Welcome back to SocketHop, a newish, occasional feature in which we seek to help you with your technology.  This week, we take Gmail and make it even better.  A horrifying example of an outdated electronic mail message client. Just say no.  To drugs, unless it’s Adderol; to sex, unless you paid for it; to Cubmail, […]

We’re forced to venture off-campus on Wednesday, but it’s good for you.  Bwog presents a list of things to do next week.  Photo via xlibs.xl.funpic.de Monday Global Development and Human (In)security: Technology, the Internet, and a form of Islam. 2:00 PM @ 918 IAB Tuesday Bach and Hasse: The Columbia Classical Performers and The Collegium […]

 Image via plasticless.com Just as you’re feeling comfortable with this new semester, you feel a sudden wetness.  Yes, CU Assassins is back, launching with E-Week 2009.  ESC has more information in a blog post thing, awkwardly titled “Oh Snaps.”  Clearly, this is going to be a killer event, as it involves multiple snaps “from behind.”  […]

Against the predictions of the preseason pundits, the men’s basketball team continues to rack up the Ivy League victories, defeating Harvard 60-59 on Kevin Bulger’s last-second jumper.  The Lions again used a K.J. Matsui three-pointer (one of five in the first half) to take a one-point lead into the half. Harvard, though, led for almost […]

 Image via insidesocal.com E-Week 2009 kicks off tonight at 8:00 PM in Roone.  This is the yearly event that the SEAS student life committee puts on for the sake of “good food and lots of engineering pride!” (ORIGINAL CAPS REMOVED).   Of course, that’s not why Bwog cares.  According to Peter Valeiras’ multi-colored electronic mail […]

A mixture of the genius and the obvious–it’s AltSpec.  Image via Blogger.com The state created another commission, then forgot about it. Guys: you only have so long to make babies.  Have at it. We prefer not to remember embarassing moments in our past. Vaginal gel: “it’s preventative.” CUIT wants to charge us for wireless?  (Our […]

Bwogger-about-town James Downie finally thawed his hands enough to type a report from 125th and Broadway. “Two options: Cuban sandwich or chicken with rice and beans.” More than 70 Columbia students made that critical lunchtime choice earlier today, as they joined the Student Committee on Gentrification and Expansion and Black Heritage Month at Floridita to […]

Have you ever been to a ballet and thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if Siegfried and von Rothbart could just talk out their problems instead of resorting to dance?” Then you were probably happy to see one of several thousand posters for May I Please Speak?, a spoken-word ballet going on tonight and tomorrow in the […]

The men’s basketball team won again last night, dominating Dartmouth in the second half on their way to a 65-52 victory. K.J. Matsui’s 3-pointer at the end of the first half gave the Lions a two-point lead heading into the half, and they opened the 2nd with a 17-2 run in the first seven minutes. […]

We asked you. You nominated them. They bothered to reply. We are pleased to offer up the final two beguiling Bwog Personals.  All interested parties should contact Bwog via e-mail and we’ll provide $10.54 for the date.             Guy for Girl (“of my dreams”): VIKRUM THIMMAPPA Year: 2009 School: SEAS […]

We asked you. You nominated them. They bothered to reply.  Now Bwog Personals returns for round two, presenting two more eligible Columbians.  All interested parties should contact Bwog via e-mail and we’ll provide $10.54 for the date.                    Guy for Girl: CLEMENT HUYGHEBAERT Year: 2010 School: CC […]

It was three years ago today (and a short time after Bwog’s birth) that an intrepid photographer captured the mythical Snow Baby Starfish on film for the first (and, tragically, only) time while the creature posed on College Walk in the newly fallen snow.  We’d like to take this opportunity to share the pink-cheeked love […]

Bwog’s Comestible Correspondent Julia Mix Barrington brings you some last minute ideas for Valentine’s Day. So you’ve managed to wrangle yourself a hot date for tonight, and, naturally, you’re longing to gaze into his/her eyes over tasty food and decent wine.  But you didn’t plan ahead, and you have no idea where to do this […]

Spending your parents’ money just got a little harder. Local greengrocer-cum-discotheque Westside Market has stopped accepting Off-Campus Flex for purchases made between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., the hours of the store’s highest traffic volume. The announcement this weekend came in the form of a delightfully terse sign posted at Westside registers (see right). Like […]

A tipster informs us that Law & Order (or possibly one of its spinoffs) is once again shooting around Union Theological Seminary, at the corner of 120th and Claremont. Unfortunately, the brilliant floodlights that are apparently completely necessary for filming have stymied attempts at a photo. Some things never change. Ever.