Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations […]

Listen guys, Bwog understands that times can get tough living in this big ol’ city. That wad of cash your mom slipped on your desk after moving in is becoming pretty thin and you’re thinking of resorting to other ways to pay for your late night cravings. But just think, you don’t have to do […]

Red Sox lost on a bullshit call. (Boston.com) Jay Z got profiled at Barney’s… while in a deal with the department store. (NY Daily News) Obama has officially dubbed Brooklyn as “cool.” That’s it? (Gothamist) People are still recovering during the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. (CNN) Mmm, beef rib in the morning. (Springfield News-Sun) Too […]

A terrified tipster has brought to our a attention a deplorable yellow goo oozing from the walls of Hamilton. One young Bwogger made her way over to Hamilton Hall this evening, in spite of (and perhaps truly because of) recent tales from its depths.  Friday the 25th did not begin especially well. With Mercury in […]

Earlier this week Bwog contributor and  earner of frequent (lecture) flier miles Fainan Lakha attended a talk given by an author some of you may be familiar with: Richard Rodriguez.  Below is his account: This past Thursday I saw a talk given at Union Theological Seminary by Richard Rodriguez, author of, among several works, an […]

Last night, Bwog’s resident opera enthusiast Alexandra Svokos ran to the Metropolitan Opera to see Two Boys, a new opera by Nico Muhly, CCxJ’03, which had its Met premiere on Monday. “Oh shit, that’s me,” was my first thought as the curtain opened last night on Nico Muhly’s Two Boys at the Metropolitan Opera. The conductor hit […]

This past Thursday, Elizabeth Self, lover of all things peaceful, attended the Sustaining Peace lecture held at the Teacher’s College. Bwog is sure that there were tons of lovely and accomplished speakers present, but we zeroed in on one of our favorites: the ridiculously flawless Leymah Gbowee, who happened to be Barnard’s Commencement speaker this past […]

Though we’re sure you ignored the email announcing are already well-aware, Housing is holding a Photo Contest, soliciting submissions from Monday, October 21 – Friday, November 22 of pictures of well-decorated and designed undergraduate dorms or suites. Winners will have the pictures of their dorm or suite featured on the Housing website and receive a $250 gift card and a design consultation from Bed, […]

This weekend, KCST put on their very first show of the Fall, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, directed by Rachel Chung. Arts guru Madysen Luebke was in the crowd and luckily, this time, she didn’t need sneakers…or a jacket…or a flashlight.  If you came to see KCST’s production of The Complete Works of William […]

A goat on the loose. (Miami Herald) A squirrel on the loose. (Sioux City Journal) A chicken on the loose. (NBC News) A dead dog. (Today) And this guy. (Huffington Post) A really serious squirrel via Shutterstock

In the latest installment of our In Defense Of series, workaholic whiner Anna Bahr laments the elimination of the thesis requirement of Barnard’s Political Science department and pleas for its return.  In the second grade, my group of four was certain we would win the science fair with our solar-cooked hotdogs. We folded pouches out […]

Free anything can be hard to come by, especially in New York, especially alcohol. For the 21+ set, underage investigator Roberta Barnett tastes her way through a social networking event in the name of Bwog.  Upon applying to a number of colleges like Columbia, I often heard myths of professors and students getting together over […]

Not one, not two, but THREE free food opportunities await you on this gloriously freezing Friday. Pick your poison, or go to all three. It’s totally doable. First, you can enjoy both free food and free talent at tonight’s CoffeeHouse Sessions: The Autumn Show at 7 pm in the Diana. Jubilation! and CU Red Cross […]

This week in The Atlantic, Columbia’s own football player Chad Washington, CC’15, was heavily featured in an article on the need for more safety measures in football—especially when it comes to head injuries. In the article, he describes heavy hits he’s taken, including a concussion Washington obtained during his high school career. Washington also explains why he […]

Find yourself hitting the snooze button every morning? Try to stop doing that—it’s ruining your alertness. (Pacific Standard) Here in New York City, you’d be hard-pressed to find a place more than a few minutes’ walk away from the nearest Starbucks. So how did the company grow from one store in Seattle to dominating coffee? […]