t just have to live with people of the same sex, they were assigned to that at birth.

Columbia should be a safe-haven for all minority groups…After this, the Republicans will demand their own lounge on campus.

Columbians, you better read up on your Gay History if you want to fight against the Reagan Revolution.  Step 1, buy David Eisenbach’s book.

To all the West Coasters among you, never go home if you care about the environment.  Instead, take the Bus Rapid Transit system to the Bronx!

Ivy League dating is so passe, go for a highly successful investment banker…

A few tipsters report that Morton Williams has special floral baskets for single supermarket shoppers. Perhaps the idea is that you’ll spot each other while choosing between fruits…”Do these melons look juicy?”…and leave together, or something.

This development comes with lots of high- and middle-brow buzz about Laura Sessions Stepp’s new book, Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both. It’s frightening, Stepp says, what sexual experiences girls from GW and Duke will admit to, with little shame.

Former Spec sex columnist Miriam Datstovsky had some words of wisdom to share on the “hooking up” culture, as quoted in the New York Times: “As an overall thing, I don’t think there’s anything to be concerned about…College is the time when you make most of your mistakes.”

-JDC

Winter Break came to a crashing close today, but for some over the holiday weekend, waiting for human contact proved unbearable. In the spirit of helping these forgotten few find love, Bwog presents some of the lost souls from around our neighborhood who turned longingly to Craigslist in the twilight of their freedom…

I. SM seeks Hoodie Hookup

Green hoodie at Columbia Library – m4w (Harlem / Morningside)

You were wearing a green hoodie when I cut in front of you to get to the printer today in Butler. I was hurried. You were courteous. Can I repay the favor over coffee?

(I was wearing a black hoodie.)

II. Tobacco Lobby for John Edwards Staffer Endorsement?

riverside church tonite – w4m (Harlem / Morningside)

you were outside smoking a cig when i walked by. your greeting made my night…

III. Anything but Dormcest

Why are you screwing your roommate? – w4m

When you know you should be with me!

Along with many high hopes freshmen carry to their first weeks of college, one of the most promising seems to be the possibility of a new love life. Nonsense, you say—I was canoodling quite successfully in 5^th grade! This is silly. Freshmen don’t know how to do anything, much less mate. Fortunately, Bwog sexpert Andrea Gallardo has collected wisdom from many corners (ie: members of the Blue and White e-mail alias) to breathe hope into this jungle of hormonal dissonance.

Slow down. In this infamously nit-picky city where narcissism thrives, many prefer being single over being caught “settling.” One respondent cautions: “You will hate / ignore your orientation friends within a month. Don’t lie – you’re just using them as seat-fillers at dinner so that you don’t have to confront that nagging feeling of isolation. Therefore, it is in your best interest not to tell them any big secrets or to conceive any of their children.”

Dump the sweetheart. If we can be sure of anything, it’s that retaining a long-distance flame is always more work than it’s worth. Lack of times and physical intimacy inhibit including someone far away into your immediate life. Writes one contributor: “It doesn’t matter that your significant other at home is markedly more attractive than anyone you’ve yet seen at Columbia. Dump them.” Read more…