Today at noon you could decide to leave your midterms and papers behind for a glorious life as a radical hobo OR you could head to the Live at Lerner’s Sounds #8, in the Lerner Piano Lounge from 12-1pm where there will be: A band: Tumbling Bones. “Think hoedown.” Greek food: Rice pilaf, keftedes (meatballs […]

Could New York City become a city state? (The Daily News Online) How did Michelle Obama end up presenting the Oscar for Best Picture? (LA Times) Are bloodless operations the future of surgery? (NY Times) Should we all stop having opinions about things we know nothing about? (Guardian) Is working from home good or bad? […]

In anticipation of that award show you read all about on Facebook, Bwog invaded Butler to gather the locals’ guesses for the winner of the grand prize of the night. Here are some of the answers we gathered. Some people (sort of) knew what they were talking about it: Guy near elevator: “Is Tarantino running? […]

Then you should write for Bwog!  Unfortunately our dearly beloved sports editor is graduating this year and would like to chill mad hard appreciate his final semester while working with an apprentice to take over.  To that end, we are currently on the lookout for any and all sports fans (and players) to join our […]

While the university has not yet officially announced that Tejraj Antooa, SEAS class of 2013, passed away a month ago, this week’s SEAS newsletter contained the following message: The Columbia University community recently suffered the loss of a former student, Tejraj Antooa. Tejraj, who was a member of the Columbia Engineering Class of 2013 until […]

Last night at their weekly meeting, Maren Killackey was impressed by CCSC. For once, there is no snark. No cheap shots, no embarrassing quotes, or slight misinformation because, let’s face it, no one cares. Before descending into a sappy metaphor about some particularly efficient student government meeting (is there anything more sad?), I’ll leave it at […]

With all the fuss and media attention going on around Emlyn Hughes this week, frustrated Frontiersman Alexander Pines thought he deserved to be defended. Here’s the result: I’ll be frank, Frontiers of Science is a bullshit course. Instead of providing an in-depth exploration of one or two key topics in modern scientific study, it seeks […]

  Wtfcolumbia.com is now up and running! Deceptively, its name stands for What To Fix Columbia, and essentially is a discussion board where you can complain and discuss the problems in our university. Anyone with a UNI can now make an account. Facebook integration and a mobile app are still in the works.

After Emlyn Hughes’ cryptic stunt during last week’s Frontiers of Science lecture and the hullabaloo that followed, of course everyone was looking forward to today’s lecture. Our sources hinted that it would be even crazier than last week’s. An e-mail was sent out to those in the class also announced that “due to recent media attention,” they […]

You know that stuff you learned about during history class, where everyone was scared of nuclear bombs and we were sending people to space and the Russians pretty much ate babies? It’s happening again, but online. (NYTimes) Soon you’ll be able to surf the Internet while driving. What could possibly go wrong? (CNET) Although the […]

This past week was marked by highs and lows for Columbia Athletics. Men’s basketball suffered a crushing loss to Princeton on Friday night only to come back and slap Penn 58-41 the next day with notable performances by Grant Mullins, Brian Barbour, and Mark Cisco. Wrestling lost a heartbreaker match to Harvard and similarly came […]

It has recently come to Bwog’s attention that the NYPD is hot on the trail of a new criminal in Morningside Heights: @columbiamakeout.  @columbiamakeout has been on the loose since February 7th and is gaining power as more and more people come to her aid.  Mayor Bloomberg has warned that anybody harboring the criminal will […]

Are you unsure of where to live next year? No worries, because Bwog is here to help. Our very own housing flowchart, ladies and gents: Click to open a larger version in a new tab

If Bwog had a movie trailer, it would probably look like this. “Come to our meeting tonight at 7 pm in the SGO on the 5th floor of Lerner,” says [insert famous award-winning actor] in an authoritative tone—fade to black. (Youtube) Anatomy of a movie trailer via Youtube

ECAASU 2013 came to Columbia and had its opening ceremony on Friday night, various workshops and forums on Saturday afternoon, and a kickin’ after-party last night. Sarah Thompson*, appreciator of all things Asian, braved the stares to check out the opening ceremonies. ECAASU, the East Coast Asian Association Student Union, is kind of a big […]