All Weekend Remember this controversy?  Well if you’re a self-identified woman of color, auditions for Barnard-Columbia V-Day’s Vagina Monologues start today.  Tonight they’re in Pupin 414 from 8-11pm, Thursday Diana 502 9-midnight, and Friday Hamilton 316 5-8pm.  Check the facebook event for more information. The Harlem Art Walk Tour is happening this weekend Saturday and Sunday from noon […]

Butler Library, the center of all things cool and fun, is having a few comic book events centered around New York Comic-Con!   Check out these two upcoming events: Wednesday, October 9th, at 6pm in 523 Butler In celebration of Butler’s recent additions of Wendy and Richard Pini, the creators of ElfQuest are having a […]

Live at Lerner is back people, spreading music and cheer throughout your midterm week months. If you find yourself craving social interaction, non-study classical music, or food, head to Lerner’s Piano Lounge today from 12pm-1pm. For this hour, Live at Lerner is having Appomattox, a Brooklyn-based band, performing. They are described by the event page as […]

So apparently Lady Gaga has started a trend. For some reason, people (babies!) love hiding in eggs. (NYT) Since no one uses watches to tell the time anymore (hello iPhone), researchers have made a watch that tells you when you will die. Watch In Time starring Justin Timberlake for instructions on how to freak out (The […]

  Nico Muhly, CCxJ’03 (that’s Columbia-Juilliard Exchange), has worked with Philip Glass, Björk, and Grizzly Bear, among countless others.  On October 21, Two Boys, an opera Muhly composed, will have its Metropolitan Opera premiere.  Bwog’s resident opera enthusiast Alexandra Svokos was too starstruck to give him a high-five for Veckatimest. Nico Muhly, CCxJ’03, unlike some […]

ESC met, as they always do, yesterday night. Bwog’s Esc-ellent ESC reporter, Keenan Albee was there. ESC convened with a full house this Monday in the wake of student council elections and appointments. Sitting alongside the Class of 2017 Council (snazzily dressed may I add) were the new 3-2 and General Studies reps who came […]

The 2o14 class councils want need you to ensure that graduation events for the Class of 2014 aren’t horrible and boring and stupid.  Apply to join any of their various committees and groups so you have nothing to grumble about and no one to blame but yourself come May. Senior Week Committee Application One co-chair from each school (BC, […]

In today’s analysis of Butler pastries, we have the carrot loaf cake. Is it just Bwog, or is “mmm….carrot-y” the most passive-aggressive description of a pastry ever? At least there are no doubts that this loaf cake is rooted in vegetables.

Chief Operating Officer Gregory Brown joined us for Monday’s SGA meeting to brief us on Barnard’s endowment and plans to revamp Lehman (and by revamp I mean bulldoze and rebuild). Diana Center Bureau Chief Lauren Beltrone fills you in. After a speedy round of introductions and PGPs, COO Brown began the meeting by updating us […]

Heads up, CC and GS: today, at 4:30 this afternoon, is the deadline to drop courses this semester. If you’re in this last minute predicament, make sure your adviser signs off and that you’ve filed those forms.

This past Sunday morning, Bwog dragged itself out of bed without so much as a cup of Oren’s to sit on a stone floor for 2+ hours. There’s obviously only one reason why we’d do this: St. John’s annual Blessing of the Animals for the Feast of St. Francis. You may know the occasion better […]

A time in which we have no government seems to call for a new perspective on life, a new outlook, and renewed motivation to help make this world better. Right now it looks like we’re collectively doing a pretty great job of keeping the American economy intact. (Vice) We have to wonder if those electeds […]

The Men’s cross-country team, ranked 30th in the nation last week, took the top spot at the Notre Dame Invitational on Friday. The Lions toppled a field of 28 teams in their pursuit and capture of first place. Columbia’s victims in the 5-miler include Colorado State (16), New Mexico (21), host Notre Dame (22), Virginia […]

It appears as if Halloween season is upon us, as evidenced by Morton Williams:

Since midterms are super fun and don’t keep us up at weird hours, Bwog figured we’d share some of the interesting pastry descriptions in the Butler Café. Today’s pastry is a Banana Loaf Cake, “made with love just like Grandma’s.”